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      A two page item on the Magnetawan Public School. This includes two black and white photographs of the Magnetawan public school and short report on the Magnetawan public school. The school is a white wooden building with a bell on the roof. This was likely a one room school. The …

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      John Borlase Warren (1798-1879) and his brother William (1800-1887), left Cork, Ireland for Canada in 1821. The sons of Captain Robert Boyle Warren of the 8th Royal Dragons, now the 8th Hussars, John and William purchased land on Concession 3 in Whitby. John Borlase Warren married Louisa Lynde (1807-1870), daughter …

      George Fisher (1795-1878) of New York moved with his family to Frederickton, near Napanee, in 1797. He served in the War of 1812. Following his service, he married Content Colton at Lennox & Addington County in 1816. Together they had ten children and moved to East Whitby in 1828. Alfred …

      This picture shows the first traction steam engine east of Toronto at Pat Grady's farm at Audley. The engine was built by the Waterloo Manufacturing Company of Waterloo, Ontario.

      Henry Street School was built in 1854 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets and is now occupied by R.A. Sennett Public School. The school, which faced Henry Street, was destroyed by fire on 4 July 1920.

      The Map came from Andre Boissonneault, a contractor. The map is hand written on an oil cloth, and covers a total area of 63922 (unit of measure unknown). Early surveyors, like William E. Logan, used Rochon micrometer telescopes and targets (disk on a calibrated pole) to measure distance. Each microscope …

      This photograph depicts Charles Bruce (C.B.) Capron, who was the son of Hiram Capron's brother Horace and his wife Mary Sovereign Capron. It was taken in Paris, where he was born, in 1888. He had two siblings, Aden and Margaret, and two half-siblings, Amelia and Cynthia. Photographs of them are …

      Condition: Okay. Very dirty and faded looking.

      Condition: Fair-good. Yellowed and is fairly dirty from handling and wear. Some scratches and stains. Pen used to identify A.H. Lofft.

      Louisa Hay was born on October 7, 1864 at Brooklin and married John Ham Perry on June 28, 1888 as his second wife. She was President of the Alter Guild of All Saints' Anglican Church and was a nurse at the Ontario County House of Refuge from 1903-1918. Mrs. Perry …

      Albert Wilson Jackson was born in County Wicklow, Ireland on June 11, 1870. He immigrated to Canada in 1871. His family operated a store at Port Whitby. Albert and his brother Tom operated a steamboat service in the 1890s and early 1900s. Mr. Jackson was a member of the Whitby …

      Condition: Poor. Very dirty and stained. Extremely yellow with a hint of orange.

      Arthur Warren Burnham was the son of Judge Zacheus Burnham. He was born at Whitby on March 26, 1872 and died at Whitby on May 2, 1894. He is buried at Oshawa Union Cemetery.