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      Amos Wright (1809-1881) was elected as the first reeve of Markham Township in 1850. He was member of Parliament for East York from 1851-67, and chairman of the October 1857 meeting that supported the incorporation of Richmond Hill as a village. His collection includes more than 50 original documents: photographs, …

     

      Decreed at the IV Lateran Council in 1215 and enshrined in Canon Law 51, the original intention of banns was to prevent clandestine marriages. By the Council of Trent in 1563, the provisions governing marriage banns was made more precise. The names of the contracting parties were now announced publicly …

      17 Oct 1804 | Date of Birth 19 Aug 1827 | Ordained Priest 17 Dec 1841 | Appointed Bishop of Toronto 08 May 1842 | Consecrated Bishop 26 Jun 1842 | Installed as 1st Ordinary of Toronto 01 Oct 1847 | Date of Death Michael Power was born on October …

      In the pioneer era of the early 19th century, when Catholic cemeteries had not yet been established within the Archdiocese of Toronto, Catholics were buried in private family plots or in public cemeteries. In either case they were usually deprived of resting in consecrated ground. By the 1820s and 1830s, …

      ILLUSTRATIONS FOR HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY JOHN W. BARBER AND HENRY HOME, Wood engravings on paper created in the United Stares of America.

      ILLUSTRATIONS FOR HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY JOHN W. BARBER AND HENRY HOME Wood engravings on paper created in the United States of America.

      The Cobourg Harbour Co. was incorporated and began operating in about 1830, starting with this pier. This first pier began near the entrance to the present trailer park, extended 500 feet into the lake and ended with a lighthouse. This is a photograph of the original. This sketch was made …

      Documents on Plank and Gravel Road construction Source: Unknown Acquired: October 2007

      This appears to be Johnathan Pearen (Aug.4 1843 - June 13, 1873). He married Mary Anne James (July 2, 1843 - Jan. 2, 1914). They had three children, one son and two daughters.

      Indenture dated September 6, 1843 between Robert Crawford and Redmond Burns Source: Mrs. Stevenson, Cobourg Acquired: September 1990

      Indenture date September 6, 1843 between Robert Crawford and Redmond Burns Source: unknown Acquired: November 6, 2003

      In 1842, Bishop John Strachan founded the Diocesan Theological Institute in Cobourg, an Anglican seminary that became integrated into the University of Trinity College in Toronto in 1852. It fell under the direction of his friend and former pupil, the Reverend Alexander Neil Bethune. The Trinity College Literary Institute, one …

      Daughter of Ralph and Bridget, who married Cecil Franklin Lucas.

      Paul Kane was born in Ireland but came to York (Toronto) as a boy. He studied painting at Upper Canada College and after working in Detroit, Michigan and Mobile, Alabama he went to Europe for two years to study his art. In the early 1830s, he lived in Cobourg and …

      Paul Kane was born in Ireland but came to York (Toronto) as a boy. He studied painting at Upper Canada College and after working in Detroit, Michigan and Mobile, Alabama he went to Europe for two years to study his art. In the early 1830s, he lived in Cobourg and …

      Ezra Annes was born in Vermont in 1796 and settled in Whitby in 1819. He was one of the founders of the Masonic Lodge in Whitby in 1825 and the grammar school in 1846. He served as mayor of the Town of Whitby in 1857, but died while in office …

      Esquesing Township Meeting poster. Reads: "Esquesing Township Meeting!! A requisition having been forwarded to me, signed by a number of Freeholders residing within this Township, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of erecting (by taxation or subscription) and determining the site of a Town hall, I hereby …

      Emelda Chisholm's in-laws

      - candle mold used in Kent County - Begin 1842 Chatham Kent Museum Out in the Open exhibition VS 286