Notes:

Eulogy for Bradley Aiken:
Who was Brad Aiken? Maybe that is a question that can't be answered either. Do you really ever know who or what a person is? Brad was certainly some obvious things. He was a devoted son of Ross & Muriel, a brother loved by Murray & Merri, a fiancee loved by Louise & a friendly clerk at the hardware store. He held an university degree. But he was more than that.
I remember the first time I met Brad about a year ago last April when I first preached in Allenford.  He was one of the first people I met & I knew he had to be a good fellow. He had a beard. But you know as I got to know him, he was a good fellow. He was kind, he was sincere, he was generous. He loved his church & it was important to him & he was active in it.  In the choir, as Recording Stewart, as a lay delegate to Presbytery. This quiet, shy man who sometimes had difficulty expressing in words his feelings, expressed his faith so forcefully by his action. Brad would have fed the world if he had had the resource. There wasn't anything he wouldn't do for people. Last night we saw testimony to that by his many friends, some had now known by the family, who came to pay their respects because Brad had done them a favour.
We are all poorer for the loss of Brad because he touched each of our lives in some way & a part of each of us dies with the death of someone we love. If it were not for love, there would be no grief.
Brad will be remembered always for his generous spirit, his kind, gentle brown eyes & the way he would help anyone who asked him for it. He must remember all that his life & his death has taught us & try to use it to help others. Brad would want it no other way.
Ref: As delivered by Reverend Bain Milroy, of the Allenford United Church.

OBITUARY
Brad Aiken passes: Aiken, Bradley Ross: 33 of Allenfort, Tues. Aug. 20, 1985, Elision son of Ross & Muriel Aiken, a brother of Murray & his wife Debbie & Merri Lynn. He was an uncle of Angela & Steven Aiken & a special friend of Louise McCulloch.
Brad grew up in Allenford when he went to public school before attending high school at Wet Hill in Owen Sound. In 1976 he graduated from the University of Waterloo with an Honors Bachelor of Mathematics degree.
Following graduation, Brad work 3 years of General Motors of Canada in Oshawa as a computer programmer. He returned to Allenford in 1979 to work in his family's business, Aiken Brothers Home Hardware, alongside his father Ross & brother Murray. He was unfailingly cheery & helpful with customers in the store.
Brad was an active member of Allenford United Church. He was recording secretary for Allenford/Park Head charge, on the Board of Stewards & was lay delegate to bruce Presbytery. He also belongs to the Allenford Curling club.
The high regard in which Brad was held was demonstrated by the many friends & relatives who visited downs & sons funeral home in Hepworth & who filled the Allenford United Church, as well as its basement, for the funeral Thursday, conducted by Mr. B Milroy.
Pallbearer were Tom Greenaway, Ron Wade, Paul Walker, Syd Wilkie, all of Allenford, Ian Sinclair of Tara & Richard Day of Toronto. Flower bears were Jennifer Walker, Molly White, Carolyn Walker, Susan Walker, Steven Dale, Wesley Greenaway, Todd Aiken & Michael Gaetz.
Relatives attended from Calgary, Sault Ste. Mario, London, Barrie, torn to, St. Thomas & Acton. - - -

Notes:

. 14 Alice Street Jack Aiken House
Built about 1878, Jack Aiken & his wife, Annie (Heddle) were among the succession of owners of this house. Annie was a dressmaker, training 3 to 4 apprentices at a time. Jack was an avid curler.

. 6 Allenford Road Adam/Aiken House
This lot was purchased by Robert H. Murray in 1883 with the house being built about 1885. This property remained in the Murray name until his death in 1915.
The property was sold to Mary Aiken (Mrs. Adams) & then owned by Harvey Aiken. It continues to be an Aiken home.

. 7740 Highway 21 Aiken Bros. Home Hardware & Guy Hewitson's Harness
Shop. 1910 Aiken Bros Hardware began under the partnership of Moffat & Albert
Aiken. Younger brother Harvey joined in 1919. When Albert died, Harvey carried
on & was joined in 1945 by his nephew Ross, son of Wesley Aiken. When Harvey retired in 1961, Ross took over the business & the next year, he joined the Home Hardware chain. In 2010, Ross celebrated his 65th year in the hardware
business. The original Aiken Bros, sign hangs here now.
Ref: Step Back in Time Through Allenford.

. Obituary:
Peacefully at home in Allenford Monday afternoon August 15, 2016. Ross Aiken of Allenford in his 91st year. Beloved husband of the late Muriel (nee Walker) Aiken for 62 years. - - -

Ross married Muriel Jean WALKER in 1951. Muriel (daughter of Robert James WALKER, .8 and Julia CARRIE HILLS) was born on 23 Apr 1925 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 4 Jan 2013 in Owen Sound, Grey Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Obituary.

