Résultats

      J. D. Burnet and R.G. (Dick) Parker (head of General Foods) at groundbreaking ceremony.

      Sepia colored photograph of D. Hooey residence once located on King Street where the Park Playhouse (formerly Park Theatre) is now.

      Charles Smith Rutherford was awarded the Victorian Cross for service during the World War I. He was born in 1892. He was married to Margaret Helen Haig. He died in 1989.

      Unidentified woman.

      The last will and testament of Jacob Corrigal dated January 12, 1844. Source: Unknown Acquired: July 20, 1998

      Announcement of Mrs. Fisher’s (formerly Miss Lenah Wood Pearce Field) marriage to Mr. Donald Alexander Fisher. Includes photograph of the young bride. Source: Cobourg Daily Star, Saturday, September 3, 1932 Acquired: Unknown

      The buildings in this picture are of special interest. First: W. L. Allen hardware store, then Ed. Guillet's grocery. Between First and Division St. there is the Commercial Hotel. This is a very old building known as the stone building in early times. It is still there with a new …

      The New Public School was later named Central Public School and then renamed again, to Thomas Gillbard Public School. In 2005 the school building was sold and conversion to condominiums began in 2006.

      The New Public School was later named Central Public School and then renamed again, to Thomas Gillbard Public School. In 2005 the school building was sold and conversion to condominiums began in 2006

      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.

      The Bank of Upper Canada had a monopoly in the province during the early 1800s. James Gray Bethune was the first representative in Cobourg for the Bank of Upper Canada. Then around 1830 "Squire" Robert Henry opened the first private bank, The Cobourg Bank, at this location. James Gray Bethune, …

      Not in photo are Irene Gilbard and Victoria Cochrane. From about 1918-1926 Cobourg turned out about 300 nurses. Soon after the Ontario Government cut back and closed a number of these teaching schools saying there were too many nurses unemployed

      The Cobourg Dye Works was owned by the Dick Family from Montreal. Originally, the building housed a brewery operated by John Sinclair Wallace. Wallace came to Cobourg with his father, Captain Patrick Wallace and his cousins the Mackenchnies. The Brewery was later carried on by the Burnets and around 1895 …

      Cottesmore Hall was the largest summer home in Cobourg and was built in 1910. It was built and owned by Wallace H. Rowe, president of the Pittsburgh Steel Company. There was a magnificent iron fence around the property which cost over $50,000.00 to erect and another unusual feature was the …

      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 …

      As far back as the early 1800s Cobourg's main beach was used as a stopover location for travellers along the Lake Ontario'79064s north shore. The beach was a place of stopover and encampment, especially at the west end of the beach where the large stream entered the lake. This area …

      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 …

      Cobourg's original arena was a wooden building on the north side of University Ave West between Division and George Street and owned by the Ley brothers. In 1942 the roof collapsed and the arena was operated for a couple of years without a roof. In 1947 citizens began a campaign …

      This home was owned by the Field family and rented to von Koerber. It was a restaurant for awhile and it now the Tourist Information Centre with rooms dedicated to Marie Dressler