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Note: a and farmed in Mono township until he moved to Whittington, where he was postmaster for several years. About forty-five years ago he married to Matilda McCabe, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCabe of Coleridge. Deceased is survived by his widow, five sons and two daughters: Wiford, Shelburne; Bert, Victor and Clifford, Toronto; Roy at home; Mrs. C. Frampton and Mrs. T.F. Connor, Toronto. Two brothers, T.J., New Zealand, and John, Oxbow, Sask., also survive. The funeral was held to Forest Lawn Cemetery, Orangeville, on Monday afternoon. The service was conducted gy Revs. G.W. Lynd and R. Steele, B.A. The pallbearers were the five sons and a grandson, Charles Frampton, of Toronto. The flowerebearers were little Norman and Donald McBride, grandsons of the deceased."
- Orangeville newspaper
Note: "Another old pioneer of this district passed away on Saturday, July 24, in the person of Wm. McBride, who has resided at Whittington for over thirty years. The deceased was born in Mono, on lot 14, blind line in 1836. He was educated at Camill
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