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- . Richmond Hill, York Twp., councillor for a dozen years. He wrote a Municipal Manual, which guide to municipal law. W Half Lot 3, Con 1 east Yonge Street, Toronto.
. 1863 Master of Arts, University of Toronto,
. 1863 commended Law studied (death of father John IV cut short further study)
. 1871 Lovell's Cdn. Dominion Directory, Willowdale: A village in the Twp. of York, west riding in the county of York. Distant from Thornhill, a station of the Northern railway, 5 miles, from Toronto 9 miles, fare 25¢ Mail daily, Population about 150. Willson, Arthur, Twp. clerk, land conveyances. & Egerton Wilson, farmer. Willson, A L - freeholder, Con 1 Lots, 20 & 3 Eglington.
. A. L. Willson, M.A., real estate agent, 37 Arcade, is the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Willson, grandson of a U. E. Loyalist, who settled in the County of York at the period of Governor Simcoe's Administration. On coming from the United States his great-grandfather first settled in New Brunswick; thence he went to Niagara, removing afterwards to his location on Yonge Street, in York Township. Mr. Willson was the fourth son of Captain Willson, & succeeded his father in the offices of Township Clerk & Treasurer for said municipality, which offices they held continuously for half a century. The Willson family are related by marriage to several of the pioneer families of Toronto.
Ref: History of Toronto & County of York, Ontario, by Charles P Mulvany & Graeme M. Adam.
. 1866 - A L Willson & son, Real Estate Exchange Office 7 Yonge Street, Arcade.
Among the oldest & best known firms in this city in the real estate line is that of A L Willson & Son, who have been in business since 1866. They hold a representative place in their line of business & are thoroughly reliable in all real estate matters.
Mr. Willson was formerly Clerk & Treasurer of the township for 14 years, his office was located at the old Bay Horse Hotel.
He is a Master of Arts, University of Toronto. He took a full course of study in law with the firm of Eccles & Carroll & his son, M C R L Willson, belongs to the 5th generation in descent from U E Loyalists formerly settled in New Jersey. After the war their property was confiscated & they moved to New Brunswick, from whence they, with 12 other families came to Toronto with Governor Simcoe. Among their family connections are the following well-known York Pioneers: Cummings, Fisher, Lawrence, Mitchell, Ashbridge, Etc. They are gentlemen well known & highly esteemed in the community.
Ref: Industries of Canada: Historical & Commercial Sketches of Toronto & Environs, by M G Bixby Publishers.
Note1: Five Generations, 73 years onward, & the family history is still passed it on as it happen.
Note2: * * It was Arthur L Willson, as Registrar of York County who signed the birth registrations. Hence a great many registrations are in Arthur's handwriting.
. 1869 Aug 27 - the first marriage reported for the Division Registrar for West York, (Arthur Wilson, Esq) under the new Registration Act, was made by Rev John Bredin on 19 Inst. The happy couple bing Rev Geo Mitchell, BA & the accomplished Miss Agnes A ticket, adopted daughter of Mrs Jackes, of Eglinton.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper, published 27.8.1869.
c. 1843 Rev. J Harris, son-in-law of Jesse Ketchum was a minister of Knox Church. He retired on a pension & went t live on a farm owned by Jesse Ketchum, opposite the Driving Park, at [Blue / Pine]? Hill, a little south of the ravine This farm had been originally owned by Mr. Wilson, an ancestor ofArthur Wilson, Reeve of York.
. 1871 Scarboro Township Riding Council: James M Lawrence, Richmond Hill P.O., Clerk for Vaughan Twp.
. 1871 Feb 24 - 15th The Re-Union. Tues. envy last, Richmond Hill Mechanics Institute Hall, decorated with banners & flags. Attendance was large, respectable. Programme including, song by Arthur Willson.
. 1873 Apr 7, Monday- York Township Council, met at Prospect House, Eglinton. Long report, inc. communications rec. from County Treasurer. Dr. T Armstrong certified John Bonner required treatment the General Hospital. Council asked to prevent hotelkeepers from selling liquor to habitual drunkards. Twp. engineer reported on Don Bridge at Todmorden embarkment. Wanting tavern license are Wm Magill, T Newman, D Lennox & H Hopcroft. Robert Moore praying for aid for James Murray. Claim for sheep killed by dogs. Request to make arrangements with Mrs. Stinson for the maintenance of a foundling child. Next council: Prospect House, 4.28. at 11 o'clock. Signed, Arthur L Willson, Clark & Treasurer, York Twp., Willowdale, April 10, 1873.
