The Tincap cemetery is one of the older cemeteries in the region. It has not been maintained and is not owned by the municipal government. It’s historic name is Sand Hill Cemetery and is located approximately here.
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(as it appeared in the booklet “Families” vol.22, no. 4, 1983, November)
NOTE: Grave Location Maps at the very end of this post
NOTE: Alphabetical Listing of Names is in the middle section of this post
The Lyn cemetery was recorded during three major visitations on the 6th, 11th and 16th of November 1975, largely through the efforts of Ibra L. Conners, the author (George A. Neville) and his wife, Iris Neville of Ottawa together with generous assistance by Elizabeth Stuart of Osgoode and Elizabeth M. Gordon, Marjory Phillips and Mary L. Boyd of Ottawa. In total more than 110 man hours were required for recording tombstones, double checking the inscriptions and in preparing a recording map showing the relative locations of the stones in the cemetery. Unfortunately, the pressure of editorial work and other engagements prevented final preparation of the recording until September 1982 when a final visitation was made to clarify some of the questions which had arisen during preliminary typing of the inscriptions. At this time some additional tombstone data were added in cases know to the author of demises during the preparatory interval; however it was not possible to make a complete re-check of the cemetery, the recording of memorials must be dated effectively from November of 1975.
During the September visitation following the seven year interim, it was noted that several of the abandoned tombstones (A series) had been grouped together and laid flat into the lawn along the north fence a few paces east of the main gate. This arrangement is shown opposite, the particular stones being (fore to aft) A3, A4, A6, A8, A17, A18, A21, A22 and A27. In addition, three stones, 413, 414 and 416, previously located elsewhere in the cemetery in 1975 as shown on the map, were now found at the eastern (aft) edge of this embedded grouping. Likewise the grouping happily contains two new tombstones, A30 and A31 (re the latter, see also 144) previously not seen but presumably resurrected during cemetery maintenance. A third, newly found tombstone, A29, may be seen laid into the lawn near the north fence a few paces west of the main gate. During November, 1982, much of the wild brush growth and a few dead trees between the northern fence and the limestone outcropping were cut out exposing numerous broken remnants of old abandoned tombstones which, in due course will probably be added tot he memorial arrangements.
Using the Cemetery Recording
The numerical sequence of the cemetery recording is purely arbitrary. Numbers were assigned to each memorial (also to bases of missing memorials to indicate the existence if plots) starting at the north side with the most westerly row (the newest section) south of the gate below the Anglican Church. Numbering was continued south to the end row; then it was continued northward along the second row. In this way numbering advanced eastward while working rows alternately south and north as indicated by the attached recording map. Sometimes during checking of the recordings, a missed tombstone would be found. Such previously missed stones are identified by the letters A or B following the number of the most proximate stone, e.g. tombstone 479A located near stone 479 was missed on the first round. In addition, a series of tombstones and fragments were found along the north fence in November, 1974 after frost had denuded and reduced much of the vegetation. These stones, indicated by the prefix A, are appended as a separate group at the end of the principal recording. Names from all recorded tombstones have been indexed alphabetically for convenience of reference to transcribed memorials, the number following each name indicating the particular store bearing the memorial or group of memorials. Double entries have been made in the case of names of females:
1) a given name followed by a capitalized surname indicates the married name of the woman, e.g. Eleanor CLOW (470) (seen under Aird) signifies that Eleanor Aird was married as Eleanor Clow
2) a given name following a surname in lower case indicates the woman’s name before marriage, e.g. Georgina May (Pettem) (49) seen under ANDERSON signifies that the former Georgina May Pettem was married to an Anderson. The relationships were all derived from the inscribed information, and this system of surname presentation is simply given to maximize cross-reference and name retrieval.
Whenever possible, affiliation of the deceased with a lodge or lodges, as judged by the presence of lodge markers near the tombstones, has been indicated within parenthesis in the tombstone inscriptions as follows: (I.O.O.F.) Independent Order of Oddfellows; (Masonic) Masons of Canada; (A.O.U.W.) Ancient Order of United Workmen; (R. Of R.) Daughters of Rebecca; (Eastern Star) Order of Eastern Star.
Acknowledgement
The Author is indebted to the late Walter Jarvis, Gerald Coon and to Alan Hanna for information bearing on cemetery organization and operation.
