by Vanessa | Dec 19, 2023 | Announcements, History
As 2023 ends, the OMAH History Committee is very appreciative of the continuous, wide-reaching support for our popular History Speaker Series where local history is celebrated. A full calendar of topics was presented, with our annual kick-off in January featuring Dave...
by Vanessa | Nov 22, 2023 | Publications
By David Town, Historian and Guest Contributor Harriett Todd, image provided by David Town Few people have had a greater influence on Orillia than Harriett Todd. Most of us only recognize her name because a school has been named after her in Orillia, but 100 years...
by Vanessa | Nov 8, 2023 | Publications
By Janet Houston, OMAH History Committee Alfred and Jane Hucker What could tempt a middle-aged couple to emigrate from England to a distant part of the Empire in 1912? Fifty years of age is not now considered old as it was thought then. Nonetheless, this adventurous...
by Vanessa | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Mona Cottage, the Residence of James Scott, Esq. 1844 – Orillia Township, Ontario By Fred Blair, OMAH Family researcher and guest contributer In July of 1844, Titus Hibbert Ware, originally from the City of Worcester, England, left England at the age of 33 to...
by Vanessa | Sep 12, 2023 | Publications
By Fred Blair, OMAH Family researcher and guest contributer Eleanora’s Diary, November 4, 1833 “In the morning, before we went out of the steam vessel, George put his fish [line] in as he saw a good number of fish. He caught nine very soon, but he had not time to...
