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      The newspaper death notice for George W. Mayer who died at Cliffview Farm, Oakville on Friday, October 4, 1935 appeared in the Canadian Champion. A similar notice appeared in the Acton Free Press including his age of 81 years old when he died. This means his birth date was in …

      The newspaper death notice for George W. Mayer who died at Cliffview Farm, Oakville on Friday, October 4, 1935 appeared in the Canadian Champion. A similar notice appeared in the Acton Free Press including his age of 81 years old when he died. This means his birth date was in …

      Please look through all the pages to your right of unknown photos of family members in the Wilkinson Norton Family Album. They are most likely relatives of Robert Wilkinson of Palermo and Louisa Norton of Saltfleet.

      The house was built about 1859 by James W. McCraney & wife Augusta [nee Leach.] It was their home until 1911. Photo dated 1905. In 2008, this house still stands as 425 Fourth Line, Oakville. James and Augusta McCraney are seated in the lower right corner of the photograph.

      James Kelley Sr. was the first of the Kelley family to settle in the Oakville area. While “Kelley” may appear to be an Irish name, it is in fact a corruption of “MacKelley”, and the family can be traced to Southern Scotland. James was born in Wentworth County on February …

      Born November 9th, 1826, daughter of William Ribble and Susan barnes. She is of old German background. James and Eliza had 10 children, two of whom were twin girls. Eliza died Feb 5th, 1901, in Oakville, cause of death “septic poisoning”.

      Eldest child of James Kelley and Eliza Ribble, Susan was born on July 30th, 1849, and died January 21st, 1893. She married Captain Daniel Williams, a sailor, on June 26th, 1869. They had one child, James Edgar, who died of Cholera aged 1 year 5 months.

      Born Feb 9th, 1856, died June 4th, 1943. Eldest surviving son of James Kelley and Eliza Ribble. (Their first son, James, died at age 8). Owned the furniture store at the corner of Lakeshore (then Colborne St.) and Dunn. Peter married Catherine Hewitt, granddaughter of Duncan Milloy, builder and resident …

      L – R. Amy Breckon, Isabel Luscombe, James Breckon, Julia Luscombe, Emma Luscombe Breckon, John L. Breckon, Thomas Luscombe Sr, Jock Luscombe, Jon Luscombe Jr.

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      The photograph appears to have been taken at Bryants Studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba which was in operation between 1902 and 1911.

      We have another copy of this photograph in our collection - undated as well, unfortunately. You may find the other one is clearer. Click on the link to it under the photograph in this record. Or click on "Full Image" under the photograph for a larger size image of this …

      The band was first formed for the 20th Halton Battalion for July 1, 1867, Dominion Day. It became the Oakville Citizen's Band in 1881. In 1881 permission was received to redesignate the 20th Halton Rifles as the 20th Halton Battalion Lorne Rifles, according to the Lorne Scots Regimental Museum, Brampton, …

      Mississauga Heritage identifier is PH1634. A 1989 back view of the house showing a wood frame addition is on the City's Heritage website: http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/allhistoricimages?paf_gear_id=13400033&imageId=4800462n&index=0&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fresidents%2Fallhistoricimages Mississauga considers it as part of historic Meadowvale Village which was centered at Derry Road West and the Second Line.

      This school was also called the Tenth Line school.

      As at January 2011, the City Manager, Harbours and Cemetaries, Town of Oakville had no background information on this stone nor is there any manufacturer's marking on the stone. The stone is a few steps off the left side of the cemetary access road, facing the access road and north …

      The photograph file name says the date is 1915 but a copy of the photograph with notes says the date is 1917 and another copy of the photograph has a handwritten note to say the photograph was taken in 1918.

      This is a hand-tinted black and white photograph of a young man taken perhaps about 1900, about whom nothing is known. There may be a connection to the southwest of Mississauga and the southeast of Oakville as it came from the estate of Myrtle Speck who lived in Clarkson, Mississauga. …

      We have another copy of this photograph in our collection - undated as well, unfortunately. You may find the other one is clearer. Click on the link to it under the photograph in this record. Or click on "Full Image" under the photograph for a larger size image of this …

      Frances Barber says that her family lived on the Dundas Highway from the spring of 1946 to late in 1949. She remembers going inside an old, dark, dusty abandoned building with her brothers and other neighbourhood children. On the floor of this old building were shoe heels and soles as …