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      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 …

      (Condition: Good.)

      Sinclair School was built on the north side of Concession 4 (Taunton Road) east of Garden Street in 1874. It was used as a school until it closed in 1979. Sinclair School was demolished in 1992.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the Ontario County Council from around 1891. The group is positioned on the front steps of the Ontario County Courthouse. Top (5th) row, far right: Donald McKay, County Treasurer. Second row, third from the left: John E. Farewell, County Clerk. Front row, …

      Condition: Very good. Only some yellowing.

      Condition: Very good copy.

      A view of the saw Mill and lime kilns, taken from the south side of the railway tracks.

      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 …

 Bradley Garretson & Co., The Canadian Album (Brantford, ON), 1891     William McCabe was born at Picton, Upper Canada on 12 June 1853. He was principal of the Whitby Grammar School from 1858 to 1863 and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1863. He then served as superintendent in several insurance agencies in the US. He returned to Canada in …

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

      The printed date in the right hand corner of the second version of the map is incorrect. The map can be dated to ca. 1891 based on other copies and the presence of St. Louis Roman Catholic Church on Allen St.

      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 …