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    Mabel was born and raised in Zimmerman, Nelson Township, Halton County. Zimmerman was at Appleby and 2nd Lines. She was a collector of postcards of Hamilton, sometimes swapping them with friends, as

    Mrs. W. Smith of Palermo was Mabel (Bridgman) Smith. She was born and raised in Zimmerman, Nelson Township, Halton County. Zimmerman was at Appleby and 2nd Lines.

    Arthur is referred to in a family history as a seaman but in 1918, he took over the family farm in Palermo which was at Lot 34, Concession 1, South of Dundas Street.

    Mabel (Bridgman) Smith was born and raised in Zimmerman, Nelson Township, Halton County. Zimmerman was at Appleby and 2nd Lines.

    This post office is now part of the John Sopinka Court House. The marvellous old marble hall with the postal wickets and large tables still exists on the ground floor running north from Main Street a

    The house photograph is from the website of and with the permission of Jeremy Borsos, linked in this record for your further information. Mr. Borsos has a project that "us[es] postcards and letters a

    A wonderful picture showing the diversity of the Biggar family farm, Glenclare Farm. Albert Biggar's grandfather, Michael, had first owned the property, Lot 15, Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township, r

    A postcard showing the beach and waterfront buildings of Bronte, Ontario. The black and white photograph was taken sometime between 1904 and 1918.

    Funeral cards for husband and wife, Thomas and Elizabeth Dent. They lived at Agerton Corners, Trafalgar Township and both are buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Milton. Thomas had emigrated with his paren

    The back of the post card isn't included here because it has not been used nor is there any unusual or identifying information.

    Early land registry records and Trafalgar census records from 1851, 1871, 1881 use the family surname spelling, "Hagar". However, the 1861 census and the family gravestones in the Palermo cemetery us

    Colborne Street is now Lakeshore Road, Oakville. The central public library now occupies the site where Central School was located, at Navy and Rebecca Streets.

    A street-side view of the Woodworth Store (which is now the Bank of Montreal) and Dunn's Drug. This photograph was taken at what is now the corner of Lakeshore Road and Dunn Street.

    A picture of the Old Bronte Post Office.

    70-Happy New Year card; 72- A card from Pratt & Watkins of a photograph of General Gordon, the hero of Khartoum who was murdered on the 26th of January 1885.; 78-Prince & Princess of Wales 82- Woman

    A postcard sent from England by Ron Powell who had enlisted in the Canadian Forestry Corp. He came back to work on the farm in Oakville in April 1919 and married Ruth Cullingworth that October. They

    Although not yet formally published, copies of David Fearnley's book, "The Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Cavalry 1848 - 1914", are in the Lancashire Archives in Liverpool, and in the Makerfield referen

    For further information about the house, click on the link to the undated Town of Oakville Heritage Assessment Report for the property. This is underneath the photograph, under "Other Web Sites". The

    A 1906 postcard showing the general store of Lawrence Hagar in Palermo, at the intersection of Dundas Street and Bronte Road (now at Dundas and Old Bronte Road, Oakville, Ontario). The cancellation s