Reverend William Stephen Westney, c. 1889
Description
- Creator
- O'Brien, W.E., Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Reverend William Stephen Westney. Reverend Westney is sitting on a rocking chair, with an opened book on his lap.
- Notes
- Reverend William Stephen Westney had his first pastorate at the Anglican Church in Barrie, where he was a member of the Public School Board. From 1880 to 1889 he was rector of St. John's Anglican Church, Port Whitby. In later years he was Chaplain of Corinthian Lodge AF and AM in Toronto and an honorary member of St. Paul's Anglican Church on Bloor Street. Reverend Westney died in Toronto on January 26, 1923, and was buried at Prospect Cemetery, where he was a cemetery chaplain.
- Inscriptions
- Bottom of photograph reads: "THE GRAND STUDIO/ W.E. O'Brien/ Whitby"
- Date of Original
- c. 1889
- Dimensions
-
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-008-041
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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