Graveyard Rabbit of Grey County, Ontario

Remembering

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000

In Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, I found this monument as I strolled through the cemetery on a mission to find military memorials back in November 2009.

838171 Private

Lorne J. Ross

24th Battn CEF

24th June 1934

Lorne had served in the First World War but he did return home after the War but his health was affected by his time overseas. A search on Ancestry, led me to Canada, War Graves Registers: Circumstances of Casualty, 1914-1948 Record [database] for Lorne J Ross. It provided a link to the digital image of the form. Lorne's early death at the age of 36 was attributed to his service. He died in Christie St. Hospital in Toronto, Ontario where he had been a patient for seven weeks according to his death registration. Lorne was single and had worked as a civil servant. He was working as a waiter when he enlisted in December 1915. He gave his birth as a year earlier than it actually was, as did many young men did when they enlisted. Lornton John Ross was born 21 June 1898 to John Ross and Margaret Jane Hammond of Owen Sound.

Shiloh Cemetery, Holland Township, Grey County, Ontario

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 00:18:00 +0000

In memory of our pioneers

1853-1983

Photos taken July 25, 2012

Tombstone Tuesday - Lanktree - Langtry

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:33:00 +0000

In the cemetery in the churchyard of St. James Anglican Church, Fairmount, Ontario (near Meaford), I spied this monument where the husband and wife's surname were very similar.

Margaret A. Lanktree

wife of

Richard Langtry

1859-1921

Richard Langtry

1854-1929

It is interesting that in their marriage registration, both surnames are spelt Langtry. Margaret Ann daughter of Richard and Margaret Langtry married Richard, son of James and Eliza Langtry 30 June 1879 in Euphrasia Township, Grey County, Ontario. Margaret Ann had been born there. Richard was from Armaranth Township. [1]

In 1871, Margaret Ann Lanktree is living with her parents and siblings in Euphrasia Township. [2]

Margaret died 13 April 1921 at the Western Hospital in Toronto.[3] Richard died 15 June 1929 at the Toronto General Hospital. [4]

[1] Margaret Ann Langtry [sic] -- Richard Langtry Ontario marriage registration #003106 (30 June 1879); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca :6 September 2012), citing microfilm MS 932, reel 30)

[2] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Grey North (district 37), Euphrasia Township (sub-district c), division 1, page 47, family 176, Richard Lanktree household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 September 2012), citing microfilm C-9953, Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

[3]Margaret Langtry Ontario death registration #003278 (16 April 1921); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 September 2012), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 274, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

[4] Richard Langtry Ontario death registration #005670 (17 June 1929); digital image, Ancestry.ca ( http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 10 September 2012), citing microfilm MS 935, Reel 368, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Lakeview Cemetery - Meaford, Ontario

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000

Yesterday, a friend and I visited Lakeview Cemetery in Meaford. Although, I went there to find monuments for clients, I also did some graveyard rabbit work. I am always on the look out for interesting tombstones, grave markers, etc. This was our first visit to this cemetery.

I had gone with my list and a map from the Bruce Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society's transcription of the cemetery. This map showed where Row 1 and Stone 1 for section began. I had the coordinates for each that I was specifically looking for. For those who visit cemeteries, in particular larger cemeteries, you realize that even with the coordinates, it still can be challenging to locate what you are looking for. This cemetery has certainly made it much easier.

Locating the cemetery was the biggest challenge. I don't have a GPS but here are the coordinates according to Google Maps GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 44.59768, Longitude: -80.56961

Once we entered, things became much easier.

1. The map

2. The signs for each section

I liked knowing where a section began. Each sign is very unobtrusive but gives you the information you need to know. I wish my local cemetery did this for each section. It would certainly make the search much easier.

The day was perfect for our visit. It was warm enough for short sleeves but not so hot to be uncomfortable. The sun was shining and sky was blue. We only saw a small portion of the cemetery but it is one that I will certainly visit again.

Tombstone Tuesday - Cowan

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:26:00 +0000

Hugh Cowan is the great-grandfather of a person who contacted me when they found my blog.

