1161 Weston
c.1910s
Yeatman house (-1940s)
Palace Meat Market
Palace Meat Market
Apartment
Elaine Yeatman
That is where our apartment was built in 1965 at 1197 Weston Road. We used to play in those Garages at the back, they had no doors then.
Yes this was the home of Eliza Yeatman. It was the original house when they were market gardeners. The home on Sunnybrae was purchased by her grandson Fred who owned the Palace Meat store from a Mr. Pascoe.
Don LeBlancThat is where our apartment was built in 1965 at 1197 Weston Road. We used to play in those Garages at the back, they had no doors then.
Selrac Yrogerg
There was this beautiful apartment building, I think it was called The Flamingo, there were two pink plastic flamingoes in the side gardens leading up to the doors and there were molded cement flamingoes in the frames on each side of the doorway.
There was this beautiful apartment building, I think it was called The Flamingo, there were two pink plastic flamingoes in the side gardens leading up to the doors and there were molded cement flamingoes in the frames on each side of the doorway.
From Times & Guides December 28th 1939
Many Attend Funeral of Late Charles Yeatman Was One of Last Pioneers of District (Now known as Mount Dennis, Prominent in Political and Fraternal Circles in the Community)
Many Attend Funeral of Late Charles Yeatman Was One of Last Pioneers of District (Now known as Mount Dennis, Prominent in Political and Fraternal Circles in the Community)
The funeral of the late Charles Yeatman who died at his home, 6. Denarda Ave., Mount Dennis, took place on Saturday the 16th at Pearen’ Memorial United Church and at the graveside were conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. Arthur Steed. The pall bearers included four: former. reeves . of York Township, John ‘T. Watson, Wm, Graham, Thomas Griffith and Fred Miller; also Calvin Hill, W. M of L.O.L No, 602, Captain Fred Connolly of the Toronto Fire Department and John D. Kingstone, nephews, and Dr. W. E. Pearson, a friend and neighbor of many years’ standing in Mount Dennis. Despite the almost continual downpour of rain many were in attendance to pay a last tribute to one who had been prominently identified for most of his lifetime with Mount Dennis. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fanny Yeatman and three sons, Charles, Réehard and Fred. Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Ben Vaughan, Mrs. J. Ayling and Mrs. William Lamley. For over 30 years ha had been a member of York Township roadways staff. Recent years were spent in retirement.
The late Mr. Yeatman was the last surviving charter member of Edward Connolly, L.O.L. No. 602, and was its senior Past Master. The lodge was originally named Carlton Purple Star and first met in old Carlton West adjoining St. Mark's church. In recent years it has met in Mount Dennis in which district live many of its members who include his sons and most of his relatives. For many years decreased was a prominent figure in Twelfth of July celebrations of which he was County Marshall. He was a personal friend of the late Hon. Clarke Wallace, M.P. for York. In those days West York included what is now Toronto west of Dovercourt road. Mr. ‘Yeatman was one of a group who made the Wallace election cam- Paigns a series of political successes throughout the lifetime of
Mr. Wallace.
Mr. Yeatman was born at Maple 79 years ago. His father came to Canada from Cerne Abbas in Dorset. Not only is Yeatman still a prominent family name and in “the West Country” but is among the oldest in England. Charles Yeatman particularly in early manhood and middle age was of striking appearance. With his stocky, well-knit, erect figure, his dome of a forehead, gray eyes and ruddy countenance, he seemed a latter day incarnation of one of King Alfred's West Saxons. He was of remarkable physical strength and endurance. The tug- of-war team which included him seldom lost a contest.
His death marks the passing of one of last pioneers of what is now Mount Dennis. The house in which he passed away stands in a street once part of the market gardens of his father, the late Richard Yeatman who among the earliest vegetable growers of the district. These lands, now instreets bordered by houses and ctory plants with railway sidings, ‘extended north on Weston road from the Yeatman homestead and eastward to the railway. The brick plant which the late Charles Yeatman operated with his brothers-in-law the late Messrs. Connolly and Lomley, extended south on Weston road from Eglinton Ave. to the Brown property, also brickyads, which topped Black Creek ill. The Church of the Good Shepherd at Eglinton Ave. stands on what was once part of the clay lands of the partnership. Streets with their houses now cover these lands once given over to brick making. In Mr. Yeatman’s youth, the straggling Black Creek district became Mount Dennis P.O. At that time union church services were held alternately in the homes of the few widely scattered families. The school consisted of a room in an otherwise empty farm house He saw it become an urban com- munity with numerous schools and churches and a population greater than that of most Ontario county towns.
The Urban Palimpsest of Mount Dennis - Thesis statement