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    Efforts to put together a Whitby Brass Band were started in 1863 and attempts were made to secure public funding. In June 1863, town council decided that it was not advisable "to appropriate any mone

    The Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association was first organized in Canada in 1876 as a fraternal association for native born Scottish persons and their descendants in Canada. It aimed to provide mutu

    The Whitby Highland Club met on the third floor of 101 Brock Street North.

    Oddfellows Hall was built in 1873-1875 on the east side of Brock Street north of Dundas Street and demolished in 1964.

    According to the Masonic Lodge records the names were printed under the portraits in 1927.

    The buckle factory was one of three main industries in Whitby during the early 20th century. Whitby’s main industries at this time were a buckle factory; blanket factory and tannery. The Buckle Facto

    Theodore McGillivray (died in 1925) was a lawyer and later an Ontario County Judge at Whitby. The location of his law office in the 1890s is not known.

    This three-storey brick store was located at 111 Brock Street North (third building on the east side of Brock Street, north of Dundas Street). It was operated by Samuel and Richard Hatch and later Sa

    Timothy Fisher was born at Lennox and Addington Counties, Upper Canada, on June 14, 1817 and settled on a farm near Ashburn. He died at Oshawa on August 19, 1901 and is buried at Union Cemetery, Osha

    William Bryan (1830-1898) was born at Brockville, Canada on January 19, 1830 and came to Whitby in 1844 where he operated a stove and tinware business. He died at Whitby on May 30, 1898 and is buried

    Ruth Hickie was born at Cashel, Ireland, on October 2, 1835. After coming to Whitby she married William Bryan, a stove and tinware merchant, who died in 1898. Later she married William Mayor. She die

    James Almond was born at Lincoln, England on April 20, 1809. He settled in New York State and moved to Whitby Township in 1837. The settlement on lot 35 Kingston Road later became known as Almonds. J

    Mrs. James Almond (Lucy Todd) was born at London, England on March 24, 1829. She married James Almond after his first wife died in 1861 and lived on lot 34, concession 1, Whitby Township at the settl

    William McCabe was born at Picton, Prince Edward County, Ontario on June 12, 1835. From 1858 to 1863 he was principal of the Whitby Grammar School and was President of the Provincial Teachers' Associ

    Christopher Johnston was born in 1844 and was known as the Lumber King of Whitby. He owned a lumber yard at the north end of Pine Street. He died at Whitby on September 2, 1891 and is buried in Union

    James Rice (1807-1898) was born at Bratton Clovelly, Devonshire, England on June 10, 1807. He came to Whitby in 1854. For many years he lived north of the 3rd concession line west of Brock Street at

    John Ball Dow was born at Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, on November 29, 1851. A graduate in law from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1875, he was a lawyer in Whitby

    Jeffrey Flats was the land south of Highway 2 (Kingston Road) through which runs Lynde Creek. The land was settled by William Jeffrey in 1834. The picture is a detail in the lower centre of a photo o