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Flesherton, Ontario, Canada[edit | edit source]
Canada Genealogy 
Ontario, Canada Genealogy Grey County, Ontario Genealogy Flesherton
Guide to Flesherton, Ontario ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Coordinates: 44°N 80°W / 44°N 80°W
| Grey County, Ontario | |
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 Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Genealogy | |
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| Founded | 1850 |
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| County | Grey |
| Address | Flesherton, Ontario Canada Postal code N0C 1E0 Area codes 519 and 226 Flesherton Website |
History[edit | edit source]
Flesherton is a community in the Municipality of Grey Highlands, in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Flesherton was amalgamated with the surrounding Artemesia Township.
W.K. Flesher became a prominent local figure, acting at various times as postmaster, magistrate, druggist, and even doctor, as well as warden of Grey County (1855–1857, 1861–1862, 1865 and 1867), and reeve of the village (1854–1865 and 1866–1878). He organized a Masonic Lodge, and was a vocal booster of the village, convincing other businesses to settle in the area, including a woolen (fulling) mill owned by his son William Henry in 1863. Flesher also became captain of the local militia, No. 6 Company of the 31st Grey Regiment, and travelled with the regiment to train at Niagara-on-the-Lake during the Fenian Raids of 1866. In recognition of his contributions, the name of the settlement was changed first to Flesher's Corners, and then, when a more "village-like" name was seen as desirable, to Flesherton.
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Flesherton Cemetery
Markdale Cemetery
Markdale - Grey, Ontario Cemetery
Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery
Ontario Genealogical Society Cemetery
Eden Cemetery
Woodville Cemetery
St. Mary's Cemetery
War Cemetery
York Cemetery
Census[edit | edit source]
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Family History Library Records[edit | edit source]
Military[edit | edit source]
Museums & Libraries[edit | edit source]
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Societies[edit | edit source]
Town Directories[edit | edit source]
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