Miscellaneous Cemetery Records
Avondale & Avonbank - Perth Co
Beechwood - Forest, Lambton Co
Part 1: Avondale & Avonbank Cemeteries
Downie twp., Perth Co., Ontario
a very partial transcription of these two cemeteries, with a few notes from death & marriage registrations added.
from transcriptions available from the Toronto Reference Library, published by the Perth Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Part 1 Avondale Cemetery, Stratford Ontario
Section G,
Row 2, stone 1
James JOHNSON, 12 Aug 1849 - 2 Aug 1910
his wife, Mary Ann GRIEVE, 9 Aug 1853 - 21 July 1936
Sarah JOHNSON, 8 April 1875 - 15 Oct 1875
infant son, born & died 20 Oct 1893
James Gordon, 24 June 1895 - 25 Aug 1895
infant children of James & Mary Ann
Section M,
Row 2, stone 20
Jane, w/o John MURRAY, who died 11 May 1884 at age 45
John MURRAY d. 10 Oct 1897 at age 64
Thomas B. MURRAY 1882 - 1937, his wife Ethel B. WORDEN 1887 - 1967
Maggie MURRAY, w/o John E. COULTHARD, d. 21 July 1896 at age 28 yrs + 1 month + 5 days
Jannet Grieve w/o James SMITH & d/o John & Jane MURRAY, d/ 27 May 1893 at age 27 yrs + 11 months + 15 days
Section O,
Row 3, stone 9
Rachel CAIRNS, w/o William WELSH, d. 1 Aug 1916 at age 81
William WELSH, d. 1 Nov 1922 at age 81 yrs
Walter GRIEVE 1865 - 1941, his wife Elizabeth A. WELSH, 1875 - 1960
Charles WHITE 1869 - 1946, his wife Mary S. WELSH 1873 - 1956
[death reg 27149-16 Rachel WALSH died 1 Aug 1916 at age 81 yrs, of stomach cancer, senility & uremia. Born in Scotland, d/o James CAIRNS & Elizabeth ANDERSON. Married. Died at 55 Daly Ave in Stratford. Informant was William WELSH, of 55 Daly Ave. ]
[marr reg 14973-22, Walter GRIEVE married Annie WELSH on 16 Dec 1922 at London Ont. Walter was s/o Adam Grieve & Jane Anderson; Annie was d/o Wm Welsh & Rachel Cairns]
Section Q,
Row 26, stone 11
Henry G. GRIEVE, 1879 - 1946, h/o Elizabeth W. ENTNER, 1896 - 1971
2. Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery,
Lot 21, Concession 10
Downie twp., Perth Co., Ontario
Section 1
Row 1
#5 John SCOTT d. 12 March 1882 age 79, n/o Roxburghshire
#10 Thomas HILL 1793 - 1866
his wife Elizabeth NEWTON 1799 - 1872
#12 Jane Douglas YEMEN, w/o Peter HILTS b. 18 March 1827, d. 29 Jan 1917
their dau Margaret Jane, b. 3 Oct 1857, d. 18 April 1879
[death reg # 25361-17 Jane Douglas HILTS died 29 Jan 1917 at age 87 yrs, of senility & apoplexy. Born in Brooklyn NY, d/o Peter YEMEN & Margaret FYFE. Widow. Died at A2 Britannia St. in Stratford. Informant was Clara HAMILTON of 2 Britannia St. in Stratford. ]
#13 Peter HILTS, d. 2 July 1863, age 39 yrs + 7 months
#17 James MUIR d. 16 Sept 1906, age 85
his wife Isabella BARRIE d. 4 Aug 1862, age 39, n/o Dalhousie
Jane STEVENS, mother of James MUIR died 6 Sept 1868 age 77
#20
William, eldest s/o Andrew & Margaret ELLIOT, d. 29 Oct 1878 at age 21 yrs + 3 months + 3 days
Row 2
#1 Alexander DETWEILER 1836 - 187
his wife Elizabeth PARKER 1838 - 1917
their children Bertha 1869 - 1869, Christopher 1863 - 1876
