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Albion Presbyterian Cemetery
The Albion Presbyterian Cemetery is located Coleraine runs north and south, about 3 km. west of Highway 50. Once Coleraine was called the fourth line. Southeast of Bolton, it intersects with Healy Road. The cairn faces north-ish -photos A and B The one acre cemetery is on the south-westerly corner of the intersection, across from the Cavalier Trucking Company.
Photo A | Photo B |
The third picture
- C
faces magnetic west and
the
cairn is visible on the left of the frame. There are other stones not encased in
the cairn.
Photo C |
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Bolton Anglican Church Yard
Highway 50 on the west side of the northbound hill leaving Bolton, Ontario. Anglican Church Yard across the side street from Laurel Hill Cemetery. Easy to confuse -but not a part of Laurel Hill Cemetery Site of the first Anglican Church - built 1845. Dedicated as "Anglican and Methodist Burial Grounds The stones have mostly been placed into one large pedestal cairn erected in 1972 for the Bolton centennial, on a hillside, and there is no more building there. 43N 52.94 ; 79W 44.61
(Thanks to Dave Tompsett for the photos)
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Morningside Cemetery
Morningside Cemetery, located in Palgrave Ontario, Albion Twp., Peel Co.
Thanks to Pat Potter!
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Palgrave United Churchyard Cemetery
Palgrave United Churchyard, (1878) about 200 yds east of Hwy 50, at 34 Pine Street in Palgrave, Ontario at corner of Maple Lane; only five monuments; extremely separated. 43N 57.07 ; 079W 50.13 The undulations of the churchyard lawn infer that there may have been dozens of stones a century ago. Names: Dale, Gower, Pettinger, Rowley, Zimmerman, & one unreadable.
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St. James Cemetery
Located in Caledon East.
With thanks to Derek Pullen for the map, info and photos!
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St. Mary's R.C. Cemetery
Peel Memorial Hospital (aka Osler health) - across the street to the west is (another) St Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Although it is historic (1885) and only 2 acres, it is not closed. Interment spaces remain.
(Thanks to Dave Thompsett for these wonderful photos)
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Alton Cemetery
Alton Cemetery is on Peel County Road 136 right in Alton.
Janet Jones
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Caledon Cemetery
From the Orangeville Banner dated 16-May-1935
CALEDON CEMETERY
Earlier this Spring the trustees of
Caledon cemetery held a get-to-gether of the plot-holders and other citizens
interested in the beautifying of God's acre, where sleep the pioneers of
this district--the fathers and mothers, grandparents and great-grandparents
who settled in this vicinity when this country was new. As we entered the
silent city of the dead we noticed a monument erected to the memory of
William Bell. The inscription on the stone stated that Mr. Bell and his
brother were the first settlers to make their home in this neighborhood. He
died at the early age of 25 years and was buried in the Caledon cemetery in
January 1825. This seems to be the seems to have been, as far as we can
learn, the first interment in this sacred place. Near this plot is the grave
of Mrs. Stubbs, aged 103 years, who died in 1835, but the oldest person
buried in the cemetery is undoubtedly Edward Clarke, aged 116 years. Equally
as remarkable as Mr. Clark's great age is the fact that he was over 90 years
of age when he left Ireland, crossed the ocean and made his way to Caledon,
where he lived for twenty-six years longer. We were informed that this
venerable pioneer is the great grandfather of Mr. E. E. Wilson, the present
treasurer of Caledon township. Mr. D. N. Potter, of the 5th line, east, is
another great-grandson.
(Contributed by Janet Jones) |
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Melville United Church Cemetery
From the Orangeville Banner dated 27-Dec-1973
136-YEARS-OLD (Photo - JACK MacMILLAN EXAMINES PIONEER GRAVES)
MELVILLE - J. D. (Jack) MacMillan
doesn't confine his church going days to Sunday. Contributed by Janet Jones |
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Brampton Cemetery
Thanks to Deborah Glover for the photos!
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Churchville Cemetery
The original pioneer section of the Cemetery was
donated by Andrew Scott on August 5,1 822. This land was a part of a Crown
Grant dated during the reign of King George the Fourth. The remainder of
the Cemetery was acquired on January 8, 1892. The cemetery has always been
administered by a volunteer Board of Trustees, as it is owned by plot
holders. |
I am
working on a project that is capturing all the war graves in Canada for WWI &
WWII. I was recently asked to get a grave in the Churchville Cemetery. In
hunting for where it was, I found your web site and thought I would send you the
information I gathered during my hunt. I took pictures of some of the nicer
stones. Please let me know if this is the type of information you need, or what
else I should gather as I will be hitting 5 or 6 other pioneer graveyards during
the next two months.
I also work on the National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorial project
which is tracking down all the cenotaphs across Canada. I have started mapping
where they are located because there is no listing of where they are located.
Looking for the cemeteries gives similar problems. Some notes have them located
at this lot on this line, but unless you have the correct maps, you can't find
it. I am including a map to show where the cemetery is located.
Churchville Cemetery
7935 Churchville Road
Brampton, Ontario
L6V 3N2
One lot south of the Intersection of Steeles Avenue West and Churchville Road
Thanks to Derek Pullen for the above photos and information. If you wish to contact Derek to help him photograph and locate the military memorials, please visit his website: http://www.5thwheel.com/memorial/
Thanks to Deborah Glover for the photos and information below!
