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    David Burns was born on August 6, 1850 on lot 27, 7th Concession of Whitby Township, the son of an early Scottish settler, James Burns. He was a farmer all his life in Whitby Township and retired to

    Charles Albert Goodfellow was born at Collingwood, Canada West in 1866. he worked as a newspaper publisher and printer. He moved from Midland, Ontario to Whitby in 1903 and established a newspaper ca

    Graydon M. Goodfellow was born at Toronto on January 9, 1891 and learned the printing trade from his father who moved to Whitby in 1903 to start the Whitby Keystone, a local newspaper. In 1909 Graydo

    Charles Fothergill McGillivray was born on lot 1, concession 4, Pickering Township on December 26, 1857 and moved to Whitby in 1870. He graduated in arts from the University of Toronto in 1880 and re

    William Melzar (Milton) VanValkenburgh was born in Northumberland County, Ontario on December 6, 1858. He was employed by the Grand Trunk Railway for nearly 50 years and came to Whitby in 1887. He wa

    Ernest McMillan Deverell was born in Whitby on May 15, 1883. He worked a building contractor, and became Master of Composite Lodge in 1916. Ernest died at Whitby on December 17, 1934 and is buried at

    Harry "Pud" Watson was born at Whitby on January 1, 1885, and worked for many years for the Public Utilities Commission. He died at Oshawa on May 18, 1968, and is buried at St. John's Anglican Cemete

    This house was located at 60 Queen Street, Brooklin.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this se

    The traveling derrick was used to transport materials during the building of the hospital.

    These dormitories were for prisoners from the Guelph Reformatory who built the Ontario Hospital at Whitby from 1913 to 1916. This picture was printed in the Gazette and Chronicle newspaper on June 25

    Louis Northam was a builder from Whitby.

    Louis Northam was a builder from Whitby.

    A black and white photograph of construction workers with a concrete mixer and steam boiler in the field north of Ontario Hospital Whitby.

    The pavilion and administration buildings were built on this land between 1921 and 1925.

    A black and white photograph of the power house and ice house at the north end of the complex of hospital buildings. At right is the Whitby Harbour basin.

    In 1963, a school of nursing was built on this site. The "Bayside" home was referred to by the hospital as "Grove House".

    This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

    This picture was during the time when the Military Convalescent Hospital was in operation.

    From 1917 to 1919 the facilities were used as a military convalescent hospital for soldiers wounded in the First World War.

    A black and white photograph of the Military Convalescent Hospital buildings during the final stages of construction in the summer of 1917. The view is looking north-west from the recreation hall.