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 Kingston Electors
Cemeteries are also encouraging engagement by throwing concerts (there is a concert this Thursday at the New York City Marble Cemetery), leading regular tours, holding cocktail parties, and even offering themselves out for weddings.
The cemetery closed its gates because it was frightened of vandalism and a bit ashamed of its unkempt state.
The potential historic significance of some cemeteries is made clear by a drive through Woodlawn with Susan Olsen, the cemetery's cheery historian with an "I brake for historic graveyards" bumper sticker on the back of her car.
kingstonelectors.ca /article.php?id=231   (2653 words)

  
 Kingston Branch, OGS -- Publications List
Cataraqui United and McGuin Cemetery, Cataraqui, 88 pp.
Cataraqui Cemetery (sections individually indexed) Cataraqui Cemetery Section A, 82 pp.
Rideau Ferry Cemetery (North Elmsley Township) and 0-7779-0530-2 $12.00 St. James Anglican Cemetery (Port Elmsley), 61 pp.
web.ctsolutions.com /ogskingston/publications/list.html   (2273 words)

  
 Cataraqui Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The cemetery was founded in the wake of an 1847 typhoid epidemic that claimed approximately 1500 lives.
Cataraqui Cemetery was envisioned as a solution to the presence of festering burial grounds within the city.
Outside the city limits, the park-like cemetery was expected to provide a peaceful resting place, as well as a soothing atmosphere for the bereaved.
www.queensu.ca /secretariat/cataraqui/catcem.html   (115 words)

  
 boldts.net - Kingston - Cataraqui Cemetery
It's been said that a family isn't really established in Kingston unless it has three generations buried in Cataraqui Cemetary.
The cemetery occupies a scenic rolling landscape at the corner of Princess Street and Sydenham Road, just outside the former city limits.
Although he died in Ottawa in 1891, he was buried in Kingston where he lived for many years practicing law, and even serving in local political office.
www.boldts.net /KingstonA.shtml   (131 words)

  
 Kingston Historical Society - Chronology of the History of Kingston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
He is buried in Cataraqui Cemetery in 1892.
Cataraqui Bridge is opened over the Great Cataraqui River and connects Kingston to Pittsburgh Township.
Cataraqui Cemetery, a non-denominational garden cemetery, is incorporated.
www.heritagekingston.org /chrono.html   (6925 words)

  
 Descendants of Thomas JARVIS and Elizabeth Pole - pafg08.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Ellen PHILLIPSON was born on 12 Jun 1897 in The Meadows, Nottingham.
Mabel PHILLIPSON was born in 1901 in Nottingham.
Elsie JARVIS was born in 1909 in The Meadows, Nottingham.
www.alan-russell.co.uk /family/jarvis/pafg08.htm   (1096 words)

  
 The 21st Battalion CEF
This writer witnessed this process at the Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston in the summer of 2005.
Before going to Kingston I had three of my dowsing buddies remote dowse the cemetery grounds using a map of the cemetery, they sent their results to me. I naturally figured if Nan is in the cemetery, she would be buried in or near the military section.
She had to be in a spot that would not be used for a future burial plot, of which there were several of these spots in and around the military section.
21st-battalion-2.tripod.com /nan.html   (1203 words)

  
 James Reid Funeral Home, Cataraqui Chapel in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
For those wishing to make a donation to the charity of the family's choice, contact may be made to the charity directly or a cheque made payable to the charity may be forwarded to the James Reid Funeral Home and the staff will forward the cheque to the charity.
PALMER, Walter S. 'A father is a father, forever' Life member of Kingston Naval Veterans Association, member of HMCS Cataraqui Association After a brief illness, peacefully at the Kingston General Hosptial on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at the age of 81.
Friends will be received at the James Reid Funeral Home, Cataraqui Chapel (1900 John Counter Blvd. at Highway 2) on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 from 1pm until the Celebration of her life beginning at 2pm in the Chapel, followed by a reception.
www.webwoods.com /jrfuneral/obit.cfm   (10787 words)

  
 Frontenac County Cemeteries
I think it was originally the cemetery of St. James Anglican Church, which is just down the road, about a quarter of a mile to the south.
I have a list (obtained from the Anglican Diocese Archives in Kingston) that I think was compiled by someone from the Joyceville Institution in 1960, showing the names of the people buried there, along with their ages and the dates on the headstones.
Unfortunately, my copy is a photocopy of a photocopy, and the original document appears to have been creased when it was put into the copier, with the result that I can't read all of the entry that interests me. Only the name is legible, but the age and date are hidden.
www.rootsweb.com /~onfronte/cemeterylist.html   (967 words)

