Langley's history

I've often wondered who lived in our house since it was built. Did they work at the Colgate factory, or teach at a local school? Maybe they had desk jobs downtown, or laboured at the brickworks.
In the early days of Toronto (York), anywhere east of the Don River was considered "the sticks". Riverdale was a town until it was annexed in 1884, and when the Prince Edward Viaduct was completed in 1918, development in our area exploded.
Langley Ave. was named for Henry Langley, a renowned architect in the late 1800's. He designed some 70 churches in the city. Digging through the Toronto Archives, I found out that quite a few homes in our area were designed by Langley, Langley & Burke (the latter two partners were his brother and nephew). Henry now rests across the river at the Necropolis.
Number 157 was built a little later, around 1909, on land bought directly from the city. I haven't had much luck in finding the original plans, but I do know that Thomas Ormerod's family lived here for a few years around 1912. He was a guard at the Toronto Jail. It appears he and Mary had six children. Loretta was an operator at T. Eaton, Fred worked there too, and Serby was a clerk. Reza, Thelma and Mildred were children at the time. I wonder if they went to Withrow? Eight people in my house!
In the early 20's the Duries lived here, William was a fireman at Toronto Carpet Co. I'm not sure if a fireman was meant to put out fires or stoke them at that time. By 1930, TTC motorman George Sheward and timekeeper Melville Ridley took over.
Staring at the microfilm was drying out my contacts so I had to give up at 1940, when the house was listed as vacant. Henry Langley's descendant Elizabeth Langley Davidson is said to be an architect in the city today. Maybe I'll give her a call and see what she can contribute to our street's history.