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      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 …

      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.

      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. …

      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 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.

 W. E. O'Brien, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), 1901     This picture of the College was used for advertising in the early 1900s starting about 1901. From: Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904, Published by Keystone Press

      This is a black and white photograph of the May Queen's Procession, leaving the Loggia at Ontario Ladies' College.

      A black and white portrait photograph of an unidentified man. The man is wearing a uniform. The uniform appears to be a militia uniform.

      A black and white tintype portrait photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a dress with a plaid pattern. Her hair is tied back and she is wearing a pearl necklace.

      Ernest Allison operated a shoe making and repair shop at 116 Brock Street North, on the west side of Brock Street, north of Dundas.

      This photograph was taken at Bassett's Jewellery Store's second location at 106 Brock Street North.This store was first located at 106 Dundas Street West. It was the first store on the south side of Dundas Street, west of the Post Office at Brock Street. Around 1921 the store was relocated …

      Dundas Lunch was located on Dundas Street.

      Reverend Vincent Philip Mayerhoffer was born in the city of Rabb, Hungary, on January 22, 1784. When his father died when he was 11 he went to work as a grocer's apprentice. He was a Roman Catholic and entered the Order of St. Francis at the age of 19. At …

      Sarah Jane Dryden was born in Whitby Township on February 16, 1846 and was married to Leonard Burnett of Pickering at the Rossin House, Toronto on January 5, 1870. Her husband was Liberal candidate for South Ontario in 1896 and they lived at Greenbank. She died in Reach Township on …

      Charles King was born at Zwiroticz, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) in 1837. With his brother Joseph, he immigrated to Whitby in 1863 where they leased and later purchased the Burns tannery which became known as the King Bros. Tannery. In 1883 the partnership dissolved and Joseph and family went to …

      Dr. George Alva Carson was born in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, on February 13, 1822. He studied medicine at Central Medical College, Rochester, New York and graduated in 1852. He attended McGill College at Montreal for one year and graduated from Victoria College, Cobourg in 1858. He came to …

      William Paxton was born at Durham, England on April 15, 1791. He married Elizabeth Liddle, formerly Mrs. John Dryden, in England in 1819. The family came to Whitby Township in 1820 and he lived for many years in Port Perry. Liddle died at Whitby Township on September 1, 1855. Later, …