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      This farm on lot 29 of Concession 3 (Rossland Road) at the north-west corner of Rossland and Chocrane Street was also known as Broadfield. It was settled about 1837 by James Tweedie (1803-1857). The brick house on the property was built in 1845.

 Unknown, Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of Ontario, Ont. (Toronto, Ontario: J.H. Beers & Co., 1877), 1877     This brick house was built in 1876 on the south east corner of Hopikins and Victoria Streets on lot 22 in Whitby Township. The house was severely damaged by fire in June 2006. Barnabus Gibson was a railway contractor who later moved to Toronto.

      Mildmay Camp was located on the shore of Lake Ontario, east of the Cranberry Marsh in Whitby Township. It was an Anglican Church camp which was operated from around 1927 to 1953 by the Mildmay Institute of Toronto.

      The brick engine house is located at 400 Mary Street East on the north-east corner of Mary and Hickory Streets. It was built in 1876 to replace an engine house that burned down in 1875. The building was altered in the 1960s and made into a garage.

      The Whitby Junction Station was built at the foot of Byron Street on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1903 near the current GO Transit platform. In 1914, it was the scene of an unsolved murder. It closed in 1969 and in 1970 was moved to the north-east corner of Victoria …

      This brick house is located in the south-east portion of lot 25, Concession 4 in Whitby Township. It was purchased by Thomas Park in 1861. At the time of this photograph the house was the home of Matthew Crawforth and his wife Eliza, daughter of Thomas Park. The house was …

      Patly Mills was located on the south half of lot 28, on the north side of Taunton Road, east of Chochrane Street. The Patley Mills were established by James Mitchell in 1851 and they processed oatmeal and flour. James Mitchell was drowned in a boating accident on Lake Ontario in …

      This frame house was built by the Manderson family on lot 11 of Concession 1 on the north-west corner of Highway 12 and the Whitby-Reach Town Line in Reach Township. The Mandersons were closely associated with Myrtle Station and Ashburn and are buried in Burns' Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Ashburn. …

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of Whitby looking west from the Ontario Ladies' College. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is visible at left. At right is the Port Whitby and Port Perry Railway station. The street leading off into the distance is Gilbert Street.

      David Jacques Kean was born at Gambridge in Thorah Township on 1 April 1884. He taught school at Sonya before entering railway work in Toronto. On 15 March 1919, he was appointed Road Superintendent for Ontario County and moved to Whitby where he had an office in the Court House. …

      The Whitby Maple Leafs were the 1938-1939 championship team in the Whitby Lions Club Midget Hockey League and winners of the Jack King Memorial Cup presented by Mundy Goodfellow Printing Company and the Whitby Gazette and Chronicle.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the Whitby Girls Softball team. The girls in the front row have team members on their backs. Top row: Unidentified, Unidentified, Dolly Neskel, Unidentified, Elizabeth Southwell, Unidentified. Front row: Joan Wilson, Julia Neskel, Edna Davidson, Marge Smith, Elva Southwell, Lillian Gilbey.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of the 1897-1898 Whitby Senior Hockey team. The photograph was taken in a studio. Back row: Charles Eastwood, Dr. John Waugh (President), E.D. Warren, Col. A.G. Henderson (Manager), Frank Bryan (Trainer). Middle row: George K. Thompson (right forward), Charlie Smith (left forward), Bob …

      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 …

      Donald McKay (1837-1914) and Alice Noble ( -1924) had six children. 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 his death. Following her father's death, Emily Alice McKay was appointed …

      The Coakwell family settled at Whitby in 1863 with almost all of their children fully grown. Charles (1816-1897) and Charlotte (1815-1904) Coakwell were married in Yorkshire, England in 1840. They had 8 children: Barnett, William, Thomas, George, James, Charles, Jane, and John. The Coakwell family settled on the north half …

      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 …

      John MacCarl (1852-1933) of Kingston married Tryphena Hopper (1853-1919) in 1877. The couple had ten children: William John (1878-1881), Albert Edgar (1880-1963), Laura Gertrude (1882- ), Norman Russell (1884-1939), Luella (1886-1934), Frederick, Roy, Walter Frank (1895-1984), Richard Henry (1898-1981), and William R. (1899-1977).

      Peter Williams of Port Perry married Mary Wharton of Iroquois at Port Perry in 1874. The couple had six surviving children: Norman Percy Williams (1878-1967), Ethel Maud Williams (1881-1969), John Maxwell Williams (1885-1944), George Everett Williams (1889-1952), Walter Sheridan Williams (1892-1977), Nora Edna Williams (1900-1976). The Williams family moved to …

      Thomas Hall Wilson (1837-1913), eldest son of James (1807-1890) and Elizabeth (1818-1889) Wilson, married Catherine DeGeer (1837-1913) at Whitchurch Township in 1858; they had six children: Mary Hannah Wilson (1860-1942), William James Wilson (1862-1915), Amanda Elizabeth Wilson (1864-1952), Charles Herbert Wilson (1866-1943), Kate Annett Wilson (1869-1953), George Iolum Wilson (1872-1954). …