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    The newspaper clipping has reversed the given names of James William Biggar. His grave headstone is inscribed, James William Bigger.

    Please note: the deed is dated December 14, 1807 in the 48th year of "our reign" - or the reign of George III. George III reigned from 1760-1820. Francis Gore was Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada

    The surname "Conover" was changed by the family from the Dutch, "Coevenhoven" or "Van Coenhoven".

    This photograph is in the Trafalgar Township Historical Society digital collection courtesy of the Heritage Planner, District East/Central, Town of Oakville. The photograph was taken for the Town of

    A view across the fields to the farmhouse and farm buildings, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Dundas Street and Trafalgar Road. This is the James Appelbe house that is being preserved

    The Dent and Bradley stores, looking west from the corner of Dundas (Hwy 5) and Trafalgar (7th Line), spring 1952.

    The second image in this record shows the verso of the bill. The initials, "RKC" are those of Robert Kerr Chisholm who was the Postmaster and Customs Agent at Oakville. (A link to his Wikipedia page

    This store, gas station and ice cream booth on the south-west corner of Trafalgar Road (7th Line) and Dundas Street was photographed about 1940. The two-storey central building in this photograph is