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    Thomas Grierson Whitfield was born in Ontario County on April 24, 1854 and moved to Whitby at an early age. In 1871 he became an apprentice for James Byrne, a Whitby druggist. In 1877 when Mr. Byrne

    Richard Snow was born in Yorkshire, England on October 8, 1825. He opened a bakery and confectionery business at Port Whitby in the 1850s, and retired in 1893, moving to Toronto. He died at Toronto o

    John Smith was born in 1854.

    James Pringle was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 1824. He came to Canada in 1833. He was at Cobourg until coming to Whitby in 1836. He was in the hotel business from many years, being proprieto

    Frederick Hatch was born in Darlington Township, north of Bowmanville, in 1861. About 1864 his father, Samuel Brown Hatch and his uncle Richard Hatch moved to Whitby and established a hardware busine

    James Bradford Powell was born on the base line in Whitby Township in 1824. In the 1850s he quit farming and moved into the town of Whitby where he learned to conduct business at Carleton Lynde's dry

    Frederick Henry Mercer Irwin was born at Weston, Ontario on November 9, 1890. He was educated in Toronto and studied law at Osgoode Hall. He practised law in Toronto and Whitby and from 1941 to 1943

    William Pile was born on the 4th concession of Whitby Township on August 22, 1842. For most of his life he was a farmer on the 8th concession of Whitby Township. He was noted for having missed only t

    Robert Ebenezer Perry was the eldest son of Whitby's founder, Peter Perry. He was born at Ernesttown, near the Bay of Quinte, on April 16, 1825 and came to Whitby with his father in 1836. Robert was

    Edwin Walter Evans was born in Pickering Township in 1859 and was a manufacturer and dealer in wood and iron pumps, wind mills and cisterns. He operated this business in Whitby from about 1900 after

    Robert Barnes was born in Cumberland County, England, on March 10, 1853 and came to Whitby with his father William Barnes, a carpenter, in 1856. Robert Barnes worked as a contractor and assisted his

    Oliver (Ollie) Sebert was born near Oshawa on July 29, 1855. He worked at Whitby with his brother Louis Sebert in the livery business and later kept hotels at Brooklin and Port Perry. He was a member

    Joel Bigelow was born in Tecumseh Township, near Newmarket, Upper Canada, November 9, 1828 and came to Whitby in the 1850s. He was a twin brother of Joseph Bigelow, one of the founders of Port Perry.

    George Conrad Gross was born on March 14, 1807 at Leer, Germany and was educated in Holland. After his father's death he took over the family business in Southampton, England. In 1850 he and his fami

    George Conrad Gross was born on March 14, 1807 at Leer, Germany and was educated in Holland. After his father's death he took over the family business in Southampton, England. In 1850 he and his fami

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

    Jackson Holliday was born at Aspatria, Cumberland, England, on May 26, 1818. He came to Canada in 1832 with his step-father, and settled near Brooklin. He was married in Whitby Township on March 10,

    Marcus James (Mark) Holliday was born in Whitby Township in September 1854, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Holliday. He grew up on a farm a mile south of Brooklin and attended Prospect School. After his

    David A. Brown was born in Whitby Township on September 12, 1847. About 1873 he went into partnership with David Leslie Briggs. After teh store burned down in 1889, he joined with his partner David L

    Rowland M. Tipper was born in 1886. He was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph and in 1913 was appointed as local representative of the Ontario Department of Agriculture at Whitby,