Visitors to Cobourg, Ontario, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Surrounding Region Names arranged in alphabetical order. List compiled by Marsha Ann Tate, Ph.D. (marsha@mtateresearch.com) Last updated June 23, 2011 A William L. Abbott (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1851-1930) Former partner of Andrew Carnegie Sidbrook (Cobourg residence) B Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nicholson Black (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cobourg, Ontario) Parents of James Earnest Black James Earnest Black (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) C Mr. Carter (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Miss Clarkson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) o Accompanied by Mrs. T. Chalmers Clarkson Mrs. T. Chalmers Clarkson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) o Accompanied by Miss Clarkson. Mr. Clarkson was a manufacturer D James O Hara Denny (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Cobourg residence: The "Brick Yard" (later named Cedar Hedge); the home was located on the northeast corner of King St. and Rankin Blvd. o The "Brick Yard" was originally built by William Latham Abbott s son, Franklin Abbott
J. H. Denny (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mrs. John S. Dickson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mr. Dickson was a physician. Charles Donnelly (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; New York, New York) Mr. Donnelly was a financier and railroad official Cobourg home: "Strathmore" F Carroll Hamilton Fitzhugh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania--807 Ridge Ave.; business-602 German National Bank Building) Son of General Charles Lane and Emma (Shoenberger) Fitzhugh; brother of Henry Fitzhugh. Born January 22, 1873 in Pittsburgh, PA. Married at Allegheny, Pa., April 22d, 1897, to Miss May Marshall Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bell, and sister of Arthur Wellington Bell, '97, of Allegheny" ("Carroll H. Fitzhugh." In Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College, Clarence S. Day Jr., comp., 341-44. New York, NY Printed for the Class at the De Vinne Press, 1907). Cobourg residence: East House o Later made Cobourg, Ontario his primary residence) General Charles Lane Fitzhugh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Washington DC) Charles Lane Fitzhugh (b. Aug. 22, 1838, at Oswego, N. Y.) is a West Point man (ex '63). He served through the Civil War, remained in the Regular Army for several years afterwards, and later became President of the Shoenberger Steel Co., of Pittsburg, which city has been his principal place of residence. He is now (April '06) living in Washington, D. C. His parents were Henry Fitzhugh, a merchant of Oswego, and Elizabeth Barbara Carroll of the Genesee Valley, New York State. The family came from Bedford, England, in 1671, and settled in Virginia ("Carroll H. Fitzhugh." In Decennial Record of the Class of 1896, Yale College, edited by Clarence S. Day Jr., comp., 341-44. New York, NY Printed for the Class at the De Vinne Press, 1907). Married to Emma Shoenberger, daughter of George H. Shoenberger Cobourg residence: Ravensworth Mrs. Frederickson (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) G Mr. and Mrs. Albert Garrett (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania) Guests at the Arlington (Hotel), Cobourg, 1899 ( The Arlington, Cobourg World, July 21, 1899). Miss Mary Garrett (Bridgeville, Pennsylvania) Guest at the Arlington (Hotel), Cobourg, 1899 ( The Arlington, Cobourg World, July 21, 1899). - 2 -
H Baron Fritz von Hilleir (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Guest at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, July-August, 1903 The Howards (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania?) Guest at the William Black residence (202 Church St.), Cobourg, date unknown George Allaire Howe (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Married Edith Card, daughter of General and Mrs. Benjamin Cozzens Card, September 24, 1913 in Cobourg ("Married. Howe-Card." New York Times September 27, 1913, p. 13). Bought Croft property in Cobourg, 1903 George M. Howe (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) I James Irwin (Cobourg, Ontario; Allegheny City, Pennsylvania) Cobourg native K Alfred Kay (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Son of F. G. Kay? Guest at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, 1903 F. G. Kay family (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Cobourg lodging/residence: the Columbian (Hotel), June 1903; Kay Estate, 1900s ( [Recent Arrivals at the Columbian], Cobourg World, June 12, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Kay (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Guests at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, June 1903 ( [Recent Arrivals at the Lucy Kay (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Guest at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, June 1903 ( [Recent Arrivals at the Mrs. C. B. King (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Guest at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, June 1903 ( [Recent Arrivals at the - 3 -
L Thomas K. Laughlin (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Director, Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, and husband of the sister of President Taft s wife ("Thomas K. Laughlin Took His Own Life." New York Times, March 13, 1910, p. 1). Vacationed in Cobourg in 1903 (Cobourg World, May 22, 1903, p. 1, col. 6). M Mr. and Mrs. McCauley (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mr. & Mrs. Willis F. McCook (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Mr. McCook was associated with the Pittsburgh Steel Co. Mrs. McCook was formerly Mary Kerney Ahl; she was considered one of Pittsburgh s most prominent society matrons ("Mrs. Willis F. M'cook Dies at Cobourg, Can." The Pittsburgh Press, August 6, 1922). Mrs. McCook died in August 1922 at the family s summer residence, Bagnal Hall, in Cobourg, Canada ("Mrs. Willis F. M'cook Dies at Cobourg, Can." The Pittsburgh Press, August 6, 1922). O Mr. and Mrs. George S. Oliver (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Cobourg residence: Dungannon Farm Mr. and Mrs. George T(ener) Oliver (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 1848-1919) George T. Oliver was Born in Ireland, January 26, 1848, during a visit abroad by his parents; after graduating from Bethany College, West Virginia, in 1868, Oliver engaged in a varied career as a schoolteacher; lawyer (1871-1881); steel and wire manufacturer (until 1901); U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (March 17, 1909-March 3, 1917); publisher of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph ((United States Congress, Oliver, George Tener, 1848-1919). G. T. Oliver died January 22, 1919 Miss Laura W. Oliver Daughter of George S. Oliver? Cobourg residence: Dungannon Farm R Wallace H. Rowe (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) President of the Pittsburgh Steel Company. Rowe was associated with all Pittsburgh Steel allied concerns: Pittsburgh Steel Products Co.; Monessen Coke and Coal; Oil Fields; and Ore Mines (Monessen Daily Independent, Feb. 1, v. 17 #92??, p. 1, Greater Monessen Historical Society) - 4 -
Cobourg residence: "Cottesmore Hall" (the largest summer home erected in Cobourg); located at the northeast corner of King St. and Cottesmore Ave.; built in 1910; architects were Ruttan and Russell of Pittsburgh Miss Rowley (Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Guest at the Columbian (Hotel), Cobourg, August 1903 o Accompanied by Mrs. L. P. Warren, Misses Warren ( Personal, Cobourg World, August 14, 1903). T. E. Ruttan (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) S John Shoenberger (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Charles E. Speer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-- Friendship Hill, 1898-till his death) Banker and financier W Mrs. L. P. Warren, Misses Warren (Allegheny Pennsylvania) Mrs. L. P. Warren, Misses Warren, Allegheny Pennsylvania, recent arrivals at the Columbian (accompanied by Miss Rowley) ( Personal, Cobourg World, August 14, 1903). - 5 -