May Irwin Collection: Finding Aid

May Irwin was a Broadway star and vaudeville performer acting mostly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and she was born in Whitby! Want to learn more about her and our collection? Click on the finding aid link above.

Reverend Ralph Adye Fonds: Finding Aid

Reverend Edwin 'Ralph' Adye was rector at All Saints' Anglican Church from 1930-1941. He served during the First and Second World Wars as a soldier and a Chaplain, respectively. Adye was instrumental to the installation of the Greenwood family memorial stained-glass window at All Saints' Anglican Church. For related material, see also the Greenwood Family Collection.

Greenwood Family Collection: Finding Aid
Greenwood Family Collection: Structure

The Greenwood family established itself at Whitby in 1850 with the arrival of John Hamer Greenwood from Wales. John, who later became mayor of Whitby, married Charlotte Churchill Hubbard in 1865 at Pickering Township and the couple had ten children. Perhaps their most famous son, Thomas 'Hamar' Greenwood studied at Whitby and Toronto before returning to the UK to serve as a political figure in a variety of prominent positions, including Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1920 to 1922. Hamar entered the highly coveted peerage system in 1937 when he was given the title 1st Viscount Greenwood. Despite his illustrious political career in the UK, Hamar was deeply invnolved in the affiars of All Saints' Anglican Church in Whitby, he even arranged for the installation of the Greenwood Memorial window in honour of his parents. For related material, see also the Reverend Ralph Adye Fonds.