. 1873 Apr 25 - A L WILLSON, Clerk & Treasurer of York Township being about to remove to Eglinton. Will sell his private residence at Willowdale, Yonge Street, 7.5 miles from Toronto. Terms easy, for particulars apply to
Signed, Arthur L Willson, Willowdale, P.O. April 2, 1873.
. 1879 Dec 9 - Presentation. Tuesday evening 6th inst. a very pleasant gathering took place in the Wesleyan Church, NewtonBrook. Ladies of the congregation furnished a Social, but when the large audience were invited into the vestry, they found a repast that, for variety, delicacy & costliness, it would be difficult to excel anywhere. Entertainment by the choir, accompanied by music from the new organ under the accomplished leadership of Arthur L Willson, Esq., M.A. executed some choice selections of sacred mush. Brief added delivered by W W Cummer, Esq. who was unanimously called to the chair & Rev. James Montgomery.
Mr. Willson came forward at this stage of the proceedings & read a handsomely engrossed & highly eulogistic address to the Rev John Breeding, Superintendent of the circuit, accompanying it with a purse enclosing the handsome sum of $102, a gift from the congregation. Mr. Bredin meet many friends from the various parts of his circuit, as also to recognize a goodly number of old friends from his last field of labor.
Ref: York Herald Newspaper.
. 1881 Newmarket & York Twp., Directory:
Willson, A. L., Eglinton, Con 1, Lot 3, Free holder, &
Wilson, A. L., Res. Eglinton, Con 9 West, Lot 27, Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Freeholder.
. 1889 Jan 18, Friday, County Councils. According to statue the country councils of Ontario meet on Tues. Jan 22nd to elect a Warden. York Twp. A L Willson, S T Humberstone, C Peterman, John Morgan.
Ref: Stouffville Tribute Newspaper.
. Arthur L Willson buried with infant daughter Edith were buried at Newtonbrook Methodist Church (Yonge & Church Streets, in Willowdale there is a small Remnant of the grave yard with some monuments).
They were reburied at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in 1940's when the land was redeveloped).
. 1886 Mar 16 - Arthur L. Willson - Toronto - Respecting payment to Mr. Alexander Stibbard for arresting & conveying one William McGeagh from Toronto to Regina - $180.52
Ref: Archives of Canada: RG9-II-A-1. Vol Box number: 181. File A3425: Dept Militia, Dept Minister, Corr.
Publications by Arthur L Willson, Ref at the Library & Archives of Canada:
. Cdn Municipal Journal, at the Guardian office 1891/2;
. Assessment Act, Public Schools Act & Separate Schools Act,1898;
. Arthur L. Wilson - Toronto - Claim for books supplied Lt. Gov. Dewdney, 1897/10,
. Public travel: the law relating to bicyclists, horsemen, pedestrians/compiled & annotated by Arthur L. Willson; including the important legislation of 1897.
. Willson's municipal by-laws with statutory references & forms, 1880
. OBITUARY:
Willson, On Thursday, morning, March 9th 1899 at 321 Preston Avenue, Arthur L. 4th son of the late J. Willson, of apoplexy, aged 61 years. Funeral Saturday at 2 o'clock to Mount Pleasant Cemetery.
Ref: THE GLOBE, TORONTO MARCH 10, 1899.
. Sadly to note also, his elderly mother Margaret Lawrence Willson died 48 days after her son, Arthur L Willson. - PJA.
Ontario Land Registry Abstract Book 91, p318
Lot 30, Con 1 ESY, Markham [renumbered as Lot 5]
. 1808 Apr 8, Patent, Crown, to Stillwell Willson, All 190 Acres.
. 1882 Oct 6, Grant, Arthur L Willson et ux, to Wm. Thomas, $1, Parts A.
