Résultats

      Black and white negative of a photograph of a stereograph showing a view of Whitby looking south taken from the Ontario County Courthouse. The intersection of Ontario and Centre Streets is at the bottom left corner. The house in the foreground was purchased in 1864 by James Rowe Philp. The …

      The Ontario County Courthouse was built from 1852-1854 on the west side of Centre Street between Ontario Street and Gilbert Streets. The architects were Frederic Cumberland and William Storm of Toronto. The extension at the north end was added in 1866. The building served as a courthouse from 1854-1964. In …

      Joseph Bandel (1826-1896) and Mary Stelzle (1833-1914) both came to Canada from Wurtemburg, Germany. They were married at Toronto in 1854. In 1858 they settled at Whitby. Joseph and Mary Bandel had nine surviving children: Mary Josephine (1858-1927), Joseph George (1860-1883), Joseph Anton (1862-1900), Emeline (1864-1953), Anthony (1867-1946), Louis Stephen …

      John Ham Perry (1827-1896) was the youngest son of Peter (1792-1851) and Mary Perry (nee Ham; 1795-1881). In 1852 he married Jane Margaret Hall (1828-1881) of Quebec. The couple had three surviving children: Peter (1855-1931), George Dinsbaugh (1858-1948), and Margaret (1860-1950). In 1836 the family settled at Whitby from Addington …

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      The back row is George Philips and John Philips. The middle row is Emma, Mary, Bill, and an unknown Philips. In the front row is Nelson Philips.

      The S.S. Ramona

      condition: Fair. Paper is yellow/green in colour. Very dirty with some stains. Has been properly archivally matted.

      A photo of Abraham P. Neff (December 7, 1802- December 16, 1874) wearing traditional Mennonite clothing. He was 10 years old when Michael Graybiel made the bellows for his father Peter Neff in 1812 to begin the Neff metal-working tradition. Abraham came form a Mennonite family of strong faith who …

      A copy of an original photo of James Fortier (April 10, 1792- January 11, 1865) wearing a medal that was awarded in 1849 for his participation at the Battle of Fort Detroit under Major General Sir Isaac Brock. He was also in charge of a gun boat that captured the …

      This is a print of a portrait of Jacob Brown. At the bottom it states “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers Johnson Fry & Co., Publishers. New York. Entered according to an Act of Congress AD 1862 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the …

      This frame schoolhouse was built about 1838 on the north-west corner of Concession 4 (Taunton Road) and Garden Street. It was replaced by Sinclair School in 1874 and was used as a barn until it was demolished in 1978.

      This quilt has an estimated age, circa 1860. There is no provenance information for this quilt. It was found in the Munroe Cottage Keewayden at Petawawa Point, on Alexandra Street. The quilt may have been quilted by a group of ladies who used to meet in the summer and quilt …

      This portrait is of Albertina and Johann Gutzmann (d. 1860) and was taken in Pommerania, a province of what was then Prussia. Albertina came to Canada in 1867. On May 2, 1867, Paul and Caroline Dannhauer (nee Gutzmann) and Albertina (mother) and son Carl Gutzmann (the second 'n' in Gutzmann …

      Whitby Grammar School was built in 1846 at 315 Colborne Street West on the south side between King and Centre Streets. A modern addition was put on the front of the building in 1872-1873 at which point the school became known as Whitby Collegiate Institute. The school was demolished in …

      Emily Ann Stone was born in Whitby Township, on July 12, 1839, and was married to Whitby lawyer Samuel H. Cochrane at Whitby on March 17, 1860. Mr. Cochrane was Crown Attorney of Ontario County from 1863 to 1872. Mrs. Cochrane continued to live in Whitby after her husband's death …

      Clarissa Lynde was a daughter of Jabez Lynde. She was born in Whitby Township on February 13, 1805. On March 25, 1824, she married William Warren at Whitby Township. They had a family of 16 children. On May 17, 1900, Clarissa Lynde died. She is buried at St. John's Anglican …

      Robert J. Wilson was born at Port Hope in 1833 and commenced a legal practice in Oakville. He was a nephew of Judge Zacheus Burnham of Ontario County. Burnham persuaded Wilson to come to Whitby in 1857 where he later entered a law partnership with W.H. Billings. He lived in …

      Clarissa Louisa Warren was the fourth child of William Warren and Clarissa Lynde. She was born in Darlington Township on July 20, 1829 and was married on April 26, 1848 at Port Whitby to George Youell, of Caledonia, Grand Rive, C.W. She lived at Port Burwell and died at Glasgow, …