Author Archives: Leslieville Historical Society
The Men Who Rule Toronto, Globe April 27, 1895
Toronto City Council with biographies of the Mayor, Aldermen (including John Knox Leslie, son of George Leslie, Toronto Nurseries, Blong of Blong Avenue, etc.) and leading City Officials (including John Jones of Jones Avenue and Richard T. Coady of Coady Avenue)
Irish Leslieville
By Joanne Doucette In 1845 Toronto had only 21,000 residents. In 1846 there was crop failure through Ireland. A blight, caused by an oocyte, destroyed the potato crop. “The Great Hunger” or An Gorta Mor, killed over a million people: another million left Ireland. By the end of the winter of 1847-48, 38,560 immigrants hadContinue reading “Irish Leslieville”
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