AIKEN, Muriel Jean - Peacefully with family holding her hand at Mapleview Nursing Home in Owen Sound Friday morning January 4, 2013. Muriel Aiken (nee Walker) of Allenford in her 88th year. Beloved wife of Ross Aiken for 62 years. Loved mother of Murray (Debbie) & Merri Lynn (Lonnie) all of Allenford. Lovingly remembered by her 6 grandchildren; Angela (Lee Gowan), Steven (friend Kaeli Grahlman), Rebecca (Damian Pope), Jessica (Thai Lim), Rosalynn & Bradley and 1 great-grandson Jaden.
Dear sister of Ruth McLeod of London & Gerald Walker of Allenford. Dear sister-in-law of Len (Betty) Aiken of Owen Sound. Also survived by several nieces & nephews. Predeceased by 2 sons; Bradley Ross and Steven Wesley,
parents; Robert & Carrie Walker, brother Alan Walker & sister Mary Merriam. Muriel will be greatly missed.
She was a business owner, long time member of Allenford United Church & active in her community, former teacher, Bruce County Board of Education Trustee, UCW member & volunteer for several groups. Muriel's kindness & generosity will be well remembered by friends and family alike. Friends may call at the DOWNS AND SON FUNERAL HOME Hepworth Sunday January 13th. A Funeral Tribute Service to honor Muriel's life will be conducted from Zion Amabel United Church, Sauble Beach, Monday morning January 14th at 11:00 am. Spring interment Hillcrest Cemetery, Tara. Expressions of remembrance to the Alzheimer Society or Allenford United Church would be appreciated. A tree will be planted in the Memorial Forest of the Grey Sauble Conservation - - -

Buried:
Tara, ON.

Notes:

Robert J is the son of Elizabeth Perie & George Walker, Jr.

Ontrio Birth Registration 002452-4.
Robert James Walker, born Sept 6, 1878
s/o George Walker, farmer, Amabel, & Elizabeth Pirie
Registered Feb 24, 1879.

005607/09 (Bruce Co) Robert James WALKER, 29, farmer, Amabel Twp. Bruce Co.,
s/o George WALKER, a farmer & Elizabeth McKIDDIE,
married Carrie HILLS, 21, farmer's daughter, Arran,
d/o Thomas HILLS a farmer & Mary LOREE,
witn: Cora G. WILLIAMS & Mrs. H. CALDWELL both of Allenford, 17 November 1909, Allenford. - - -

Birth:
Ref: Ontario Birth Registration,

Died:


Buried:
Red granite monument reads 1878-54, Row 24.

Robert married Julia CARRIE HILLS on 17 Nov 1909 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario. Julia was born on 27 Apr 1889 in Arran Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; died on 18 Jul 1943 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Julia Carrie is the daughter of Phoebe Summer Butts & Geo. Brown Loree, of Eramosa Twp. & Thomas Hills.

Buried:
Row 24

Notes:

George is the son of Mary Darroch & Geo. M. Walker.

Walker Bros. Harness dealers, Erin.

1885 Gazetteer Ottawa, Ontario [National publication.]
1. Walker, Charles H., Foundry & Blacksmith
Walker, George, Harness maker.

2. Walker, Bros., George & Robert, harness dealers.

. 1891 May 2 Census Anabel Twp., Bruce N Co., Ontario
. 1901 Apr 12-13 Census Amabel Twp., Bruce N. Co.
. 1911 Census, Anabel Twp., Bruce, Lot 1, Con 2.

. Allenford was traditionally referred to as "Driftwood Crossing", & also Floodwood Crossing, perhaps due to translation from Ojibwa.
. 26 Alice Street (2 homes share this lot) owned by Flora Spence, records indicate that the log structure was on it when she sold to Charles McDougall in 1924. Other owners included George Walker.
. 25 Alice Street Robert Walker House From 1873 to 1952, part if not all of the property along the West side of Centre Street was owned by the owners of the Hotel at the corner of River & Centre Street. This house was built in the early 1920's when part of the lot was purchased by George Walker & his son Robert. Later, it was owned by Wes & Gertrude Aiken.
Ref: Step Back in Time Through Allenford.

Ontario Death Registration #9456 220. 20 May 1935
George Walker, Born Feb 3 1854, Aged 81y 3m, 17d. Allenford;
Widower, Farmer, Residence Allenford for 12 years. [1923],
s/o Geo. M Walker, England & Mary Darroch, Scotland.
Cause of death: Chronic Myocaraditis for years, contributory cause, senility.
Buried Tara.
Informant: Robt. J Walker, Allenford, Ontario, Son. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 81y 3m 17d. Chronic Myocarditis with senility.

George married Elizabeth Perie MCKIDDIE on 7 Dec 1875 in Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario. Elizabeth (daughter of David MCKIDDIE and Barbara BOWER) was born on 20 Feb 1856 in Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland; died on 7 Feb 1931 in Allenford, Amabel Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario; was buried in Hillcrest Tara Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Perie is the daughter of Barbra Bower of Fortrose, Inverness & Archibald Perie, also of Morayshire, Scotland. (On 1 Feb 1861 Archibald Pirie married Jessie Hay to who on 16 Dec 1860 was born at Drainie an half-sister Ann Pirie.)
Barbra Bower married David McKeedie [McKeddie], thus, step-father of Elizabeth Perie.

. Ontario Marriage Registration # 9848, Wellington Co.
on 7 Dec 1875 at Minister's House, Rothesay, ON.,
George Walker, born Erin, Ontario, 22 y /1853, bachelor,
Residence: Minto Twp., Born Erin Twp., Ontario, Farmer, Ch. of England, Wellington,
Son of Mary Darroch & George Michael Walker.
married Elizabeth Perie, age 19y /1856, b. Lossiemouth, North Butain, Scotland, residence, Minto Twp., Presbyterian, Single,
daughter of Archibald Perie & Barbara Bowers
Witnesses: Alexander Willson & Mary Reid, both of Minto Twp.
Married by Rev. Daniel Anderson.

. 1925 Dec 7, 50 Wedding anniversary of George & Elizabeth Walker, nee McKiddie,
Allenford.
Note: Verify surname. - - -

Birth:
Verify McKiddie surname.

Died: