Peterborough, Ontario
2026-04-01

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1: Via train to Oshawa

2: I am on a Go Bus (88 to Trent University)

5: 112 Murray Street, where my Great-Great-Grandparents lives when my Great-Grandmother Jennie Mable Trout was born in 1875.

5a: 112 Murray Street, from the 1935 photo my Grandmother Jennie Steindorf Renner passed down.

6: Back to 2026-04-01

9: Can you see the typo in this historical marker in front of the Peterborough Courthouse?

16: Amandala's Restaurant at 375 Water St., at the site of the Mechanic's Institute where my Great-Great Grandfather, William Henry Trout, used the library and taught classes. See Trout Family History (1916), pp. 130, 175-76, 241-42.

18: BreAnn, Drew, Daniella and "Sir" Kyle at St. Venornus.

20: 2026-04-02
This banner from the Peterborough Historical Society remembers the Resolution funding Peter Robinson's venture to Ireland to recruit over 2,000 volunteers to resettle in Scott's Mill, Upper Canada, known today as Peterborough, Ontario (named after Peter Robinson).

23: The Hunter Street Bridge, aka "Ashburnham Bridge", as constructed in 1920.

Follow this link to more photos of the Peterborough Museum, including its land acknowledgment, history of First Nations, their friendship and mistreatment by Europeans, how the Robinson Resettlement welcomed over 2,000 immigrants from Ireland (creating the Peterborough's most significant growth), and artifacts from the time my Great Grandmother's family lived in Peterborough, 1872-1883.

Follow this link to more photos of the Hutchinson House, home of the Peterborough Historical Society, including history of its residents and its record of 112 Murray Street.

101: Amandala is finally open.