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 Cobourg Daily Star, 13 Nov 1991, 4:1     ...

      Invitation to the opening ceremony of Barnum House on June 22, 1991. Source: Cobourg Public Library Acquired: June 1, 1991

      Judge George Mackenzie Clark, a successful lawyer, local politician, staunch Conservative, and personal friend of Sir John A. Macdonald, purchased the future site of Brookside School in 1869. His wife was the daughter of William Weller. Initially this purchase totaled 180 acres, but it was immediately subdivided into smaller parcels …

      Considered one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture, the Barnum House was built in 1817 on the outskirts of Grafton by Col. Eliakim Barnum who came to Haldimand Township from Vermont in 1808. Barnum first used a large log house, but during the war of 1812 it was destroyed …

      Cameron Cottage was built around 1854 possibly by a Henry Terry. Little is known about the original owner, but it acquired the name in the 1880s when Clara Cameron, the granddaughter of Captain Walter Boswell purchased the home. It was located in the highly desirable area that the Cobourg Summer …

      Mile 241.93 on Oshawa sub from Montreal. 91.91 from Toronto.

      This C&P railway station was located near Division and Charles Street and is now a private home.

      Information regarding the Tourje family as of Feb. 1991 Source: Clarke Popham Acquired: May 23, 1991

      Source: The Saturday Morning Post, April 6, 1991 Acquired: May 24, 1991

      A letter to the Cobourg Public Library Geneology Section from Clarke Popham Source: Clarke Popham Acquired: May 23, 1991