Ontario Land Registry Abstract North York Book 1,
Ontario Land Registry North York Book Abstract 1, p22-24
Lot 3, Con 1 East Yonge Street [ then York Twp., now City of Toronto].
. 1835 July 27, Bargain&Sale, Hon Wm Alan, to John Willson [the Third], £350, All 190 Acres.
. 1835 Sep 23, B&S, John Willson, to John Willson, £250, S Half Acres.
. 1836 Apr 5, John Willson et ux, to Jesse Ketchum, £100, Part S 10 A.
. 1835 May 28, John Willson, to John Willson {what?], £250 South Half
. 1935 Sep 25, B&S,John Willson et ux, to Jesse Ketchum, £625, 87 Ac.
. 1839 Jul 19, John Willson, to Jesse Ketchum £625, Part 87S,
. 1872 Oct 22, Grant, John S Stibbard eteu, to Arthur L Willson, $3000, Part 4 Acres on Yonge St.
. 1872 Oct 22, Mtge, Arthur L Willson, to Wm. Jackson etal, $2000. Part W half, 6? Acres on Yonge St., district, 17661.
. 1874 May 29, Grant, Arthur L Willson, to Egerton Willson, $3000, Pt W 4ac.
. 1874 Nov 25, Grant, Egerton Willson to Sarah A Willson*, Part subject o mortgage; . [ *i.e. Mrs Sarah A Mitchell Willson, wife of Arthur Lawrence Willson].
. 1874 Nov 26, Grant, Egerton Willson, to Sarah A Willson, $5000, Part subject to mortgage.
. 1880 Oct 26, Sarah A Willson to Rev W M Pinhon, $1,000, Part WH subject to Mortgage # 18770.
. 1882 Mar 30, Disc. Mort., Rev Wm. Hirst et al Expors., to Sarah A Willson, $1000, PW 4ac.
. 1885 Feb 27, Disc. Mort., Wm. Jackson et Exors., to Sarah Q Willson, $2000.,Pt 4 ac.
. 1885 Feb 28 - Sarah A Wilson & mar., to Confederation Life Assurance Co., $5,000 Part W half.
. 1885 Sep 19 - Sarah A & Art L Willson, to Eliza J Kerrison, $800, Part 1 Quarter 4 Acres, subject to mortgage, Dis 4759.
. 1887 Sep 19, Sarah A Willson, to Jos Watson, $1300, Pt Quarter Ac. & Disc. Mort, 1889 Mar 9;
. 1889 Apr 5, SA & AL Willson to Arthur L Wilson, $1.00, subj to mgt.
. 1889 May 7, ALW & SA his wife, to Joseph Watson, $800
. 1889 Dec 17 Mtge. ALW & SA wife to Jos Watson, $1400 & $800, Part Quarter, 4 Acres.
. 1889 Apr 8, P Dis Mtg, Conf Life Ass. Co. to S A Willson, Part Mortgage 17621.
Lot 20, Con 1 West Yonge Street, North York Book 108, p3-5. [Yonge & Finch Ave. W]
. 1800 Sep 4, Patent, Crown to Jos. Johnson, All 200 Acres
. 1822 May 23 B&S Trust, Stillwell Willson et ux, to Wm. Allan, 5 shillings, ALL.
. 1854 Nov 8, B&S, Andrew Davis et aux, to Jacob Lawrence, £275, Part 1.
. 1867 Feb 14, Grant, Andrew Davis, to Peter Lawrence, $525, Part 15 Acres;
. 1867 July 9, Quit Claim, James Hugo, to Arthur L Willson, $1., All;
. 1867 Jul 19, A.M., James Metcalf et ux, to Arthur L Wilson, $750, Part;
. 1875 Oct 23, Arthur L Wilson et, to Mary J Thayers, $2900. Part;
. 1876 Jan 14, Arthur L Willson eux, to Peter G Gibson, $600, Part;
. 1881 May 14 , Grant, Peter Lawrence etux, & Mary his wife, to Geo Cooper, $5000, Part 15 annum, W 45A)
. 1894 Nov 28, D.M., Peter Lawrence etux, to Geo Cooper, $2300 Pt.
(. 1913 Mar 1913), Thomas H Willson, to Fred J D Smith, $65,000. Part 11A.)
. Transcripts by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2]
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