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      This 1880 land deed between John and Ellen Irwin, Paris, and William Key, Richwood, transfers a lot of land in Paris in return for $1325. The lot is number 14 on the north side of Banfield Street. The location of this lot can be found on page 40 of the …

      This is the first page from the Quit Claim deed between John Kirkby et al. and George Simpson of the Township of Onondaga issued on November 20, 1880. The original document was provided by Jim and Kathy Barton during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall …

      Original version and Mohawk translation of the song "God Be With You Til We Meet Again."

      Mohawk translation of the song "The Unclouded Day."

      A document called "Sketches of Captain Amos Wright and Family" written by Stephen Wright. It contains genealogical information of several generations of the Wright family.

      These images are from the Burial Register for St. Michael's Cemetery, Toronto, for the years 1880-1889.

      A death notice printed with decorative border for William Duncan. It informs the reader that William Duncan passed away at Cainsville on Tuesday Morning, July 13th 1880 and invites friends and acquaintances to the funeral taking place from his late residence in Cainsville to the Old Cemetery, Brantford on Wednesday, …

      This frame house was built as the residence of John Watson (1798-1897), a resident of Almonds. The house burned down in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The house was located on lot 35 of Concession 2.

      John Blow was born in Humberstone, Lincolnshire, England on November 13, 1819. After leaving school he farmed with his father and then went to Hull, England to learn the business of shipping clerk, wharfenger and warehouse man with the Hull Dock Co. In 1854 John Blow came to Whitby and …

      Mary (Needham) Blow (1825-1901) was born in Humberstone, Lincolnshire, England on 12 August 1825. She married John Blow on 10 February 1845 and had seven children, Martha Helen (1848-1905), Mary Alice (1851-1928), Emma, John Needham (1855-1915), Ezekiel Richard (1860-1930), Ernest Alfred (1862-1936) and Lucy. Mary died on 13 December 1901 …

      The Heron family came to Canada from Ayrshire, Scotland. William Heron (1792-1884) married Jane Crawford (1796-1877) at Ayrshire in 1818. The came to Canada with their family of two daughters, Elizabeth and Jean, and two sons, William and John, in the 1840s. They settled at Dalmore farm at Ashburn. John …

      David Mathison (1819-1883) was a tailor in Aberdeen, Scotland. He married Agnes Frost in 1846 by whom he had John Tait Mathison (1851-1929). In 1853 David Mathison married Elizabeth Tait and shortly after the couple came to Whitby where they had six children: Margaret, Jean, Peter William, David, George Tait, …

      Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in the County of Brant, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry …

      Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in Brant County, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain on 7th October, 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry Melinda Clark …

      Dr. Aaron Chamberlain was born in East Oakland, in Brant County, Ontario to Joel and Elvira Main Chamberlain in 1829. Aaron attended the Michigan Medical College at the University of Michigan between 1864 and 1865, and the Victoria Royal Medical School in 1867. He would marry Melinda Clark Chamberlain on …

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a print of Whitby that appeared in Picturesque Canada: The Country as it was and is. The image shows a group of people standing on the roof of the Ontario Ladies' College looking west over the Town of Whitby. The college itself …

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      George Henry Wilkinson 1842-1916 and wife Maria Patterson 1863-1939. George Wilkinson was one of the seven sons and three daughters of francis Wilkinson and Clarissa Simons.

      A photo of Zavitz Mill standing beside the sand dunes which were once located there. The mill was built by Christian Zavitz and was operated by his son, Jesse, at the Lake Shore outlet of the Mill Pond (Eagle Marsh Drain at Gravelly Bay in Port Colborne) from 1780-1830. It …

      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. Marie, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. In July …