St. Francis Xavier Cemetery is a part of the Brockville Cemetery. There is an older St. Francis cemetery located on the south side of Highway #2, behind the Old Protestant Cemetery and closer to the river.
The newer section of St. Francis can be accessed from the Lyn Road or by a short connecting road leading from Oakland Cemetery.
These are some random photos of this cemetery taken in 2018.
Concession 1, Lot 1 Location: behine 1937 Hwy 2, on the eastern boundary of Elizabethtown, on Burnside Road Alternate Cemetery Name: Old Thomas Sherwood Family Cemetery – Twp of Elizabethtown* GPS- 44.614576, -75.643404
6539 New Dublin Rd, cor 7th Concession, in field On Private Land, Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Twp of Elizabethtown* GPS- 44.667882, -75.795032
Frederick Moore Sr. 1770-1848
Eliza Bolton 1773-1815
NCO Irish Yoeman Calvary
Q.M. Sgt. War 1812
Ensign 1st Leeds Militia
William Moore 1740-1820
Married in Dublin c1766
Frances Proctor c1714-c1816
Member Barbers-Surgeons Guild
Yeoman Loyalist Co. Wexford 1798
Arrived Aug 1817 Younge Twp
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List of internment’s
Sarah Moore who died Jan 20, 1816 in the 18th year of her age (footstone, small marker)
Foot Stone (E.M.)
Frederick Moore, Sr. who died Sep 4, 1848 in the ?? year, b.1770
George Thompson, Born in Co. Tyrone Ireland, died in Elizabethtown, Oct 2, 1840 at 84 yrs
George Evans, who died August 1856, age 21 yrs & 8 mos
Ellen Maud, wife of James Astleford, who died Mar 28 1874 aged 36 yrs, 3 mo, 24 days
Hannah Cockral, wife of Henry Maud who died Aug 30, 1857 aged 60 yrs
Susan, wife of Henry Maud, who died Mar 23, 1874 aged 72 yrs, also her Grand-daughter Margaret Akice. (Erected by her daughter Sarah Astleford)
Adam Horton, d Aug 29, 1861, Ann wife of Adam Horton d Aug. 7 1856 aged 70 years (Stone Broken)
Willm. Davis d July 15, 1868 age 80 years
Jane daughter of Willm & E.Davis died Oct 10, 1855 age 27 yrs
Caroline A., dau’r of John & Caroline A. Shannon died Aug. 11, 1870 aged 4 yrs, 3 mos & 6 days
Rev. James Samuel Evans, died July 24, 1910 aged 78 yrs, 7 mos, 1 day
John Evans, died Juy 29, 1885 aged 85 years 28 d’s also his wife Mary Ann Thompson died Feb 18, 1890 aged 90 yrs. Natives of Drummond, Tyrone Co., Ireland
Delorma, son of George and Lucinda Evans died Nov 11, 18??, age 2 yrs
William James, son of W.J. & C.Cooper, died June 11, 1897 age 33 yrs, 3mos
William Baker, 1845-1913
John Horton died Aug 18, 1905 aged 93 yrs, 7 mos.
Ann Maud wife of John Horton died March 1, 1894 aged 69 years & 10 months
James Astleford, born Aug 19, 1838 died Aug 129, 1892, his wife Ann Horton born Feb 27, 1851 died Jan 8 1935
Jane Astleford, wife of Henry Maud, died Sep 17, 1905, aged 68 yrs, Henry Maud born April 15, 1840, died March 8, 1913
Concession: 2, Lot: 25/26; Location: next to 2418 Murphy Road; Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Unregistered Cemetery- on Private Property– GPS- 44-583896, -75.760260
WEEKS, Neoma (wife of John Weeks) – died 1851 at age 70 yrs
Concession 9, Lot 25, Location: East side of County Road 7, just north of Greenbush, behind #9472 Cty Rd. 7, – Twp of Elizabethtown* – GPS- 44.701591, 75.858257
List of Graves:
Inserted “?” if not legible
KERR, Susan (daughter of George & Eleanor) – died February 5, 1863
KERR, Charlotte – 1841 to 1914
KERR, George – died 1881 at age 82 yrs.
KERR, Eleanor – died 1890 at age 76 yrs.
KERR, Elizabeth – 1839 to 1895
??, Sarah – not legible
YOUNG, Herbert H. – died 1898 at age 37 yrs.
