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      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 …

      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 …

 The Canadian Album (Brantford, ON), 1891     John Joseph McEntee was born at Rochester, New York in 1847. He entered St. Michael's College in Toronto in 1860 and the Grand Seminary at Montreal in 1867. He was ordained on 18 October 1870 at St. Michael's Cathedral in Toronto and appointed assistant at St. Paul's Church in Toronto …

 Bradley Garretson & Co., The Canadian Album (Brantford, ON), 1891     Neil McCrimmon was born at Vankleek Hill, Prescott, ON on 23 June 1958. He began his career lumbering in the Upper Ottawa River area and spent three years in Wyoming and Utah territories as a stage coach agent. From 1882-1884 he studied law at St. Thomas and Ridgetown, ON. In …

 The Canadian Album (Brantford, ON), 1891     Rev. Walter M. Roger was born at Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 31 December 1839. His family moved to Peterborough where his father was a pioneer Presbyterian minister. Walter Roger graduated from the University of Toronto in 1862 and took his theological studies at Knox College, Toronto and New College in Edinburgh, …

      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.

      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.

      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 …

      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), …

      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, …

      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.

      Thomas Kirkland was born near Tanderagee, County Armagh, Ireland on August 12, 1835. He started early on a career in teaching and took his training at the Normal School in Dublin, and the Albert National Training Institute in Glasevin, studying the theory and practice of agriculture. He then took a …

      Thomas Kirkland was born near Tanderagee, County Armagh, Ireland on August 12, 1835. He started early on a career in teaching and took his training at the Normal School in Dublin, and the Albert National Training Institute in Glasevin, studying the theory and practice of agriculture. He then took a …