Hugh Cowan was the editor of Mer Douce a magazine that chronicled life in Owen Sound in 1921-23 that was collected into a hardcover edition. Some information about him can be found at http://www.strategic-seminars.com/rev_hugh_cowan.htm

Hugh Cowan is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.

John Cowan

1828-1903

Native of Oban Scotland

His wife Mary McLean

1836-1921

Native of Mull Scotland
Their children Hector
1863-1926
Mary J
1865-1913

Laura Elizabeth Cowan

1879-1949

Julia Brady

1875-1953

Their dau

Margaret

1871-1939

Hugh

1867-1943

Tombstone Tuesday - Long Family at Greenwood Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:12:00 +0000

Long
Clara Christina Hartmier
1884-1912
wife of
Isaac Stephen Long
1873-1938
Capt. Alexander Sandy Long
1901-1958

The above stone is in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, Ontario.

Clara's death registration provides the following information: Clara Christina Long died at age 27 years 8 months and 8 days on 20 December 1912 in Owen Sound. She was born in the Township of Sullivan. She was a housewife and married. Her parents were George Hartmier and Catherine Trunisky. Clara died of Cerebral hemorrhage and her doctor was A. B. Rutherford. The informant was Isaac Stephen Long of Owen Sound. The date of the return was 30 December 1912. [1]

The registration that followed hers on the same page was of the death of their still born daughter from the previous day. [2]

The couple were married in Chatsworth, Ontario 20 September 1901.[3]

Isaac Stephen Long's birth registration shows his name as Stephen Isaac Long. His birth was registered twice in the records by Charles Gordon, clerk. Isaac Long was the son of William Long and Anne Jane Henderson. William was a weaver in Sydenham Township. Isaac was born 27 June 1873.[4]

Isaac died 15 September 1938 in Owen Sound from Bright's Disease.[5]

Alexander Long was born 15 December 1901 most likely in Owen Sound. The second page of the transcription is not available on Ancestry.ca. [6] Many registrations are missing their second page on Ancestry.

[1] Clara Christina Long Ontario death registration #014280 (21 December 1912); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 75, Archives of Ontario, Toronto. (bottom of registration also gives 30 December 1912 as registration date)
[2] still born daughter Long Ontario death registration #014281 (21 December 1912); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 75, Archives of Ontario, Toronto
[3] Clara Christina Hartmeir -- Isaac ??ng [Long] Ontario marriage registration #007475 (9 December 1901); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 932 Reel 104, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
[4] Stephen Isaac Long Ontario birth registration #004957 (5 August 1873); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 929 Reel 10, Archives of Ontario and #031132 (5 August 1873), MS 929 Reel 13.
[5] Isaac Stephen Long Ontario death registration #017200 (16 September 1938); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 607, Archives of Ontario.
[6] Alexander Long Ontario birth registration #? (?); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 7 February 2012), citing microfilm MS 929 Reel 158, Archives of Ontario.

Tombstone Tuesday - Squire Family Plot at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound pt 2

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:50:00 +0000

Back in May, I posted a photo of the Squire monument at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound. Today's posting is of another side of the monument.

Norman Morley Squire

1871-1947

Elizabeth Squire

1870-1953

N. Mabel Squire

1879-1963

In the 1871 census for Onondaga, Brant County, Norman was only 5 months old. His father Benjamin was 45 and his Mother Elizabeth 23. There is also Mary Anne 15 and Sarah 11. Mary Ann and Sarah were from a previous marriage.

By 1881, the family had grown to include Minnie 8, Edwin 5, Mabel 2 and Daniel 1. They were living in Brooke, Sarawak Township, Grey County, Ontario.

When Benjamin married Elizabeth Hamilton 22 December 1869, he was 44 and she 22. She was not much older than her stepchildren.

Morley Norman Squire, as he is registered, was born 9 November 1870 in Onandaga.

Mabel was registered as Nelly Mable. She was born 6 February 1879 in Onandaga.

