Maxwell Factory In St.Marys Ontario

This is a photo of my Great Grandfather John Massey at work in the Maxwell Factory in St.Marys Ont. John is the guy in the middle with the funny look on his face. I am told he was a bit of a clown at times so the photo would seem to back that up. I think the photo was taken around 1920.

The Coffin Plate of Alexander Cameron 1806 ~ 1889

I have added the Coffin Plate of Alexander Cameron 1806 ~ 1889 to the database on AncestorsAtRest.com. I did a little research on old Alexander and it looks like he may have come from Scotland and lived in New York City. It would take a little more work to confirm this.

You can have a look at the coffin plate of Alexander Cameron 1806 ~ 1889 at Alexander Cameron

If you are interested in looking at the index to all the coffin plates on AncestorsAtRest.com just go to the Coffin Plate Index

St.Johns Anglican Cemetery, Waverley, Simcoe County, Ontario

I have added a index to the photos of St.Johns Anglican Cemetery, Waverley, Simcoe County, Ontario. It makes browsing the photos much easier.
St.Johns Anglican Cemetery

If you are interested in other Simcoe County Ontario Cemetery records try Simcoe County Ontario

Archeologists to recover bodies from downtown Montreal grave yard

Archeologists will spend the next several months removing the remains of dozens of people buried under Dorchester Square and Place du Canada in Montreal.

The area was once the site of a Roman Catholic cemetery where between 40,000 and 50,000 people were buried.

A number of bodies were moved to Notre-dame-des neiges cemetery when the downtown burial site closed in mid 1850s, but some of the bodies are still there.



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St.Andrews Presbyterian Cemetery, Hillsdale, Simcoe County, Ontario

I have started to add some photos of graves in St.Andrews Presbyterian Cemetery, Hillsdale, Simcoe County, Ontario. St.Andrews Presbyterian Cemetery

Coffin Plate of Mrs Mary Love 1834 ~ 1879

The Coffin Plate of Mrs Mary Love 1834 ~ 1879 is now online. Mary Love

The Coffin Plate Of Samuel Lorenzo Love

The coffin plate of Samuel Lorenzo Love is now online. Samuel Lorenzo Love, Died Nov 4th 1879, Aged 23 years 2 months 12 days. Samuel Lorenzo Love

Cemetery Discovered at Florida Building Site

Historians and archaeologists want to know who was buried in an apparently forgotten cemetery uncovered in a Miami construction site.
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