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      Van Buren Woodruff was born on March 15, 1860 and was a hotel keeper in Oshawa and Whitby. In 1889 he purchased the Armstrong House Hotel at the south-west corner of Brock and Dundas Streets in Whitby, and moved to Oshawa in 1898 to take over the Commercial Hotel. In …

      Joseph King was born at Whitby on January 31, 1869, son of Charles King. He managed the King Brothers' Tannery in Whitby with his brother Theodore King, and father Charles King. He served on the Whitby Public School Board from at least 1925 until 1938. In 1952 the tannery closed …

      Frank Erskine was born in Scotland on October 6, 1870. As a young man he sailed around the world three times. He served in the South African War in 1899 and after 1900 came to Canada, settling at Montreal. In 1909 he came to Whitby and carried on his business …

      Thomas Manderson was born in Scotland in 1837 and came to Canada in 1848, when his family settled in King Township, York County. In 1864 the Manderson family moved to Lot 11, Concession 1, Reach Township, where Thomas Manderson was a farmer the rest of his life. He took over …

      Maude Tucker came to Whitby with her husband (James H. Downey) in 1895 when he took over his father's grain and coal business. She and her husband moved to San Diego, California in 1919. She died at Los Angeles, California in 1938 and is buried at Napanee, Ontario.

      David Galbraith was born in Darlington Township, Canada West, on October 31, 1849 and grew up on the family farm. He was involved in the operation of Bowmanville Harbour. David Galbraith, John McClellan and George McGill of Bowmanville, purchased Whitby Harbour in 1879. They operated it as the Port Whitby …

      John Parker was born on April 17, 1884. He and Bertha May Worfold of Whitby were married in 1913 at Toronto. He served in the 3rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in teh First World War. He was one of the charter members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 …

      Hazel Kenny was the daughter of James Milton Kenny.

      William Maw was born on the John Grandy farm, a mile west of Brooklin, on January 26, 1880 and was a farmer for several years with his brother Arthur of Myrtle. He went to Greenwood in Pickering Township as farm manager for Arthur Johnston, a breeder and importer of Shorthorn …

      This view is looking north from the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks, west of Garden Street at (509 Beech Street East). The Beckley family moved into this house about 1916. About 1942 it was destroyed by fire and a new house was built on the site. The black spots on the …

      This picture shows the Harden's horse (at 1625 Dufferin Street) with a horse and buggy in front. Mr. and Mrs. Harden, William and Mary Ann, are at left in the buggy.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck …

      Arthur Edward Christian was born at prince Albert, near Port Perry on February 21, 1871. He started his career as a telegrapher in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. He later studied law at Osgood Hall and opened an office in Whitby in association with Colonel J.E. Farewell in 1913. In 1924, …

      Robert Ruddy was born in Brock Township, Ontario County on April 30, 1861 and was educated in Uxbridge and Port Perry. He was called to the Bar in 1889 and practised law in Millbrook until 1909 when he went to Peterborough. He came to Whitby as Ontario County Judge in …

      Reverend Edward Alexander McIntyre was born at Woodstock, Ontario in 1880. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree, and graduated from Wycliffe College in Toronto in 1900 to enter the Anglican ministry. He was student rector at St. John's Anglican …

      Reverend Joseph Henry Pogson was rector of St. John's Anglican Church, Port Whitby, from 1920 to 1924. He was born at Whitby on June 20, 1888, and died on February 2, 1967. Reverend Pogson is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Whitby.

      This store was located at 58 Winchester Road East. It was operated by the Patterson Family on the north side of Winchester Road, west of Queen Street. The building was destroyed by fire in 1929.

      This picture was taken in front of the public school on the north side of Winchester Street, west of Simcoe Street.

      This picture was taken in front of the public school on the north side of Winchester Street, west of Simcoe Street.

      This frame house stood on the south side of Dundas Street east of Kendalwood Road (at 1913 Dundas Street East). It was built before 1837, and was demolished about 1962. It was the residence of Dr. James Hunter (1790-1850) who was tried for treason for supporting the rebels in the …

      Miss Violet West was the first superintendent of nurses when the hospital opened in 1920. She came from Toronto Western Hospital.