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

ISBN: 1039190162 EAN: 9781039190160

Publisher: FriesenPress

US SRP: $21.99 US
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: March 20, 2024

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In Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much later… [more]

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

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:

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
THE LAND BOOM - [Welland Tribune, 8 August 1905] The scene of the local land boom has shifted south from Rainey’s Bend and Mr. Richards is now endeavoring to buy a block of about 200 acres south of the Chippawa road. The following are the ... read more
THE CONTRACTS LET - For the Central School Building TO FACE DIVISION STREET Vanderburg and Lovell the Successful Contractors HOLDER AND McCAW Lots To Be Bought [People’s Press, 17 April 1900] Welland, April 13-The Public School Board met in sp... read more

TALES:

HISTORY OF BISMARK E.U.B. CHURCH AND COMMUNITY GIVEN AT ANNIVERSARY SERVICE - [Written by Milton M. Sundy, unknown date] The 81st anniversary of the Bismark Evangelical Brethren church was observed with a good attendance on October 25,, Rev. J.C Weller in charge the history of the church was written ... read more
TOUCHED LIVE WIRE - [Welland Tribune March 31, 1905] On Wednesday afternoon a lineman in the employ of the Bell Telephone Company, named Daniel McKinnon, who boarded at Mr Nolan’s on St Clair avenue, who instantly killed while string... read more
WEDDINGS – WALKER-REILLY - [Welland Tribune December 11, 1943] An interesting wedding took place at Holy Trinity Anglican church at 2 p.m. today, uniting two popular young Welland residents, when Miss Colleen Marie Reilly, elder daughter of Mr. and M... read more
IRENE FOREMAN WED - [Welland Tribune February 18, 1947] A pretty wedding took place at Tilsonburg at the home of Mr. and Mrs Wilford Foreman, when their daughter, Irene Bernice , became the bride of Hana Edward Anderson of Tilsonburg. Rev. R.A. ... read more
OBITUARY-ALEX YOUNG SR. - [Welland Tribune May 26, 1905] Died at his residence in Wainfleet May 3td 1905, Alex’r Young sr., in his 84th year. Born in Haddingtonshire, Scotland in the year 1821. In 1846 he emigrated to Canada. After living five yea... read more
CAMP MEETING TWO - (Unknown Date) The camp meeting near Canadasville is expected to be much larger than it was last year. There are seats for 2,000, yet we expect them all filled, as it was estimated that there was 1,500 present last year. Ther... read more
CAMP MEETING - (1897) There will be an old fashioned camp meeting beginning Sept. 4Th, at Candasville, near Canboro road, southwest of Fenwick. The motto of this meeting will be holiness to the Lord. No Sunday traffic, gate fee or public co... read more
CANDASVILLE THREE - (1889) Mrs. D. Coleman is visiting relatives in Philadelphia…. We have had to use the creek for driving on, as the roads have been drifted full of snow… The surprise party season is now at hand and the young peopl... 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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