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WHY are we doing this project? ..To Preserve History.

An article from the The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 11 July 1922, describes what we are trying to present with this website.

PHOTO: Fred and Ethel Fox, “Winter Travels”

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: We thank the The Welland Tribune and Telegraph for their contribution.

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WHAT’S NEW..

[Feb 21, 2023] Introducing “ARCHIVES Search“: Located at the top right portion of the side menu. Select the desired month+year from the dropdown options and the system will list all the posts that were made to the website at that time. NOTE: Tales and Events each have their own independent Archives Search function.

[Jun 8, 2022] NEW USER LOGINS have been suspended as we investigate a recent hack to the database. The site is currently READ-ONLY mode to UNREGISTERED USERS. Only REGISTERED users may still log in to comment.

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Search Tips..

Use the main Search box at the TOP RIGHT of this page for your general research. When you need a narrower search, you may like to use the Search feature in this post to limit a search within a Family group.

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What’s HOT Off The Press..

EVENTS:

BECKETT’S BRIDGE BOX SOCIAL - [Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune, 1 March 1947] The O’Reilly”s Bridge Women’s Institute held a successful box social on Thursday evening. Feb. 27th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cosby and Mr. and Mrs. Ila Mich... read more
BAD STORM - [Welland Tribune, 21 July 1905] St. Catharines, Ont., July 18-The severest electric storm of the summer visited this section last night. Several buildings were struck by lightning last evening.read more
KILLED BY THE M.C.R - [Welland Tribune, 17 December 1897] Tillsonburg, Dec.12-About 1 o’clock on Sunday morning three young men left Tillsonburg in a buggy and drove northward to a hotel on the north side of the M.C.R. track, near the station. T... read more
PORT COLBORNE - [People’s Press, 18 April 1905] The electric railway surveyors reached here last week, struck a pile in Port Colborne to connect with the Toronto and Niagara railway. The line comes up the canal, leaving it at the new road ... read more
FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT PORT COLBORNE - Frederick Haney and Chas. Hagendorn Killed. David Ireland Injured Frederick Haney, dead Charles Hagendorn, dead David Ireland, hands terribly mutilated and otherwise injured [Welland Tribune, 23 June 1905] Wild excitement pre... read more
CANAL BREAK REPAIRED - [People’s Press, 23 May 1905] The poor old Cuba! Nothing but the hardest kind of luck has pursued her so far this season, and the breaking of the gates of lock 21 capped the climax. Captain Monpetit’s many friends express... read more
A.T.H. &B TRAIN SAVED BY A SMALL BOY - [Welland Tribune, 9 June 1905] Buffalo, N.Y., June 6-The chief incident attendant upon last night’s severe storm in Buffalo was the averting by a small boy of the probable wrecking of a T.H. & B passenger train in the B... read more
BANK PURCHASES BUSINESS BLOCK - Business Block of J.S. O’Neal Changed Hands Last Week [Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 1921] On Saturday afternoon, a deal was put through in which James O’Neal disposed of the property which he has occupied for the past f... read more

TALES:

DEATHS – SYLVIA PHILLIPS - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] The death occurred at Niagara Falls General hospital, Thursday of Sylvia Phillips, 1803 North Main street, Niagara Falls in her 25th year. Death followed a week’s illness. The late Mrs Philli... read more
DEATHS – FREDERICK DAY - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] Frederick Day, 71, native of Cayuga and resident of Fort Erie half a century, died in Douglas Memorial hospital yesterday, where he had been confined about ten days. Specialists were unable t... read more
MRS W. TRITTON TAKEN BY DEATH - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] Fenwick, March 7- Mary Rebecca Tritton passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs Albert Fletcher, Fonthill on Wednesday, March 5, 1947, in her 66th year, following an illness of two months... read more
BIRTHS – PAUL - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] Mr and Mrs Anthony Paul Jr., wish to announce the birth of a daughter (Kathleen Margaret) at the Welland County General hospital on Friday March 7, 1947. A sister for Anthony.read more
BIRTHS – BLACK - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] At the Welland County General hospital on Monday, March 3 1947 to Mr and Mrs Walter N. Black a son (James William Carl)read more
FUNERALS – STEVE FANER - [Welland Tribune March 7, 1947] The funeral of Steve Faner, 6 Jones Alley, Crowland, who passed away at the Welland County General hospital on Thursday, March 6 in his 62nd year, will be held from the family residence at 9.30... read more
WEDDING – BIELBY-JACKSON - [Welland Telegraph October 29, 1903] Much interest was evidenced at the wedding held at the residence of Mr. Wm.Jackson on Tuesday afternoon last, when their daughter, Margaret H. was united in the bonds of holy matrimony to ... read more
WEDDING – CHRISTIANSEN-HEXIMER - [Welland Telegraph September 24, 1903] Fred Christiansen, of the Sawyer-Massey, of Niagara Falls, Ont., at the residence of C.G. Gable, corner of Wellington and Robert streets, Hamilton, last Thursday afternoon. Rev. J.C. Mor... read more

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FROM THE QUILL OF SISTER MARY JUDGENOT

THEATRE CRITIC AND LOVELORN COLUMNIST

The Sisters and myself at the Convent of Less Said are most excited about the new adventure of our very own Sister Mary JudgeNot, Theatre Critic and newly appointed Lovelorn Columnist. She has been selected from numerous applicants at the convent to rewrite the newspaper commentary of the late Dorothy Dix, a forerunner of the modern advice columnist, for this most distinguished Welland County history website. In her own unique style, Sister will attempt a few fashionable words after each article to illuminate the advice of Miss Dix.

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Introducing The MURALS

[May 4, 2015] We just added some pictures of Murals. Enjoy!

Welland Murals

Written and photographed by S.

In the 1990s I took a stroll downtown Welland, with my camera. I photographed the lovely murals. Colourful scenes depicting historical moments.

The project was started in 1986, by the city of Welland, to beautify the city of Welland. They commissioned artists from across Canada to paint murals on the side of buildings.

The murals at one time were a great tourist attraction.

Welland’s murals hold many memories for the people of Welland.

Unfortunately, many of these murals are in disrepair and some have disappeared. There was no plan in place to maintain these murals resulting in their demise.

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

It has been a wonderful year working on the special old articles we so enjoy gifting to our historically minded friends. We sincerely hope that this work will be available to the children of the future that will share our interest in the stories of the past. As Santa proclaims in this 1931 photo, “These Are My Jewels!”

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