Résultats

      A wagon backed up to the loading dock of a train station. The station building is in the middle ground. A water tower is in the background.

      The Arksey home was located on lot 23 of Concession 4 (Taunton Road) in Whitby Township. The family were pioneers of Brooklin having arrived in Whitby Township around 1836.

      Garden parties were held for soldiers at a number of the large estates of Whitby. This one was at George Dryden's house at 400 St. John Street West.

      Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright (Nee Cora Baker) in Buggy, 1917. John E. Wright standing beside the well. Taken at Wright farm home approximately 3 miles east of Dean Lake Bridge. Highway 17 in foreground – 1917.

      Condition: Fair. Aging and showing some wear. The important information in the image is still very clear, however.

      Alex Brown is a local Whitby area veteran. He is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Norman George Bailey was born at Brooklin on July 16, 1887, according to the Ontario births register (please see the comments section for more information about his vital statistics). He was the son …

      Frederick James Hartrick was born in Whitby as son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hartrick. He was a member of the Whitby Junior Hockey team around 1905. He married Daisy Huntley of Whitby and together they had three children. He later moved to Toronto and joined the 17th Canadian Mounted …

      Norman George Bailey was born at Brooklin on September 16, 1889, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bailey. He enlisted in the 116th Battalion of Ontario County in 1916 and was killed in action on May 3, 1917 at Hill 60, Vimy Ridge, France.

      The Joseph Mitchell farm was located on the south side of Dundas Street, west of Annes Street.

      On August 31, 1917, Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (and Governor General of Canada) visited the Military Convalescent Hospital at Whitby. As published in The Toronto Star Weekly, September 22, 1917.

      A black and white photograph of eight nurses seated in two rows on the steps of one of the cottages at the military convalescent hospital.

      Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By the summer of 1935, Whitby had a population of about 4,000 people and a house numbering …

      This photograph depicts William Clarence Taws and his wife Nettie Mae McLellan, married on October 3, 1917. Rev. Campbell was the minister. The original photograph was provided by Ruth Dyment during a Scan & Share Day event held at the Onondaga Hall on February 11, 2012.

      A view, looking south, of the gates to Vineland Cemetery. On the left is the edge of Vineland Mennonite Church.

      Condition: Copy is very good.

      Thomas Porter was born in Reach Township on 1 January 1898 and died at Brooklin on 10 January 1974. He is buried at Groveside Cemetery, Brooklin.