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      Thomas Hobson was married to Jane Jackson at Dublin, Ireland on July 11, 1844. In 1848, he emigrated from Hackettstown, Ireland to Whitby, Canada and settled on the north side of Watson Street East at Port Whitby. He was likely born in Ireland and likely died at Port Whitby, on …

      William Heron Sr. was born at Wighton Shire, Scotland, on January 12, 1792. Jane Crawford was born at Dailly, Ayr Shire, Scotland in June 1796. Together they came to Canada in the 1840s and settled near Ashburn on lot 29, concession 9, Whitby Township. They called their home Dalmore Farm. …

      John Campbell was born at Newark, New Jersey on June 2, 1794. His father, Hugh Campbell, served as a British soldier in the American Revolutionary War and settled at Kingston about 1796. John Campbell was elected to Parliament for the County of Frontenac in 1830 and moved to Whitby Township …

      Hannah Bicknell, daughter of Nathan Bicknell, was born in New York State in 1798. She and John Campbell were married in 1816 at Napanee, Upper Canada. They settled in Whitby Township in 1832 and became leading citizens of Brooklin, where John Campbell operated a mill and general store. Mrs. Campbell …

      Mrs. Jackson Holliday was born in 1831. She was married in Whitby Township on March 10, 1849 to Jackson Holliday, who died on May 12, 1874. She died at Lot 12, 1st Concession of Reach Township, on February 21, 1876, and is buried in the Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery at …

      David A. Brown was born in Whitby Township on September 12, 1847. About 1873 he went into partnership with David Leslie Briggs. After teh store burned down in 1889, he joined with his partner David L. Briggs and his brother Sylvester E. Briggs in the Steele-Briggs seed company in Toronto. …

      Mrs. Jeremiah Palmer (Mary Ann Washer) was born in Darlington Township in 1831. She and Jeremiah W. Palmer married. After her husbands death in 1897, Mary Ann moved to Toronto. She died at Lauder, Manitoba on April 19, 1906 and is buried in Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin. Jeremiah W. Palmer was …

      Adeline Blair was born possibly at Guildhall, Vermont, U.S.A. in 1825. She was first married to Robert Morrow of Whitby Township, and secondly to William Wiggins Caldwell.

      This building (cottage) was built in the 1850s at 926 Byron Street South on the west side between Keith and Burns Streets. The house at left was the residence of Robert J. Wilson, built in 1857 at the south east corner of Keith and Centre Streets. Both Mr. Gordon and …

      Mrs. Peter Gordon Meldrum (Mary Alice Fisher) was born at Whitby Township on January 31, 1852. She and Dr. Peter Gordon Meldrum (a physician) were married in Oshawa on December 23, 1873. Mary Alice Fisher died in 1947.

      William Warren was born at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland, on October 18, 1800 and came to Whitby Township with his brother John Borlase Warren in 1821. They farmed on the third concession for about a year and opened a store at Hamer's Corners in 1823. He married Clarissa Lynde on …

      James Wallace was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland on March 3, 1814 and came to Whitby before 1840. He was a businessman who worked as a contractor, newspaper editor and owner of a soap works and clock factory. He organized and financed the Whitby Highland Rifle Company and took part in …

      This house is located at 201 Pine Street on the north-east corner of Mary and Pine Streets. It was built in the 1850s and demolished in 1976. Owners of this house were the Armstrong family, W.H. Higgins, C.F. Stewart, J.B. Laidlaw, and Frank Lloyd Beecroft. The home was called "The …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      The Methodist Episcopal Church was located at the corner of Church and Albert Streets. It was also called the White Church. It was built in 1845 on the east side of Church Street. The Methodist Episcopal Church (White Church) amalgamated in 1884 with the Wesleyan Methodist and Bible Christian Churches. …

      This building was located at 100-108 Brock Street North. The Gerrie and Yule Block was built for James H. Gerrie, druggist and George Yule, telegraph office were constructed in 1873. The store on Dundas Street at left is the grocery store of Gibson and Sparvell. The Ontario Block is further …

      The Dominion Warerooms were built in 1866 by John M. Lowes and James B. Powell and demolished in 1964. Oddfellows' Hall was built in 1873-75 and demolished in 1964. Hatch Block was built in 1874. McMillan Block was built in 1864.

      O'Donovan Carriage Works was located at 300 Brock Street South, in the block bounded by Brock Street, Gilbert Street, Byron Street and Dunlop Street. The entrance faced the west side of Brock Street. The three storey frame building at the right of the photo was constructed in 1869 and demolished …

      This factory was established in 1874 at the north west corner of Byron Street and Dundas Street. The buildings were dismantled and moved in 1894.