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      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      This house was located on the south side of Dundas Street/Highway 2 between the hydro line that passes east of Bowman Avenue and Glenhill Drive. It was demolished about 1970 or 1971. The house appears in the 1877 Ontario County atlas on the property of J.S.M. Wilcox. The advertising card …

      See p.85-86 of Split Rail Country Vol. Ii for more information

      Gold ring with shell cameo carving of the Madonna. The papal coat of arms is inscribed on either shoulder. The inscription on the ring says “Arch’bp N. McNeil to Bp. J. T. Kidd.”

      Mark Duff was a noted farmer living on Fairview Farm, which was built in 1902 on 8th Concession in Whitby. He was noted for his Clydesdale horses.

      This wooden organ has fancy open scrollwork along the top panel where sheet music would sit, more open scroll work below the keyboard along the front of the organ, as well as intricate pedals, which are backed with wool carpeting. The wooden stool has 4 intricately turned legs with a …

      Accession Number: X980.334.1 This piece is the First gas powered portable chainsaw manufactured by Rinco (Germany) and probably sold by the first salesman Andreas Stihl (later the founder of Stihl Industries). The Rinco company later became Stihl.

      This photograph was provided by Dorothy and Allan Guest during a Digitization Day event held by the County of Brant Public Library. Do you have any historical items and are interested in helping preserve our county's history online? Contact the library at (519) 442-2433 for more information.

      This farm is now the Wilf McLaren farm. Some of the men pictured are: Rodger Roberts, Ed Russell, Henry Erven, Ed Sohm, Bert Sohm, Jack Ralston, Bill Hanson, Tom Bottomly, George Leighton, and Sam Scarlett.

      This athletic team attended the Ontario Track Meet at the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto in 1925.

      Gertrude Drew played for the Sons of England hockey team.

      Gordon Furlong's parents were William and Mary Furlong. Gordon was born in 1904.

      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 …

      Black and white negative of a photograph of Whitby harbour showing the coal sheds in the background. There is a moored sailboat in the foreground.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing a sailboat moored at Whitby harbour.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of the O'Connor Dick steamboat moored at Whitby harbour.

      Black and white negative of a photograph that is believed to be picturing the Highway 2 bridge over Lynde Creek. The creek is in the foreground.

      Canoeing and games on sixteen Mile Creek in Oakville for Dominion Day.