Résultats

      A postcard with the message resembling a Valentine card, although it is dated March 8, which would be late for this occasion.

      On January 20,1855 Whitby officially incorporated as a town bringing together Port Windsor (Port Whitby), Perry’s Corners, and Hamer’s Corners, a small settlement to the east of Perry’s Corners. The crest symbolizes the Corporation of the Town of Whitby. Marjorie Georgina Ruddy (1908-1980) was a prominent Whitby photographer and the …

 Unknown, Whitby Gazette and Chronicle (1912), 1858     The Grand Trunk Hotel was located on the south side of the Grand Trunk Railway (Canadian National Railway), east of the Victoria Street Crossing. It was built about 1856 and was destroyed by fire on 3 August 1896. The proprietor in 1858 was Thomas Lloyd.

      Mires Clark 1814-1888, (son of Myers Clark & Rachel Crane) married Ann Burton 1816-1890 in Stratton Strawless Co., Norfolk, England in 1835. They came to Upper Canada in 1837 and died in Tapleytown, Wentworth Co., Ontario. Mires was the brother of the Elizabeth Clark who married John Norton in 1837. …

      This spade had been given to the Ontario Archives via Edwin C. Guillet by Alexander Black of Toronto to whom it came from the Mackechnies. It was later transferred to Trent University, Peterborough

      Henry Warren Annes, the eldest son of Ezra Annes, was born at Whitby in 1824 and lived at the south west corner of Dundas Street and Frances Street. He served on the Town Council of Whitby in 1882-1883 and in 1885. He died at Whitby on January 15, 1886, and …

      George Wallace was a brother of Whitby merchant and entrepreneur, James Wallace. He was born in Scotland in 1831 and is first recorded in Whitby in 1851 as a general merchant in partnership with Thomas Wallace. He lived in a brick cottage on Byron Street south built about 1853 and …

      A list of names regarding the Ruttan Family Source: Mrs. J. Bell Acquired: July 21, 1987

      With Over A Century In Locality Source: Sentinel Star, Progress Ed. 1962 Acquired: January 2008

      Old Times in Cobourg and District Source: Cobourg Sentinel Star, January 13, 1938 and Sept. 22, 1938 Acquired: October 10, 1990

      Dr. James Hunter was born at Yorkshire, England on September 29, 1795. The place of his birth is thought to be Thornton, but this is uncertain. He and Elizabeth Story were married in 1814 at York Cathedral. He operated a school in England until 1822 when he and his (wife …

      Dr. James Hunter was born at Yorkshire, England on September 29, 1795. The place of his birth is thought to be Thornton, but this is uncertain. He and Elizabeth Story were married in 1814 at York Cathedral. He operated a school in England until 1822 when he and his (wife …

      Georgina Hunter Darlington, daughter of Robert Darlington and Sarah Annie Hunter, was born on May 18, 1845 and died at Brooklin on November 26, 1923. She is buried at Groveside cemetery.

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      Governor, Hudson's Bay Company

      A picture of Jones Street Hall, home of the Bronte Baptist Church. The church was built in 1954.

      Reverend Israel Marsh, son of Reverend William Marsh, founder of the Baptist Church congregation in Whitby, was born at Caldwell's Manor, Lower Canada, on January 21, 1797. He served with his father in the Baptist Church in Whitby Township and moved to Dorchester Township, Canada West, where he died on …

      What a Friend We Have in Jesus was written by Port Hope Man Source: Lakeshore Summer, June 30, 1983 Acquired: January 2008

      Sister Delphine gave refuge to the orphans of Toronto Source: The Toronto Star, Saturday, August 27, 1983 Acquired: January 2008

      An article on Sidney Smith Source: Unknown Acquired: November 2, 1991