Résultats

      Bishop Philander Smith, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Canada from 1847 to 1870, was born in the town of Blenheim, County of Schoharie in New York State on April 27, 1796 and spent his boyhood in Delaware County, New York. In 1815 he moved to Canada, settling at …

      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 …

      Joseph F. Rainer opened a piano factory on the south side of Mary Street, east of Byron Street in 1860. This factory continued in operation until June 1872 when Mr. Rainer moved to Guelph. The factory was destroyed by fire on November 27, 1873.

      Brooklin Methodist Church was located at 19 Cassels Road East. It was built in 1867 on the south-east corner of Mill Street (Cassels Road) and Princess Street. In 1925 it became the Brooklin United Church.

      John Lawrence Smith was born on Lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township, on October 11, 1838, and was a farmer all his life. He was one of the founders and first trustees of the Whitby Methodist Tabernacle, and a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the …

      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 …