The Corbett Tavern
Donated to Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London, Ontario, Canada
April 19, 2009:

Hello Al Lewis; 

I am writing about an upcoming event at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London, ON where the 
John Corbett family’s original log house is to be opened as the Corbett Tavern on June 20, 2009.

John Corbett emigrated from Ireland (Co Tipperary) to Carleton County with his parents 
(Patrick Corbett & Elizabeth Spearman) in 1818 as part of the Talbot Party aboard ‘The Brunswick’.

After John married Jane Lewis in 1842 in the Village of Richmond, they moved to McGillivray 
Township (Middlesex County near London) onto a 100-acre farm where their son William was born 
in 1844. 

William Bradley Sr. emigrated from Ireland (County Wexford) to Carleton County c.1818 with his 
wife and 6 children. Three sons married and settled on side-by-side farms between Hazeldean 
and Stittsville. One son died in a runaway horse & sleigh accident (1839) and his widow 
remarried and moved to Lanark County.  Sons Joshua and Jacob Bradley remained in Goulbourn 
Twp and raised large families (from which I am descended).  However, c.1842, William Bradley 
Sr with his wife and remaining 3 children moved to SW Ontario where one son, John Bradley, 
settled on a 100-acre farm in McGillivray Twp. 

The Corbett and Bradley farms in McGillivray Twp were back to back and the families knew each 
other well.  One of my distant cousins (descended from John Bradley) still lives in the area 
(Kincardine, ON).  She informed me by e-mail of the significant work which Charles Corbett 
(descended from John Corbett) has done for the book on the McGillivray Township History.  
She also noted that Charles did a write-up of the movement of the log house to Fanshawe 
Pioneer Village.  As a donation, the family bore the cost of moving the home to Fanshawe. 

It was suggested to me that your Bytown or Bust website might be interested in this event.  
I have attached an information letter and the front and back of the invitation to the event. 

Please let me know if this event interests you, or if you would like additional information. 

As you can see I have cc’d both my cousin and Charles Corbett, for their information. 

Yours truly,

Frank Bradley







 April 21, 2009:

ATTACHED: as requested, a photograph of the Corbett Tavern newly placed on its foundation in Fanshawe Pioneer Village. 
It is still a work in progress.

Regards;  Charles

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