Because their death registrations are not yet available, to learn more about these individuals a search for their obituaries may give their exact dates of death.

Tombstone Tuesday - Johnstone Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:02:00 +0000

It is just over two years ago that I went for a Sunday afternoon drive with a friend when we came upon a small roadside cemetery. I insisted that we stop to have a look.

A view of the area from the road.

The Cairn remembering the former church

Johnson

Presbyterian Church

1920

This cairn is erected in constant and

loving memory to the pioneers of the

Johnstone community who found a

House of God about 1859 and to the suc-

cessive congregatons of dedicated men and

women and their pastors, who in 1920,

by the generosity of John Johnstone built

a new brick church on this site, where

they worshiped until it was closed in 1969.

part of the area

MACGREGOR

In commeration of

the 150th anniversary of

the arrival of

Peter and Janet MacGregor

In March 1842

with their children

from the Isle of Mull, Scotland

I posted some information about the cairn and church in a previous blog article

International Graveyard Rabbit Column

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:18:00 +0000

Over at the Graveyard Rabbit Journal, you can read my most recent article written as the International Rabbit - Paying Homage to Those Who Came Before Us. In the article, I describe a special church service held in the Bethesda Cemetery in Markham, Ontario.

Tombstone Tuesday - Squire Family Plot at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:27:00 +0000

Benjamin

Squire

Born

May 17, 1823

Died July 29, 1899

Native of England

His Wife

Elizabeth

Hamilton

Born February 29, 1848

Died March 18, 1903

At Rest

Some information I have found about them

Benjamin was 44 when he married 22 year old Elizabeth Hamilton on 22 December 1869 in Onondaga, Brant County, Ontario. Benjamin, a miller and widowed, was the son of John and Mary Squire. Elizabeth was the daughter of Alexander and Jane Hamilton. Elizabeth had been born in Onondaga. [1]

Benjamin was enumerated in the 1851 census with his parents, John and Mary, in the Township of Brant but he is listed as non-resident, a miller, lving in Churchville, County of York.

I didn't find him in 1861.

In the 1871 census, he is enumerated with his wife, Elizabeth and his children - some from his first marriage in Onondaga, North Brant, Ontario. By 1881, they have moved to Brookholm, Sarawak Township, Ontario.

Benjamin Squire, retired miller, died 29 July 1899 in Sarawak Township, County of Grey. [2]

Elizabeth Squire, wife of Benjamin Squire died, according to the death registration, 18 November 1903. She was born in Onendago, Ontario. [3] There is a discrepancy between the information on the tombstone and what is in the death regisration.

[1] Benjamin Squire - Elizabeth Hamilton Ontario marriage registration (22 December 1869); digital image Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 31 May 2011), citing microfilm MS 932, Reel 2, Archives of Ontario, Toronto

[2] Benjamin Squire Ontario death registration #010318 (31 July 1899); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 31 May 2011), citing microfilm MS 935, Reel 92, Archives of Ontario, Toronto

[3] Elizabeth Squire Ontario death registration #014093 (23 November 1903); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 31 May 2011), citing MS 935, Reel 110

This is not my family. There is information on the other side, which I will show at a later date.

Snow-laden trees in Greenwood Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:20:00 +0000

Today's Tombstone Tuesday posting includes winter photos of Greenwood Cemetery. On Sunday, March 13, the snow coated the trees so after church, I took a drive through the cemetery. I stopped and took these photos.

LePan family members - Greenwood Cemetery Owen Sound - Tombstone Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:11:00 +0000

In Memory of

Frederick Nicholas D'Orr

LePan

Died A.D. 1899

Aged 80 Years

3 Mos 7 Dys.

Henry G. F. LePan

1844 -1916

Frederick N. LePan

Frederick Nicholas D'Orr Lepan died 19 October 1899 in Owen Sound, Ontario. He was a former County Treasurer. His home is part of the historic buildings in Owen Sound. He was also a merchant. Information on his store is included here.

Henry "Harry" LePan died at the age of 72 years on 3 May 1916.

Frederick N. LePan died 25 May 1919 in Toronto.

