Résultats

      Black and white photographic print showing cadets lined up for drills at Town Park. The cadets were from Whitby Collegiate Institute.

      Myrtle Public School was located on the south side of Myrtle Road (Concession 9), west of Highway 12. It was built in 1880, closed in 1965, and demolished in 1978.

      This picture was taken at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. George Mowat, 209 Gilbert Street East, on their 50th wedding anniversary. Mary (Cruikshank) Mowat was born at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1855. She died at Whitby on December 30, 1936 and is buried in Mount Lawn Cemetery, Whitby. George …

      Margaret J. Montgomery, daughter of Joseph R. Montgomery, was born in Pickering Township on January 28, 1857, and moved to Whitby in 1882. In 1890 she entered the Ontario Ladies' College, Whitby to study art under Lucius R. O'Brien, one of Canada's most distinguished artists. She graduated in Fine Arts …

      Van Buren Woodruff was born on March 15, 1860 and was a hotel keeper in Oshawa and Whitby. In 1889 he purchased the Armstrong House Hotel at the south-west corner of Brock and Dundas Streets in Whitby, and moved to Oshawa in 1898 to take over the Commercial Hotel. In …

      Graydon M. Goodfellow was born at Toronto on January 9, 1891 and learned the printing trade from his father who moved to Whitby in 1903 to start the Whitby Keystone, a local newspaper. In 1909 Graydon Goodfellow entered McMaster University at Hamilton and after his graduation in 1913, he became …

      Joseph King was born at Whitby on January 31, 1869, son of Charles King. He managed the King Brothers' Tannery in Whitby with his brother Theodore King, and father Charles King. He served on the Whitby Public School Board from at least 1925 until 1938. In 1952 the tannery closed …

      William Frederick Harden was born at Chatham, Kent, England, on May 19, 1883. He came to Whitby in 1914 and was head Chef at the Ontario Hospital until he retired on January 1, 1944. He developed the canning and preserving department at the hospital and was a member of the …

      Frank Erskine was born in Scotland on October 6, 1870. As a young man he sailed around the world three times. He served in the South African War in 1899 and after 1900 came to Canada, settling at Montreal. In 1909 he came to Whitby and carried on his business …

      Frank Mathison was born in Whitby in 1888 and was post master at Oshawa from 1927 to 1945. He was a postal department employee on the railways in Ontario prior to going to Oshawa. He died at Whitby on February 22, 1952 and is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemetery, …

      Frederick Whitmore Jones was born at Whitby in 1890, son of Fred Jones. He joined Composite Lodge AF and AM in 1912 and celebrated his 50th year in Masonry in 1963. He was Worshipful Master of Composite Lodge in 1924, Principal of Keystone Chapter, Royal Arch Masons in 1920 and …

      Robert McNee was born at Dunbarton, Scotland on May 12, 1890 and came to Whitby about 1918 as a wounded soldier who was stationed at the Military Convalescent Hospital. According to the Oshawa Times from September 19, 1962, Robert McNee was senior clerk at the Ontario Hospital for 35 years …

      This picture has been printed on page 7 of "100 Years of Brooklin Schools". In the identifying information, the book identified Alfred Spencer as "Lewis Dehart", Miss Stillman as "Miss A. Fruere", Eva Brooklin as Eva "Brooking", and John Lawrence as "Ivory Jakeman". It is unclear at this time which …

      This picture was taken on the steps of the Public and Continuation school at the south east corner of Highway 12 and Winchester Road. At the time of this photograph, the school was newly built. This photograph was printed on page 16 of "100 Years of Brooklin Schools". In the …

      This view is looking north along the creek. The bridge was replaced with a cement structure in 1949. This bridge was located on Cassels Road at the Brooklin Mill.

      This shop was located at 1200 Dundas Street East and dates back as early as the 1820s. It was demolished in 1963. It was part of the Hamer's Corners settlement.

      This was located at 1200 Dundas Street East and dates back as early as the 1820s. The archway over the door shows the original size of the doorway which was later filled in with stones. It was demolished in 1963. This shop was part of the Hamer's Corners settlement.

      All Saints' Anglican Church was built in 1865-66 at 300 Dundas Street West. In 1927, the organ in the north-east corner of the church was destroyed by fire.

      All Saints' Anglican Church was built in 1865-66 at 300 Dundas Street West.

      Thomas Manderson was born in Scotland in 1837 and came to Canada in 1848, when his family settled in King Township, York County. In 1864 the Manderson family moved to Lot 11, Concession 1, Reach Township, where Thomas Manderson was a farmer the rest of his life. He took over …