  
 List of cemeteries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brompton Cemetery- Opened in 1840, it is one of London's Magnificent Seven cemeteries and is the final resting place for a number of prominent persons including Samuel Cunard, Emmeline Pankhurst, Sir Charles Fremantle amongst others.
Highgate Cemetery, London, is notable for its Egyptian Avenue and Lebanon Circle.
Geneva Cemetery, Geneva is where Lewis Paine, a/k/a Lewis Thornton Powell, co-conspirator in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, is buried.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_famous_cemeteries   (3794 words)

  
 OGS Cemetery Transcriptions at the Archives of Ontario - Frontenac County
OGS Cemetery Transcriptions at the Archives of Ontario - Frontenac County
The Church Acre of Christ Church, the north portion of the cemetery of Christ Church Cataraqui, Con.
Mundell Cemetery on a bluff on the east side of Hwy.
www.archives.gov.on.ca /english/interloan/cem_frontenac.htm   (223 words)

  
 WeAreIrish - Kingston Irish & Scottish Immigrants Buried in Skeleton Park
The park was in use as a city cemetery for Catholics and Protestants from c1813 until 1865.
This is the reason why the Catholic, Presbyterian, and Anglican churches proposed that the bodies be exhumed and re-interred in St. Mary's and Cataraqui Cemeteries, and the area be converted to a city park.
Catholics were to be re-interred in St. Mary's Cemetery and Anglicans and Presbyterians in the Cataraqui Cemetery, but only upon request.
www.weareirish.ca /dynpage/387   (926 words)

  
 The Funeral Directory - Highgate Cemetery
Sir John A. himself, 1815-1891, is buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, ON.
Macdonald's first wife was an invalid who was often in such pain that she had to "have recourse to opium, externally and internally." That's a direct quote from one of Macdonald's letters.
When Agnes died in 1920, aged 84, she was buried in the Ocklynge Cemetery in Eastbourne, a city south of London.
www.thefuneraldirectory.com /mystery.html   (804 words)

  
 Spooner Generations - res100.htm
She was buried in Cataraqui (Section E) Frontenac Kingston KG-0524-8.
She died 24 Sep 1875 and was buried in Cannington Midland Cemetery.
She died 4 Aug 1879 and was buried in Cannington Midland Cemetery.
www.spoonergen.com /trees/US-William/resg100.htm   (1119 words)

  
 The Globe and Mail: Series
Some are in pretty villages, others in vast cemeteries that are tourist destinations in their own right.
With some 200 other celebrities buried in the same garden cemetery on Mount Royal, John Abbott makes the free public tours offered each summer mainly because his rather ordinary tombstone is well located.
It's a humble gravestone in a village cemetery in the Eastern Townships, but it attracts visitors because of its proximity to the National Historic Site that preserves Louis St. Laurent's birthplace and the adjacent general store once run by his father.
www.theglobeandmail.com /series/trudeau/hisstr_oct07.html   (1250 words)

  
 CDM10A12
A few years ago authorities were chided about the condition of the plot in Cataraqui Cemetery.
The fund objective of $20,000 is within sight and already most of the improvements have been made including cleaning of the gravestones, construction of a flagstone path and landscaping by Mark D. Fluhrer.
She has picked up useful suggestions from a piper who attended the annual graveside service, the curious school children who came on tours, and acknowledges the extensive professional input and work of the committee members.
www.clandonald.org.uk /cdm10/cdm10a12.htm   (747 words)

  
 Cataraqui Cemetery Company - Kingston Attractions
You might say, ‘I’m on vacation, and you tell me to visit at cemetery?’ In fact, local cemeteries hold the richest historical content of any area.
Begun in the early 1800s as a village burial ground, Cataraqui Cemetery was incorporated in 1850.
The garden style cemetery is at 927 Purdy Mills Rd.
www.kingstonkiosk.com /kingston-tour/cataraqui-cemetery-company.php   (111 words)

  
 Prime Ministers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax on Jan 3, 1895.
Buried in Saint Thomas Aquinas Cemetery, Compton, Quebec.
Buried on the grounds of the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
www.rpsc.org /reference/history/pministers.htm   (200 words)

  
 John A. Macdonald
He died while still Prime Minister, winning praise for having helped forge a nation of sprawling geographic size, with two diverse European colonial origins, and a multiplicity of cultural backgrounds and political views.
Grieving Canadians turned out in the thousands to pay their respects while he lay in state in the Parliament Buildings[?] in Ottawa and they lined the tracks to watch the train that returned his body to Kingston, Ontario where he was buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery.
Macdonald was well known for his wit and also for his alcoholism.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_A._Macdonald.html   (1107 words)

