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      Robert Luther Huggard was born in Hope Township, Upper Canada (near what is now known as Port Hope, Ontario) on January 10, 1836. He farmed in Clarke Township until he married and came to Whitby in 1874. Brian Winter has noted that, R.L. Huggard represented the nursery firm of Stone …

 Unknown, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), June 22, 1897     A black and white photographic print of Brock Street South at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Several stores and shops can be seen in the downtown of Whitby. As well, there are several flags above the buildings. One banner across a shop reads "Lawler Welcomes You".

      Henry Betts Taylor was born in Ontario County on September 25, 1841. He attended Pickering Public School and Whitby Grammar School and received a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1865. He was manager of the Dominion Bank in Whitby from 1882 to 1889. Afterward, he started his own …

      Dr. George Alva Carson was born in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, on February 13, 1822. He studied medicine at Central Medical College, Rochester, New York and graduated in 1852. He attended McGill College at Montreal for one year and graduated from Victoria College, Cobourg in 1858. He came to …

      Joshua Richardson was born in Queen's County, Ireland on May 15, 1813. He settled in Pickering Township with his parents in 1822 and was a farmer in Pickering until he retired in 1858. He died at Whitby on October 20, 1883 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      George Cormack was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on March 17, 1830. He was an apprentice carpenter for 5 years in Aberdeen and was one of the carpenters who built Balmoral Castle for Queen Victoria. In 1857 he came to Whitby where he started a wholesale and retail lumber business. He …

      May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the 1910s. Key to Irwin’s popularity was her role as a “coon-shouter” and a performer of “coon songs,” deeply racist forms that emerge …

      Jeremiah Long was born in Pickering Township on september 6, 1839. For fifteen years he managed a large farm. In 1872 he began buying grain from Chester Draper and after Mr. Draper's death in 1876 Jeremiah Long succeeded him in the grain and produce business. Mr. Long was Deputy Reeve …

      Ezekiel Richard Blow was born at Whitby on February 6, 1860. As a young man he entered his father's coal and wood business at Port Whitby and took over the business when his father retired. He was also a ticket agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). He was a …

      Andrew Miller Ross was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on October 9, 1851 and came to Whitby in 1856. As a young man he moved to Rockford, Illinois where he was married in 1875. He returned to Whitby about 1879 where he worked as a dry goods merchant for over forty …

      Rev. Dr. John James Hare was principal of the Ontario Ladies' College from 1874 to 1915. He served as governor as well from 1879 to 1915. Dr. Hare was born at Nepean Township, Canada West, on October 3, 1847 and died at Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A, on April 25, 1922. He …

      An invoice in account with Joseph Williams and Company to A. J. Panabaker, Hespler, Ontario for purchased hosiery.

      A bookplate from the Oshawa Library Association and Mechanics' Institute Library. It indicates that this book is available for six week loan.

      This is an original poster with the announcement of farm stock sale in public auction in Markham on January 13th, 1892.

      Calvin Victor Campbell was born in Whitby Township on 12 September 1866. After the death of his mother, he resided with his grandfather, Calvin Campbell. He was educated at Ottawa schools, winning the 1884 Governor-General's Medal for Classics and the Gilmour medal for Moderns. After teaching in normal and model …

      A memorial card of Robert McLean, who died on 20th of October 1898.