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    Michael O'Donovan was born at St. Catharine's Port Neuf Country, Quebec, on December 10, 1834 and came to Whitby in 1857. For 31 years he operated a carriage factory on Brock Street South, retiring i

    This brick house was located at 90 Colston Avenue. It was built for Stephen Mead Thomas in 1860.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Pres

    This frame house was located on Bagot Street. It was built about 1857 and destroyed by fire on February 20, 1958.Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941

    This house was located at 85 Baldwin Street near the Lynde Creek in Brooklin, Ontario.

    Reverend Dr. Robert Hill Thornton was born in April 1806 at Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews and the Secessionist Church College in Glasgow, Scotland. In 18

    It is believed this shop was located at 105 Dundas Street East on the south side between Brock and Green Streets and that it was destroyed by fire October 16, 1877. However, it is unknown if this is

    The stone farmhouse was built by William Pearson of Ashburn between 1855-1860. It remained in the Heron family for many years. The house is located at 9210 Heron Rd, lot 29, concession 9.

    George Mowat emigrated to Toronto in 1879 and later settled at Whitby. Both he and his son, Roderick, found employment at Martin Manufacturing Company (the Buckle Factory) in Whitby.

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    Black and white photograph, c. 1870, of Agnes Smith Thornton. She was born in Whitby Township, Upper Canada, on November 9, 1839, and married John Gilchrist, an Oshawa merchant, at Oshawa on December

    Black and white photograph of Rev. Dr. Robert Hill Thornton c. 1870. Thornton was born in April, 1806 at Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews and the Secessioni

    Augustus Barrett was born in Germany in 1830. He married Sarah Ann Edwards and they had two children. Augustus opened his photography studio in Whitby in 1872 and operated a studio and gallery until

    John Lawrence Smith was born on Lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township, on 11 October 1838, and was a farmer all his life. He was one of the founders and first trustees of the Whitby Method

    This large format negative was found in the Archives storage room without any identification. However, we believe that this negative may be an image from the The Queen's Plate, Canada's most noted ho

    John Lawrence Smith was born on Lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township, on 11 October 1838, and was a farmer all his life. He was one of the founders and first trustees of the Whitby Method

    Mrs. Elizabeth (Strickland) Smith was born at England, on June 30, 1841, a daughter of John Strickland who lived in Oshawa. She married John Lawrence Smith, a Whitby Township farmer, on December 31,