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      Originally known as the Steamboat Hotel (owned by Oren Strong), it was renamed the Albion in 1837 and was located on the north side of King Street

      Frederick W. Barron founded this school which stressed moral and physical as well as intellectual development. In the 1840s he became the third principal of Upper Canada College. Barron married the widow of Thomas Gore, who happened to have a large home and property, Glenavy, suitable for a boy's boarding …

      A pencil sketch by Harriet Kane, wife of Paul Kane, Canadian artist. Harriet was the daughter of renowned cabinetmaker, Freeman Schemmerhorn Clench.

      S. Douglas Cornell belonged to the eighth generation of Cornells in Americas. Douglas came to Buffalo with his father and graduated from Hobart in 1860. There he excelled in oratory and dramatics, talents he exercised later as stage manager of the Buffalo Amateurs. After graduation he began an active business …

      Centre figure possibly D'Arcy Boulton.

      Sailing ships were hauled in and out by steam tugs, but steamships came right up to the east side of East Pier.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 …

      Volunteer fire brigades long played an important part in social life. Shown here in front of Victoria Hall, the Parade Machine had no practical application but made a great show with pumpers, hose and hook-and-ladder

      Edith Kerr married Donald Macdonald. Charles Kerr was the son of Senator Kerr. His daughter Grace eventually resided in the Golden Plough. Enid Donly was the mother of Mrs. Grigg of Cobourg, from whom this photograph came from.

      Clench came to Cobourg in the mid 1820's and established a cabinet making business, which soon became highly successful. He was noted for fine craftsmanship and good design. Clench was also active in town affairs. One of his daughters, Harriet, married Paul Kane - while another, Eliza, became the wife …

      General Charles Lane Fitzhugh was the youngest civil war general in the Union Army. The Fitzhugh's were an old Virginia family of great wealth who spent much time in Cobourg after 1867. Charles became a prominent Cobourg citizen and shareholder in the Cobourg, Peterborough and Marmora Railway Company.

      Ella Cruso was a daughter of Michael Daintry Cruso. She married Arthur Radcliffe Boswell, one time Mayor of Toronto.

      Michael Cruso was the father of Henry Beaumont Cruso.

      Frederick was a Cobourg poet and surveyor.

      Sister of Charles Munson, M.P.

      Captain Beebe left Cobourg in 1884 when the Volunteer Firemen came to an end. He later moved to Toronto and said of Cobourg "There was nothing left in the old town for me.".

      The Cobourg & Peterborough railroad opened with great fanfare in 1854 and was plagued with problems ever after particularily with this bridge over Rice Lake. The Cobourg & Peterborough Railway (C&PR) was incorporated in November 1852 by the citizens of Cobourg in hopes of drawing trade to their community from …

      Harriet died on January 15th, 1892.