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      James was born in Halton County in 1885 but later moved to Woodbridge which is where this farm was located. The sketch was done by a friend of the family.

      Hand-written recipe for Wheat Wine from Jame's Kelley

      A family tree of the Breckon Family who first immigrated to Canada in 1831. The family is believed to have originated in the 1600s in France

      William Peacock had been a seaman and then sea captain before retiring in England. He came to Halton in 1832 with his wife and six of their eventual eleven children. They also owned a homestead in Merton. William and Harriet are buried in the St. Luke's Anglican Church cemetary at …

      The Wettlaufer Sisters, two of whom were married at the time this photo was taken. Seated is Ada Hill. Standing are (l-r) Charlotte Waterbury, Georgina (Ina) and Rosetta Wettlaufer.

      This sketch is taken from the Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Halton Ont. by Pope, J. H. (John Henry), 1824-1889. Toronto, Ont. : Walker & Miles, 1877. The Atlas places the sketch with: William Dixon, described as a Farmer; Fruit Grower. It seems to indicate he settled in …

      A link to a 2003 photograph of the house is in this record for your information. A link to another photo connected with this house, that of a barn raising on the farm when it was owned by R.D. Fleming, is in this record for your further information.

      The main image in this record is a page from the autograph book of Mary Powell, drawn by her uncle, Allan Cullingworth. Mary trained at Normal School and worked as a teacher, starting in the late 1930's in Brantford, in the one-room school at Rockton, then to Peterborough, Ontario schools. …

      Information and photographs of Holyrood house, the Lefebvre family and the history of the property in the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection were shared by Mr. Roy Lessels in May 2016. Roy's father was head grounds keeper for the estate from 1929 to 1945, in the employ of Gordon …

      Van Sickle is also sometimes written as Vansickle; both forms should be checked when researching.

      A record of births in the Breckon Family

      The identification on each lot is the Concession number in Roman numeral followed by lot number. E.g. "I-35" is Concession 1, Lot 35. "II-30" is Concession 2, Lot 30.

      Mrs. Darlington was the organist and choir director for 40 years. Mrs. G.S. Wood was wife of Stanley Wood who had owned and run the Palermo general store. (After Stanley's death, Mac and Myrtle McGill took it over.) The Wood family farm was just east of the intersection of Bronte …

      Four pilots from the RCAF base at Centralia will perform formation aerobatics today at the national air show starting at 2 pm over the CNE waterfront. They will take their Harvard trainers through a series of gyrations carefully rehearsed weeks in advance of the show. Studying their plans are flying …

      Photo caption: “Oakville’s volunteer brigade were hosted by the women’s auxiliary at its 25th anniversary. Mrs. Dora Wright (left) holds one end of the cake as fireman Bill Cook, District Chief George Wright, and District Deputy Chief Eldon Perkins prepare to cut it with an axe. Mrs. Jessie Perkins supports …

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      Photographs in the collection are courtesy of Janet (Lees) Timbrell and Ross Wark, camp leaders 1957-1959. This is one of a series of photographs and memories of working as a leader at one of the Oakville Recreation Commission summer day camps in the late 1950's. To see all the records, …

      A short history of the Oakville hardware store started by James N. McGregor

      A small clipping from the Hamilton Spectator describing J.L. Breckon as a missing persons.

      A short newspaper clipping describing the disappearance and continued search of J.L. Breckon