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      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 …

      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, 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 …

      William Paxton was born at Durham, England on April 15, 1791. He married Elizabeth Liddle, formerly Mrs. John Dryden, in England in 1819. The family came to Whitby Township in 1820 and he lived for many years in Port Perry. Liddle died at Whitby Township on September 1, 1855. Later, …

      William Gerrard Dow, first son of John Dow of Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, was born at Glen Dhu on September 21, 1849. He continued to farm at Glen Dhu until 1890 when he moved to Manitoba to take up farming there. He died at Lilac, …

      Mrs. William Gerrard Dow, daughter of Captain Jame McAllan of Port Whitby was bon on August 11, 1843. On September 24, 1873 she married William Gerrard Dow of Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township. In 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Dow moved to Manitoba and later to Saskatechewan …

      John Ball Dow was born at Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, on November 29, 1851. A graduate in law from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1875, he was a lawyer in Whitby until 1907 when he was appointed Clerk of the Ontario County Court and …

      John Ball Dow was born at Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, on November 29, 1851. A graduate in law from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1875, he was a lawyer in Whitby until 1907 when he was appointed Clerk of the Ontario County Court and …

      Robert Sinclair was born in Whitby Township in 1849. He was the son of William Sinclair and Margaret Prentice. He and his brother Alex, both of whom never married, carried on the family farm, Glenrath, after their father's death in 1899. Robert Sinclair died at Glenrath, lot 18, Broken Front …

      John Joshua Fothergill (son of Charles Fothergill and his second wife Eliza Richardson) was born on April 23, 1836. He was originally called John Joshua St. George Fothergill because he was born on St. George's Day. He purchased the north part of lot 32, concession 1, Whitby Township, in 1882 …

      This photograph was inscribed, "Mr. H. Warren, Whitby", we can only assume it is Dr. Henry Warren, son of William Warren, Collector of Customs at Port Whitby. Dr. Henry Warren was born in Whitby Township, probably at Port Whitby on September 19, 1838. He attended New York Medical College and …

      Mrs. William Warren Jr. (Eliza Mary Pole) was born in May 1836. She married William Warren Jr. of Oshawa. She died at Oshawa on September 6, 1873 and is buried at St. George's Anglican Cemetery, Oshawa.

      David Briggs was born at Dunham, Missisquoi County, Lower Canada, on August 8, 1816. In 1836 he came to Whitby Township and settled east of Myrtle on lot 19, concession 8. He was a county constable and farmer. He died on March 4, 1897 at his home and is buried …

      Phoebe Ann Kerr was bor on July 311, 1823. She and David Briggs were married at Whitby Township, Canada West on May 3, 1842. She died at Whitby Township near Myrtle on June 3, 1902 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      Sylvester Earl Briggs was born in Whitby Township, east of Myrtle, on April 10, 1846. He moved to Toronto in 1873 and joined Steele Brothers firm with R.C. Steele. R.C. Steele and S.E. Briggs were coworkers in Oshawa prior to joining the firm. In 1900, the company became the Steele …

      Barbara Hendrie was born at New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on April 1819 and married James Ironside Davidson at Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on July 15, 1841. They sailed immediately to Canada and settled on Lot 1, Concession 8, Pickering Township on a farm called Sittyton Grove. Mrs. Davidson had five children …

      Mrs. Seth Hubbell (Rachel Almira Kellogg) (1834-1911) was born at Haldimand Township, Upper Canada on November 1, 1834. On August 20, 1851, she and Seth Hubbell were married at Whitby Township, Canada West. She died at Elk Rapids, Michigan, USA on September 23, 1911 and is buried at Maple Grove …

      Sarah Jane Dryden was born in Whitby Township on February 16, 1846 and was married to Leonard Burnett of Pickering at the Rossin House, Toronto on January 5, 1870. Her husband was Liberal candidate for South Ontario in 1896 and they lived at Greenbank. She died in Reach Township on …

      Maria Elmina Warren was born at Darlington Township on February 5, 1835. She was the seventh child of William Warren and Clarissa Lynde. She was married in 1855 to George Wallace, a Whitby merchant who died in 1868. Mrs. Wallace died at Whitby on January 29, 1928 and is buried …

      William Warren Jr., the second son of William Warren Sr., was born in Darlington Township on August 25, 1826. From January to August 1874 he was commanding officer of the 34th Ontario Regiment. He lived most of his life in Oshawa and died at Oshawa on December 24, 1915. William …