Résultats

      William Fairbanks Tempest was born in Whitby or Oshawa on November 30, 1845, son of Dr. William Tempest and Mary H. Fairbanks. One of his uncles was Col. Silas B. Fairbanks, the first commanding officer of the 34th Ontario Regiment which was formed in 1866 after the Battle of Ridgeway …

      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.

      These soldiers were from various militia regiments which went to Ridgeway to repel the Fenian Raid of June 1866. This photo was taken at a studio at Dunnville near the site of the raid.

      A parochial grammar school was set up in the late 1820s across from where St.Peter's Rectory is now. In the 1840s this became the Newcastle District Grammar School and later the Cobourg Grammar School till 1871. The headmaster at this time was F.W. Barron.

      Martha Eliza Smith (1853 -1933) was born in London. Ontario, to William and Margaret Smith. The Smith family moved to Lowville. Martha was employed as seamstress at the James Roderick Hotel and Post Office on Waterdown Road, just east of the Aldershot Railway Station. While employed there she met Robert …

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