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An unedited
transcription of a page 1 article from 12 Oct 1911 Simcoe
Reformer.
James McBride
James McBride was born the 16th
day of November, 1828, near the city of Belfast, Ireland. When he was six
months old, he, with his parents and brothers and sister left Belfast for
Canada. After a long, tedious voyage they landed at Quebec, and ultimately
made their way to what is now Norfolk county. His parents settled on a
farm about two and a half miles west of Dover. Here they lived a few
years, when they moved to Doan's Hollow, where Mr. McBride lived until he
married Isabelle Austin on Sept. 28, 185[1]. A year later he and his wife
settled on the farm at Marburg, where he died on Tuesday morning, Oct. 6,
1911.
Thursday he was borne to the Pt.
Dover cemetery by five of his sons and his eldest grandson, followed by an
immense number of relatives and friends.
In addition to his widow, he is
survived by six sons (on son, Samuel, is in the west and was unable
to return for the funeral, six daughters, forty-six
grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.
He was a good husband, a good
father, and a good citizen. When our time comes to pass into the great
beyond, may we all have as many friends as James McBride.
(Jarvis Record
please copy.)
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