Tombstone Tuesday - Hipwell - Tromley

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:50:00 +0000

This monument caught my eye in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound because of the beautiful figure of the angel.

HIPWELL
In loving memory of
Norval Eldred Hipwell
1907-1958
Beloved husband of
Clara Louise Tromley
1904-1995

Norval E. Hipwell was in the shipbuilding related business in Owen Sound. He was born in Manitoba in 1907 and appears in the 1911 census in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba and in the 1916 census Neepawa, Manitoba. His parents were Ernest and Mary Catherine E. Hipwell.

Clara Louise Tromley was born in Parry Sound District of Ontario in 1904. Her parents were Fred Tromley and Edith Stinton. In the 1911 census, the family is in the Dauphin District of Manitoba.

Some of their family information is found on a Rootsweb WorldConnect Tree

Tombstone Tuesday - Canadian Legion Memorials - Lest We Forget

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:03:00 +0000

Tombstone Tuesday - Rev. Peter Scott and wife Jeanie Wallace

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:18:00 +0000

Sometimes my client research takes me to Bruce County cemeteries. In the spring, I visited Port Elgin Cemetery where my attention was caught by this monument because of the details provided.

In loving memory of

Rev. Peter Scott

died Jan. 19, 1908 aged 77 years

Native of Selkirkshire

Scotland & for 28 years

pastor of Hibbert Congregation

Perth County

Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth

His wife Jeanie R. Wallace 1842-1931

For possible descendants or relations of this couple , the details on the monument provide some good information to start the search into the lives of Peter and Jeanie.

Here is what I learned about the couple in addition to what is stated on the stone from some quick research on Ancestry.ca.

Rev. Peter Scott - He died in Paisley, Bruce County, Ontario [1]. The informant was John Scott. There is no indication of a relationship to the deceased.

Peter Scott, a resident of Perth County and minister of the Gospel married Jeanie Wallace, a resident of Southampton, Ontario on 24 June 1880 in Southampton. Peter was the son of John and Beatrice Scott. Jeanie was the son of John and Janet Wallace. [2]

Question not answered is how did Peter and Jeanie meet? There is a Wallace family enumerated on the same page as the Scott household in Saugeen Township, Bruce County, Ontario. The Peter Scott is a carpenter in 1861 and in 1871 a student. Had he gone into preparing for the ministry? His age is in line with the Peter who is later living in Hibbert Township . The Scott household has John Wallace but the wife is Lydia. There is a daughter whose name looks more like Jessie than Jeanie, but could it be her? There is a good chance these are the correct families as other Peter Scotts found in 1861 and in 1871 aren't as good a match.

In 1881, Peter and Jeanie are living in Hibbert, Perth County. Peter is a Presbyterian minister. By 1891, the census shows the addition of a daughter Janet, aged 7 to the family. The 1901 census has Peter aged 70, Jeanie aged 59 and Janet aged 17. It gives Peter's year of immigration as 1860.If this is correct, he should appear on the 1861 census.

After Peter's death in 1908, Jeanie and daughter Janet, aged 27, are found in the 1911 census living at 23 Albert Street, Paisley. At the time of Peter's death, he was living on Albert Street in Paisley.

Jeanie died 19 February 1931 in Paisley, Ontario. Because the death registration that is available is more recent than Peter's, more information is provided. The informant of her death is Jno. Scott, nephew. [3]

Civil registration sources
[1] Peter Scott Ontario death registration #097326 (21 January 1908); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 September 2010), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 134 Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

[2] Peter Scott - Jeanie Wallace Ontario marriage registration #001566 (24 June 1880); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 September 2010), citing microfilm MS 932 Reel 32, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

[3] Jeanie Scott Ontario death registration #0019631 (19 February 1931); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 13 September 2010), citing microfilm MS 935 Reel 411.

Greenwood Cemetery aka People's Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:27:00 +0000

Over at the Graveyard Rabbit Online Journal, an article I wrote about Owen Sound's cemetery is now online.

