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    Whitby’s house numbering system was provided by Rev. Dr. James Roy Van Wyck (1877-1941), a retired Presbyterian minister. Van Wyck provided this service to the town, free of charge, during the Great

    Myrtle school was built in 1880 on the south side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township, a short distance west of Highway 12. It was a board and batten building covered with insubrick in the late

    John Dryden was born on June 5, 1840 on Maple Shade Farm (a successful 200-acre property near the village of Winchester (Brooklin) at the north east corner of Thickson Road and the 7th Concession, Wh

    James Rutledge was born on July 12, 1842 in Darlington Township. He was educated at Bowmanville High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) from the University of Toronto in 1864. From

    James Benjamin Bickell was born in the parish of Stowford, Devonshire, England, on December 7, 1826 and came to Canada at age 17, in 1843. His family settled in the vicinity of Peterborough and later

    Ontario Ladies' College is now known as Trafalgar Castle School, and is located at 401 Reynolds Street.

    This is a black and white photograph of a group of unidentified students posing for a picture.

    The passageway to the Cottage was built in 1887.

    Frederick William Vipond was born in East Whitby Township on 5 June 1859. He died in East Whitby Township on 1 September 1920.

    Mr. John Guthrie purchased Lot 35 on Concession 4 in Whitby Township circa 1840 and shortly after built a frame house. Circa 1890 a modern house was added onto the old frame house. The older house wa

    Mr. John Guthrie purchased Lot 35 on Concession 4 in Whitby Township circa 1840 and shortly after built a frame house. Circa 1890 a modern house was added onto the old frame house. The older house wa

    Auction of farmlands: part of lot 8, 9th concession, Pickering; part of lot 1, 6th concession, Uxbridge.

    Mathison Brothers Grocery was located at 104 Dundas Street West. David Mathison purchased the confectionery and bakery from Richard Snow in about 1889. Mathison operated the business, which also incl

    Thomas Kirkland was born near Tanderagee, County Armagh, Ireland on August 12, 1835. He started early on a career in teaching and took his training at the Normal School in Dublin, and the Albert Nati

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

    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