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      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 Ashburn School was located at 780 Myrtle Road West. It was built about 1861 on the north side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township west of Ashburn Road. It was built by a stone mason named Pearson. Since 1967 this building has been used as a community centre.

      Ashburn General store was located at 8990 Ashburn Road (on the south-west corner of Ashburn Road at the 9th concession of Whitby Township).

      John Alexander McGillivray was born in Pickering Township on July 19, 1852. He studied law under George Young Smith at Whitby, Lyman English at Oshawa, and Jones Brothers and Mackenzie of Toronto. He commenced a law practice with John Billings at Port Perry and later moved to Uxbridge. He had …

      George Britton was born in 1855. He was employed by the Grand Trunk Railway as a car repairer from 1879 to 1924 and lived in Whitby for many years. He was Master of Composite Lodge AF and AM in 1902. He died at Whitby on August 31, 1931 and is …

      James Ironside Davidson was born at Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on June 8, 1818, settled on Lot 1, Concession 8, Pickering Township, near the village of Balsam, in 1842. He began breeding Clydesdale Horses and Shorthorn Cattle in 1859. In 1871 he began importing animals from the famous breeder, Amos Cruickshank, …

      Mrs. Robert John Gunn (Agnes Pringle) was born at Edinburgh, Scotland in 1821 and came to Canada with her father, John Pringle in 1833. The family lived at Cobourg until moving to Whitby in 1836. On October 24, 1849, Agnes Pringle married Dr. Robert John Gunn, a pioneer physician in …

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the members of the Ontario County Council around 1902. This photograph was taken in front of the Ontario County Courthouse and some councillors are sitting on one of the cannons.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of Janet Young (nee Sinclair), wife of James Young, and her granddaughter, Winnifred Isobel McIntosh, aged 5 months.

      Carl/Charles Lintner (1818-1887) married Mary Ann Schmidt (1833-1912) at Toronto in 1859. Both immigrated to Canada from Saxony, Germany. They had five children. George Joseph Lintner (1860-1912), eldest child of Charles and Mary, married Anna Orvis (1869-1954) at Toronto in 1889. They had six children: Selah Edward (1892-1953), Charles Eleazor …

      This house is located on the west side of Henry Street between Dunlop and Colborne Streets. It was built in the 1850s and was the residence of John Hamar Greenwood and his family. This view is looking north from Dunlop Street. It was located at 208-210 Henry Street.Whitby’s house numbering …

      Black and white photograph from The Mackey Family History by George DeKay (1985) of the DeHart family. The portrait photograph was taken in a studio. Left to right: Mrs. DeHart, Oliver Blake DeHart, Elmer DeHart, Adella DeHart, James Nicholas DeHart. The original source/photographer of this image is unknown.

      Auction of foreclosed properties: lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 29, 30, 31, & 32, all of which are part of lot 28, 1st concession, Whitby.

      Auction of farmlands: parts of lots 30 & 31, 6th concession, Whitby

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