The featured names were Lethbridge and McAllister. This study shows how a variety of sources can provide different information and that only using one source concerning death leads to incomplete information. To gain a better understanding of who everyone was, non-death related sources are also needed.

The deed to the grave plot only tells who bought the plot and its location. The receipt shows how much Robert Lethbridge, Jr. paid for it.

A visit to the cemetery ground found the stones but not all the names were inscribed on the stones as was discovered when looking at the cemetery's online database. One name inscribed on the stone was not located in the database as Ontario's privacy laws prohibited its inclusion.

Census and vital records helped with determining relationships.

Not viewed were newspaper death notices/obituaries or the microfilm of the various cards in the Greenwood Cemetery files.

Greenwood Cemetery Owen Sound - Chapel

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:00 +0000

photo take November 1. 2008

Mayor Mathew R. Duncan laid the cornerstone for the chapel in 1905. A year later, it was used for the first funeral. Until the mausoleum was constructed in 1930, the chapel was used during bad weather for the committal service and for storage during the winter. There were no burials in the winter. Inside there is a trap door in the middle of the building. It could be raised and the coffins placed on storage racks below until the spring.

From 1930 to the 1990s, this building was used as the cemetery office. It was to this building on a cold March morning in 1990 that my mother, brother and I went to purchase three plots after my dad died. One plot was for my dad; one was later used for my mom and one will be for me.

Information on the chapel is from the historic plaque that stands beside this building.

Tombstone Tuesday - Girdler and Bluhm

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:58:00 +0000

During a recent walk in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound, I found this monument. The sketches on the stone reflect their interest. They obviously enjoyed hitting the road on travels. Look at the sketch in the centre. It is a collage of grain, dice and musical notes. The flowers are reflecting on to the stone.

Shirley was the big girl next door when I was little and living on the east side of town.

Tombstone Tuesday - Richard Ayearst (Lord of Bothamsall)

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:44:00 +0000

Among the monuments in the Markdale Cemetery is one that stands out because it is not what one might expect to find in a small town cemetery.

Is this sculpture a work of Bobbie Carlyle known as the Self Made Man? The self made man is carving himself - his character and his future, out of stone.

Who is Richard Ayearst - Lord of Bathamsall? [March 4 2011 update. The name of the village is Bothamsall. Information provided by his widow.]

He was born in 1950 and died in 1997.

The first line of the poem is cited on different websites as the words of Alan Ashley-Pitt but I have not discovered who he is.

"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has." It appears to be from a work called "On Creativity".

Update: September 18, 2010, I received an email from a reader with this information on the name:

I know that the Ayearst's originally came from England into Canada, settling in the Toronto area. My Great Grandfather was William Albert Ayearst, my Grandfather was William Thomas Boyd Ayearst. William T.B. Ayearst had 2 brothers, John A. & Francis. There is a plaque on the west wall of the Nave at Canterbury Cathedral: William Ayearst D.D., died May 9th, 1765 aged 81.

The family name began as Ayerst (possibly Aherst) in Kent and an "a" was inserted centuries ago. A book was compiled by Morley Ayearst, 1973, East Hampton, New York on the family history. Most of the U.S. Ayearst's are interred at Michigan Memorial Park Cemetery, Flat Rock, Mich.

Baby Mary Hutton

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:11:00 +0000

Mary

dau. of

James & Janet

Hutton

Died Oct 27. 1889

Aged 1 mo. 6 ds

Buried in Walkerton Cemetery, Bruce County, Ontario

Mary was born 11 September 1889 according to her birth registration. Her death registration was not found on Ancestry. Her parents were James Hutton and Janet Kinmond. Her birth was registered two days before the date of death shown on her tombstone.

The Graveyard Rabbit of Grey noticed this tombstone when visiting in the Walkerton Cemetery.

Mary Hutton, Ontario birth registration #002714 (25 October 1889); digitial image, Ancestry.ca citing Archives of Ontario, microfilm MS 929 Reel 92

Cenotaph - IOOF

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:33:00 +0000

This tall cenotaph caught my eye one day while walking in Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound. I went closer to see the names inscribed on the plaque.

