Museum / Archive

Elgin County Archives

Part Of

Harley Lashbrook Collection

Description Level

Item

Accession Number

2016-09

Storage Room

Archives Storage Rm. 110

Storage Location

W9 B4 169

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1926

Publication

Posted on Facebook: April 9, 2020.

Series

Harley Lashbrook Collection - Photographs series

Physical Description

2 photographs : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm

Scope and Content

Two black-and-white negative photographs of a photograph featuring the Ford family reunion at New Glasgow Park in 1926. Front row: four children unknown, helen Buchan, little girl unknown, Althea Ford, Jean Ford, Agnes McMillan, Pearl Ford, Donald Macpherson (tie), Fred Bertram, Eddie McMillan (tie), Margaret, Bill and Gordon Havens, Joe Gray and Katherine. Second row: Edna Anguish, Mrs. Patterson, Irene Burchiel, Hazel Macpherson, T.A. Ford, Lillian McConnell, Mary MacDonald Ford, Lila Ford, lady in hat unknown, Jim Campbell, young girl unknown, Ida Scafe, gentleman unknown, boy unknown, Mrs. Janette Havens Campbell and twin girls, two boys unknown, Dr. J.R. Macpherson, unknown boy, Mrs. Wesley Havens, Donna Havens and Wesley Havens. Third row: Jean McKillop, John Petets, man, Liza Milton, Mrs. John Buchan, Mrs. Thompson, woman unknown, Mary Jane Ford, Norman Ford (organizer of the reunions in Toronto), Mrs. Tom Barr, Mollie McIntosh Reynolds, Annie Robertson, B. McKillop. Fouth row: two unidentified women with hats (possibly wives of Bill and George McIntosh). Fourth full row: Lady with glasses unknown, Edna Ford, Hattie Bertram, Rud W.E. Ford, Bert Ford (Blenheim branch undertaker), Dougall James, Alva Ford, Mrs. Burchiel, lady unknown, Mrs. Alf Green, Mrs. Neil (Belle) Ford, Mrs. John Ford, Mrs. Acton, Dr. Wes Bobier, William Ford. Fifth row: two women, possibly wives of Bill and George McIntosh, George McIntosh, Grandfather havens, Gladys Buchov, Aggie Belle McMillan, Cynthia Lee Ford, Neil McPhail, George McIntosh, John Ford Sr., unknown in white shirt and tie, Rev. Archie Acton, and Murray Bobier. Sixth row: unknown man, Nelson Walker, Tom Buchial, Bill McIntosh, Wilhemina McKay, John Ford Sr., Norma Buchan, Irvine Ford, "Red Neil Ford, Norman Ford, Katherine McMillan being held by her father Edwin, Fred Bertram, Blake Buchan, Bob Barr, Norman A. Ford and Dugald Ford.

An article relating the this Reunion was published in the Rodney Mercury on August 14, 1980.

Name Access

Rodney (Ont.)

Rodney Mercury

West Lorne Sun

West Lorne (Ont.)

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