Thomas WHITEHEAD Died June 23 1857 aged 23 yrs. Native of Berwickshire, Scotland |
Thomas THOMSON April 21, 18?? aged 34
years Mary wife of Thomas Thomson who died Sept. 12, 1847 31 yrs. 3 mths. 8 days |
Thomas Whitehead (H) #1 In loving memory of Thomas Whitehead born in Berwickshire Scotland ?????(could be reference to Marriage) in 1831 died Nov. 2, 1817 Age ??? 3 months 3 days. |
Mary Whitehead (W1) ????? Thomas Whitehead (#2) who departed this life on 8 Oct 1868 and 73 yrs. |
James Whitehead (Son of Thomas & Mary) #3 who departed this life Apr. 25 1850 age 29 yrs. 1 mth. 19 dys. Son of Thomas and Mary whitehead #1 |
In Memory of Wm. Whitehead (Son/husband of Mary Ann) #4 died Nov. 29, 1886 Aged 71 yrs. |
In Memory of Mary Ann Whitehead wife of Wm. Whitehead #4 July 29, 1853 30 yrs 1 month
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Dixon's United Cemetery
Thanks to Paul Caverly for the photos!
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Mayfield United Church Cemetery
George G. GRAY | Margaret (w/o Samuel GRAY) |
Thanks to Paul Caverly for the photos!
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St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery, Tullamore
Airport Road west
side (abt one chain wide and 5 chains deep) 500 feet south of Mayfield Road; 2/3
mile north of Countryside Drive; 11846 Airport Road; next to a new, tiny,
Punjabi cultural center. GPS: 43N 47.40 ; 079W 45.56
"St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery, 1833, (former hamlet of) Tullamore" (on a tiny
sign) No building remains. The cemetery is badly kept; many stones are either
broken off at the ground or pressed into the ground. many flat stones are almost
overgrown. there are about fifty spires.
Names: Archdekin, Bailey, Burrell, Campbell, Carberry, Carberry, Carr,
Carrothers, Chaffee, Chamberlain, Conley, Corkett, Davis, Ellis, Endacott,
Evans, Fleming, Flemming, Gilpin, Graham, Grant, Gray, Hall, Hearn, Hensley,
Hogg, Hossie, Howden, Johnson, Johnston, Little, Lougheed, Maw, McCaugherty,
McClure, McKee, Montgomery, Monter?oy, Moody, Morrison, Mulligan, Neely, Nunn,
Padget, Proctor, Riddell, Sargent, Shaw, Spence, Strong, Vine, Woods, Wray,
Yates, two unreadable from wear and moss.
(Photos and information by Dave.)
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Woodhill Pioneer Cemetery
Airport Road east side, opposite Walmart - about a hundred yards south of Queen
Street (former hwy-7) GPS: 43N 44.49 ; 079W 41.58
Woodhill Pioneer Cemetery also known as the Providence Primitive Methodist
Cemetery. The first recorded burial was in 1830. The original settlers of
Woodhill and the surrounding area were interred here. Woodhill was a thriving
rural hamlet by 1819. In 1967 Canada's centennial year, descendants had a cairn
constructed to consolidate grave markers. Woodhill Cemetery was re-dedicated in
1996.
33 markers encased in cairn, representing about 50 souls, and 3 tall spires.
Names: Berry, Boyes, Brown, Dale, Dodsworth, Figg, Frances, Hackett, Harrison,
Hostrawser, Lawson, McLean, Odlum, Pearen, Robinson, Saul, Smith, Standley,
Ward, Wilson, Woodhall
(Photos and information by Dave.)
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Ebenezer Cemetery
Gore Rd & Ebenezer Rd. -SE corner; Ebenezer Churchyard; 1 Km north of Hwy 7; abt 2 km. south of large Buddhist Temple on Gore 43N 46.31 ; 079W 39.78
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Shiloh Primitive Methodist Cemetery
Shiloh Primitive Methodist Cemetery is located at Lot 17
Concession 10, Toronto Gore Twp,. Peel County. The one acre parcel was on
the Robert Hart farm there was also a Primitive Methodist Church. He was a JP.
School and Church Trustee, a Methodist Lay Preacher, Orangeman, reformer. He
came to Canada in 1834 with his bride Jane Watson. The location is on the West
side of Hwy #50 and Mayfield Rd (Hwy 7). When I first started the Hart family
history I had great difficulty finding
who was responsible for the property as Robert Hart and wife Jane Watson's
monument was so overgrown with a bush that it was not visible from the road.
Most of the stones had been removed to another location but the Hart stones were
not. Hwy 50 traffic is fast and stopping was too dangerous as the shoulder
was soft and the very short drive to the gate only a few feet in
was risky so I parked at the Hart farm a few hundred feet north and took my
chances and walked back. I could not get pictures because of the neglect and the
growth.
George Tavenders 1967 book "From This Year Hence" said the cemetery was
maintained by the Dept of Highways I tried in vain to get some information, then
called the City of Brampton and talked to a clerk who disclaimed any knowledge
of it. Finally I did find that the city is indeed responsible and they had
someone go in and cut the brush back, it was not a very good job but I
understood it was preliminary as there was some sort of centennial coming up. I
did not take anything with me to clean the monument so I do not know if
the pic's are suitable. That corner will probably be developed before too long
my concern is that the cemetery and the history of the early settlers will not
be lost.
One side of the monument Sacred to the memory of Jane
Watson.....native of Yorkshire 1814-1889
The front side (o3&04) Sacred to the memory
of Robert Hart JP native of Allerston Yorkshire 1812- 4 April 1870
(08) Mary Hart 1843-1848
(11) Plaque to the original settlers
Patricia Hart
Special thanks to Patricia Hart for contributing info and photos
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