Lemonville Church Cemetery, Whitechurch-Stouffville.

Lemonville United Church Cemetery aka Lemonville Primitive Methodist Church Cemetery, is located on the east side of McCowan Road south of Bloomington Road in the Stouffville area of Whitechurch-Stouffville.

The land for the church and cemetery was sold to the trustees in 1865 by George and Fanny Pipher, but the mission was founded in 1854.  It was originally part of the Stouffville Wesleyan Methodist Mission, but later became part of the Primitive Methodist Mission served from Victoria Square. 

In 1925 the church became part of the United Church of Canada which it still is to this today.  The cemetery still receives burials for those who have family plots and is managed by the Lemonville United Church Cemetery Board.

Hornby Presbyterian Church & Cemetery, Halton Hills.

Archive Photo of Hornby Presbyterian Church

Grave of Catherine Barr wife of  Rev.William Barr first minister of
Hornby Presbyterian Church

Rachael wife of David Brooks
Church trustee

The first church on this site was a wood framed one built in 1835.  Rev. William Barr was the first minister, of whom there is no record.  His wife Catherine died in 1857 and is buried in the cemetery and it is believed that he may have concluded is pastorate shortly after her death.  One of the early burials is that of Rachael Brooks  in 1838 she was the wife of David Brooks who was one the trustees.

The original church was replaced in 1878 with a brick one seen in the archive photo above and was built by John Hunter of Milton.  There was no organ at first, one was not installed until 1883. The congregation stood up to pray and sat down to sing.  

In January of 1976 the church building was destroyed by fire. Small foot prints were found in the snow around the church and many suspected arson was the cause.  However, no conclusion was ever reached as to the cause. (Georgetown Herald, 21 Jan 1976). 

The cemetery still receives burials for those who have family plots.

Hornby Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery, Halton Hills

Hornby Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery is located on the N/W corner of Steeles Avenue and Eighth Line in the hamlet of Hornby, Halton Hills. On April 30, 1832 William McKindsey sold 30 perches to the trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church who had set up a log chapel in the corner of his property.  The indenture was not registered until 1842 because William did not own the land until 1840 as it still belonged to Kings College until March 11th, of that same year.  But the above photo shows burials were taking place on this lot as early as 1834.

In 1856 a brick church was built further west near Trafalgar Road. It became Hornby United Church after 1925 and remained in service until November 17, 1968.

Melville Presbyterian/United Cemetery, Rockside

Melville White Chapel

McLaughlin Grave one of
the first settlers in area

Melville Presbyterian/United Cemetery, aka Melville White Chapel Cemetery, is located at 15962 Mississauga Road in the Belfountain area.  The area was originally called Rockside and was settled in the early 1820's by Scotch Settles mainly from Islay Scotland.  The land was purchased by church trustees for the purpose of a church site and burying ground in 1837.  That same year Dan McMillan and brothers built the wooden church on the site and painted it white.  The church then became know as Melville White Church by the locals. The church separated in 1845 from the established Presbyterian Church and joined the Free Church of Canada. In 1925 the congretation then joined the United Church of Canada.

The first burial was for William Campbell in 1833, although no headstone was laid.  The second two burials occurred in 1834 for Margaret Kirkwood and Archibald McNaughton. The church was closed in 1964 and taken over by the Credit Valley Conservation Authority. The area is now considered an heritage site by the Belfountain Heritage Society.  The cemetery still receives burials.

King's Cemetery, Mount Charles. Mississauga

Grave of Charles King

Another Charles King who
drowned in the Credit River

Graves of the King Family

Kings Cemetery, Mount Charles is located on the east side of Dixie Road, south of Derry Road in the Malton are of Mississauga. The cemetery was established in 1822 on land donated by Charles King who received a 100 acre patent from the Crown.  The cemetery remained active until 1960 and then was eventually taken over by the City of Mississauga who have done a wonderful job with the restoration and landscaping. The cemetery, although on a busy road, is in a treed grove on the west bank of the Etobicoke Creek.  

Reupard's Settlement Pioneer Burying Ground, Maple

Headstone of Peter & Susanna Rupert

Three Children of James & Susan Nicholls

Reupard's Settlement Pioneer Burying Ground (Sherwood), aka White Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery is located at the N/W corner of Rutherford Road and Barrhill Road in the Maple area of the City of Vaughan. The cemetery and church site was established on land donated by Peter Rupert aka Reupard in 1839, Reupard's Chapel was established in 1840.  Although the earliest marker in the cairn is dated 1811.

In 1869 a notice was issued to re-built a bigger church on the site, this was defeated for a new location in Maple.  The cemetery was officially closed in 1925 and in 1966 the Twp of Vaughan gathered the remaining headstones into the cairn that is located in the center of the property,  Today this site is owned and maintained by the City of Vaughan. 

An historic note is that Peter Rupert's home was the site of the first school in then Vaughan Twp. He and his wife Susanna were both buried in this cemetery. A portion of their headstone can be found in the cairn.

Old St. Steven's Vaughan Church Cemetery, Concord

Old St. Steven's Vaughan Cemetery, aka Langstaff German Episcopal Congregation Cemetery, aka Langstaff Bowes and White Cemetery is located on the south side of Langstaff Road east of Keele Street in the Concord area of the City of Vaughan.  The cemetery and church was established in 1833 by the German Episcopal Congregation on landed owned by the Kieffer family.  The Church of England gave the congregation 10 years to find a permanent minister or the right would revert back to the C.of E.  

The land for the church was consecrated on St. Stephen's Day in 1838. The church lasted until 1911 never finding a permanent minister. 

In 1965 the Twp of Vaughan gathered the headstones in to a cairn. The site today is in the care of the City of Vaughan.