Several names caught my eye as two were men who I had been researching for several years.

If you look at the photo of the whole monument. Click on the photo to enlarge it. There are three rings. These are the symbols for the Independent Order of Oddfellows: Friendship, Love and Truth. The IOOF and the Rebekas erected this monument after the First World War.

Until, I was looking at the support material for one of the oral histories at the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library, I didn't know anything more about it. In 1977, Richard Neath was interviewed and one of the key subjects he talked about was the IOOF.

The support material was entitled "Lest We Forget". I haven't listened to the interview to know if the monument was talked about. After the end of the war, IOOF Lodges 180 and 441 formed a special committee to make recommendations for a suitable memorial.

Here I quote the article

. . . a square tapering monument, built with native field stone was decided upon. Volunteer help headed by Bro. Geo. Darby, P.G. dug the excavation for the case and other members spent afternoons and evenings gathering rocks and field stones which were hauled to the site on a truck donated by Bro. R. A. Breckenridge. Bro. C. H. Thompson was able to secure cement and the necessary aggregate for a nominal sum, to pour the base, which would require approximately 24 cubic yards of concrete. This was all done by members of the order and resulted in a lot of sore muscles and some blisters as machinery for mixing concrete in those days has long been outdated. The building of the monument was placed in [the] hands of a local stone mason by the name of Mr. Wm. Malcolm, who was without a doubt a master craftsman, especially with field stone. A recess was left on the West side of the monument to place a suitable bronze tablet on which the names of the members of the order who gave their lives during world war one was cast. [1]

Unfortunately, no date of dedication is given.

R. H. Neath, P. G., P.D. D. G. M., "Lest we Forget" in the supporting material for an oral interview conducted on March 15, 1977 for the Owen Sound Public Library conducted by Carol Anne Holder.

Greenwood Cemetery Owen Sound Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:36:00 +0000

Near the mausoleum, you will find the plan for Greenwood Cemetery. Originally, the areas were called mainly by names that described the location. For example - West Extension. That area now is called Spruce Haven. The cemetery has a database of burials on its website that includes up to 1979.
For each entry there is a code to tell the location the person's name, age at death, title, date of death and date of burial. All very useful information.

The listings only go up to 1979 because of Privacy Laws in Ontario. If you are looking for a more recent burial you will have to contact the cemetery office.

Tombstone Tuesday - Brackenborough (2)

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:53:00 +0000

This is a follow-up of a previous Tombstone Tuesday on the Brackenborough Family. As a result of that posting, I was able to connect two people researching this surname and provide some information.

When I took the photo last fall, I forgot to look at the other side of the stone. I am posting it here with a photo of the other side showing the area where the stone is located. Last Friday, I took advantage of the warm spring day to go walking in the cemetery.

To live in the hearts of those we leave behind

is not to die

BRACKENBOROUGH

1921 Edwin Frederick (Bud) 1967

Mary Emma Buchanan

WARBUTON

1925 Ron Warbuton 1997

Husband of Gwen Brackenborough

Tombstone Tuesday - Mary Alice Linley

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:26:00 +0000

In Memory of Mary Alice Linley

dau of

It looks like Feb 2 1883

6 yrs 5 mo 23 days

Maxwell - St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery

I have found her birth registration, but not her death registration. Her name was entered as Mary Ellis Lindley 8 August 1876. She was the daughter of Edward Lindley and Sarah Jane Connor.

Mary Ellis Lindley Ontario birth registration #007349 (5 November 1876); digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca ; accessed 30 March 2010), citing microfilm MS 929 Reel 23, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

Tombstone Tuesday - Old Durham Road Pioneer Cemetery

noreply@blogger.com (Janet Iles) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Photos of Tombstones can be seen on the Genweb Cemetery Project site.

The four headstones were found in 1990.

The book Broken Shackles provides some background on this cemetery. The stones were on graves of early Black settlers to the area.

Above collage and photos by Janet Iles