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      Peter Gordon Meldrum was born at Puslinch, Canada West, on October 4, 1850. He married Mary Alice Fisher of Whitby Township at Oshawa on December 23, 1873. At the time he married, we was working as a teacher at Hamilton. He became a physician in Whitby in the 1880s and …

      William Bryan (1830-1898) was born at Brockville, Canada on January 19, 1830 and came to Whitby in 1844 where he operated a stove and tinware business. He died at Whitby on May 30, 1898 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      Ruth Hickie was born at Cashel, Ireland, on October 2, 1835. After coming to Whitby she married William Bryan, a stove and tinware merchant, who died in 1898. Later she married William Mayor. She died at Whitby on February 24, 1926 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      James Almond was born at Lincoln, England on April 20, 1809. He settled in New York State and moved to Whitby Township in 1837. The settlement on lot 35 Kingston Road later became known as Almonds. James Almond donated his land for the Almonds Church. He died on lot 34, …

      Mrs. James Almond (Lucy Todd) was born at London, England on March 24, 1829. She married James Almond after his first wife died in 1861 and lived on lot 34, concession 1, Whitby Township at the settlement known as Almonds. She died (probably on the homestead) on June 7, 1906 …

      Christopher Johnston was born in 1844 and was known as the Lumber King of Whitby. He owned a lumber yard at the north end of Pine Street. He died at Whitby on September 2, 1891 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      James Rice (1807-1898) was born at Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire, England on June 10, 1807. He came to Whitby in 1854. For many years he lived north of the 3rd concession line west of Brock Street at Rice's Hill. He died at Whitby Township on February 15, 1898, and is buried …

      John Ball Dow was born at Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, on November 29, 1851. A graduate in law from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1875, he was a lawyer in Whitby until 1907 when he was appointed Clerk of the Ontario County Court and …

      Mrs. John Lawrence Smith (Elizabeth Strickland) was born at England, on June 30, 1841, a daughter of John Strickland who lived in Oshawa. She married John Lawrence Smith, a Whitby Township farmer, on December 31, 1867, and died on the Smith farm at Corbett's Point, lot 21, Broken Front Concession, …

      Annie Beecroft was born at Greenbank, Canada West, in 1860 and was married in 1879 to David Leslie Briggs, a storekeeper in Myrtle. She learned music from Professor Wyatt of Brooklin and became a music teacher. She moved to Toronto with her husband after his store burned at Myrtle in …

      John Blow’s store was located at 145 Brock Street South. This brick store was built in 1883 at the north east corner of Brock and Colborne Streets. At the time this picture was taken it was operated as a coal and salt depot and express and telegraph office by John …

      Zacheus Burnham was born in Hamilton Township, Upper Canada, on March 31, 1819. He received his literary education at Cobourg Grammar School and studied law with his elder brother, Elias Burnham at Peterborough. He completed his law studies with Robert Baldwin in Toronto and opened his first law practice in …

      Ontario Ladies' College is now known as Trafalgar Castle School, and is located at 401 Reynolds Street.

      This is a black and white photograph of a group of unidentified students posing for a picture.

      John Edwin Farewell was born in East Whitby Township on February 18, 1840, a descendant of Irish ancestors and was adopted by Abraham Farewell, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ontario South. He was educated in Whitby and Barrie and received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Toronto …

      This frame house stood at 512 Brock Street South at the north west corner of Brock and St. John Streets. It was demolished in 1963 and an apartment building was built on the site.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian …

      This house was located at 319 Green Street in Whitby. This home was built in 1861 at the south east corner of Green and Dunlop Streets. It was demolished in July 1964.George Cormack was a lumber dealer.

      This house was located at 319 Green Street in Whitby. This home was built in 1861 at the south east corner of Green and Dunlop Streets. It was demolished in July 1964.George Cormack was a lumber dealer.

      Oddfellows Hall was built in 1873-1875 on the east side of Brock Street north of Dundas Street and demolished in 1964.

      John Dryden was born on June 5, 1840 on Maple Shade Farm (a successful 200-acre property near the village of Winchester (Brooklin) at the north east corner of Thickson Road and the 7th Concession, Whitby Township, Upper Canada. He was the son of James Dryden and Elizabeth Marsh. He married …