Haliburton County's Early Personalities

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006.39.108
Sgt. E. Hoxie and Jack
Lance-Sergeant* Elwood Hoxie of Haliburton (1889-1935) enlisted in the 109th Battalion (D Company) in 1915 for service in the Great War (1914-1918). Some of his training was in Haliburton, and prior to embarking for overseas in 1916, he posed for th... View Full Record
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971.9.3
Framed, signed, and dated photo of C.W. Hodgson, M.P. at his desk, Dec. 11, '45. Photo is sealed in mounting frame. Black and white. Photo 22.5 cm by 17.5 cm approximately, frame 31.6 cm by 27.9 cm.... View Full Record
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998.1.1
William ("Curly Bill") Roberts w. his wife Lydia (nee Wiley). William ("Curly Bill") Roberts (1855-1933) was a son of James & Hannah Roberts, who pioneered at Harburn in 1868-69. In 1881, he married Lydia Wiley (1860-1933) of Harburn & they raise... View Full Record
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987.50.18
Alexander Niven (1836-1911), Haliburton surveyor. Head & chest view. Wearing dark suit jacket, white collar, dark tie. Close cropped hair & facial whiskers. Sepia image, 3 13/16" X 5 1/2" on 4 15/16" X 7 1/4" gray cardboard mat with inner borde... View Full Record
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999.31.4
Max McCracken (d. 1945) at L. & Lloyd (Buck) Baker (1922-2004) at R. They are standing in front of the blacksmith shop of Buck's father William (Billy) Baker, Dysart Ave., Haliburton, Ont., early 1940s. Max is dressed in medium coloured shirt, trou... View Full Record
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987.50.19
William "Billy" Elstone (1831-1903), Haliburton, Ontario. A lifelong bachelor who once farmed on Lake Kashagawigamog, he also worked variously as a fence viewer, road overseer, & militiaman. He is remembered as a trapper, hunter, fisherman, guide,... View Full Record
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991.45.38
John Russell Reid (1883-1959) & his wife Jean Reid (nee McMullan, 1888-1976) standing on lawn in the front yard of their home, Park Str., Haliburton, Ont., ca. 1940s. Russell is wearing paint-splattered dark overalls & medium coloured jersey, medium... View Full Record
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997.16.30
Emmerson Burleigh Austin (ca. 1850-1940), of Haliburton, seated in dark coloured wooden skiff on unknown lake, w. point of tree-covered land at L., & tree-clad shore in background. He is wearing a dark coloured jacket & vest, light coloured jersey,... View Full Record
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A985.4.41
Mr. & Mrs. George S. Thompson (George S. & Jane Ann). George S. Thompson, a former Haliburton resident, was the author of "Up to Date or the Life of a Lumberman", n.p., 1895. This book gives a first-hand account of lumbering in Haliburton in the 18... View Full Record
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006.39.70
J. A. Regalia
John Albert Lucas (1860-1945) was the eldest son of Haliburton pioneers Captain John Lucas and wife Eliza (nee Hare). He married Annie Boundy, from Cobourg, in 1888 and took over the Lucas family's hotel, the Haliburton House, later renamed the Gran... View Full Record
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006.39.103
Ray and May
John Humphrey "Ray" Lucas took over the Grand Central Hotel from his father John Albert Lucas, around 1912. He ran the hotel until the mid 1930s, when it was leased to other parties. He is shown here in the west side yard of the hotel with his wife... View Full Record
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006.37.13
Sisters Dorothy Clarke (L.) & Marjorie Clarke (R.) sitting on rock on present day Mountain Str., overlooking Haliburton Village to N.E. Dorothy is wearing a light coloured dress, w. white purse in her lap; Marjorie is wearing a white dress w. white... View Full Record
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F985.259
William Laking (1845-1931), owner/manager, Laking Lumber Co., Haliburton, Ont. He came to Haliburton just after 1900 & set up a saw mill on the Mill Reserve lot in the village. The Laking Lumber Co. provided employment for men in the bush, the mill... View Full Record
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F985.265
Theophilus & Mary Bellairs: Remittance men were outcasts from English society, troublemakers, non-achievers, or the youngest of sons, sent abroad by their families to live, & maintained on an allowance. Several settled in Dysart Twp. in the 19th Ce... View Full Record