Archive Record
Metadata
Accession # |
A1990.17 |
Title |
Cemeteries: Wellington County Historical Society essay competition entries, file 24, 1964-1978. |
Date |
1964-1978 |
Description |
file 24: Essays re. cemeteries submitted to the Wellington County Historical Society's annual essay competition, 1964-1978. (9 essays). 1. Mount Pleasant Cemetery [Nichol Twp.] by David Beattie [2 pages]. 2. St. Andrews Kirk, Fergus, [Typescript of #10 below. 2 pages]. 3. Wellington County Home for Aged Cemetery [Nichol Twp.]; author's name missing [2 pages]. 4a. The McCormick Cemetery 1828-1969 [Eramosa Twp.] by J.B. Nelson, Guelph (1976) [2 pages; includes b&w photograph]. 4b. Farm Burial Plots in Eramosa: The Abbott Plot, The Nelson Plot by J.B. Nelson, Guelph (1978). 5. Mount Carmel Cemetery [West Garafraxa Twp.] by Mrs. Thos. J. Hutchinson, July 1964. [2 pages]. 6. Elora Cemeteries [includes colour and b&w photographs]: Elora [Union] Cemetery/St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery [12 pages]; The Old Anglican Cemetery [Pilkington Township; 4 pages]; Bon Accord Cemetery [Nichol Township; 1 page]. 7. The Graham Cemetery [Erin Twp.]; author's name missing [3 pages]. 8a. Closed, Abandoned and Neglected Cemeteries ... [Erin Twp.] by Annie M. Cook, Secretary, Erin Pioneer Cemetery Board, 27 April 1976 [7 pages]; addditional 2 pages of colour and b&w photographs of Memorial Services of 30 June 1963, 12 May 1973, 7 July 1973, July 1974; includes family tree of Margaret Rose Dracup who married (1966) the Reverend Harland G. Smith; also, "Pioneers Then and Now" - Newsletter of the Erin Pioneer Cemetery Board (page 1) with Memorial Service Programme (page 2), 8 July 1973 and Hymns (page 3). 8b. Same as 8a. above, pages 1-7; without author identification, photographs, or Memorial Service programme pages. 9a. Cemeteries in Nichol, Pilkington, Peel Townships [14 pages; Typescript of #9b. below, without photographs]. 9b. Cemeteries in Nichol, Pilkington, Peel Townships [18 pages; includes colour photographs and cemetery listings for Bon Accord Cemetery; Bloomsbury Cemetery, Creekbank, Peel Twp.; Methodist Cemetery [Con.6, part Lot 10], Pilkington Twp.; Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Cemetery, Peel Twp.; [St. Anthony's] Roman Catholic Cemetery [Lot 16, Con. 13], Peel Twp.; Goldstone Church Cemetery. Also "List of Abandoned Cemeteries of Peel Township". 10. St. Andrew's Kirk, Fergus, by Mrs. Roy Black [3 pages]. |
Creator \ Maker |
Beattie, David M. [Author] |
Creator \ Maker |
Nelson, J. B. (Mr.) [Author] Hutchinson, Jean [Author] Hutchinson, Thomas J. (Mrs.) [Author] Cook, Annie M. [Author] Black, Roy (Mrs.) [Author] |
Item Name |
Essay |
Person \ Organization |
Mount Pleasant Cemetery St. Andrew's Kirkyard Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge Cemetery McCormick Cemetery Carmel Cemetery Mount Carmel Cemetery Elora Union Cemetery Elora Catholic Cemetery St. Mary's Cemetery Old Anglican Cemetery Bon Accord Cemetery Erin Pioneer Cemetery Board Bon Accord Cemetery Bloomsbury Cemetery Creekbank Methodist Cemetery Bethel Methodist Cemetery Ebenezer Cemetery Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Cemetery St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Cemetery Goldstone Church Cemetery Beattie, David M. Nelson, J. B. (Mr.) Hutchinson, Thomas J. (Mrs.) Cook, Annie M. Dracup, Margaret Rose Smith, Harland G. (Rev.) Black, Roy (Mrs.) Abbott Nelson Graham |
Place |
Mount Pleasant Aboyne Nichol Twp. Eramosa Twp. Carmel West Garafraxa Twp. Elora Bon Accord Erin Twp. Pilkington Twp. Peel Twp. Bloomsbury Creekbank Creek Bank Goldstone Fergus Aboyne |
Subject |
Religion History Cemetery Genealogy |
Photo, Map # |
ph |
Year Range from |
1964 |
Year Range to |
1978 |
Accession # |
A1990.17 |
Containers |
MU 188 |