Wilson Children
Description
- Creator
- W.E. O'Brien, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Description
- Black and white negative of a studio photograph of a group of children believed to be those of Thomas and Catherine Wilson.
This photograph was likely reprinted by W.E. O'Brien in the 1880s. W.E. O'Brien arrived in Whitby in 1884.
- Notes
- Thomas Hall Wilson (1837-1913), eldest son of James (1807-1890) and Elizabeth (1818-1889) Wilson, married Catherine DeGeer (1837-1913) at Whitchurch Township in 1858; they had six children: Mary Hannah Wilson (1860-1942), William James Wilson (1862-1915), Amanda Elizabeth Wilson (1864-1952), Charles Herbert Wilson (1866-1943), Kate Annett Wilson (1869-1953), George Iolum Wilson (1872-1954).
James and Elizabeth Wilson emigrated from Yorkshire, England settling at Whitby in the 1830s. Thomas was a harness maker and operated a toll gate on Concession 1. He also took up other trades throughout his life.
George Wilson was an Oshawa-Whitby photographer. He was the successor of the Whitby photographic studio operated by Stedham & O'Brien at the corner of Dundas and Brock Streets. - Inscriptions
- Printed on the mat underneath the photograph: 'W.E. O'Brien/Whitby.'
- Date of Original
- c.1874
- Date Of Event
- c.1884
- Dimensions
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Width: 2.5 cm
Height: 3.5 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 19-053-001
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.88342 Longitude: -78.93287
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Wilson Children, c.1874
W.E. O'Brien
Whitby Archives
19-053-001 - Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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