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W.M Orr House
4 July 2003
Highway #8
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J.W. Orr. farm
1890
Highway #8
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W.M. Orr's son, J.E. Orr, has been well documented by the family.

Following are a series of pictures of J.E. Orr and his family farm.

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Joseph Edwin Orr.
1890
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J.E. Orr
1900
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Gertrude (Land) Orr with her son John William Orr.
1908
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W.M. Orr house.
1970
Highway #8
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Joseph Edwin Orr.
1924
Highway #8
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W.M. Orr farm.
1957
Highway #8, Fruitland
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Also living nearby by the middle of the 20th century were members of the Thomas family, one of whom, Leslie Thomas, became Reeve of Saltfleet Township.

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Thomas family
1925
Tapleytown
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Anne and Athol Thomas.
1942
Hamilton
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More recently Fruitland Road has become the primary off ramp for highway access to the light industry Stoney Creek is increasingly famous for.

Following is a 1970s ad for Fruitland's new industrial park.

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Industrial Park
1975
Barton Street
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