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Decoration Day
Author: Sharon Burying Ground
Burials
There are no comprehensive records existing for the cemetery. In recent years a transcription of the existing headstones was completed but this listing is incomplete. A number of graves are unmarked as stones have been lost to time and the environment. You can view a listing of known adult burials here: https://wordpress.com/page/sharonburyingground.ca/287
Annual Meeting Announcement
The Summerville Family
Christopher Summerville and his family left Ireland in 1846, likely victims of the deadly famine. In June of that year they were transported from Toronto to Holland Landing at a cost of 15 shillings. From there they made their way to Sharon
You can read their story here: sharonburyingground.ca/genealogy/the-summerville-family/
“He did not appear disposed to acknowledge himself to be wrong”
On 17 September 1812 David Willson was disowned by the Yonge Street Quaker Meeting in Newmarket. He “believed it right for him to continue in the way that he is now in”. This was the beginning of the Children of Peace.
From Canadian Quaker Yearly Meeting Records, 1786-1988, ancestry.ca. Canadian Yearly Meeting Archives, Newmarket, Ontario
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