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      Walter Hoskins Harper (1807-1847) was a native of Cornwall, England and his wife, Elizabeth Allman (1814-1894), a native of Devonshire. The couple were married in 1834 at Whitby Township. They had six children: Ann, Major, Margaret, Joseph James, Richard, and Mary Ann. Major Harper (1835-1917) married Emeline Pierson (1837-1907) in …

      Donald McKay (1837-1914) and Alice Noble ( -1924) had six children: Estella, Ambrose Noble, James Donald, John, Emily Alice, and Janet Louise. Donald taught at Markham Township for a number of years before retiring to mercantile life. He was appointed Ontario County Treasurer in 1890 and held the position until …

      Jabez Lynde (1773-1856) was born in Brookfield, MA. He married Clarissa Woodruff (1774-1830) in 1796. In 1803 Jabez and Clarissa emigrated to Canada, settling at the area now known as Lynde Creek in 1804. Sylvester Bernard Lynde (1800-1883), eldest son of Jabez and Clarissa, married Louisa Mary Smith in 1822 …

      The William Dow (1777-1855) family 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 …

      The Spencer family hales from Dorset, England. John Horatio Spencer, second eldest son of John and Rebecca Spencer, married Sarah R. Mancy (1818-1889) at Hampshire in 1836 and they had nine children. Sometime between 1852 and 1855 the couple immigrated to Canada settling at Whitby. Charles John Spencer (1848-1941), fourth …

      George Mowat (1856-1938) and Mary Cruikshanks (1855-1936) were married in 1877 at Glasgow, Scotland. They immigrated to Canada settling at Toronto sometime between 1879-1882. They later moved to Whitby where they remained until their deaths. George and Mary Mowat had eleven children: Agnes Smythe Mowat (1877-1960), George Mowat (1879-1974), Mary …

      John Sturgess (1832-1903) married Jane Hudson (1839-1926) and they emigrated from England to Canada. They settled at Whitby and had twelve surviving children: William Henry (1857-1936), John (1859-1916), George Edmund (1862-1942), Mary Ellen (1864-1935), Selena, Emma Louise (1869-1949), James Alfred (1872-1935), Thomas (1875-1958), Albert Edwin (1876-1958), Charles, Ethel (1881-1956), Birt …

      The Brooklin Railway station was located at 93 Winchester Road East, on the south-west corner of Anderson Street and Winchester Road, on the railway from Port Whitby to Port Perry and Lindsay. It was built in the 1890s and destroyed by fire in 1937. The railway tracks were removed in …

      This frame house was built in the 1850s at the south-east corner of Byron and Elm Streets. It was at one time owned by Chester Draper but became the childhood home of May Irwin, New York stage actress. John Stanlick purchased the home in 1910, remodeled it, and covered it …

      This house was built in 1876 and was purchased by Thomas Emmett in 1907.

      The Almonds Town Line School, Union School Section No.1, was located on the north-west corner of Kingston Road at the Whitby-Pickering Town Line. It was destroyed by fire on 4 November 1917 and replaced with another brick school house which was demolished around 1977.

      Theodore Sykes Brant (1833-1916) was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1833. He arrived in Canada in 1854. In 1860 Theodore married Susanna Piper (1842-1926) of Devonshire, England by whom he had 10 children.

      James Borrowman (1800-1876) and Margaret Murray (1809-1854) were married Ayrshire, Scotland in 1839. They had seven children there and came to Canada, settling at Port Whitby in 1854. Their seven children were: Margaret (1840-1927), Adam (1842-1912), Elizabeth (1843-1905), James (1845- ), Charles Owen (1847-1915), John (1848- ), and Louisa (1851-1914).

      George Holman (1830-1900) married Dorcas Doolittle (1836-1881) at Cobourg in 1857. They had three children: Henry (1858-1935), Elizabeth (1861-1927), and Samuel (1869-1948). Henry Holman married Martha Lytle ( -1936) of Princess Corners near Cobourg at Hamilton Township in 1885. They had three children: Clarence George Holman (1886-1951), Laura Holman(1888-1967), and …

      Dr. Wellington Adams (1848-1918) was a dentist in Whitby from 1872-1914. He was born at Port Hope to Colonel Henry Adams (1806-1894) and Faith Smithson (1810-1864), the seventh child of eight. In 1876 Wellington married Ellen Inkerman Huston of Whitby at Whitby. They had two children: Allan Huston Adams (1878-1928) …

      The Whitby Collegiate Institute was built in 1873 and was located on the south side of Colborne Street between King and Centre Streets. The school was demolished in 1975-1976.

      Dryden School, so called because it was on the James Dryden farm, was officially known as Union School Section No.6 and it combined Whitby and East Whitby Townships. The school house was built in 1880 on the north-east corner of Concession 7 and Thickson Road. It was closed by the …

      The Maple Leaf was owned by Captain Richard Goldring (1859-1945) of Port Whitby. He operated the schooner until 1911 when he became a store keeper at Port Whitby.

      Captain Richard Goldring (1859-1945)was the lighthouse keeper at Whitby harbour. He was also the captain of the Maple Leaf schooner until 1911 when he became a store keeper at Port Whitby.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a schooner in Lake Ontario. The unidentified boat is moored off a beach near Whitby harbour.