Lucan Biddulph is an incorporated township in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was formed on January 1, 1999, by amalgamating the Village of Lucan with Biddulph Township. The township had a population of 4,700 people in the Canada 2016 Census, up 8.3% from 4,388 people in 2011, and covers an area of 169.14 km2 of land within Middlesex County. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Mrs. Dave Currie's Wedding Hat
1881 saw the infamous Donnelly massacre in Lucan. Jenny Donnelly missed the massacre because she was married to Jim Currie and lived in St. Thomas. Mrs. Dave (Jessie Dunn) Currie was a sister-in-law of Jenny Donnelly and lived one mile west of Glencoe. Jessie was the daughter-in-law of Robert and Jane Currie..
Jenny Donnelly Currie is burried in the Wardsville Roman Catholic Cemetery, and her sister-in-law, Jessie Dunn Currie is buried in Wardsville Municipal Cemetery.
Jessie Currie's wedding hat was owned by the late Mrs. Bill (DeeDee) Moss who also lived at the wet end of Glencoe. When Betty Simpson started doing her History Through Hats programs in 1989, Mrs. Moss gave Betty the wedding hat of Mrs. Dave Currie to use in her hat presentations . In 2013 when Betty Simpson could no longer do her hat programs she presented the Currie hat to the Lucan Heritage Museum to use as they saw fit.
Here we see the archival commmittee of the Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum accepting the hat at the home of Betty Simpson. Seated are Charles Elson with Betty Simpson, framed by Sheila Hodgins and Jackie Marten.
We Are Middlesex - Lucan/North Middlesex
On this episode of We Are Middlesex, we find out about the Ailsa Craig Quilt Show and stop by the Fort Rose Maple Company in our tour of North Middlesex. Plus, we are in Lucan visiting the Donnelly Museum, the Stuffed Zucchini Restaurtant and we sit down with their Mayor.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
2017/09/29: At one time, Lucan was known as the wildest town in Canada. Negro Spirituals, artifacts and fascinating stories will take you to a unique time in Ontario's history. Come out to listen to this historical chapter in the events of the town of Lucan. Special guest speakers, Marlene Thornton and Sheila Hodgins, from the Lucan Area Heritage and Donnelly Museum, will be presenting. Marlene's great-great-great grandfather was an escaped slave from Baltimore, Maryland. She shares the story of her family's part in the founding and growth of Lucan through the generations. Sheila's family, the Hodgins, immigrated to Lucan from Tipperary, Ireland in 1835. They pruchased enough land through the Canada Land Company for all 10 sons to be left a farm.
CFPL-TV 6pm News, April 23, 2008
Weeknight newscast from the A Channel (later A, then CTV Two) station in London, ON. Some commercials were included.
More on the station's history can be found at the CFPL-DT Wikipedia page.
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