Résultats

      Note the horse and buggy going up the hill in the top picture, and it's hard to see, but possibly two people with a car to the right. These steep valley hillside roads were sometimes referred to by local people as "hogback" roads.

      The above information is taken from http://www.oakvillehistory.org/pdf/1841%20census.pdf

      Note the two women standing on the bridge. Their long dresses and the power lines indicate this photograph may have been taken around 1920.

      George and Polly King had 11 children. They enjoyed many family gatherings over the years on the family farms along Dundas at the Sixteen, and on the Sixteen flats. When they all got together with their children and grandchildren, it was a large gathering.

      Laura's parents were George and Mary Ann, called Polly, King who owned the property on Highway 5 (Dundas Street) in Trafalgar Township called The Pines. Laura married George Lockhart Spence on April 8, 1909 and their children were Hester Louise Spence, Lillian Mary Spence and William Kenneth Spence. Extended family …

      Laura's parents were George and Mary Ann, called Polly, King who owned the farm on Highway 5 (Dundas Street), Trafalgar Township, called The Pines. Laura was born the year after her father had joined the Toronto Police force. He had been a policeman in London, England before emigrating. Laura's mother, …

      The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.D. Farris. Although Carol was born in Toronto, her parents moved their family to Trafalgar Township when the children were still young to join their King family relatives. Carol's parents were Ettie (King) and Ern Hopper. Ettie was the 8th child of George and …

      The children of this happy family spanned 24 years.

      Picture is hand dated 1917.

      Ron was also often called by his first name,Frank. Mary married Thomas Kenyon Harold Choate on June 30, 1948. Mary and Ken lived happily in Ken's home town of Peterborough, Ontario. Muriel married Kenneth Edward Gordon on April 23, 1949 and they lived happily in Toronto. Ron married Jean Hastings …

      Joseph died in March 1916 and his son, George, is not in uniform here so we know it was taken before the fall of 1915. Hazel would have been about 10 years old in 1913 and I think she looks a little bit older than that while I think Ruth, …

      Mary, my mother, remembered walking up and down the Sixteen "hogsbacks" to reach her grandparents who lived on the Jemmima Biggar farm, on the north east side of the Sixteen and the "Dundas highway". King and Joyce families were also relatives living in the area. I'm dating the picture as …

      The girls are dressed in practical playclothes and shoes.

      This photograph was probably taken at a family home in England just before they emigrated to Canada as family labels say F.R. Powell is 16 years old in the photograph and the family emigrated in 1908.

      Jemmima Bigger, born September 9, 1826 died May 9, 1909, buried in Munn's Cemetery, Trafalgar, Ontario. Richard and Elizabeth's son Joseph Edward and his wife, Mary Anne, were my mother's grandparents. Joseph Edward, born April 29, 1843 died March 29, 1916. Mary Anne (Joyce) born March 11, 1863 died March …

      Jessie Mary(Caverhill) and George Herbert King were married September 14, 1910 in Trafalgar,Ontario by Rev. G.G. McRobie in the Presbyterian Church at the Sixteen River, Knox Sixteen. George purchased the Kaitting house on Dundas Highway in 1910. They had six children: Mary Elizabeth, Muriel Thurlo, Howard Caverhill, Harriet Jean, Donald …

      Search "road construction" to pull up more such photographs.

      Linked is a Toronto Star newstory about the unsuccessful efforts to save this house by the Trafalgar Township Historical Society and other concerned Oakville citizens. Also, the Heritage Report for the Town of Oakville provides more photographs, an architectural description of the house, and the history of Emily Biggar and …

      A link to the present-day Munn's school website is included for futher information.

      The Sixteen Mile Creek is an undiscovered gem abound with beavers, mink, and swans, tucked behind the houses along Trafalgar. Entirely accessible to the public, the Sixteen Mile is home to its own lively community of canoeists, kayakers, and dragonboaters, all enjoying a piece of Oakville's natural beauty.