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      Ross Johnston was born near Gretna Green in Dumfrieshire, Scotland on August 3, 1827. His parents died when he was a child and he was brought up and raised by his grandfather. The family moved to the Eastern Townships of Quebec in 1841 and to Whitby in 1848. Mr. Johnston …

      Robert Luther Huggard was born in Hope Township, Upper Canada (near what is now known as Port Hope, Ontario) on January 10, 1836. He farmed in Clarke Township until he married and came to Whitby in 1874. Brian Winter has noted that, R.L. Huggard represented the nursery firm of Stone …

      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, …

      Frederick Samuel Allin was born at Whitby Township on May 16, 1874. He was the first station master at the new Whitby Junction station in 1903. He died at Oshawa on December 28, 1933 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa.

      "Bayside" was the property of William Gordon from 1838 to 1888. From 1888 until 1912, the farm was the home of John Smith. In 1912, the property was purchased by the provincial government for the Ontario Hospital (formerly the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital). The brick house that can be seen in …

      The brick house in this photograph was built in 1855, and demolished in 1978. "Bayside" was the property of William Gordon from 1838 to 1888. From 1888 until 1912 the farm was the home of John Smith. In 1912 the property was purchased by the provincial government for the Ontario …

      These dormitories were for prisoners from the Guelph Reformatory who built the Ontario Hospital at Whitby from 1913 to 1916. This picture was printed in the Gazette and Chronicle newspaper on June 25, 1913.

      This home was located at 117 Gilbert Street West (on the south side of Gilbert Street between Brock and Byron Streets). It was built about 1853 by Thomas Dow and was the office of the first bank in Whitby, the Bank of Montreal from 1853 until the 1860s. This building …

      This home was located at 117 Gilbert Street West (on the south side of Gilbert Street between Brock and Byron Streets). It was built about 1853 by Thomas Dow and was the office of the first bank in Whitby, the Bank of Montreal from 1853 until the 1860s. This building …

      This home was located at 117 Gilbert Street West (on the south side of Gilbert Street between Brock and Byron Streets). It was built about 1853 by Thomas Dow and was the office of the first bank in Whitby, the Bank of Montreal from 1853 until the 1860s. This building …

      Edwin Walter Evans was born in Pickering Township in 1859 and was a manufacturer and dealer in wood and iron pumps, wind mills and cisterns. He operated this business in Whitby from about 1900 after coming from Claremont. He was the leader of the Claremont Band and after coming to …

      Robert Luther Huggard was born in Hope Township, Upper Canada (near what is now known as Port Hope, Ontario) on January 10, 1836. He farmed in Clarke Township until he married and came to Whitby in 1874. Brian Winter has noted that, R.L. Huggard represented the nursery firm of Stone …

      This house was located at 114 Byron Street North (on the block bounded by Byron, Dundas, and Centre Streets). It was built before 1850 and is believed to have been the residence of Peter Perry. It was later the residence of Peter Perry's son, Robert, who added an Italianate brick …

 Unknown, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), 1904     This home was located at 401 Dundas Street West, Whitby. It was built in 1877 on the block bounded by Dundas, Henry, Colborne and King Streets. It was demolished in 1958. The owners of the house were G.Y. Smith (a lawyer and later a judge) and Samuel Trees (owner of …

 Unknown, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), 1904     This brick house was built about 1881 at the north east corner of King and St. John Streets. This home was originally designed for Judge George H. Dartnell (who died in 1899) by Henry Langley (Toronto architect).

 Unknown, Ontario County Souvenir, 1854-1904 ( Keystone Press, 1904), 1904     Inverlynn house is a house which is currently located at 1300 Gifford Street in Whitby, Ontario. The former address for this property was 816 Gifford street. Inverlynn house was built at the intersection of Raglan and Giffard Street in 1860 for William Laing (1818-1891). In 1870, the house was purchased …