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    Major Harper was born in Whitby on November 1, 1835. Throughout his life he worked as a carpenter and builder of woodworking machinery. In 1853 Mr. Harper and Stephen Gross established the Whitby Pla

    Andrew Miller Ross was born at Edinburgh, Scotland on October 9, 1851 and came to Whitby in 1856. As a young man he moved to Rockford, Illinois where he was married in 1875. He returned to Whitby abo

    James Dryden was born at Sunderland, England in April 1806 and while an infant moved with his parents to Walsingham in the county of Durham, UK. The family settled in Whitby Township in 1820 and in 1

    A black and white photograph of a notice of the closing exercises at the Ontario Ladies' College in Whitby. the notice contains a print of the college and then below it textual information.

    Flora Irwin was May Irwin's sister. May Irwin was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and comic performer who enjoyed popularity and prestige on the American stage from the late 1890s until the end of the

    Sylvester Mackey was born at Whitby Township on 9 January 1821. His parents, Mathias and Nancy (Moon) Mackey, lived on lot 32, concession 2. He inherited the family farm from his father and also acqu

    Margaret Broderick was born at Whitby Township, half a mile west of the Mackey home at lot 32, concession 2, on 12 July 1835. She married Sylvester Mackey on 22 Marcy 1858. She died at 1 January 1914

    Sylvester Mackey was born in on the family homestead on lot 32, concession 2, Whitby Township on 9 January 1821. The son of Mathias and Nancy (Moon) Mackey, Sylvester inherited the family farm and al

    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.

    John Campbell was born at Newark, New Jersey, on 2 June 1794. His father, Hugh Campbell, served as British soldier in the American Revolutionary War and settled at Kingston about 1796. John Campbell

    Chancery sale of farm and building property

    Image depicting Elizabeth Buchanan, who was born in 1845. She later married Rev. Robert McAlpine Thornton in Glasgow, Scotland on July 20, 1871. She died at London, England on March 28, 1932. Rev. Th

    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

    Helen Robina Foote, age 12, from an old tintype photograph, location unknown. Helen was the daughter of Dr. Henry Solomon Foote (1840-1884) and Harriet Eliza Clarke (dates unknown). Because Eliza die

    J.B. Warren was born at Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland on November 19, 1798. In 1821, he came to Whitby Township with his brother William. He opened a store at Hamer's Corners (corner of Dundas and An

    Yeoman Gibson was born at Ebberston, Yorkshire, England, on March 21, 1828 and came to Whitby in 1847. He started out as a clerk and bookkeeper and then went into the grocery business for himself in

    A black and white photograph of A.W. Young.

    William Henry Higgins was born in Limerick, Ireland in 1830. In January 1857 he and two brothers named Meyerhoffer started publishing the Whitby Chronicle, which Mr. Higgins continued to edit and pub

    This brick house is located in the south-east portion of lot 25, Concession 4 in Whitby Township. It was purchased by Thomas Park in 1861. At the time of this photograph the house was the home of Mat

    Patly Mills was located on the south half of lot 28, on the north side of Taunton Road, east of Chochrane Street. The Patley Mills were established by James Mitchell in 1851 and they processed oatmea