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    Jeremiah Lick was born at Richmond Hill, Upper Canada, on July 28, 1830 and moved with his parents to Darlington Township at the age of three. In 1856 he started farming on the 6th concession of East

    Peter Gordon Meldrum was born at Puslinch, Canada West, on October 4, 1850. He married Mary Alice Fisher of Whitby Township at Oshawa on December 23, 1873. At the time he married, we was working as a

    Robert Campbell, brother of James Campbell (1838-1921), was born in Scotland and went into the dry goods business with his brother in Whitby about 1860. He moved to Marshall Missouri, about 1892 and

    William Edward O'Brien was born at Bath, Canada West, in 1858 and came to Whitby as a photographer in 1884. He worked on his own until about 1897 when he joined Mr. Stedham of Oshawa as Stedham and O

    A black and white portrait photograph of John Campbell. This picture is from a frame of portraits of members of Composite Lodge No. 30, AF & AM.

    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

    Richard S. Cormack was born at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1837. He came to Canada in 1862 and engaged in mining in British Columbia for about 29 years. In 1882 he came to Whitby and operat

    William H. Johnston was born, probably in Scotland, about 1844. For a number of years he was Assessor for the Town of Whitby. Mr. Johnston died at Whitby on December 18, 1904 and is buried at Union C

    Robert G. Kerr was born at Whitby, Ontario in 1852. He went to Toronto circa 1894 and was a building contractor who constructed many homes in the east end of Toronto. Mr. Kerr was a member of the Com

    George Henry Frewen Dartnell was born in Limerick, Ireland, on February 13, 1834, and the family came to Toronto in 1850. He opened a law office in Whitby in 1858 and was appointed Junior Judge of On

    John Ball Dow was born at Glen Dhu farm, lot 23, concession 3, Whitby Township, on November 29, 1851. A graduate in law from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1875, he was a lawyer in Whitby

    Lyman Theophilus Barclay was born in Pickering Township in May, 1855. He was educated at Brooklin and Oshawa, and studied law with Farewell & McGee in Oshawa. He graduated from Osgoode Hall in 1878 a

    Theodore Augustus McGillivray was born on Lot 32, Concession 3, Whitby Township on July 12, 1862. After graduating from Osgoode Hall law school, he had a law practice in Whitby with John Ball Dow unt

    Black and white negative showing a Brooklin lacrosse team. They are seated on the ground in front of their net.

    The Brooklin Hotel was located at 56 Baldwin Street. It was built about 1882-3 on the north-west corner of Baldwin and Campbell Streets. It closed in the late 1960s and in 1970 became the Brooklin Le

    The Ashburn School was located at 780 Myrtle Road West. It was built about 1861 on the north side of the 9th Concession of Whitby Township west of Ashburn Road. It was built by a stone mason named Pe

    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

    John Hamer Greenwood was born at Llambister, Radnorshire, Wales on January 20, 1829 and came to Whitby in 1850 to join his uncle John Hamer. He carried bricks at the construction of the courthouse at

    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

    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