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      The photograph is mounted on yellow card stock. Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada is one of five synods of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, consisting of more than 200 member congregations and 78,000 baptized members. The territory of the Eastern Synod runs from Sault Ste. …

      Leaving Aberdeenshire in Scotland, George McGillivray landed at Quebec in 1833 and hadn't intended to settle at Whitby Township. While in Vermont, McGillivray received a letter from William Dow encouraging him to purchase land in Whitby Township. After having spent time at Glen Dhu, the Dow family homestead in Whitby …

      Condition: Good. Seems to be a slight loss of contrast. Yellowed and dirty.

      Catherine P. Blair was born at Guildhall, Vermont, U.S.A. in 1804, daughter of James and Anna Blair. She was married to Anson M. Eggleston, and died at Whitby, Ontario, Canada, on November 25, 1873.

      Group of unknown men gathered in front of a wooden building at the entrance to the main mining shaft at Silver Islet.

      This sidewheeler was originally called the 'City of Toronto', then the 'Racine' and finally the 'Algoma'. Built in 1839, the ship was to undergo major transformations in it's lifetime. It retained it's twin walking beam engines, 147 foot hull and 26 ft. diameter paddlewheels., This photo is courtesy of the …

      This lithograph, based on a painting by "Rev. M. A. F.," depicts the downtown area of Paris as it existed in the 1870s along with the Grand River and its bridges. It was originally published in the October 26, 1872 edition of the Canadian Illustrated News. Some time later, a …

      John and Mary Jane were married 13 Nov. 1872.

      George and Emily are buried in Springcreek Cemetery, Clarkson Road North, Mississauga, Ontario. You can find their inscriptions by searching www.findagrave.com, under Springcreek Cemetery, Missisauga, Ontario. Family member Neil Hoover has created a website, linked here with his permission, so you can explore the Alton, Hardy and Wilson family heritage …

      Frances de Saullus Reynolds was born at Whitby, Canada West in 1857. She was a daughter of Nelson Gilbert Reynolds and his wife Frances Eliza Armstrong. A marriage notice in the Whitby Chronicle on May 18, 1876 reads: "The marriage of Miss Frances Reynolds, second daughter of Mr. Sheriff Reynolds, …

      This lithograph, based on a painting by "Rev. M. A. F.," depicts the downtown area of Paris as it existed in the 1870s along with the Grand River and its bridges. It was originally published in the October 26, 1872 edition of the Canadian Illustrated News. This copy is one …

      Scale on map listed as 1" to 4 miles

      (Condition: Fair.)

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      This headstone is located in the Second Onondaga Baptist Church Cemetery which was established after the church was built in 1854. The Church and Cemetery are located on 330 Baptist Church Road, 0.3 km south of Mulligan Road. Location: 4-4

      Canada Presbyterian Church, Richmond Hill: Treasurer’s Report for 1872.

      Located right next to the Salt Springs Church on the Grand River, the Salt Springs Cemetery has been in operation since 1822. The cemetery is still active under the management of the Salt Springs Cemetery Board of Trustees. There is a plaque on the property that tells the history of …

      Margaret Prentice was born at Crawford-John, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1812. She married William Gladstone Sinclair at Wandell & Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 28 December 1832. The couple settled in Whitby Township in 1833 and from 1861 onwards they lived at Glenrath Farm on lot 18, Broken Front Concession. Margaret died …

      Janet Sinclair was born at Glenrath farm in Whitby Township in 1842, the daughter of Margaret and William Sinclair. She married James Young and in 1886 she moved to Clinton, Ontario where she died on 29 November 1916. She is buried in Clinton Cemetery.

      Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library