Résultats

      See Chapter 3 of Split Rail Country Vol I for more information

      This is a copy of the original pastel painting of Brock by Gerrit Schipper (c.1808), and shows Brock a few years before his death. This copy was painted by Alice Kerr-Nelson in 1881. The copy was a commission for Lieutenant-Governor John B. Robinson, negotiated on his behalf by his brother, …

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

      This item was digitized on November 14th, 2009, during a Digitization Days event at the Paris Branch of the County of Brant Public Library.

      Condition: Fair. Folded, bent and fingerprinted. Very dirty as well.

      Condition: Copy is excellent.

      Condition: Copy is excellent.

      John Shier was born at Peter-Cutler, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on August 16, 1808. He studied under his father to be a Provincial Land Surveyor and Civil Engineer in Scotland, and emigrated to the United States in 1829, settling at Newburg, New York. Here he constructed sloops on the Hudson River for …

      John Edwin Farewell was born in East Whitby Township on February 18, 1840, a descendant of Irish ancestors and was adopted by Abraham Farewell, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ontario South. He was educated in Whitby and Barrie and received a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Toronto …

      The parents of Charles were Amanda Mary Oakley, b. October 18, 1831 in Waterdown, Ontario, who married John A. Foreman, Jr. in the town of Oakville, Trafalgar Township on April 29, 1847. They bought land in the Kansas Territory but with the American Civil War imminent, they brought their young …

      This diploma was issued to Sarah Margaret Baker on June 22, 1881, and was returned as an artifact to the College many years later. At this time, the College issued two diplomas, Mistress of Liberal Arts and Mistress of English Literature.

      James Campbell was born at Forres, Scotland on October 4, 1838. He came to Whitby in the late 1850s. From about 1860-1895 he and his brother Robert Campbell operated a dry goods store in Whitby called R&J Campbell. He was a member of the Whitby Town Council from 1863-1864, 1867, …

      Jeremiah Long was born in Pickering Township on September 6, 1839. For fifteen years he managed a large farm. In 1872 he began buying grain from Chester Draper and after Mr. Draper's death in 1876 Jeremiah Long succeeded him in the grain and produce business. Mr. Long was Deputy Reeve …

      John L. Smith, son of William Smith and Hannah Norgrove, was born on lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township on October 11, 1838. He was a farmer throughout his life and a strong supporter of the Methodist Church. He was one of the founders of the Whitby Methodist Tabernacle …

      James Benjamin Bickell was born in the parish of Stowford, Devonshire, England, on December 7, 1826 and came to Canada at age 17, in 1843. His family settled in the vicinity of Peterborough. James Benjamin Bickell then moved to Bowmanville and went into the milling business. About 1861 he moved …

      Condition: Fair to poor. Faded and yellowed with plenty of wear and some tears.

      John L. Smith, a farmer on Thickson Road in Whitby Township, was one of the founders of the Ontario Ladies' College in 1874 and was second vice-president of the board in 1906. Mr. Smith was born at Whitby Township on October 11, 1838 and died at Whitby Township, on May …

      Reproduction d'un document / Reproduction of a document

      Map housed at the Brodie Resource Library

      Perking Photographer is listed as operating from 1881-1890 in Toronto, on 293 Yonge Street. "Cabinet card photographs were first introduced in 1866. They were initially employed for landscapes rather than portraitures. Cabinet cards replaced Carte de visite photographs as the popular mode of photography. Cabinet cards became the standard for …