Timeline

Timeline breaks down the history of Port Perry and surrounding communities into decades ranging from 1860 to 1999.
Each decade provides a brief description of the news and happenings taken from the newspapers of the day.

Timeline: 1860-1869

January 1861 Scugog Council - Reeve Ezra W. Gamble, Councillors M. Emerson, Jos. Reader, McKinley. Reach Council - Reeve James B....

Timeline: 1870-1879

THE EARLY YEARS of the 1870s proved to be some of the most interesting and industrious for the residents of Reach and Scugog Townships,...

Timeline: 1880-1889

THROUGHOUT the early years of the 1880s, the prosperous and busy village of Port Perry began to attract large numbers of residents and...

Timeline: 1890-1899

January 1890 Results of the municipal elections in Port Perry - Joseph Bigelow, Reeve, James Boxall, Deputy Reeve, councillors, Messrs....

Timeline: 1900-1909

JANUARY 1900 Rev. Wm. B.A., pastor of St. John's Presbyterian Church married Miss Laura K. Draper, youngest daughter of the late George...

Timeline: 1910-1919

January 1910 Reeve - H.G. Hutcheson. Council - Geo. Gerrow, Hugh Carmichael, Jas. Forman, Jas. Stonehouse. Both Reach Twp. and Scugog...

Timeline: 1920-1929

January 1920 The Port Perry Star moved to new quarters in the Jessop Block. Councillor Davey suggest selling the fire engine, which is a...

Timeline: 1930-1939

January 1930 Council - Reeve Robt. Somerville acclaimed; Councillors W.W. Crosier, James McKee, J.E. Jackson, Norman Ewers. Major-General...

Timeline: 1940-1949

January 1940 Port Perry 1940 Council: Reeve - W.M. Letcher. Councillors- H.R. Archer, Grant Gerrow, R.M. Holtby, J.E. Jackson. Reach Twp....

Timeline: 1950-1959

January 1950 Port Perry Council - Reeve E. Hayes; councillors - W.H. Peel, Dr. M.B. Dymond, R.H. Frise, W.J. Carnegie. Innes Motor Sales...

Timeline: 1960-1969

January 1960 Beare Motors became the authorized dealer for Chevrolet and Oldsmobile in Port Perry. Reach Twp. returned the entire council...

Timeline: 1970-1979

January 1970 Eighty-two babies were born at the Community Memorial Hospital during l969. Forty-three were boys and 39 were girls, an...

Timeline: 1980-1989

January 1980 Scugog's newest citizen of the year was little Amanda Rosetta, born at Port Perry Hospital to Marci and John Redman, R. R....

Timeline: 1990-1999

January 1990 Scugog Township lost its only Provincial Court after suitable space in Port Perry could not be found. The Havelock to...