Résultats

      This spade had been given to the Ontario Archives via Edwin C. Guillet by Alexander Black of Toronto to whom it came from the Mackechnies. It was later transferred to Trent University, Peterborough

      14 German labourers on the rail line's construction died in 1854 of cholera and were buried one mile south of the village of Harwood on Harwood Road.

      Indenture of Bargain and Sale, dated August 16, 1856 between Patrick Gordon and Redmond Burns. Source: unknown Acquired: October 23, 2003

      Dr. William King of Brighton was convicted of murdering his wife, Sarah Anne by poisoning her with arsenic. He was hanged on June 9, 1859 at the courhouse where the Golden Plough now stands.

      This Greek revival building known as The Chestnuts, was the home of Freeman Schemmerhorn Clench, Cobourg's most noted cabinetmaker. It was built in 1848. It is a little hard to distinguish now as it is now Jim's Pizzeria.

      Dr. William King was the only criminal to be executed in Northumberland and was a well-known doctor of Brighton. He became infatuated with Melinda Vandervoort and began to feed his wife small doses of arsenic. After a hard-fought trial he was convicted of murder and on June 9, 1959 he …

      A Scotsmen with good education; David decided that farming was a bit too heavy for him and he started teaching in Ryerson's time, becoming principal and frequently representing Northumberland at the Ontario Educational Association or its predecessors. He was also a public school teacher who taught at the Old Model …