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| Gates of Appleby Cemetery. Est 1861 South Post of Gate is a dedication to the Pioneers buried here |
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| Grave of George Williams Founder of the Doherty Men's Fraternity |
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| Ornamental Iron Planter Williams Plot |
Appleby Cemetery is located on the west side of Appleby Line, south of Dundas Street in the City of Burlington. The stone plaque on the north gate post states that the cemetery was established in 1861, but there are markers that bear dates in the early 1850's The earliest burial is supposedly for Benjamin Matthewman in 1847. Although there is a family plot for Matthewman, there in no reference to the burial of Benjamin in that year.
The land for the cemetery and church was obtained from David Alton, in 1847. A brick church was dedicated at this location which replaced the framed church next to Mount Vernon Cemetery that had served the Wesleyan Methodists of the area. The Appleby Church was torn down in 1906. In 1905 the cemetery was managed by the Appleby Cemetery Board, in 1983 this was turned over to the City of Burlington who manage this site today.
The land for the cemetery and church was obtained from David Alton, in 1847. A brick church was dedicated at this location which replaced the framed church next to Mount Vernon Cemetery that had served the Wesleyan Methodists of the area. The Appleby Church was torn down in 1906. In 1905 the cemetery was managed by the Appleby Cemetery Board, in 1983 this was turned over to the City of Burlington who manage this site today.
Does anyone have names for those buried in Appleby Cemetery? I am looking for a Michael Devine / Divine who passed away between October 1848 and January 1849. He lived on lots 9 and 10 on the third concession south of Dundas. I can be contacted via djdevine@outlook.com.
ReplyDeleteThere was no Devine or Divine at the cemetery when I checked a few weeks ago.
DeleteI live by this cemetery and up until two years ago I never went into it, I finally did and I saw how many children's graves are there, soon there will be toys on the graves and I plan to place a swing up in the tree for the memorial of those children
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