  
 James Reid Funeral Home, Cataraqui Chapel in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Following Purdy Mills Road, the Cataraqui Cemetery gates will be on your left, drive through the gates.
You are now in Cataraqui Cemetery, continue to your right, the cemetery office is a red brick bungalow on the right hand side.
Then following the Beth Israel Cemetery on your right and directly across from Kingston Monuments is the Back Gate to Cataraqui Cemetery on the right hand side of the road.
www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com /map2.html   (224 words)

  
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Since 1850, Cataraqui Cemetery has been reconized as a cemetery of great natural beauty.
At Cataraqui your final resting place is a part of nature, eternal and forever peaceful.
Art abounds throughout the cemetery in sculptures and other memorials created by gifted artists, many dating back to the mid 1800's.
www.cataraquicemetery.ca   (132 words)

  
 Spooner Generations - res28.htm
He died 15 Sep 1814 in Pittsburg Twp, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery (Section P & Q) Frontenac Kingston KG-040-9.
Perthenia was born 1770 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
She died Mar 1847 in Pittsburg Twp, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Cataraqui Cemetery (Section P & Q) Frontenac Kingston KG-040-9.
www.spoonergen.com /trees/US-William/resg28.htm   (2154 words)

  
 City of Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Cataraqui Cemetery
The Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston holds the unique distinction of being the burial site of Canada's First Prime Minister.
With winding roadways through rolling terrain, ponds and watercourses throughout the 100 acres of ground, it is truly a beautiful resting place.
The Cataraqui Cemetery is one of Kingston's famed institutions, as much a part of its past as its forts, churches, jails and other historical features.
www.city.kingston.on.ca /sirj2.asp   (325 words)

  
 Joseph E. Judd in Rockwood Assylum
Burial of all patients who died while at Rockwood was arranged with the Cataraqui Cemetery a few kilometres north-west of Portsmouth.
Clarke continued in Metcalf's stead, triumphed over their shared political battles, and became known as a father of modern psychiatry in Ontario.
William Metcalf is interred in Cataraqui Cemetery, as are former Prime Ministers John A. MacDonald and Alexander MacKenzie, and the enigmatic Grandpa Judd.
www1.xe.net /~mbone/webtree/judd/joseph-in-rockwood.htm   (1248 words)

  
 Cemetery Sideroad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
During the development of Upper Canada (part of today's Ontario; largely populated during the American Revolution) a common name for -you guessed it- the road leading to the town graveyard, was the extremely inventive; Cemetery Side Road.
It sits just west of the city near Cataraqui Cemetery.
A larger "Cemetery Side rd." connects with the stretch of Highway 17 between Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario.
www.hipmuseum.com /sideroad.html   (144 words)

  
 Profiles of Queen's People in Cataraqui Cemetery
The graves of Queen's people in Cataraqui Cemetery serve as reminders of what each individual accomplished before his or her earthly flame was extinquished.
This website is an attempt to compile a record of people from the university community that are interred in Cataraqui Cemetery but it is by no means complete.
Therefore, if you are aware of any Queen's person who is buried in Cataraqui Cemetery but is not included here, please take the time to send us your comments and suggestions.
www.queensu.ca /secretariat/cataraqui/mainpage.html   (249 words)

  
 boldts.net - Kingston
The French built Fort Cataraqui to support their fur trading interests.
However, at the end of the revolutionary war, interest in Cataraqui increased.
Not only was it's strategic importance growing, but it was also a focal point for the resettlement of Loyalists.
www.boldts.net /Kingston1.shtml   (1172 words)

  
 John Pound, Kingston, Ontario
She was born September 16, 1862 in Ontario.
She was born September 08, 1866 in Latimer, Storrington Town, Frontenac Co., Ontario, and died February 07, 1949 in Kingston, Frontenac Co., Ontario.
She was born March 07, 1871 in Ontario, and died September 18, 1945.
www.leepound.com /JohnPoundKingOnt.htm   (1373 words)

  
 Other University People Throughout Cataraqui Cemetery
Queen's people such as principals John Machar and William Leitch died before Queen's was in possession of its cemetery lots.
As a result, Queen's people can be found throughout Cataraqui Cemetery.
The individuals listed to the left are just a few of Queen's founders, administrators, professors and benefactors that have served Queen's over the past 150 years and are interred in Cataraqui Cemetery.
www.queensu.ca /secretariat/cataraqui/others.html   (113 words)

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