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      The hotel shown in this photograph was destroyed by fire on March 29, 1919. The hotel keeper was George Birnie. The Myrtle Station Hotel was located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (C.P.R.) tracks.

      This house was located on the south west corner of Highway 12 and Myrtle Road (9th Concession).Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great Depression. By …

      Joseph White was born in Toronto on March 16, 1844 and came to Whitby in 1852. Until 1896 he was employed at the Ontario County Registry Office. In 1896, he became Whitby's Town Clerk-Treasurer, a position he held until he died at Oshawa on May 24, 1921. He is buried …

      This is a black and white photograph of the toboggan slide south of the Ontario Ladies' College building, with students sitting on four toboggans. Toboggan Number 1: Edna Burrows, Grace Botlert, Gwen Strongman, Vivian Rowse. Toboggan Number 2: Olive Briscoe, Olive Patrick, Georgie Langmaid, Helen Cowan. Toboggan Number 3: Irene …

      The 34th Regiment was militia for Ontario County. They were known as the 34th Regiment from 1866 until 1920. After such time they became known as Ontario Regiment (RCAC). This group is sometimes also referred to as the 34th (Ontario) Battalion.

      The 34th Regiment was militia for Ontario County. They were known as the 34th Regiment from 1866 until 1920. After such time they became known as Ontario Regiment (RCAC). This group is sometimes also referred to as the 34th (Ontario) Battalion. This photograph can be found printed at pg. 14 …

      The 34th Regiment was militia for Ontario County. They were known as the 34th Regiment from 1866 until 1920. After such time they became known as Ontario Regiment (RCAC). This group is sometimes also referred to as the 34th (Ontario) Battalion.

      John Davidson, son of James Ironside Davidson, was born at Pickering Township near Balsam on December 25, 1841. Mr. Davidson was one of the pioneer stock breeders of Ontario, particularly in short-horn cattle. He also raised Clydesdale horses and was a director of the Clydesdale Horse Association of Canada. He …

      St. John's Anglican Church was built of Kingston limestone in 1846, it is located at 150 Victoria St. East, Whitby, Ontario (on the north side of Victoria Street, east of Brock Street).

 Thomas Erlin Kaiser, Historic Sketches of Oshawa (Oshawa: The Reformer Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd., 1921), ca.1910, p. 140     Thomas Henry McMillan was born in Pickering Township on 18 August 1839. About 1860 he went into the dry goods business in Perry's Block on Brock Street North in Whitby. On 10 June 1864, the building burned down and McMillan built a new three storey brick building on the same …

      The stone post office was built at the south west corner of Brock Street and Dundas Street between 1908 and 1910. It opened in 1910. The clock was installed in 1911 after being shipped from England. It was closed in 1956 and demolished in 1959.

      Mr. and Mrs. Smith were very involved in the work of the church and Mr. Smith was one of the founders of the Ontario Ladies' College in 1874. His house was built before 1877 and destroyed by fire in 1974. The Methodist Tabernacle was built in 1875-76 at 201 Centre …

      Albert Alexander Walker was born at Whitby, Ontario on 18 June 1887 to Alexander and Sarah Jane Walker. He married Ethel Maud Williams on 18 September 1916 at Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Walker died 14 January 1990 at the age of 102 at Whitby, Ontario. He is buried at Groveside Cemetery, …

      This picture, taken in winter shows a brick farm house, the first house south of the Methodist Church, on the east side of Highway 12 at Myrtle Station.

      A colour scan of Miss Donaldson's library card at the Whitby Public Library.

      Almonds Methodist Church was built about 1837 on the south side of Kingston Road, east of the Whitby-Pickering Town Line. The church closed in 1971 and was demolished in 1977.

      This building was constructed as a Canada Presbyterian Church in 1869 at 300 Colborne Street West. In 1875 the congregation amalgamated with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. From 1876 to 1967 it served as the Whitby Baptist Church. In 1968-1969 it was a restaurant and then the building was abandoned until …

      This building was constructed as a Canada Presbyterian Church in 1869 at 300 Colborne Street West. In 1875 the congregation amalgamated with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. From 1876 to 1967 it served as the Whitby Baptist Church. In 1968-1969 it was a restaurant and then the building was abandoned until …

      A black and white photograph of a performance of "How Mrs. Kelly Lost her Wager". From left to right: Anna Perrin; Edith Wilson; Claire Perrin; Tom Woodburn.

      A black and white photograph of a performance of "How Mrs. Kelly Lost her Wager". From left to right: Anna Perrin; Tom Woodburn.