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      A black and white photograph of Robert Kimball Orr. This picture is from a frame of portraits of members of Composite Lodge No. 30, AF & AM.

      William Calverly was born in 1842. He came to Whitby in the 1870s and was in the harness business. In the 1890s he was Whitby's Chief constable. About 1916 he moved to Toronto. He died at Toronto on May 13, 1921 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      A black and white photograph of James Henry. This picture is from a frame of portraits of members of Composite Lodge No. 30, AF & AM.

      Yeoman Gibson was born at Ebberston, Yorkshire, England, on March 21, 1828 and came to Whitby in 1847. He started out as a clerk and bookkeeper and then went into the grocery business for himself in 1857. He was a strong supporter of the Methodist Church and presented a silver …

      William Richard Howse was born in 1851 and came to Whitby as a druggist about 1880. He operated the drugstore on the north-west corner of Brock Street and Dundas Street until 1895 when he moved to Oakville. He died at Toronto on May 10, 1909 and was buried in Oakville.

      Jeremiah Lick was born at Richmond Hill, Upper Canada, on July 28, 1830 and moved with his parents to Darlington Township at the age of three. In 1856 he started farming on the 6th concession of East Whitby Township. He was a member of the East Whitby Township Council for …

      Peter Gordon Meldrum was born at Puslinch, Canada West, on October 4, 1850. He married Mary Alice Fisher of Whitby Township at Oshawa on December 23, 1873. At the time he married, we was working as a teacher at Hamilton. He became a physician in Whitby in the 1880s and …

      Robert Campbell, brother of James Campbell (1838-1921), was born in Scotland and went into the dry goods business with his brother in Whitby about 1860. He moved to Marshall Missouri, about 1892 and died there on February 23, 1915. His wife was Eliza Maria Byrne (1844-1910) and in the 1870s …

      William Edward O'Brien was born at Bath, Canada West, in 1858 and came to Whitby as a photographer in 1884. He worked on his own until about 1897 when he joined Mr. Stedham of Oshawa as Stedham and O'Brien with studios in both communities. He moved to Toronto about 1905 …

      A black and white portrait photograph of John Campbell. This picture is from a frame of portraits of members of Composite Lodge No. 30, AF & AM.

      Michael O'Donovan was born at St. Catharine's Port Neuf Country, Quebec, on December 10, 1834 and came to Whitby in 1857. For 31 years he operated a carriage factory on Brock Street South, retiring in 1888. From 1870 to 1872 he was Deputy Reeve of Whitby and Reeve from 1873 …

      Richard S. Cormack was born at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1837. He came to Canada in 1862 and engaged in mining in British Columbia for about 29 years. In 1882 he came to Whitby and operated a book and stationery store on Brock Street South until about 1902. He then …

      William H. Johnston was born, probably in Scotland, about 1844. For a number of years he was Assessor for the Town of Whitby. Mr. Johnston died at Whitby on December 18, 1904 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      Robert G. Kerr was born at Whitby, Ontario in 1852. He went to Toronto circa 1894 and was a building contractor who constructed many homes in the east end of Toronto. Mr. Kerr was a member of the Composite Masonic Lodge of Whitby and a member of the Masons and …

      Also P3487

      Photo of the Fort William CPR yard looking south-west from a point near Simpson Street in 1892. In the background, you can see grain elevators A, B, and C.

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