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| Elizabeth
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Thomas
Cundle
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Children and Grandchildren:
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| Richard Smith CUNDLE, b. 1856
in Barrie, Ontario |
Thomas Smith Cundle, b. 1860 in
Barrie, Ontario, d. 23 February 1885 in Barrie,
Ontario
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| Sidney Edwin Cundle, b. 1864 in
Barrie, Ontario, d. 4 December 1883 in Barrie, Ontario |
Archibald Charles Cundle, b. 29
March 1868 in Barrie, Ontario d. 4 November 1925
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Elizabeth Maria Cundle, b. 28
August 1870 in Barrie, Ontario, m. Thomas A. McCarthy, d. 18
September 1922 in Barrie, Ontario
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William Ardagh Cundle, b. 1874 in
Barrie m. Gertrude Russel, 1905; lived in USA
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Cundles
A Pleasant Village
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In the
1800s, the road north ofrom the town of Barrie was a dirt road, full of
potholes in the summer and huge snowdrifts in the winter. About a
half-mile from the start of Bayfield Street you came to the top of a
steep hill, and just before the hill, was the village of Cundles.
This small community began near the present Ferris Lande and ended at
Cundles Road. It was made up mostly of a collection of small frame
cottages fronting on both sides of the road and part-way up Ferris
Lane. p. 367 History
of Vespra Township
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Cundle School House
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In
1885, Thomas Cundle donated the land and material to construct the
first school, S.S. No. 1, Vespra, on the southeast corner of Cundles
and Bayfield Streets. It wa a typical one-room, red brick school
house and served to educate the children from the community, until 1957.
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Elizabeth
Maria Cundle 1870-1922
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The Cundle Home in Barrie
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On
October 30, 1868, Thomas Cuntle purchased the E 1/2, Lot 20, Conc. 5,
Vespra, from May Radenhurst of Toronto and started construction of his
home. Being a prominent lumberman, he availed himself of the
choicest of white pine from the present site of Camp Borden to build
this house. The bricks came from Freek's Brick Yard on St.
vincent Street. The house was a centre-hall plan, and had 14
rooms, and six fireplaces. A large veranda flanked the house on
the south, east, and north sides. The well was hand-dug to a
depth of 120 feet and, as it was hardpan all the way, no cribbing was
required. The water was pumped by a windmill, mounted on the roof
of the large brick woodshed on the back of the house.
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