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      Jim and Janet worked for several summers in 1957-1959 as a leader at the Oakville Recreation Commission Pine Ridge Day Camp program on the Rotary camp site on Lower Base Line (which separates Oakville and Milton ). A secondary site was located in Henderson Park on the Sixteen Mile Creek …

      Members of the Lakeshore Road League of the ladies softball team pose for a team picture at Wallace Park on Reynolds Street. Jean Waller, who permitted the reproduction of this photograph by the Trafalgar Township Historical Society in 2008, was born at Seabird House on Kerr Street. Her family home …

      Members of the Ladies Softball Team, Lakeshore Road League in Oakville, gather for a team photo. They won the Championship in 1936. Jean Waller, who permitted the reproduction of this photograph by the Trafalgar Township Historical Society in 2008, was born at Seabird House on Kerr Street. Her family home …

      The correct name of this hall is "Trafalgar Memorial Hall". The name was amended and a plaque was commissioned to honour soldiers who had died in World War II hung in the Hall for many years - it is now at the archives of the Trafalgar Township Historical Society (linked …

      Both the Dent and Bradley families ran general stores on the northwest corner of Trafalgar and Dundas. Leslie Bradley took over the store from the Carpenter family in 1925 and was postmaster. The Dent family had the B-A (British American) gas pumps. This area was at one time called Postville, …

      Miss McCann married Robert Brownridge.

      Lina and her sister Rebecca were both born in Halton County, Ontario. They were the daughters of John Dixon 1836 – 1901 and Matilda Ford 1837 – 1908.

      The Loyal Orange Lodge, Hornby No. 165 was taken into the Oakville Orange Lodge in later years.

      Hornby Garage & Machine Shop, 1937, located north of Steeles on Hornby Road. Cady Heatly & Herb Foreman are on the grader. Garage owner was Gordon Brigden. This wooden building was originally a church - Farlton Methodist. It had been located at the end of Andersons Lane on 7th Line …

      The red brick Omagh school was built in 1876 and demolished in about 1968.

      The brick from the school is now the facade of the new building in the same location, likewise the school cornerstone, which was sold by previous owners Doug and Betty Ann LeRich in November, 2005.

      Ontario archival histories show that the Loyal Orange Order came to Ontario with military men and others with Irish Protestant connections. The Lodges were an opportunity for men to socialize although in the early 1800's some, such as the Cavan Township Blazers, could be rough in their idea of righting …

      Hornby Loyal Orange Lodge Hall was located on Steeles Avenue. A second photograph showing more of the streetscape can be found under "Pages Select" above in this record. The second photograph was taken in December 1990. Oyster suppers were popular here and each Orangeman was able to invite one other …

      Please note that "Glenorchy" was also spelled "Glenorky" at times - by the Milton newspaper, The Canadian Champion and the Oakville Independent Star in the 1930's and 1940's, and by the Acton Free Press in 1925, for example.

      The Merton area (Lots 26-35 2SDS Trafalgar) was settled as early as 1810. The first settlers were David Utter, Joseph Smith, William Bates, Cornelius Tipps and Henry Cale. The community adopted the name "Merton" when the post office opened in 1852. The name was likely chosen to commemorate the battle …

      There was a school operating in Boyne as early as 1835. The 1861 Census Return shows a wood frame schoolhouse for which the land had been established in 1857, the west half of Lot 6, Concession 3 NS. The present brick schoolhouse, described as being "a very handsome brick school …

      Two unidentified men hold the banner of the Hornby Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 165. The man on the left also wears his personal badge with his awards and the Lodge identification.

      Colborne Street, Oakville, is now Lakeshore Road.

      Postville was also known as Post's Corners. It was at the intersection of Trafalgar Road and Dundas Street, Trafalgar Township.

      Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery use the spelling "Hager". Discussion with family in 2016 shows that most family members use the spelling "Hager" with the …