Flesherton, Grey County, Ontario Genealogy

History
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

 * Flesherton Cemetery


 * Flesherton Cemetery


 * Markdale Cemetery


 * Markdale - Grey, Ontario Cemetery


 * Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery


 * Ontario Genealogical Society Cemetery Transcriptions: Grey County


 * Genealogy Buff


 * Ontario Cemeteries OGS Collection


 * Ontario Cemetery Records


 * Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project


 * Canadian Headstones


 * Find A Grave


 * Ontario Genealogical Society Cemetery Transcriptions


 * Canada - Ontario


 * Canada

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Church Records

 * St John's United Church

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 * Grey County, Ontario

Military

 * British Regiments In Canada


 * Canadian Great War Project


 * Canadian War Museum


 * CWGC Find War Dead


 * The National Archives


 * SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION


 * Air Force Association of Canada WW1 & WW2


 * Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1923


 * Library and Archives Canada War Diaries of the First World War


 * War Time Canada

Museums & Libraries

 * South Grey Museum


 * Grey Roots Museum & Archives


 * Grey Highlands Public Library


 * Grey Highlands Public Library Archives

Newspapers

 * The Flesherton Advance April 2, 1941-January 12, 1944


 * The Flesherton Advance 1883- 1950


 * The Dundalk Herald and Thd Flesherton Advance

Records

 * Grey County


 * Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds


 * Immigration and Citizenship


 * Military Records


 * County Atlases


 * All Counties in Ontario


 * Black Canadian History in Grey


 * Immigrants to Canada


 * Isle of Tiree Genealogy


 * The Scottish Emigration Database


 * Young Immigrants to Canada

Societies

 * Grey County Historical Society


 * The Ontario Heritage Directory Online


 * Grey County Historical Society Blog


 * Grey County Ontario GenWeb


 * Bruce & Grey Branch Ontario Genealogical Society


 * The Ontario Heritage Directory Online


 * Canada GenWeb Project


 * Ontario Genealogical Society


 * Library and Archives Canada


 * Canadiana


 * Family History


 * Canada GenWeb

Town Directories

 * Flesherton Town Directory