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Forster, Mrs, 'Pinehurst', McCaul St
Black and white photograph of a group of thirty-nine 19th-century individuals, some women, a few girls, posed on the lawn in front of a house with green shutters and a vine-covered porch.

Forster, Mrs, 'Pinehurst', McCaul St

Date1864
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
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Forster, Mrs, 'Pinehurst', McCaul St., west side, between Grange Rd. and Dundas St. West. (original entrance from Grange Rd.)

Mount inscribed l.m. in very faint pencil with numerals & letters presumably intended to refer to a key;
Inscribed on verso of mount: "Lucy Thompson / A lasting Rememberance / of Pinehurst / from Mrs Forster / July 14th '64."

Toronto Public Library Special Collections has a copy photo, coloured with watercolour (JRR 1125), a copy neg. (E9-176) & a copy photo (E5-59a) of this subject.

House originally occupied by Clarke Gamble.

[Group] B
A POPULAR LADIES' SEMINARY, TORONTO, 1853-67
MRS. FORSTER'S SCHOOL (1864) AT "PINEHURST" GRANGE ROAD
1-Annie Muckle, daughter of John M. Muckle, Inspector General's Office, Toronto. Married Chief Justice Robert A. Harrison-his first wife.
2-Jessie McMurrich, daughter of Hon. John McMurrich Married Erskine Scott, of Quebec. 
3-Katie Kay. Married Donald Ridout. (See 12, A). 
4-Mrs. A .A. Forster, mistress of "Pinehurst."
5-Julia Cumberland, eldest daughter of F. W. Cumberland, North- ern Railway, Terente. Married Mr. McPherson Skae, civil en gineer, Toronto.
6-Caroline Phillpotts, daughter of 18-Madeleine S. Adams, niece of Dr. George A. Phillpotts, barrister, Toronto. 
7-Madame Talbot, French governess at the school. 
8-Amy Muttlebury, daughter of Major-Gen. Muttlebury, Toronto. 
9-Fanny Delmage. (See 16, A).
10-Georgie Baker. (Bee 13. A). 
11-Essie Heward, daughter of Frank Heward, Peter street, Toronto. Married Harry Stikeman, of Montreal. 
12-Ida Romain. She now (1915) re- sides at Cooksville, Ont. 
13-Miss Cleaver, housekeeper and teacher of junior classes. 
14-Lulu Heward. (See 11, A). 
15-Marion Harris. (See 15, A).
16-MadeleineS. Adams, niece of Dr. Joseph Adams, homeopathic physician, Toronto. 
17-Unidentified.
18-Mary Morrison, daughter of Angus Morrison, Toronto. Married Capt. Robert Dickson, of Niagara 
19-Mary Kendrick, daughter of A. W. Kendrick, of Compton Centre, Que. 
20-Eleanor Crickmore, daughter of John Crickmore, barrister, Toronto. Married Roland Strickland of The Homestead, Lakefield, Ont.
21-Edith Crickmore, daughter of John Crickmore, barrister, Toronto. Married Capt. Halifax, 
of the Prince of Wales Own Regiment, now the Royal Leinster Regiment.
22-Isabella Smith, daughter of Lamond Smith, and first wife of Sir Edmund B. Osler, Toronto. 
23-Mary Unwin. (See 14, A). 
24-Clara Dewe, daughter of the Postoffice Inspector. Married, first, Mr. Burrows; second, Louis Jones, Deputy Minister of Railways, Ottawa. 
25-Lucy Thompson. (See 18, A). 
26-Unidentified. 
27-Maria McCall, on verandah to extreme left. (See 26, A).  
28-Unidentified.
29-Clara Worts. Married A.M. Cosby, Toronto.
30-Alice Stewart. (See 21, A). 
31-Minnie Hespeler, on verandah. (See 2, A). 
32-Martha Wilson, on left of western window. Married Julius Miles, Toronto. 
33-Emily Worts. (See 5, A). 
34-Julia Reiffenstein, left side of eastern window. (See 22, A). 
35-Sarah Benson. Married D. R. Wilkie, of the Imperial Bank, Toronto. 
36-Mary Benson. Married Rev. Charles Patterson of Toronto.
37-Madame Talbot's daughter. M. 
38-Fannie Hardy. (See 27, A). 
39-Mary Morrison. (See 17, A). 
GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodKensington-Grange
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
Medium
Language
CollectionBaldwin Collection of Canadiana
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Object NumberX76-2-Cab