Joseph William Orchard Warnica (known as Orchard) was born on the north half of lot 12 Concession 12 in Innisfil (Painswick) on 1 October 1834 to William Daniel Warnica and Sarah Orchard. His name is derived from his ancestry as Joseph was his mother's father's name, William was his father's name and Orchard was the maiden name of his mother. By 1847 the family moved from their frame home at Painswick to a farm on the 11th line of Innisfil, now 1757 Lockhart Road. Here Orchard grew up to adulthood and married Hannah Lewis of Cookstown on 8 March 1865. Hannah passed away on 8 October 1867 from what was believed to be a complication from childbirth. In 1873 Orchard married again to Jane Wilson (1850-1904), the daughter of Samuel Wilson and Ann Calder of Innisfil. Orchard and Jane had a large farm on Line 12 of Innisfil east of the 25th Sideroad, down to the lake on both north and south sides, lots 27, 28, and 29. Here they raised nine children: Sarah Ann (1874-1951), Leila (1875-1966), Laura Beth (1877-1944), Joseph Alexander (1880-1957), Samuel William Daniel (1881-1953), Orchard Augustus (1883-1926), Louisa Jane (1885-1919), Martha Della (1888-1974) and Eva Josephine (1890-1920). Orchard passed away at his home, located in the north half of lot 28 Concession 11 on 25 May 1901 from stomach cancer. Jane followed him on 14 December 1904 from heart failure. In the years that followed, his farm was subdivided for residential use. Two of those streets off the 12th line were named in his honour: Warnica Avenue and Orchard Avenue. Some mistakenly believe that it was thus named because it had contained an orchard at one time, unaware that it was named after the settler who owned the property.