YOUNG, John – died 1890 at age 83 yrs.
KERR, Susannah (wife of Michael Kerr) – died 1856 at age 43 yrs.
KERR, Edward – died 1839 at age 74 yrs.
KERR, Susannah (wife of Edward) – died 1851 at age 85 yrs.
CAVANAGH, Martin – died 1879 at age 61 yrs.
CAVANAGH, Margaret (wife of Martin) – died 1888 at age 90 yrs.
YOUNG, Humphrey R. (son of H.B. & S.) – died 1819 at 12 mos.
YOUNG, Maragret (wife of E.A. Horton) – 1859 to 1905
Concession 8, Lot 24 Jellyby Road, Location: In a field just east of Greenbush; Cemetery Status: Abandoned (1826-1952) –Twp of Elizabethtown* GPS- 44.689178, -75.841724
Concession: 4, Lot: 32; Location: Seeley’s, on the west side of Perth Road between Kilkenny Road and Howe Road; Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Twp of Elizabethtown*, GPS: 44.584538,- 75.805278
Also buried here is Mathew Booth 1796-1852 and his wife Eunice Holmes Booth 1799-1836
Concession 5, Lot: 26; Location: Hwy 29 north of Brockville, across from Weagant Farm Supplies; Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Twp of Elizabethtown*, GPS not available
Concession: 9, Lot: 33; 1 mile north of Addison Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Twp of Elizabethtown*, GPS: 44.675611, -75.884843
The photos and information were sent to us by E.Seabrooke, many thanks for them.
They reported that this is the only headstone left standing in the cemetery plot.
The tombstone reads; ” In memory of Sarah E., daughter of Wm. & Abigail Brown who died June 10, 1852 age 11 months; Hiram, Son of Wm & Abigail Brown died Feb 19 1859 age 9 yrs & 7 mo.
Concession: 1, Lot: 28; Location: at the south end of Fulford Point Road, west of Brockville , established in 1786 – Twp of Elizabethtown*, GPS- 44.541371, -75.750953
Anyone visiting this cemetery should respect the “No Parking” signs as this is private property.
The St. Lawrence River looking towards the West (photo #22)
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Concession: 1; Lot: 19/20; Location Address: Hwy 2, west of Brockville; Alternate Cemetery Name: Old Protestant Cemetery – Brockville Cemetery Board* GPS: 44.569994, -75.724892
This cemetery has been owned and operated by the City of Brockville since 1860, when fourteen acres of land on the western outskirts of the town were purchased from the Grant Family.
The land south of the main road had been granted by the Crown to Sgt. Allan Grant U.E.L in 1798. The newly acquired land was divided into three sections for use by the Anglican Church, Other Protestant Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. The early graves in this cemetery were moved here when old church cemeteries which originally existed in the town Brockville, were closed.
James Morrow Walsh (May 22, 1840 to July 25, 1905) was a North West Mounted Police Officer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.
Born in Prescott, Ontario, James Walsh was one of the original officers of the NWMP. Superintendent Walsh was assigned in 1875 to establish a post in the Cypress Hills in what is now Saskatchewan. He named it Fort Walsh after himself. The location of the post was determined by the Cypress Hills Massacre in 1873, an atrocity stemming from the illegal American whiskey trade.
Walsh’s original role was to shut down this trade, but in June 1876 his position grew in importance when several thousand Sioux Indians crossed the border into Canada, taking refuge there after the Battle of Little Big Horn. They settled near the Wood Mountain post in present day Saskatchewan.
Walsh developed a strong friendship with the famous Sioux leader Sitting Bull and successfully kept peace in the region. By the summer of 1877, Walsh although still in command of Fort Walsh, spent little time there. His headquarters became the Wood Mountain Post, among Sitting Bull and 5,000 Sioux. During this time, Walsh became famous in the American press as “Sitting Bull’s Boss”. In reality, Walsh was unable to fulfil his orders to convince Sitting Bull to return to the U.S. The Canadian Government decided that Walsh’s friendship with Sitting Bull was an obstacle to the Sioux’s return and in 1880 Walsh was transferred to Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. Soon after, he took health leave and returned to Ontario. He reluctantly resigned his commission three years later.
