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      Patly Mills was located on the south half of lot 28, on the north side of Taunton Road, east of Chochrane Street. The Patley Mills were established by James Mitchell in 1851 and they processed oatmeal and flour. James Mitchell was drowned in a boating accident on Lake Ontario in …

      This large format negative was found in the Archives storage room without any identification. However, we believe that this negative may be an image from the The Queen's Plate, Canada's most noted horse race, that was run at Whitby in May 1870. The track was located on the west side …

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877, P.# 20     The residence of Andrew Orvis was located on lot 35 on Concession 1 south of the Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National Railway) in Whitby Township.

      The Tweedie family immigrated to Canada from Lanarkshire, Scotland about 1829. James and Jane Tweedie had thirteen children, all born at the family home, Broadfield, in Whitby Township.

      Leaving Aberdeenshire in Scotland, George McGillivray landed at Quebec in 1833 and hadn't intended to settle at Whitby Township. While in Vermont, McGillivray received a letter from William Dow encouraging him to purchase land in Whitby Township. After having spent time at Glen Dhu, the Dow family homestead in Whitby …

      Thomas Hall Wilson (1837-1913), eldest son of James (1807-1890) and Elizabeth (1818-1889) Wilson, married Catherine DeGeer (1837-1913) at Whitchurch Township in 1858; they had six children: Mary Hannah Wilson (1860-1942), William James Wilson (1862-1915), Amanda Elizabeth Wilson (1864-1952), Charles Herbert Wilson (1866-1943), Kate Annett Wilson (1869-1953), George Iolum Wilson (1872-1954). …

      This brick house was built around 1853 by Joshua Richardson. It was located on lot 3 of Broken Front Concession in Pickering Township. At the time this photograph was taken, the house was owned by his son Robert Richardson.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     This brick house was built in 1876 on the south east corner of Hopikins and Victoria Streets on lot 22 in Whitby Township. The house was severely damaged by fire in June 2006. Barnabus Gibson was a railway contractor who later moved to Toronto.

      This log cabin was built by John Spencer (1786-1875) who settled on lot 29 of Concession 7 in 1833. David Burns (1850-1922), a poet in Brooklin, was born in this house on 6 August 1850 according to a caption under this photograph in his second book of poems published after …

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     L.C. Hall lived on lot 20 on the south side of Concession 1 (Highway 2)and east of Thickson Road.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877, P.#4     Madill's farm was also known as Bonny Bank. It was located on the south half of lot 34 of Concession 4 in Whitby Township. The house was demolished in June 2006.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877, P.# 54     William Smith settled on lot 21 of Broken Front Concession in Whitby Township in 1830 or 1831. In his will in 1859 he directed his three sons to erect a house. This cut fieldstone house was built in 1861 and became the residence of Thomas H. Smith. It was later …

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877, P.# 54     This brick farmhouse was located on lot 21 of Broken Front Concession on the west side of Thickson Road. It was north of the stone house owned by Thomas H. Smith. The John L. Smith house was destroyed by fire on 2 November 1974.

      John Lawrence Smith was born on Lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township, on 11 October 1838, and was a farmer all his life. He was one of the founders and first trustees of the Whitby Methodist Tabernacle, and a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the …

      Mrs. Elizabeth (Strickland) Smith was born at England, on June 30, 1841, a daughter of John Strickland who lived in Oshawa. She married John Lawrence Smith, a Whitby Township farmer, on December 31, 1867, and died on the Smith farm at Corbett's Point, lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township, …

 Unknown, Canadian Illustrated News, 18 June 1870     The Queen's Plate, Canada's most noted horse race, was run at Whitby in May 1870. The track was located on the west side of McQuay Street north of Dundas Street. The race was attended by John Sandfield Macdonald, Attorney General of Ontario, and records state that there were more than …

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     The complex of County buildings was located on the west side of Centre Street between Gilbert and Ontario Streets.

      The William Dow (1777-1855) settled at Whitby Township in 1833 after having arrived in Canada from Banffshire, Scotland. They took up residence at Glen Dhu farm on Concession 3. William Dow was well known throughout Ontario for his agricultural improvements, especially in the production of great crop yields. William Dow …

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     Springfield Farm was located on lot 26 on the north side of Concession 7 in Whitby Township.

 William Notman, Canadian Illustrated News, 1872     The Merryweather Steam Fire Engine, manufactured in England, served the Town of Whitby from November 1872 to 1926 when it was replaced by two motorized fire trucks. The engine saved downtown Oshawa from destruction by fire on the night of December 8, 1872. In 1934 the Town of Whitby gave …