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    This is a hand-tinted black and white photograph of a young man taken perhaps about 1900, about whom nothing is known. There may be a connection to the southwest of Mississauga and the southeast of Oakville as it came from the estate of Myrtle Speck who lived in Clarkson, Mississauga. ...

    James Kelley Sr. was the first of the Kelley family to settle in the Oakville area. While “Kelley” may appear to be an Irish name, it is in fact a corruption of “MacKelley”, and the family can be traced to Southern Scotland. James was born in Wentworth County on February ...

    Born November 9th, 1826, daughter of William Ribble and Susan barnes. She is of old German background. James and Eliza had 10 children, two of whom were twin girls. Eliza died Feb 5th, 1901, in Oakville, cause of death “septic poisoning”.

    Eldest child of James Kelley and Eliza Ribble, Susan was born on July 30th, 1849, and died January 21st, 1893. She married Captain Daniel Williams, a sailor, on June 26th, 1869. They had one child, James Edgar, who died of Cholera aged 1 year 5 months.

    Born Feb 9th, 1856, died June 4th, 1943. Eldest surviving son of James Kelley and Eliza Ribble. (Their first son, James, died at age 8). Owned the furniture store at the corner of Lakeshore (then Colborne St.) and Dunn. Peter married Catherine Hewitt, granddaughter of Duncan Milloy, builder and resident ...

    L – R. Amy Breckon, Isabel Luscombe, James Breckon, Julia Luscombe, Emma Luscombe Breckon, John L. Breckon, Thomas Luscombe Sr, Jock Luscombe, Jon Luscombe Jr.

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    Handwritten on the bottom of the frame: Thos. French, ?Hewitt, W. Herbinson, Jno. Spencer, J? Jamieson, Nelson ?, J. Cameron, W. Tomilson, Alex Campbell, W. Charger, J. Robertson, Jos. Burrows

    Frances Barber says that her family lived on the Dundas Highway from the spring of 1946 to late in 1949. She remembers going inside an old, dark, dusty abandoned building with her brothers and other neighbourhood children. On the floor of this old building were shoe heels and soles as ...

    Working in the schoolhouse garden. Either the Palermo or Tansley schoolhouse, 1917. Clara Norton is the tallest girl in dark clothes, holding a rake or hoe, to the left of the teacher.

    Mississauga Heritage titles this house as, "Allie House, Frame Addition, Lisgar, Meadowvale". The house was built in 1868 in Trafalgar Township and is shown in the 1877 Historical Atlas as sitting on the west half of Lot 14, Concession 10. It is a two storey red brick L-shaped plan house.

    DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR FREEDOM AND HONOR 1914 - 1918 PRIVATES R. BOOCOCK W. CONDOR J. H. DICK ERECTED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY BY FELLOW WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS

    Soubenie

    A picture of the Old Bronte Post Office.

    Please look through all the pages to your right of unknown photos of family members in the Wilkinson Norton Family Album. They are most likely relatives of Robert Wilkinson of Palermo and Louisa Norton of Saltfleet.

    Taken before Francis’ brother Hiram George Norton was born in September 1876. Elizabeth Wilkinson 1840-1918, Hiram Clark Norton 1846-1919 on the left, young Francis John Norton in the middle bottom 1868-1880 and unknown man on the right probably either Hiram or Elisabeth’s brother.

    Verson: Baby send this to Aunt Betsy with a kiss.

    May be a son or daughter of Robert Herbert Wilkinson and Louisa Ann Norton who lived in the Parry Sound area and had children there before moving to Alberta.

    This is the inside cover of the album. It looks like the album was a gift to Libbie Norton, possibly for her mariage on 6 Mar 1882. Whether the album was already filled with the photos or was empty and Libbie herself put the pictures in, we will never know. ...

    Commercial print on the front of the postcard: ""Birchwood" Bronte, Ont.". Commercial printing on the back of the postcard: "POST CARD", "MADE IN CANADA", "ADDRESS ONLY", "The International Stationery Co., Picton, Canada", "ITC Ltd", "Design Register". Handwritten in pencil on the back of the card: "B7", "HTL", "$7.50".