Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton (1806-1875) C. 1870.
Description
- Creator
- William Notman, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph of Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton c. 1870.
Thornton was born in April, 1806 at Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews and the Secessionist Church College in Glasgow. In 1833 he received a call to become the first Presbyterian minister in Whitby Township and established his church at Dundas Street and Kendalwood Road, later moving to the site of the Union Cemetery in 1837 where he built a brick church and school. He established churches at Columbus, Pickering, Dunbarton and Clarmenont. He was superintendent of education in Whitby Township from the 1840s until his death. In 1861 he took over St. Andrew's Congregation in Oshawa, where he died on February 11, 1875. Rev. Thornton is buried at Union Cemetery, Oshawa. - Date of Original
- 1870
- Dimensions
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Width: 10 in
Height: 8 in
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-008-062
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Creative Commons licence
[more details]- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton (1806-1875), C. 1870, Photographer William Notman, Whitby Archives 31-008-062.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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