1798 Crown Deed Cover(Cober), n.d. M995.15
Nicholas and Eve Cober (Cover)
The German-Pennsylvanian Cober (Cover) family was one of the first pioneer families in Vaughan. Nicholas Cover emigrated to Upper Canada in 1796 from Somerset County, Pennsylvania and settled in Vaughan Township in 1798 with his wife Eve Fisher. Shortly after settling in Vaughan, they adopted the surname convention Cober. An inscription in the Baker Cober Cemetery, the resting place of many pioneers, says that "of the first settlers on Yonge Street they were the fifth family.”
City of Vaughan Archives: M995.15
1798 Crown Deed Cover(Cober), n.d. M995.15
Nicholas and Eve Cober (Cover)
The German-Pennsylvanian Cober (Cover) family was one of the first pioneer families in Vaughan. Nicholas Cover emigrated to Upper Canada in 1796 from Somerset County, Pennsylvania and settled in Vaughan Township in 1798 with his wife Eve Fisher. Shortly after settling in Vaughan, they adopted the surname convention Cober. An inscription in the Baker Cober Cemetery, the resting place of many pioneers, says that "of the first settlers on Yonge Street they were the fifth family.”
City of Vaughan Archives: M995.15