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Feb 13, 2021 · As original 'homesteaders' in Collingwood, the Sheffield's family history is as local as it gets. Ildia Sheffield and her husband Wilfred (grandparents to Carolynn and Sylvia) were cooks on several Great Lakes Ships during the 1930s and 40s, and they opened Sheffield's Cedar Inn Restaurant in Collingwood.
Jan 5, 2024 · Carolynn and Sylvia’s grandparents, Ildia and Wilfred Sheffield, worked as cooks on several Great Lakes ships during the 1930s and 1940s. Later they established Sheffield’s Cedar Inn Restaurant in Collingwood. During segregation times, Black tourists travelling to the area would seek the safe accommodation available at Sheffield’s Cedar Inn.
Feb 10, 2020 · Their grandparents Ildia and Wilfred Sheffield (Gran and Pop) worked together as cooks on Great Lakes ships. They saved their money and bought property in the Collingwood area. The first, along Highway 26 where Admiral’s Gate condominiums now stand, was an inn and restaurant opened in the 1950s.
Feb 14, 2008 · As North America celebrate Black History Month, one of Collingwood's best-known black historians has died.
Private Wilfred Sheffield. View Attestation Image ... Wilfred. Date of birth: 1897-10 -02. Place of birth ... Next of kin: Mrs Ildia Sheffield (wife), Box 306 ...
May 15, 2015 · He was the eldest of five children born to Ildia and Wilfrid Sheffield, whose families had lived in Collingwood, Ont., for several generations. His parents worked on ships plying the Great Lakes ...
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6 days ago · Ildia (Thomas) Sheffield was born on February 1, 1899 and passed away on March 7, 1980. She was 2nd cook to her husband, Wilfred, on several Great Lakes ships during the 1930s-40s and also prepared meals in local hotels.
