It just hit me.

The person you may have a photo of is J.H. Knowles the former Principal of Wells Street Public School. He had a house on Catherine Avenue (J.H. Knowles House) and is related to former Deputy Mayor Bob McRoberts somehow (grandfather?). House reference here: http://www.town.aurora.on.ca/aurora/index_e.aspx?ArticleID=478

Miss Humphrys may be a teacher at that time at Wells Street Public School at the time because of the context of the way the photos are referenced (Mr. Knowles & Miss Humphrys) as students would politly call them.

In the Aurora a History in Pictures there is a picture of Wells Street Public School with all the glee club in front with Mr. Knowles, the Principal, included.
Baldwin’s Restauarant has a small copy of the photo on their website near the bottom of this page: Baldwin’s Restaurant has a small copy of the photo near the bottom here: http://www.baldwinsrestaurant.com/history

1. David Heard, as Chris Watts explained above.

2. Jacqueline Stuart, the former Curator of the Aurora Musuem is a wealth of knowledge on people.

3. Dr. John McIntyre, the author of the book you hold in your hands.

I’m sure one, two or all three would be glad to help.

As an added bonus to Chris’ notation on the butcher shop, I imagine Knowles Crescent (in the south end of Aurora near Seaton & Henderson Drives) would be possibly named after Mr. Knowles in your picture. After all growing up on Knowles Crescent I remember the old manhole cover (where maintenance people go into the sewar system for repairs) we used to have as home plate for our childhood improv baseball games used to have “1949” on it. These covers are long gone after Knowles Crescent was reconstructed a couple years back.

Hope this helps.

You know I did visit Mr. Heard this morning, finally broke out of shyness, lol, and stepped into his historical zone.
He is very knowledgeable about the town and people, and believe or not he knew both names.
I will be bringing the photo to the Farmers Market next week.
Thank you for your help again and of course the visit.

Anna

I would encourage you to take the picture to the Farmers Market one Saturday I’m sure Mr. Heard could provide you some context and stories for the picture.