Résultats

      Scrapbook Volume II, page 1. Railroad Engineers. Classed September 1909 Lindsay. P. Carr; S. Cherrie; E. Parcels; D. O'Brian; S. Gassien; W. G. Harris; H.W. Elliot; J. Wood; G. Hulland; G. Marshall; D. Elliot; F. Varcoe.

      With his mechanical interests, Dr. George Wesley Hall was interested in the automobile. More pictures and information regarding Dr. George Wesley Hall’s interest in automobiles can be found in other vehicle photos. The Locomobile was described as the 'Mona Lisa' of American historical automobiles. It had a reputation as one …

      A photograph of the midway at the Canadian National Exhibition taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      A photograph of the midway at the Canadian National Exhibition taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      This photograph of the grandstands was taken by Dr. George Wesley Hall at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      Dr. George Wesley Hall took this photograph of the Troop Parade at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1909. A digital copy of this photo was provided by Marylou Hall as part of a presentation on her family.

      “Around 1909 my father decided to build a house next door to his home, so that his parents would be close by. The house was built accordingly. During the course of the brick work I developed scarlet fever and was quarantined in a room upstairs over my father’s office, and …

      In George C.R. Hall’s words, “Standing out in my memory is one particular, silly item. One of the workers every so often would take a sip of what may have been tea, but it was labelled Whiskey and swallow a wee nip every so often. It is remarkable how a …

      In George C.R. Hall’s words, “Along about this time my father decided to brick our home. Nothing would do but he would have ‘pressed’ brick. The contract was given to the Halvard Bros. of Cannington.“

      “After a few days the bricklayers found out the brick would not split, it was too hard with an ordinary trowel and had to be sort of chiseled in two. The contractors told my dad that they could not do the job without him losing a fortune. They were given …

      ”The next car my father had was a Locomobile and it had the gear shift under the steering wheel.“ George C.R. Hall's words.

      On reverse: I miss you very much. Leaving Thurs. afternoon for Claremont. Will write later. Ella Mr. Thorne Hamilton Parksville, Vancouver Island, B.C....

      Photo features the steamboat, Esturion, on Sturgeon Lake.

      Mount Elgin Institute, circa 1909. By the late 1800s, with enrollment at 86 students, overcrowding had become a major problem and the original school building (seen here behind the new four-storey residence) was in poor shape. In 1896, the Department of Indian Affairs, with funds appropriated from band accounts, constructed …

      The original photograph is a glass slide.

 appeared in Fenelon Falls Gazette, 27 Aug 1909, p. 5. Date of Event: 25 Aug 1909     BEALL--McDOUGALL.--In St. James' Church, Fenelon Falls, on Wednesday, August 26th, 1909, by Rev. C. H. Marsh, of Lindsay, assisted by Rev. W. H. A. French, Mr. Geo. G. Beall, of Lindsay, to Miss Helen M. McDougall, of Fenelon Falls....

 appeared in Fenelon Falls Gazette, 27 Aug 1909, p. 5. Date of Event: 18 Aug 1909     CAMERON--HOOD.--At the residence of the bride's mother, Underwood, Ont., Mr. A. A. Cameron, Principal of Fenelon Falls continuation school, to Christina Marion, only daughter of Mrs. T. Hood....

 appeared in Fenelon Falls Gazette, 27 Aug 1909, p. 5. Date of Event: 25 Aug 1909     STODDARD--WILSON.--At the residence of the bride's parents, Fenelon Falls, on Wednesday, August 26th, 1909, by Rev. W. J. M. Cragg, Mr. Charles Stoddard, of Saginaw, Mich., to Miss Mima Wilson, of Fenelon Fall....

 appeared in Fenelon Falls Gazette, 31 Dec 1909, p. 4. Date of Event: 23 Dec 1909     HYMENEAL. A quiet wedding took place in Toronto on Thursday evening, Dec. 23rd, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. E. Hayes, when Miss Jessie Alice Lane, daughter of Mr. Thos. Lane, of Fenelon Falls, became the bride of Mr. Harry P. Begg of Toronto, formerly of Lindsay. The …

 appeared in Fenelon Falls Gazette, 24 Sep 1909, p. 4. Date of Event: 4 Sep 1909     Corbett--Hall. --- Victoria, B.C, Colonist. On Tuesday the home of Mr. R. E. Hall, Glanford avenue, was the scene of a very pretty wedding when his only daughter, Miss Pearl E., was united in marriage to Mr. Charles L. Corbett, of Aberdeen, Wash. At 1 o'clock the bride entered the …