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9. 903 Boyle:
Unravelling the Connections
Like connections between people, house records are
often intertwined. After owning the lot at 903 Boyle
for one month in 1905, William Montgomery Tegart,
photographer, sold to Henry George Wilberforce Wilson
and Elizabeth Edwards Wilson. The Wilsons hired A. M.
Fraser to build the distinctive Victorian-style house.
Mr. Wilson, a lawyer honoured with a King’s Counsel
appointment, had a law office at 609 Grand Avenue.
When the Wilsons travelled, Martin and Elizabeth
Marshall tended their house and grounds, which included
the property next door and a carriage house. The carriage
house was eventually moved to 707 Main and is now the
home of Brian Chasse.
Since the Wilsons had no children, when Mr. Wilson
died, Elizabeth Wilson asked the Marshalls’ 17-yearold
daughter, Eva, to stay with her while finishing high
school. Thankful for the girl’s company, Mrs. Wilson
paid for Eva to attend business college after graduation.
In 1956, the title went to Mary and John Edward
(Jack) Glass, while Edith Anne (Edie) and Leonard S.
(Sonny) Huntley bought from the Glasses in 1965. Mary
Glass once worked for the Wilsons and Edie Huntley, for
the Glasses.
The Glasses owned Glass Brothers Groceries, at 516
Grand Avenue, while Sonny Huntley had a plumbing and
heating business a few stores to the south.
Edie Huntley, who still owns the house, had it
repainted in the original colours in 2010. The house has
had only minor structural changes. LK
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