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      Black and white negative depicting a photograph of Concession 7 (Columbus Road) looking west toward Thickson Road. Maple Shade Farm, the residence of of John Dryden, is on the left side of the image. Large trees line the roadway.

      This brick house was built in 1835 on lot 20 of Concession 7 in Whitby Township. It was located on the north side of the the 7th Concession, east of Thickson Road. A second story was added to the house in 1926. It was the residence of James Dryden (1806-1881), …

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      Slide File Number: 01.9-C-1 Seen here is the original Windsor Chase Residence converted to hospital and nurses home which opened in 1876. The General and Marine Hospital opened in 1865 with the purpose of tending to residents of St. Catharines and sailors on the Welland Canal. The hospital initially opened …

      This 1891 photograph depicts Dr. Duncan Marquis, who has been described (by M. Smyth) as "probably the most beloved doctor the village ever had." A native of the village, he left to pursue his medical education but later returned to set up practice in the village of his youth. He …

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      Francis James Roche was born at Whitby on October 10, 1865, son of John Richmond Roche, Professor of Mathematics in Newton University, Baltimore, Maryland. He was educated by private tuition at Toronto Collegiate Institute, Trinity College and University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 1886, taking honours in natural …

      William Henry Huston was born at Whitby on June 17, 1859, the son of the town clerk and treasurer, Thomas Huston. He was educated at the Whitby Public School and High School and he matriculated into Toronto University in 1876. He was a teacher at the Whitby Collegiate Institute for …

      Albert Asa Post was born in Pickering Township on January 29, 1850. He attended St. Michael's College in Toronto and after graduation he studied architecture with the firm of Langley and Burke, Toronto. In 1879 he opened an architect's office in Whitby. In 1882 he remodelled the Court House at …

      Laura Gertrude Barnes was born at Whitby on July 26, 1880. She married Richard S. Cassels on February 16, 1926 at Whitby. She died on August 26, 1979 at Whitby.William Douglas Barnes was born at Whitby on August 10, 1879. He played Junior A Hockey as a young man in …

      Allan Huston Adams was born at Whitby on January 6, 1878, son of Dr. Wellington Adams and Ellen I. Huston. He entered the University of Toronto, gaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1901 and Bachelor of Medicine in 1904. He then took post graduate work at the Toronto General …

      Reid Barber was a photographer in Chesley, Ontario in 1891.

      Oliver Martin was killed in a train accident west of Sudbury in 1910.

      Oliver was killed in a train accident west of Sudbury in 1910.

      John Aubrey Morphy was born on 24 Jan 1891 to Henry Edmund and Miriam Maria Morphy (nee Pellatt). He attended the University of Toronto where he gained both a degree in Mining Engineering (1911) and a Bachelor of Applied Science (1912). Morphy enlisted in June 1915, and was a member …

      The residence of Andrew Kerr was the first house close to the street on the west side of Ashburn Road. Andrew Kerr operated a blacksmith shop on the opposite side of Ashburn Road from the 1880s until 1907 when he moved to Toronto and later Agincourt. The back wing of …

      Andrew Kerr operated a blacksmith shop on the east side of Ashburn Road a short distance south of the 9th Concession. He operated the shop from the 1880s until 1907 when he moved to Toronto and later Agincourt.