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      George Mowat emigrated to Toronto in 1879 and later settled at Whitby. Both he and his son, Roderick, found employment at Martin Manufacturing Company (the Buckle Factory) in Whitby.

      The stone farmhouse was built by William Pearson of Ashburn between 1855-1860. It remained in the Heron family for many years. The house is located at 9210 Heron Rd, lot 29, concession 9.

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      Black and white photograph, c. 1870, of Agnes Smith Thornton. She was born in Whitby Township, Upper Canada, on November 9, 1839, and married John Gilchrist, an Oshawa merchant, at Oshawa on December 16, 1862. She was the second daughter of Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton, the first Presbyterian minister …

      Black and white photograph of Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton c. 1870. Thornton was born in April, 1806 at Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews and the Secessionist Church College in Glasgow. In 1833 he received a call to become the first Presbyterian minister in …

      Augustus Barrett was born in Germany in 1830. He married Sarah Ann Edwards and they had two children. Augustus opened his photography studio in Whitby in 1872 and operated a studio and gallery until 1884. He later opened a studio in Toronto and died in 1902. Sarah died in 1919. …

      This large format negative was found in the Archives storage room without any identification. However, we believe that this negative may be an image from the The Queen's Plate, Canada's most noted horse race, that was run at Whitby in May 1870. The track was located on the west side …