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    This was a Designated Town of Oakville Heritage Building. The house was built in 1850 by James Appelbe who emigrated from Ireland in 1815 with his widowed mother and older brother, William. James was apprenticed to a merchant in Hamilton and later taught school. In 1831 he married Jemima (Kaitting) ...

    Coding on the front of the card: 0617700480315. Province is 06, Negative is 00Zy25. NPC 464(9-701)7530-21-029-3938 On the blue card back with ownership information, the code is repeated: 0617700480315.

    Coding on the front of the card: 06177004302424. Province is 06, Negative is 00ZY15. NPC 464(9-701)7530-21-029-3938 On the blue card back with ownership information, the code is repeated: 06177004302424.

    Coding on the front of the card: 06177000102409. Province is 06, Negative is 00ZY15. NPC 464(9-701)7530-21-029-3938 On the blue card back with ownership information, the code is repeated: 06177000102409.

    Children of John and Hannah Bussell. Born and raised in the area of 9th Line and Derry Roads where their family had been settled since the early 1800s.

    "Sprucedale" was the family name for the 200 acre home farm on Lot 14, Concession 4, Trafalgar Township. John Dixon, sometimes spelled Dickson, first built a log home, then a frame house and then in 1861, the beautiful brick home seen in this record. This view is of the front ...

    This photograph shows "1861" carved into the brick, the year the house was built. "Sprucedale" was the family name for the 200 acre home farm on Lot 14, Concession 4, Trafalgar Township. John Dixon, sometimes spelled Dickson, first built a log home, then a frame house and then in 1861, ...

    "Sprucedale" was the family name for the 200 acre home farm on Lot 14, Concession 4, Trafalgar Township. John Dixon, sometimes spelled Dickson, first built a log home, then a frame house and then in 1861, the beautiful brick home seen in this record. The farm had its own shops: ...

    "Sprucedale" was the family name for the 200 acre home farm on Lot 14, Concession 4, Trafalgar Township. John Dixon, sometimes spelled Dickson, first built a log home, then a frame house and then in 1861, the beautiful brick home seen in this record. This is a photo of the ...

    Jane was the daughter of John and Sarah Bell who had come from the Parish of Scotts Place and Drumquin in County Fermanagh in Ireland. They had previously left Scotland for Ireland, to avoid the Persecution of Dundee. They settled on the west half of Lot 10, Concession 7, Nelson ...

    Maria Wilson Deforest, married to John Featherstone. John Featherstone and his wife Jane and five children came from the county of Durham in England in 1829. They traveled for three months until they reached Lowville, where they stayed for the winter. In the spring of 1832, they moved to Drumquin ...

    The old iron bridge, looking south from the new Merton bridge (Middle Rd.) & beneath it, the swimming hole. Circa 1939-1940 upon completion of the new QEW bridge. Lot 30 Con. 111 SDS (looking south from the road allowance, i.e. the line between Con. 11 & Con. 111.) Source, George ...

    Isobel’s dress was likely knit by her father, who had learned to knit as a pastime when he was confined to bed for a year following a back injury. Robert Ford was in a cast and unable to move, so he was placed in a “hospital bed” which could be ...

    Jim, Isobel, and Hank Ford on a sled at their house on 5th line. “Growing up on a farm we always had things to do – we learned to skate on a pond or creek, rode horses, had hills to go sleigh riding. In the summer we swam in the ...

    Hank and Isobel sometimes rode this horse to and from their one-room school, S.S.#9 Coyne, which was over 2 miles away. Hank's father had also attended the same school. The Ford farm was on 5th Line at Lower Base Road, Trafalgar Township. Their house had been built by their Great-Grandfather ...

    Isobel Davison says, "One of these dogs was a pet named Gyp. The other was a working herd dog, simply called “Collie”. The dogs brought in the cows each night at 5 pm. All you had to say was “Go and get the cows, Collie”, and the dog would run ...

    Eckhardt Wetlauffer with his wife, Ethel, and his sisters. L-R; Charlotte Waterbury, (?), Rosetta Wilson, (?) Ada Hill, Eckhardt Wettlaufer, Ethel Wettlaufer. The younger men/lads in the photograph are likely the sons of Ethel and Eckhardt, Harold and George Wettlaufer.

    A photograph of Bert Langtry, as he was called, possibly taken at the time of his engagement to Annie McKay. The notice of Bert's death in the January 7, 1926 Milton Canadian Champion newspaper, page 3, col.5, says that their residence was on the Middle Road in Bronte (Merton area), ...

    Orphanage, Oakville Ont.

    In the spring and summer of 2015, the Trafalgar Township Historical Society took on the project of photographing the historic houses from the North Service Road north to Burnhamthorpe Road, from Ninth Line west to Tremaine Road. S.S. No. 16 schoolhouse sits on the west bank of the Sixteen Mile ...