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Photos
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 | Sample of a handwritten journal from the 1830's Figure illustrating a handwritten journal excerpted from David Thompson’s notebooks and journals, Reference Code: F 443-1, Archives of Ontario | 20 Sep 2020 | |
 | Maps showing Scole, Bungay and Yarmouth in Britain Gooderhams came from Scole Suffolk and Worts from nearby Bungay in Norfolk. They left Britain from the Port of Yarmouth | 18 Sep 2020 |
Family Stories
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 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. | 21 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1831 The Adventure Begins
By Douglas Worts The motivating origins for the move to Canada and the family partnership. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 866 History of the Family Name Excerpt from "The House Belongs To The Government" by G. Kent Gooderham published by George C.K. Gooderham | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1802 William Gooderham’s Early Years in England
William's youth until emigrating from England. Describes his army career with the Royal York Rangers including his work as a remittance man, apparently the source of his wealth. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1834 This is a Yankee Place A story about selling wheat to the Gooderham Mill. Excerpt from Landmarks of Toronto by John Ross Robertson Publication date 1894-1914 | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1837 Mr. Cawthra's Bags of Gold According to Louisa Gooderham Walker Score, during the rebellion, the mill was used to store articles of value and “Mr. Cawthra’s bags of gold” | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1844 The First Babies Christened in Little Trinity Church Little Trinity Church was supported by members of the Gooderham and Worts families from its earliest days and contributed heavily to both World Wars. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1846 Twenty-Nine Children in William and Harriet Gooderham’s Care After tragedy struck the Worts family, William and Harriet Gooderham had 29 children under their roof | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1854 Letters to William Henry Beatty from his father James Beatty (father-in-law of Charlotte Louisa (Worts) Beatty) Now and then we are lucky enough to stumble on a detailed account that a settler has left for posterity. James Beatty, the father of William Henry Beatty and the father-in-law of Charlotte Louisa (Worts) Beatty, left just such an account. Written in September, 1854, the account takes the form of a series of letters written to his son William Henry...describing his very eventful and difficult life. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1864 A Run on the Bank of Toronto A Story by J.W. L. Forster, a painter who painted William Gooderham Sr and Jr and William George Gooderham. The story is based on a tale told by William Sr as he sat for the portrait. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1868 The Fence around Osgoode Hall Osgoode Hall is surrounded by an intricate iron fence that runs the length of Queen Street. In 1868 the ornate fence was completed. It was built by William Gooderham's son, Henry's father-in-law, William Hamilton. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1869 Great Fire of ‘69 At six o’clock on Tuesday, October 26, 1869 – just as William Gooderham and his family were sitting down for dinner (or “tea”) – a small cask of benzene caught fire and exploded in the fermenting cellar of his 1860 Stone Distillery, precipitating a night of high drama by the Lake. Sally Gibson, The Distillery Archivist tells this tale... | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1873 How the Town of Gooderham Got its Name If you celebrated the way the fine citizens of Gooderham, Ontario did (or so the story goes) perhaps you too would want to rename your home town after the source of your merry making. Or did that really happen? | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1879 A Sad Railway Accident A sad railway accident occurred near Toronto resulting in the death of James Gooderham, son of William Gooderham. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1880 Tons of Cow Poop Gooderham began fattening cattle and hogs in the late 1830s, and by 1841 he had established a large dairy on a nine acre site between Trinity and Cherry Streets, across from the mill. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1915 Sir Albert E. Gooderham was instrumental in creating Connaught Labs In early 1915, Gooderham pledged funds to upgrade the original Antitoxin Laboratory and then acquired a large abandoned farm property north of the city. He proceeded to equip it with new buildings (buildings #3 and #4) that also enabled smallpox vaccine production, and pledged to donate it all to the university. | 18 Sep 2020 | |
 | 1922 Sir Albert Gooderham’s Contribution to the Insulin Story Banting, Best, and Macleod each had their own understandings of the contributions leading to the discovery of insulin. Colonel Albert Gooderham, prominent member of the Board of Governors, patron of the Connaught Laboratories, and chairman of the Insulin Committee, sought to sort it out. | 18 Sep 2020 |
