Résultats

      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 …

      Perry's Block was located opposite the outlet at Elm Street. It was built by John Ham Perry in 1858. The building was destroyed by fire on June 10, 1864 and was replaced by McMillan's Block the same year. This print comes from "Tremaine's Map of the County of Ontario, Upper …

      Whitby House Hotel was located at 117 Dundas Street West in Whitby, Ontario (and was located at the south east corner of Dundas and Byron Streets). It was built in 1847 by its first proprietor, Thomas N. Scripture. Some time later it became know as Robson House. Then, in 1873 …

      This three-storey brick and stone store was located at 106 Dundas Street West (on the north side of Dundas Street, three doors west of Brock Street). The building was known as Bigelow's Block. It was built around 1860 and operated as a dry goods, groceries and stationery store by Joel …

      Lowes and Powell Store was located on Brock Street in a three storey brick building. This print comes from "Tremaine's Map of the County of Ontario, Upper Canada".

      Lowes and Powell Store was located on Brock Street South in a three storey brick building (located on the east side of Brock Street, midway between Dundas and Colborne Streets). Built in 1858, the building was known as Till's Block. It burned to the ground in the great fire of …

      The Globe Hotel was located at 41 Baldwin Street. It was a frame building located on the east side of Baldwin Street (Highway 12) between Roebuck and Mill Streets (Cassels Road). This is the present site of Grass Park. The Hotel was built before 1860 and destroyed by fire on …

      William Laing was born at Morayshire, Scotland in 1819 and came to Whitby with his brother James in 1841. He was one of the town's leading business men and grain dealers in the 1850s and 1860s. He was Reeve of Whitby in 1855 and Mayor in 1863-1864. From 1874 to …

      Watercolour painting by unidentified artist, C. 1860 Jessie B. Thornton was the fourth daughter of Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton, first Presbyterian minister in Whitby Township. She was born in Whitby Township, Canada West, on April 10, 1847 and died at Oshawa Ontario, on February 17, 1869 at the age …

      Created to commemorate Toronto's 175th anniversary in 2009.

      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 …

      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 …

      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 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 …

      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 …

      Maria Ann Losie was the daughter of Joseph G. Losie, a wealthy land owner in Whitby in the 1820s. She was married to Ezra Annes in 1822. In 1857, her husband, Ezra Annes, was elected as Whitby's third mayor. Mrs. Ezra Annes died at Whitby on February 12, 1861 and …

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      Dr. James Hunter was born at Yorkshire, England on September 29, 1795. The place of his birth is thought to be Thornton, but this is uncertain. He and Elizabeth Story were married in 1814 at York Cathedral. He operated a school in England until 1822 when he and his (wife …

      Elizabeth Story was born at Pocklington, Yorkshire, England in 1793. She and Dr. James Hunter were married at York Cathedral in 1814, and she and her husband and three children emigrated to Canada in 1822. During the Rebellion of 1837, she was confronted by soldiers looking for her husband at …