Address:
133 Westside Drive - The home of Loron W. Laing and Kathleen Dryland
Summary:
Sold to Loron W. Lang and wife Kathleen Dryland, although were not the first owners, were the first occupants of 133 Westside Drive.
Property Details:
Westside Drive is part of the Glendoveer Park survey which comprises Deane, MacDonald (now called Westside Dr.) and Herald Avenues and the west side of Kerr St. between those streets. This subdivision was initially laid out on 9 July 1913 by William A. Deane, the original owner of the lots in Glendoveer Park.
On 2 March 1921, William Deane sold the lot to Richard Richardson and his wife who sold it three months later on 1 June 1921 to Arthur C. Danbeny, a contractor and builder. He built the house in 1922 and in turn sold it to Loron W. Laing who was the first person to live there.
Loron Laing was born in 1898 in the tiny village of Ahmic Harbour which is on Highway 120 between Parry Sound and Sundridge. He was one of five children of John and Emma Stanyer. In 1912, the family made their way south to Oakville and lived on Inglehart Ave.
At the age of 19, with the First World War raging in Europe, Loron joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1918 and was assigned first to the Canadian Engineers, likely as he was a railway conductor at the time. He was transferred to District Depot #4 in Montreal where he contracted measles. After being discharged from hospital, Loron proceeded to Halifax, then sailed to Liverpool in August of 1918, just in time for the second wave of the Spanish Flu which was spreading through the Canadian Corps. As a result, arriving soldiers were sent to quarantine camps for 28 days to continue their basic training. Loron spent his time at Frensham Pond where he completed basic training by mid-September. Before he saw action in France, the war was over. He spent his time in London awaiting repatriation and finally made it home to Canada in August 1919 where he took up employment at the nearby Basket Factory which was relocated to south of the Oakville Train Station after a disastrous fire in 1920 at the factory on Trafalgar Rd. His brother Clarence signed up for the Royal Flying Corp in 1917 at the age of 17. The particulars of his service are unknown, however, he did return safely to civilian life after the war and re-enlisted when the Second World War broke out.
In 1922 Loron purchased his house on Westside Dr. and in 1926 married Kathleen Dryland and had three children. In 1938 the Laing family sold the house. The 1957 voters list finds them living on RR #6 in Milton on a farm.
Kathleen died in 1981 and Loron followed a year later. They are both buried at Omagh Presbyterian Church Cemetery, also located on RR #6 in Milton.
On 2 March 1921, William Deane sold the lot to Richard Richardson and his wife who sold it three months later on 1 June 1921 to Arthur C. Danbeny, a contractor and builder. He built the house in 1922 and in turn sold it to Loron W. Laing who was the first person to live there.
Loron Laing was born in 1898 in the tiny village of Ahmic Harbour which is on Highway 120 between Parry Sound and Sundridge. He was one of five children of John and Emma Stanyer. In 1912, the family made their way south to Oakville and lived on Inglehart Ave.
At the age of 19, with the First World War raging in Europe, Loron joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1918 and was assigned first to the Canadian Engineers, likely as he was a railway conductor at the time. He was transferred to District Depot #4 in Montreal where he contracted measles. After being discharged from hospital, Loron proceeded to Halifax, then sailed to Liverpool in August of 1918, just in time for the second wave of the Spanish Flu which was spreading through the Canadian Corps. As a result, arriving soldiers were sent to quarantine camps for 28 days to continue their basic training. Loron spent his time at Frensham Pond where he completed basic training by mid-September. Before he saw action in France, the war was over. He spent his time in London awaiting repatriation and finally made it home to Canada in August 1919 where he took up employment at the nearby Basket Factory which was relocated to south of the Oakville Train Station after a disastrous fire in 1920 at the factory on Trafalgar Rd. His brother Clarence signed up for the Royal Flying Corp in 1917 at the age of 17. The particulars of his service are unknown, however, he did return safely to civilian life after the war and re-enlisted when the Second World War broke out.
In 1922 Loron purchased his house on Westside Dr. and in 1926 married Kathleen Dryland and had three children. In 1938 the Laing family sold the house. The 1957 voters list finds them living on RR #6 in Milton on a farm.
Kathleen died in 1981 and Loron followed a year later. They are both buried at Omagh Presbyterian Church Cemetery, also located on RR #6 in Milton.
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Westside 133 House
Westside 133 House