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    Family descendent Jill Rutherford writes: this photo was taken in 1953 (my mother, Rilla Jane Reid, daughter of Henry Cecil Reid, son of Desdemona Jane "Jennie" Munn Reid, was visiting from out west

    For more information about this diary with photographs of the American visitors entitled "Adventures of the American Four Among the Pine Stumps of Canada", please click on the links in this record. A

    Information and photographs of Holyrood house, the Lefebvre family and the history of the property in the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection were shared by Mr. Roy Lessels in Ma

    Walter Ernest and Minnie Eliza (Stoutt) Henderson show off the new baby in their family, Wilma Maxine. Minnie and Ernest married in York on July 25, 1903. The older child is likely a cousin of Wilma'

    Harry Wilson and Wilma Henderson married on February 21, 1943 in Toronto. At the time, Harry was an aircraftman in the R.C.A.F. They lived in Palermo on what is now Old Bronte Road. Their house was b

    Demarius Norton moved from Tapleytown to Palermo at the time of her marriage to Andy Wilkinson. All of her children were born in Palermo, including her daughter shown here, who was called Ethel, not

    This image is a photographic glass plate.

    Wilbert Biggar is driving the tractor and grandson Harold Biggar can be seen on the hay binder, Hettie Biggar is to our right behind the tractor. The hay binder takes the hay, bundles it into a sheaf

    Two photographs taken at different times, with different people and different horses but in the same spot with the same wagon at Glenclare Farm, on work days. The primary photograph shows brother and

    The girls are feeding the turkeys at Glenclare Farm, their home. The picture was taken circa 1934.

    A Biggar family album page showing Hettie with her grandchildren. Hettie had been educated at the Wesleyan Female College for young women in Hamilton, she was an accomplished musician and played for

    The family album has labelled this photograph, "Wedding at home on Dundas Highway". The Conover family home was 1499 Dundas Street East on part of Lot 6 Concession 1 NDS. Ethel and Wilbert married on

    The main picture is of baby Lois with her mother, Ethel Biggar, likely on the day of her christening. Ethel and husband, Wilbert Biggar, had a two year old son, Harold, at this time. They lived near

    A formal photograph of the Shea family taken at the front entrance to the farmhouse, Lot 7 Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township in 1897. This is located just west of where the intersection of 8th Line

    Click on "Pages" top left to view the 2nd photograph.

    House history: The original land patent was granted to Robert Loring in July 1825. Andrew Suiter bought the south half of Lot 6, Concession 1 NS from Henry Freeland in May 1829. Suiter married Hannah

    Further information on Dr. Horace Wrinch can be found in the biography by Geoff Mynett published in 2019. The book is, "Service on the Skeena: Horace Wrinch, Medical Pioneer in Northern British Colum

    The surname "Beatty" might also be spelled "Beattie" and other variations.

    Picture shows Verna, Elmer and Floyd Downs as youngsters. Each morning their mother would light the fire. One morning Verna came down in her nightie, which caught fire and caused her death.

    Information taken from "Thy Humble Dwelling: A History of Sheridan-Park Royal United Church 1826 - 1926", edited by Rev. Robert K. Munro. To view the other records in this extended family collection,