Innisfil Historical Society
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Home Of Mabel Moir
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Photo of a two-storey white stucco house on 2 Empress Lane, Cookstown, that was built around 1880. It was first inhabited by the Ashbury family, followed by Bob and Harriet Dutton and their son Gordon until 1944. Mabel Moir, her brother Edgar Moir, and nephew Clarence Copeland moved in the same year. Mabel and Edgar were the children of Innisfil pioneers Jesse and Clara Moir. After Edgar passed away, Mabel and Clarence moved to a smaller home on Wellington Street. Clarence died 3 October 1973 at age 61, and Mabel died on 23 March 1990 at age 101. Mabel was honoured with the title of Citizen of the Year by the Bicentennial Committee in 1984 along with Jack Baker. Len McAfee purchased the home after the Moirs left and in 1971 split the lot and built a brick home on the western portion. A Mr. Scruton purchased the home and remodelled it, and in the same year sold to Jim and Astrid Wilcox. In 1979 Brian and Margaret Ashley purchased the home. The house itself has a small front porch and dark trim and shutters on the windows. The back of a car is just visible on the far left of the photo.
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Home Of Mr. And Mrs. Dalton Banting
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Photo of the exterior of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton and Pearl Banting. The Bantings lived here from 1915 to 1948. It is a large two-storey brick home with decorative shutters on the windows and a side verandah and front porch (with a balcony for the second level above the front porch.) A man, likely Mr. Banting, is standing in front of the house dressed in overalls, and a young girl in a light coloured dress is standing on the steps to the verandah. Dalton Banting was born in Essa township in 1892 and married Pearl McCullough of SH Lot 19, Conc. 6, Innisfil on 14 July 1915. They had four children: Charles Benjamin Wray, Kathleen, Norma, and Marion. Dalton Banting served as Reeve in Innisfil for two years; as Deputy-Reeve for two years, and as Councillor for seven years. He died in 1979., IHS2117
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Home Of Mr. Elmer Graham
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Photo of the exterior of the former home of Mr. Elmer Graham, the rural mailman for Cookstown from 1940 to his retirement in 1976. He purchased this property, located at 8 Hamilton Street in 1954 after retiring from farming. Mr. Graham was the son of William R. Graham and Martha Ann Gilpin of Ivy, and died on 8 September 1985. This photo was taken before more recent renovations and shows a red brick home with a green door, a side porch, and a gabled roof. A small part of the rear of Cookstown Presbyterian Church is visible in the far right of the photo.
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Home Of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevenson
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Photo of the exterior of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevenson. The small house has a rustic appearance with shutters on the two front windows, a split rail fence across the front yard, two large trees near the entrance path and side, and a distinctive timber framing design across the front of the house on the second storey.
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Home Of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Tiffin
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Photo taken in winter of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Tiffin. The building is a long bungalow style house with several large windows on the front and side with an attached garage. A layer of snow is covering the driveway and lawn. The home was built by Dalton and Rose Tiffin in 1959.
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