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      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 …

      Emily Ann Stone was born in Whitby Township, on July 12, 1839, and was married to Whitby lawyer Samuel H. Cochrane at Whitby on March 17, 1860. Mr. Cochrane was Crown Attorney of Ontario County from 1863 to 1872. Mrs. Cochrane continued to live in Whitby after her husband's death …

      John Alexander McGillivray was born in Pickering Township on July 19, 1852. He studied law under George Young Smith at Whitby, Lyman English at Oshawa, and Jones Brothers and Mackenzie of Toronto. He commenced a law practice with John Billings at Port Perry and later moved to Uxbridge. He had …

      Mrs. Joshua Richardson (Susan Bryan) was born near Brockville, Upper Canada, on February 19, 1833 and came to Whitby in 1843. she died at Whitby on March 3, 1903 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      Mrs. George McGillivray (Caroline Amelia Fothergill) was a daughter of Charles Fothergill, a noted Canadian naturalist. She was born at Port Hope, Upper Canada on April 20, 1828. She married George McGillivray on March 17, 1846 and lived in Pickering and Whitby Townships. After 1870 she lived at "Inverlynn" in …

      Philip Bennett Whitfield was born in Cornwall, England on November 12, 1819. He came to Canada in 1841 and settled in Whitby about 1855. He was a builder by trade. Mr. Whitfield died at Whitby on January 6, 1900, and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      All Saints' Anglican Church was built in 1865-66 at 300 Dundas Street West.

      Mrs. Thomas Dow (Eliza Harriet Chesebro) (1821-1894) was born at Whitestown, Oneida County, New york, U.S.A. on January 26, 1821. On March 25, 1846 she married Thomas Dow, a Whitby bank manager. Mr. and Mrs. Dow lived in Oshawa until 1853 when Mr. Dow became the manager of the Bank …

      Mrs. John Dow (Catherine Isabella Ball) was born at Niagara, Upper Canada on January 14, 1824. She married John Down of Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township on November 7, 1848 and took up residence in Whitby Township after that date. She continued to live in Whitby …

      Thomas Dow was born at Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland, on June 7, 1818. He came to Canada with his father, William Down in 1832 and settled on lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township in 1833. In the 1840s, Thomas Dow worked for John Skae, a general merchant in Oshawa. In …

      Mrs. Hugh Miller (Helen Dow) was born at Marnoch Parish, Banffshire Scotland on February 8, 1826. She came to Canada in 1832 with her father William Dow and settled on Lot 23, Concession 3, Whitby Township in 1833. On June 8, 1847 she married Hugh Miller who was a druggist …

      Samuel Jackson was born at County Wicklow, Ireland in 1833 and died at Whitby, Canada on November 7, 1891. He is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby. This photograph is of a watercolour painting of Mr. Jackson.

      Margaret Bedford was born at Upper Canada on November 8, 1820 and was married to Timothy Fisher at Whitby Township on August 16, 1842. They lived on a farm near Ashburn. She died at Oshawa on March 29, 1901 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      Mary Charlotte Reynolds, daughter of Nelson Gilbert Reynolds and Frances Eliza Armstrong, born in Whitby on September 8, 1861. She was married at Niagara Falls, Canada on July 10, 1883 to Joseph Harris McClellan and lived in Peterborough for many years. She died at Toronto on October 20, 1945 and …

      Robert Ebenezer Perry was the eldest son of Whitby's founder, Peter Perry. He was born at Ernesttown, near the Bay of Quinte, on April 16, 1825 and came to Whitby with his father in 1836. Robert was a partner in his father's retail grain business and took over the business …

      Ann Eliza Dryden, daughter of James Dryden, was born in Whitby Township on June 16, 1848. She died at Toronto on February 14, 1927 and is buried in the Dryden Baptist Cemetery, Whitby.

      Sarah Jane Dryden was born in Whitby Township on February 16, 1846 and was married to Leonard Burnett of Pickering at the Rossin House, Toronto on January 5, 1870. Her husband was Liberal candidate for South Ontario in 1896 and they lived at Greenbank. She died in Reach Township on …

      Samuel Thomas Kempthorne was born at Almonds, Whitby Township on May 6, 1875. He was the son of Charles Kempthorne (blacksmith). Samuel apprenticed at Hatch & Brothers Hardware in Whitby and moved to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he opened a hardware store about 1900. He returned to Whitby in 1923 and …

      Thomas Hall Wilson, son of James Wilson, was born at Windsor Harbor (Port Whitby), on June 15, 1837. He became a harness maker and for some time kept a toll gate on the Kingston Road, 1st Concession, Whitby Township. About 1880 he moved to Brooklin where he had a harness …

      Georgina Hunter Darlington, daughter of Robert Darlington and Sarah Annie Hunter, was born on May 18, 1845 and died at Brooklin on November 26, 1923. She is buried at Groveside cemetery.