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      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      Glen Dhu was settled in 1833 by William Dow who was from Marnoch Parish, Banffshire, Scotland. The farm was located on lot 23 of Concession 3/Rossland Road in Whitby Township and it remained in the Dow family until 1915. The main part of the house was built in 1849 and …

      This house was located on the south side of Dundas Street/Highway 2 between the hydro line that passes east of Bowman Avenue and Glenhill Drive. It was demolished about 1970 or 1971. The house appears in the 1877 Ontario County atlas on the property of J.S.M. Wilcox. The advertising card …

      Mark Duff was a noted farmer living on Fairview Farm, which was built in 1902 on 8th Concession in Whitby. He was noted for his Clydesdale horses.

      James Edward 'Teddy' Rowe, son of Thomas and Janet Rowe, was born in the Victorian Order of Nurses' home at Whitby on 6 April 1922. His parents entered him in a British Empire baby contest in 1924 and on 29 July 1924 it was announced in the Toronto Daily Star …

      From 1875-1926 the Whitby Roman Catholic Separate School was located at 315-317 Palace Street north of John Street. It was a framed building that was bricked over in 1913. It was replaced by St. Bernard's School ad Dundas and Centre Streets in 1926 and the building became a residence.

      The Hewis Brothers Butchers replaced their butcher cart with a truck around the 1920s. Henry James (Harry) Hewis was born in 1894 and died at Oshawa 20 February 1968. He was in the butcher business with his father, William Edward Hewis (1865-1964) and his brother, William George David Hewis (1897-1990).

      Henry James (Harry) Hewis was born in 1894 and died at Oshawa 20 February 1968. He was in the butcher business with his father, William Edward Hewis (1865-1964) and his brother, William George David Hewis (1897-1990).

      The Ontario Country Registry Office was built in 1873 at the south-west corner of Centre and Gilbert Streets. Additions were made in 1929 and 1954. It stood on the same block as the Ontario County Courthouse. William John Correll (1875-1950) was employed at the Ontario County Land Registry Office from …

      John Thomas (1885-1950) served as Whitby's night watchman in the downtown area from 1921-1949. He was born in Wales and lived in Whitby for most of his life.

      Gertrude Drew played for the Sons of England hockey team.

      King Street School was built in 1921 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets. It was built to replace Henry Street School which burned down in 1920. In 1979 it was renamed R.A. Sennett Public School in honour of its first principal who served from 1921-1952.

      After the First World War, several wooden freighters were beached on the sand bar in Whitby harbour. For many years, Whitby Town Council appealed to the Canadian federal government to have them removed. In 1935, they were towed out into Lake Ontario and sunk.

      Black and white negative of a photograph of Whitby harbour showing the coal sheds in the background. There is a moored sailboat in the foreground.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing a sailboat moored at Whitby harbour.

      Black and white negative of a photograph showing an image of the O'Connor Dick steamboat moored at Whitby harbour.

      John Sturgess (1832-1903) married Jane Hudson (1839-1926) and they emigrated from England to Canada. They settled at Whitby and had twelve surviving children: William Henry (1857-1936), John (1859-1916), George Edmund (1862-1942), Mary Ellen (1864-1935), Selena, Emma Louise (1869-1949), James Alfred (1872-1935), Thomas (1875-1958), Albert Edwin (1876-1958), Charles, Ethel (1881-1956), Birt …

      King Street School was built in 1921 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets. It was built to replace Henry Street School which burned down in 1920. In 1979 it was renamed R.A. Sennett Public School in honour of its first principal who served from 1921-1952.

      King Street School was built in 1921 on the block bounded by King, Dunlop, Henry, and Gilbert Streets. It was built to replace Henry Street School which burned down in 1920. In 1979 it was renamed R.A. Sennett Public School in honour of its first principal who served from 1921-1952.