Thomas Emmett Family
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photograph of the Emmett family in front of their residence at 306 Gilbert Street West.
Left to right: Mary Emmet (1865-1940), George Emmett (1867-1943), Hanna Emmett (nee Strickland; 1838-1916), and Thomas Emmett (1829-1911). - Notes
- Thomas Emmett (1829-1911) emigrated from Yorkshire, England in 1855. He settled at Watson farm on the town line between Whitby and Pickering Townships where he remained until he retired from farming in 1879. Upon arriving in Whitby Thomas immediately joined the Whitby Cricket Team. In 1907 he purchased the house at 306 Gilbert Street West.
Thomas married Hannah Strickland (1838-1916), also of Yorkshire, in 1861. They had three surviving children: Sarah Elizabeth (1862-1936), Mary Hannah (1865-1940), and George (1867-1943).
- Date of Original
- c.1907
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 19-041-001
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8761489958453 Longitude: -78.9436769485474
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- 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.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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