circa. 1858 Scarborough Ontario

After doing some research on the John A. Patterson house on 37 Kecala Road in Scarborough and the related history of the area, I decided to see what else I could find out about this area in these days. Turns out that there is a series (58 pages) of municipal council minutes available on line…

St. Giles Anglican Church

We (my parents and family) lived in Scarborough Ontario from July of 1969 to June of 1974. They were good days! The price of gas was around 34 cents per gallon (that’s 4.5L) and the houses in our neighbourhood sold for about $19,500. I remember doing a project on housing for school (Wexford Collegiate) as…

One legged Great Grandpa

Here’s the family, or a portion of the Eastland family. So let me help you identify the family. The man in Salvation Army uniform on the left is Great Grandpa Clarke. He was the second husband to Great Grandma Clarke (she had been married to James Hilton) . I’ll come back to him. Next to…