In August 1897, during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush, Walsh was appointed Commissioner of the newly created Yukon Territory. He resigned soon after in 1898. He died in Brockville, Ontario in 1905. (Wikipeda)
Lt. Douglas A. Bogue
Kincaid Family Memorial
The Malloch Cairn
This dry stone pyramid was erected about 1896 by Dr. Archie Malloch in memory of his family. It has stood here for a long time causing many people to wonder about its history. The original mason responsible for its erection is said to be Archibald Henry Davidson. The Scottish stone work was put up without mortar. It was in a state of deterioration in 1989 when the Cemetery Board undertook to have it rebuilt. The masons who did the work at that time were Sid De Schiffart and Gerry Viekamp.
Two sisters, Sophie age 12 and Emily age 18, daughters of the Rev. Joseph Hugill, drowned whilst bathing- July 30, 1879.
Concession: 2, Lot 21; Location: South of the Centennial Road, across from the Parslow Road.- Howard Cemetery Board* – GPS- 44.593936, -75.748093, Drive to the end of the road and then onto a grass covered road. There is room to turn a car around at the end. Fenced, Gated and gate locked.
The origin of Lyn Cemetery is obscure, but would appear to have originated with the first church, the Union Church, built by the Methodists on the spot where the drive-sheds for the St. John the Baptist (Church of England) were later built, now a parking area east of the church on a plateau above the cemetery.
Since the Union Church was the only church for miles around, it in effect became an inter denominational, Protestant church used by several congregations including Quakers. People used to walk or ride on horseback long distances to attend a “quarterly meeting”. It is said that the first Methodist Conference to be held in Eastern Ontario of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held in it and most of the delegates were from New York State and that a number of Bishops were in attendance. Unfortunately the church was destroyed during a violent wind storm on January 13, 1890. The bricks from this church were removed and used in the building of another Methodist Church at Glen Buell.
Although the total area utilized for the cemetery is not great, the cemetery consists of several portions of tiled land and others for which no records apparently exist. The first tombstones were large pieces of flagstone, and the oldest burials are to be found in the central region of the cemetery. Indeed the depression of the old service road may yet be seen in this part of the cemetery curving south-westerly from an old gate located midway along the northern fence line. From this point, an old lane way gently rises eastward to the road, a remnant of more easy access from the days of horse drawn vehicles. (excerpts taken from the magazine “Families” Vol 22 No.4 pub in 1983 and written by George A. Neville)
Concession 3, Lot 27, Location: East side of the Village of Lyn between the Veteran’s Memorial and St. John the Baptist Anglican Church.- Lyn Cemetery Committee* – GPS- 44.577355, -75.777818
Map of Graves at the Lyn Cemetery – See post on interments for names of those buried here.
Concession: 10, Lot: 33; Cemetery Status: Closed to further burials – Twp of Elizabethtown* – GPS- 44.685269, -75.890647- Redan Road north of Addison- Photos taken August 2016
List of Graves
Andrew Pepper b 1847 d Feb 11, 1920
Evalina Pepper b 1871 d 1896
Jane Pepper b 1837 d Feb 25, 1921 wife of James Hewitt
Glaydes S., daughter of S. & C. Whitmore d Oct 28, 1900 age 1 year, 1 month
Stanley M., son of S. & C. Whitmore d Jan 5, 1896 age 4 months, 26 days
John Pepper, d. Jan 27, 1890 age 95 yrs, 7 months, 25 days
Nancy wife of John Pepper d Mar 3, 1893 age 77 yrs, 11 months, 15 days
John W. Lucas 1862-1948
John Pepper age 70 d Oct 15, 1910
Sarah Pepper age 86, b 1832 d Dec 15, 1912
George Pepper b Toldeo d May 15, 1922 age 51 yrs 12 days, son of Charles Pepper and Katie Brennan
Concession: 8, Lot: 3 , Gosford Road, first interment 1856 – Gosford Cemetery Board*, GPS- 44.723389, -75.749537, located at 8838 Gosford Road, beside the Gosford Church All photos taken in 2016
Concession 6, Lot 30 Location: East side of Highway 29, south of Glen Buell – Twp of Elizabethtown*, GPS- 44.634845, -75.838993, , The cemetery is located just north of house number 6065, Cty Rd. 29, dircetly north of the cemetery is a mowed path leading to the cemetery.- photos taken August 2016