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 […]
Booth Burying Ground
Booth Burying Ground 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 […]
Brockville Cemeteries
The Brockville Cemeteries The cemetery comprises 14 acres of land on either side of the highway. It has been owned and operated by the City of Brockville since 1860, when all the older in-town cemeteries were closed and the graves moved into this area. The land was purchased from the Grant Family. The land south […]
Lyn Cemetery
Lyn Cemetery Origins of the Cemetery and the Union Church 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 […]