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      James Milton Kenny was born at Aylmer, Canada East, on April 9, 1867. He lived on a farm near Guelph until 1899 when he went to northern Manitoba to homestead. He worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway when it was being built through Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and later managed and …

      Charles Fothergill McGillivray was born on lot 1, concession 4, Pickering Township on December 26, 1857 and moved to Whitby in 1870. He graduated in arts from the University of Toronto in 1880 and received his M.A. degree in 1883. he graduated from the medical course in 1890 and interned …

      Thomas Grierson Whitfield was born in Ontario County on April 24, 1854 and moved to Whitby at an early age. In 1871 he became an apprentice for James Byrne, a Whitby druggist. In 1877 when Mr. Byrne died, Mr. Whitfield started his own drug store in Whitby. After several years …

      Frank Lloyd Beecroft was born at Saintfield in Reach Township on February 16, 1868. He worked on his father's farm until 1886 when he attended Lansdowne Model School and Jarvis Collegiate. He attended the British American Business College and went into the dry goods business in Toronto. He joined the …

      George Alexander Ross was born at Whitby on July 11, 1858 and from 1878 to 1924 was a partner with his brother Hugh Ross in Ross Brothers, dry goods and clothing store on Brock Street South. He died at Whitby on June 13, 1936 and is buried at Union Cemetery, …

      The Globe Furniture Company was moved to Waterloo in 1910 after 21 years of successful business in Walkerville, Ontario. Edward F. Seagram, Aloyes Bauer and John Letter found a location on the west side of Shantz Street (later Canbar Avenue, no longer exists) suitable for the expanding business. The company …

      Andrew Miller Ross was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on October 9, 1851 and came to Whitby in 1856. As a young man he moved to Rockford, Illinois where he was married in 1875. He returned to Whitby about 1879 where he worked as a dry goods merchant for over forty …

      Alexander Whitelaw was born at Whitby Township on 30 May 1840. He operated a number of hotels at Myrtle and Ashburn before settling in Whitby in 1889 and operating the Ontario Hotel at Brock and Elm Streets. From 1910-1929, Alexander was a caretaker at the Whitby Post Office. He was …

      The mothers of piano pupils from the Ashgrove – Norval area pose at the end of the term.

 Unknown, Centenary and Jubilee History of Whitby United Church (19260901), 1926, unknown page     This house at the south west corner of Byron Street and Colborne Street was built in 1864 as the residence of Dr. Robert John Gunn. After Mrs. Gunn's death in 1911, the house served as the United Church parsonage from 1912 to 1963 has served as the church house and …

      This was Whitby's first Methodist Church. It was a brick building constructed in 1856-1857 at the north west corner of Centre Street and Mary Street. It served as a church from 1857-1876 and was replaced by the Methodist Tabernacle at the south east corner of Centre Street and Colborne Street. …

      Piano pupils from the Ashgrove – Norval area pose with their teacher Mrs. Wright at the end of the term.