Rachel Duff (nee Park) and Family

Description

Creator: Unknown
Media Type: Image
Item Types: Negatives; Photographs
Description: Black and white negative of a photograph showing Rachel Duff (nee Park), her daughter Matilda, her granddaughters, and great-grandchildren. The photograph was taken in a studio.

Back row: Matilda Brown (nee Duff; 1859-1936), Mary Black (nee Brown).
Front row: Rachel Duff (nee Park; 1833-1920), Grant Bright, Olive Maude Bright (nee Brown), Frank Black, Allan Downey, Ethel Ina Downey (nee Brown).
Notes: Adam Duff (1819-1896) and Rachel Park (1833-1920)were married at Pickering Township in 1849, both having emigrated from Ireland. They had seven children.

They owned a large farm on Concession 8 in Whitby and in 1887 they removed to Port Perry.
Date of Original: 1914
Dimensions: Width: 12 cm
Height: 10 cm
Subject(s): Families
Portrait photographs
Local identifier: 19-025-001
Collection: Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
Copyright Statement: Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
Recommended Citation: Whitby Archives
Reproduction Notes: Scanned from copy negative.
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