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    John Ham Perry was born on April 26, 1827 at Ernestown, Lennox & Addington Counties, Upper Canada and came to Whitby in 1836. In 1854 he was Reeve of Whitby Township. He was Deputy Reeve of the Town

    Nicholas Wood Brown was born in Whitby Township on August 8, 1821. He farmed until he was eighteen years old and learned the carpenter and joiners trade. He started out as a manufacturer of buggies a

    George Young Smith was born in Nova Scotia on July 26, 1833 and came to Whitby in 1849. He started in life as a teacher and taught in a number of Whitby's Public Schools. He graduated in law from the

    James Holden was born on February 29, 1828 at Markham, Ontario and was engaged in mercantile business there until 1857 when he moved to Prince Albert, a village south of Port Perry. In Prince Alber h

    Nelson Gilbert Reynolds was born at Kingston, upper Canada on January 23, 1814. At the age of fifteen he went to England for four years as a soldier and later served in the Hudson Bay Company Territo

    'Inverlynn' was built at the intersection of Ragland and Giffard Streets in 1860 for William Laing (1818-1891). In 1870, the house was purchased by George McGillivray (1813-1894) and has remained in

    The Brown & Patterson Manufacturing Company, was also known as Brown and Patterson Agricultural Works. Brown & Patterson Manufacturing Company was located on the east side of Brock Street between Mar

    George Hopkins built a music hall on the south east corner of Brock Street and Colborne Street, 201 Brock Street South, in 1877. In 1879 the building became Whitby's town hall and served as such unti

    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