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Homes have roots, too: Clerk Andrew Johnson has turned his passion for architecture into a part-time career
Homes have roots, too: Clerk Andrew Johnson has turned his passion for architecture into a part-time career

Homes have roots, too: Clerk Andrew Johnson has turned his passion for architecture into a part-time career

Date1/3/1980
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128787F
Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
Doctor-turned-birdwatcher: Jim Langstaff, latest in a line of 11 doctors who have lived and practised in the old family home since 1849, is now retired and spends his time golfing, skiing, birdwatching and compiling family history, tracing his roots back to Christopher Martin, a passenger on the Mayflower
4/2/1984
Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
Back in time: Ken Gowie sits by a computer he uses to help people trace their roots. He has traced his own family back 14 generations.
7/13/1988
Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
Bruce Charlap, alias Eugene Ripper, (right) praises rock promoter Elliott Lefko (above) and his Silver Dollar digs: He will get behind and push the new hard rock but he also has a taste for good roots and acoustic music
1/5/1992
Mac Sprowl: The retirement of Halton's sheriff after 28 years on the job marks the end of a tradition with roots in biblical times
Mac Sprowl: The retirement of Halton's sheriff after 28 years on the job marks the end of a tradition with roots in biblical times
4/1/1992
Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
Kenneth Gowie: He's opened an Oakville branch of his Canterbury, England, business - Tracing the ancestry of people searching for their roots.
9/5/1979
An exciting experience: Libby Morris has returned form a successrul career in England to get back to her roots and co-star with her brother Paul Kligman in Neil Simon comedy at Solar Stage
An exciting experience: Libby Morris has returned form a successrul career in England to get back to her roots and co-star with her brother Paul Kligman in Neil Simon comedy at Solar Stage
4/28/1983
Grass roots management: General Motors Corp. president E. M. (Pete) Estes holds paint hose on production line of new GM paint plant dedicated yesterday.
Grass roots management: General Motors Corp. president E. M. (Pete) Estes holds paint hose on production line of new GM paint plant dedicated yesterday.
10/1/1980
Roots co-owners Michael Budman, right, and don Green, far right.
Roots co-owners Michael Budman, right, and don Green, far right.
4/26/1989
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
Same home: Though he has sold thousands of new homes during the past 30 years, Mike Rogow and his wife Anita still live in the same Don Mills bungalow they bought in 1957
1/28/1985
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
Jack Dancygier gives his attention to customer Lou Sugar in his barber shop at Adelaide and Peter Sts. His manicurist is Gilda Facoetti. A survivor of the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, Jack is grateful for the peace that has come to him and wife in Canada, where they have raised three sons. He and his wife were married secretly by a rabbi in a concentration camp. Their first son was born there, too.
7/5/1973
Billie was in five foster homes. Now he has his own room.
Billie was in five foster homes. Now he has his own room.
7/20/1972
Toronto Argonaut Paul Pearson, with wife Shan and children Michael, 4, and David, 6, says insecurity has kept his family from putting down roots in Toronto
Toronto Argonaut Paul Pearson, with wife Shan and children Michael, 4, and David, 6, says insecurity has kept his family from putting down roots in Toronto
9/17/1987