This digital museum is an archive of my wandering and wondering. I will share previous posts from my personal Facebook page and the Dead Canadians socials, but going forward will be used for new and original posts. I’ve also been doing extensive work on Find a Grave for the past year, I’m hoping to use this space to add some of that work as well. Everywhere I turn I find something fascinating. I hope you find something of interest here!
Today we look at Oakham House at 63 Gould Street in Toronto. Over its 176 years it has had many incarnations – a home and office, Working Boys Home, university residence and social centre with a pub and café. Located … Continued
While I have always been drawn to built heritage, I definitely get my passion for old train stations from my grandfather. Today, after arriving in Kleinburg a little early for a session at the McMichael Art Collection, I drove around … Continued
The Ward’s Island Association Clubhouse was destroyed in a massive fire last night. The Ward’s Island Association (WIA) was established in 1913, the same year the city started to regulate the increasingly popular and haphazard tent city on the site. … Continued
Frederick George Topham, VC was born in Toronto on 1917 and attended Runnymede High School. Serving in the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion during WWII he earned the Victoria Cross at age 27 for his brave actions on March 24, 1945, … Continued
Yesterday morning I had a chance to visit the Adamson Estate in Lakeview, Mississauga which is just east of Port Credit. It certainly wasn’t my first visit, as I grew up nearby and fondly remember attending several summer church bible … Continued
Pets are family too! At Dead Canadians we certainly believe that. Today, if you visit the Adamson Estate in Lakeview, Mississauga (just east of Port Credit) you can visit their family pet cemetery. The markers, which used to be all … Continued
11 Gibson Avenue in north Etobicoke is for sale. I wish I had the $5.5 million they are asking for this beautiful old home on a huge lot. The property is behind advertised for subdivision or redevelopment and the house … Continued
Back on December 31st I wrote about the Gibson family and Hogmanay. In that post I talked briefly about Eliza Gibson’s family, the Milnes. They owned land at what is now Edwards Gardens at Lawrence and Don Mills, leaving behind … Continued
Today, after being cooped up for far too many weekends with this nasty cold and lingering cough, I just had to get out and explore in the frigid sunshine! I focused today on three cemeteries in the L’Amoreaux area of … Continued
My visit earlier in the day to the Christie Methodist Cemetery in the parking lot of Bridlewood Mall inspired some research into the history of the area. Naturally the unusual name of the mall and surrounding Bridletown Circle, where we … Continued