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      William Branch Flindall, born 17 January 1834; Murray Twp; died 29 August 1913; Conc 3 Lot 1, Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Catherine Connell Flindall, born 27 October 1838; Ireland; died 12 January 1927; Brighton Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario; Married before 1856; Northumberland Co., Information from Trees By Dan.

      A number of difficulties prevented the Armoury from originally being built. First the iron clad rule of the Department at Ottawa stating that in order for a public building like the Armoury to be erected, the Town was to provide the site for free. Next when Militia officials visited Cobourg …

      Colonel William Chambliss, son-in-law of George Shoenberger, one of the wealthiest families in Pennsylvania, had moved to Cobourg in 1867 and saw the advantage of having a first class hotel for the American upper class to use as a summer retreat offering the luxuries they were used to. Along with …

      Built in 1884 by Agnes Heath of Toronto when her daughter Emily married D'Arcy Boulton who owned The Lawn. Heathcote and The Lawn shared a common boundary and both were built to be lived in year round rather than just as a summer home.It was bought by W.F.Ladd a wealthy …

      Located on this particular stretch of land were three very well known summer hotels, the Lakeview Terrace, the Columbian and the Arlington. When a proposal was put forth to build an apartment complex on the Lakeview site a group on concerned citizens raised most of the money so that the …

      This is the birthplace of Edwin C. Guillet. He was born on September 29th, 1898. The Guillet family arrived in Cobourg in 1832. Edwin not only wrote the book "Cobourg 1798-1948" but also many papers on Canadian history and 25 books on Canadian social history. He died in 1975.

      In 1856, Ebenezer Perry sold this corner property to the Bank of Montreal who then built this building around 1860. In 1881, it was conveyed to W. D. Burn who sold it to the Crown in December 1882 and it became the Cobourg Post Office. In 1889, after the addition …

      Dungannon Farm was built in 1905 by the Olivers from Pittsburgh. The Oliver fortune was founded in steel, but the family later became the owners and editors of several leading Pittsburgh newpapers. After the death of Senator Oliver, the house was occupied by his son George Oliver Jr. They owned …

      General Charles Lane Fitzhugh was the youngest civil war general in the Union Army. The Fitzhughs were an old Virginia family of great wealth who spent much time in Cobourg. Charles built a pair of houses in 1902. Ravensworth, Fitzhugh built for himself and wife Emma Shoenberger,one of the wealthiest …

      Cobourg had developed a ‘House of Refuge’ near the corner of James and George streets in the early 1890s. The home took in the elderly, indigent and destitute of the community. Soon there was a need for a hospital and a portion of the home was turned over to that …

      In 1906 the United Counties of Durham and Northumberland purchased the land on Albert Street and built a new jail, moving all items and prisoners from the "Olde Gaol" that had been located on the corner of Elgin and Burnham Streets. This new jail was the County jail for both …

      Victoria Hall was started in 1856 and completed in 1860. It was designed by Kivas Tully of Toronto. It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales on September 7th, 1860. In the 1960s Lenah Fisher began tireless efforts to restore Victoria Hall which began in earnest in the 1980s …

      The Independent Order of Foresters is one of the world’s oldest and largest fraternal benefit societies with over one million members

      The Orange Institution, more commonly known as the Orange Order, is a Protestant fraternal organisation based predominantly in Northern Ireland and Scotland with lodges throughout the Commonwealth, Canada and the United States. It was founded in Loughgall, County Armagh, Ireland in 1795. Its name is a tribute to Dutch-born Protestant …

      Known as the Cobourg Bathing Beach this view looks east to the water works.

      Taken off the pier near what was the corner of Hick's Cottage

      Yachting had been popular in Cobourg as early as the 1850s. Regattas were held in the harbour and Cobourg was a noted shipbuilding centre in the early eighteen-thirties. Later, Cobourg was on of the points on Royal Canadian Yacht Club Three Point race, the others being Toronto and Rochester. This …

      Addressed to master Earnest Spalding, Lyon Ave., Guelph, Ontario. From Guelph Museums

      Yachting had been popular in Cobourg as early as the 1850s. Regattas were held in the harbour and Cobourg was a noted shipbuilding centre in the early eighteen-thirties. Later, Cobourg was on of the points on Royal Canadian Yacht Club Three Point race, the others being Toronto and Rochester. This …

      Yachting had been popular in Cobourg as early as the 1850s. Regattas were held in the harbour and Cobourg was a noted shipbuilding centre in the early eighteen-thirties. Later, Cobourg was on of the points on Royal Canadian Yacht Club Three Point race, the others being Toronto and Rochester. This …