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    The most celebrated U.S. Army chaplain in the Great War, Father Francis Patrick Duffy, a Roman Catholic priest, was born in Cobourg, Canada, and was ordained in 1896. He attended the Catholic Univers

    Centreton School was on the northeast corner of the junction of Centreton and MacDonald roads. It opened in 1857 and closed in 1966. When the school closed the students were transferred to Grafton Pu

    Victoria Hall Cobourg Source: The Cobourg World, August 18, 1899 Acquired: January 2008

    A photograph showing the West Pier sheathed in ice in the winter of 1898.

    Photograph of the east side of the harbour.

    Presbyterianism In Cobourg Source: Cobourg World, Friday, December 14, 1894 Acquired: January 2008

    1899 Historical Review Of The Cobourg Churches Source: The Cobourg World, June-July 1899 Acquired: January 2008

    St. Michael’s Church Source: The Cobourg World, Friday, June 30, 1899 Acquired: January 2008

    Excerpts on churches in 1899 Source: The Cobourg World Acquired: January 2008

    A letter to J. Geo Hodgins Esq. Source: Cobourg C.I., February 1894 Acquired: October 10, 1990

    Education Department, Ontario Annual Examination, 1898 Source: Unknown Acquired: October 10, 1990

    Family Record Source: Mrs. Laraine Smith Acquired: January 2008

    Victoria Hall is shown in this photograph.

    Once called ' Derry' by the early Irish settlers, Upper Cold Springs is where Rev. William Hayden came about 1840 to found a Congregational Church. The Congregational Church and cemetery were establi

    St. Peter's Parish was founded in 1819. The original church was replaced in 1854 by a large brick church designed by Kivas Tully, pictured here. The rectory was also replaced but at a later date, by

    This school was located on Concession 7, Lot 4, Haldimand Township. It opened in 1845 as a wooden frame schoolhouse, burned in 1878 and was rebuilt the same year with a brick building. It closed in 1

    The proprietor is behind the counter at the front left. Bob Fice is at the rear next to the coffee grinder.

    W. Burnet founded his business in 1877 and emphasized china. He had two cellars with cement floors, lighted by gas and electricity and heated by steam, all quite a novelty at that time.

    The Hayden family built this home in 1869. It originally faced George Street, but these lots were sold off for houses. The small cement block cottage on the east lot (with a George Street address) wa

    Originally known as the Maple Grove this home was built by William Graveley in 1854. It was adjacent to Colonel Chambliss home and was bought in 1893 by Signor Albertini, whose wife Madame Albertini