Tovell farm in the winter. For more information, please see the booklet donated along with these images. Scans of this booklet can be found by entering "Century Old Home" into the search field.
Tovell farm in the winter. For more information, please see the booklet ...
Written by hand beside the top photograph: The old Buck Homestead, Dundas St. The little old part is the origin[al] home of 1805. The last of the pioneer apple trees in the great orchard. Hand written underneath the bottom photograph: the Present Tovell Farm.
Written by hand beside the top photograph: The old Buck Homestead, Dundas ...
This photograph shows the two daughters of Frank (also called Ron) and Ruth Powell in about 1924. The girls on on their hobby horses; Mary's was called "Dobbin". They are in front of their farmhouse. At their marriage in 1919, Ruth and Frank had bought the "old Caverhill farm" which ...
This photograph shows the two daughters of Frank (also called Ron) and ...
Information for this record is taken from the book Wayne Shillum has written, citation in the notes below here. Rose and Robert Shillum bought the 100 acre dairy farm on the Back Concession (now 3133 Burnhamthorpe Rd. West), Palermo, from Fred Edwards and moved their family from Toronto in 1950. ...
Information for this record is taken from the book Wayne Shillum has ...
This is a transcript of the text on this page 3: Construction of the Home The house itself is a traditional Georgian style of home. It has an area of approximately 30’ x 40’, with a storage room of 12’ x 15’. It is a timber construction home. Prior to ...
This is a transcript of the text on this page 3: Construction ...
This is a transcript of the text on this page: The original home appeared even more Georgian in influence than the existing home although it does have a very Georgian appearance outside. The initial home had a large central hall which was harmonious with the idea that the home was ...
This is a transcript of the text on this page: The original ...
This is a transcript of the text on page 5: Georgian Influences. I would like to turn my attention now to the various items of the Tovell home which prompted me to classify it as Georgian. To begin with, the rectangular planning and gable roof of this two storey house ...
This is a transcript of the text on page 5: Georgian Influences. ...
This photograph was likely taken on the occasion of Wilbert's christening. Wilbert's parents farmed the land originally settled by his grandfather, Michael L. Bigger. This was Lot 15, Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township, running north from Burnhamthorpe Road on the east side of 6th Line. In 1898, his parents, Albert ...
This photograph was likely taken on the occasion of Wilbert's christening. Wilbert's ...
Clara and her Grandfather, Michael L. Biggar, standing in front of the lovely home her parents built on the Glenclare Farm in 1898. Clara Biggar trained and worked as a nurse. Albert, son of Michael and Belinda, and his wife, Hetty, built the lovely house shown in this record in ...
Clara and her Grandfather, Michael L. Biggar, standing in front of the ...
This barn is on the Oakville farm on Lot 2 NDS Con. 13 or 273 Burnhamthorpe Road East. It is immediately west of Ren's Pet Depot on the corner at Trafalgar Road and Burnhamthorpe, and you can see the Town of Oakville water tower on the property. The oldest house ...
This barn is on the Oakville farm on Lot 2 NDS Con. ...
Michael L. Bigger is shown on the 1859 Tremaine Map of Halton County as owning the property, Lot 15, Concession 2 NDS Trafalgar Township, running north from Burnhamthorpe Road on the east side of 6th Line. Albert, son of Michael and Belinda, and his wife, Hettie, built the lovely house ...
Michael L. Bigger is shown on the 1859 Tremaine Map of Halton ...
Denzil Featherstone Lawrence, shown on the newly built side porch of "Lawrendale", his family farm at the southeast half of Lot 6 1st Concession New Survey Trafalgar Township (100 acres), also known as 1510 Bronte Street South, Milton. This house was built in 1849. In 1941, Nelson Daniel Lawrence and ...
Denzil Featherstone Lawrence, shown on the newly built side porch of "Lawrendale", ...
An aerial photograph of the Saunders property in the former settlement of Agerton. The house was destroyed in 1972 for the widening of Trafalgar Road (7th Line). Note the beehives behind the house. The 1901 Census lists George E. Saunders as an apiarist. In early days, the house was an ...
An aerial photograph of the Saunders property in the former settlement of ...
Linked here is a photograph of the family house and the story of the start of the bus line operated and owned by the family. The Halton District School Board honoured Cecil by naming the school nearby the old house after him. "C. H. Norton Public School was named for ...
Linked here is a photograph of the family house and the story ...
According to "The Sargant Story ; Sargant History ; Relatively Speaking" by their nephew, J. Kenneth C. Sargant, 1985, Billy and Hanna purchased a farm at Palermo in 1911, coming from a farm in the Kilbride area just north of Hamilton with their children. After retirement from the farm about ...
According to "The Sargant Story ; Sargant History ; Relatively Speaking" by ...
James was born in Halton County in 1885 but later moved to Woodbridge which is where this farm was located. The sketch was done by a friend of the family.
James was born in Halton County in 1885 but later moved to ...