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    John Willis Bateman was born at Whitby on June 5, 1862 and was a farmer on Hopkins Street for sixty-five years. He was Reeve of Whitby in 1913-1914 and Mayor from 1926-1928. He died during a Remembra

    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

    William Heber Down was born on April 23, 1889 on a farm on the base-line near Thornton Road in east Whitby Township. From 1913 to 1941 he farmed in Pickering township (current town of Ajax). From 194

    Oscar Henry Downey was born in East Whitby Township on October 31, 1877 and farmed for most of his life at Myrtle and Myrtle Station. He was a member of the Masons and the Oddfellows and was Master o

    Calvin Campbell was born near Kingston, Upper Canada on March 12, 1815 and moved to Whitby Township near Brooklin after the Rebellion of 1837. He was one of the first magistrates appointed when Ontar

    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. James Be

    Efforts to put together a Whitby Brass Band were started in 1863 and attempts were made to secure public funding. In June 1863, town council decided that it was not advisable "to appropriate any mone

    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 Albert

    James Rowe was born on October 20, 1799 near Montreath, Queen's County, Ireland. He came to Canada in 1824 and built piers and warehouses at Port Whitby in 1843 -1844. In 1849 he formed James Rowe &

    William Laing was born at Morayshire, Scotland in 1819 and came to Whitby with his brother James in 1841. He was one of the town's leading business men and grain dealers in the 1850s and 1860s. He wa

    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

    Jeremiah Long was born in Pickering Township on september 6, 1839. For fifteen years he managed a large farm. In 1872 he began buying grain from Chester Draper and after Mr. Draper's death in 1876 Je

    Robert Morley Deverell was born at Whitby on August 26, 1885. He was proprietor of a Ford Garage and Dealership at Dundas Street and Centre Street until 1954. Mr. Deverell was a member of the Whitby

    James H. Downey was born at Sandhurst, Ontario, but grew up in Napanee. His father, D.C. Downey started a coal and grain business in Whitby in 1882 and in 1895 James H. Downey came to Whitby from Nap

    Ezekiel Richard Blow was born at Whitby on February 6, 1860. As a young man he entered his father's coal and wood business at Port Whitby and took over the business when his father retired. He was al

    James H. Downey was born at Sandhurst, Ontario, but grew up in Napanee. His father, D.C. Downey started a coal and grain business in Whitby in 1882 and in 1895 James H. Downey came to Whitby from Nap

    William John Haycraft was born in Darlington Township near Bowmanville on 1859 he was married at Columbus on December 22, 1880 to Phoebe Ann Harper and lived in Scarborough for a few years before mov

    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

    John L. Smith, son of William Smith and Hannah Norgrove, was born on lot 21, Broken Front Concession, Whitby Township on October 11, 1838. He was a farmer throughout his life and a strong supporter o