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      Photocopy of an early concession map for Strong Township. The township is divided into 14 x 30 plots. Lake Bernard is still Stony Lake at this time. Pool Lake and Lake Wallace are also shown. The main road Distress Road is in the middle of the map. The townships on …

      William Paxton was born at Durham, England on April 15, 1791. He married Elizabeth Liddle, formerly Mrs. John Dryden, in England in 1819. The family came to Whitby Township in 1820 and he lived for many years in Port Perry. Liddle died at Whitby Township on September 1, 1855. Later, …

      Robert Sinclair was born in Whitby Township in 1849. He was the son of William Sinclair and Margaret Prentice. He and his brother Alex, both of whom never married, carried on the family farm, Glenrath, after their father's death in 1899. Robert Sinclair died at Glenrath, lot 18, Broken Front …

      Barbara Hendrie was born at New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on April 1819 and married James Ironside Davidson at Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on July 15, 1841. They sailed immediately to Canada and settled on Lot 1, Concession 8, Pickering Township on a farm called Sittyton Grove. Mrs. Davidson had five children …

      A photo with the caption 'Site of the Bank of Montreal in 1870', showing a wigwam, in the bush. A group of Indigenous Peoples are in front of the wigwam; a skin is drying on the left.; 4.3'wide x 3.1'high b&w photo

      Sarah Jane Dryden was born in Whitby Township on February 16, 1846 and was married to Leonard Burnett of Pickering at the Rossin House, Toronto on January 5, 1870. Her husband was Liberal candidate for South Ontario in 1896 and they lived at Greenbank. She died in Reach Township on …

      A member of the Oshawa volunteer fire brigade - partially colourized

      Thomas Lukes of the Oshawa volunteer fire brigade - partially colourized - belt reads, Branch

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      Finlay McCallum was born in Perthshire, Scotland. He married Jane Laidlaw in 1850 and they had eleven children. Three sons and six daughters survived. He received his education in Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1833 and taught for twenty years. This picture was published in "Milton Semi-Centennial 1857-1907". For …

      Levi Willson was born in Wentworth County into a United Empire Loyalist family. In 1830 he married Ann Lottridge (1806-1839) and they had four children, three sons and one daughter. His second married in 1841 was to Mary Morris (House), a widow (1805-1881). They had five children, three sons and …

      Elizabeth Jones was the daughter of Hugh Foster and Jane Coates. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had four sons and one daughter. This photograph was taken from "Milton Semi-Centennial 1857-1907". For further information regarding the Jones family, please consult "The Jones Family and Alliances, 1759-1995", by Ken Jones.

      Dorothy Bowes was the daughter of John Willmott and Rachael Cunnington. In 1828 she married Thomas Bowes Jr. who was born in Ireland. They had four sons and five daughters. This photograph was taken from "Milton Semi-Centennial 1857-1907".

      Edith Kerr married Donald Macdonald. Charles Kerr was the son of Senator Kerr. His daughter Grace eventually resided in the Golden Plough. Enid Donly was the mother of Mrs. Grigg of Cobourg, from whom this photograph came from.

      Michael Cruso was the father of Henry Beaumont Cruso.

      Captain Beebe left Cobourg in 1884 when the Volunteer Firemen came to an end. He later moved to Toronto and said of Cobourg "There was nothing left in the old town for me.".

      Harley Cemetery is an active cemetery in Brant County (Burford Township), under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located at 125 Harley Rd (Brant Road #202). Range 4-4

      Photograph portrait printed on cardboard of Byron Wooden, likely taken around 1870. The photographer was L.R. Smith & Son of Brantford.