#16 John MUIR, d. 23 Oct 1898 age 86 yrs + 7 months
his wife, Annie, d. 28 May 1903 at age 85
their son James died 7 Aug 1930 age 76
#22 Agnes MacLACHLAN, w/o John GIBSON, 1842 - 1902
John GIBSON, 1841 - 1914
Row 3
#1 Joan STEELE, w/o William ANDERSON, d/ 18 Sept 1892, age 37 yrs + 5 months + 24 days
Nellie STEVENSON d/o A & H. STEVENSON, d. 14 June 1877 age 3 months + 3 days
#6 Isabella, w/o Robert McINTOSH, d. 20 March 1889 at age 78 yrs
John McINTOSH, d. March 1859 at age 12 yrs, s/o Isabella & Robert
David died July 1853 age 6 months, s/o Isabella & Robert
Robert McINTOSH d. 1 May 1891 at age 78 yrs + 8 months
# 23 Mary, d/o William & Barbara ELLIOT, d. 8 Aug 1865 at age 7 yrs + 9 months
#24 Barbara, w/o William ELLIOT, d. 22 March 1860 at age 29 yrs + 6 months
Row 5
#10 Andrew ELLIOT 29 March 1864 - 16 March 1931
Row 6
#2 John ANDERSON 6 Oct 1831 - 6 Dec 1920,
his wife Margaret BROWN 1837 - 1924
Robert ANDERSON, his wife Jean CUMMING [no dates]
Walter GRIEVE [no dates]
William GRIEVE [no dates]
[death reg 29347-20, John ANDERSON died 6 Dec 1920 at age 89 yrs + 2 months, of myocarditis. Born in Lanark Co. on 6 Oct 1831, s/o Robert ANDERSON & Jane CUMMING (both b. Scotland). Married. Lived 72 yrs at place of death - St. Pauls, Downie twp. Informant was Robert ANDERSON, son, of 66 Hibernia St. in Stratford.]
#10
James ELLIOTT 1861 - 1946
#11 Children of James & Agnes ELLIOT
William, d 6 May 1871 age 9 yrs + 2 months + 24 days
Christena d. 3 Aug 1871 age 2 yrs + 6 months + 18 days
#12 Agnes OLIVER w/o James ELLIOT, d. 23 June 1900 at age 67, n/o Roxburghshire
James H. ELLIOT d. 21 Nov 1904 at age 82
#14
Jane OLIVER d. 1 Nov 1882 at age 73 yrs, n/o Roxburghshire Scotland
#15
Adam OLIVER d. 25 Feb 1883 at age 65 yrs + 8 months, n/o Roxburghshire
First settler in this community, 28 Oct 1845
#16
Marion ELLIOT, w/o Adam OLIVER, d./ 4 Aug 1893 at age 77 yrs + 2 months, n/o Dumfrieshire
Row 7
#14
Adam GRIEVE d. 20 July 1905 age 83, n/o Roxburghshire
his wife Jane ANDERSON d. 22 April 1908, age 80 yrs + 8 months
Ellen GRIEVE d. 27 July 1916 age 48 yrs + 11 months
[death reg 26708-16 - Ellen GRIEVE died 27 July 1916 at age 48 yrs + 11 months, of tumour of the breast of 5 yrs duration. Born in Downie twp., d/o Adam GRIEVE & Jane ANDERSON. Died at Avonton in Downie twp. Informant was Adam GRIEVE of St. Paul, Ont]
Adam GRIEVE d. 13 Feb 1929 age 65 yrs + 8 months
Row 8
#3
Robert FRASER, d. 21 Dec 1914 age 72
his wife Janet GILLIES d. 19 May 1888 age 38
his wife Adeline THOMPSON d. 10 July 1918 at age 56 yrs
#7 Catherine SCOTT, w/o Robert MUIR, d. 5 Dec 1884 at age 43 yrs + 4 months + 16 days, n/o Roxburghshire
#19 John MUIR died 24 July 1896 at age 72 yrs, n/o Glasgow Scotland
#20 Ellen MUIR, w/o William McDAVID, d. 9 May 1893 age 73, n/o Glasgow
#21 Alexander MUIR, d. 11 Dec 1871 age 78 yrs + 8 months
Row 9
#1 Adam OLIVER 22 Nov 1848 - 9 July 1914
his wife Grace d. 30 Dec 1923 age 73
their dau Christena 12 Sept 1883 - 24 June 1893
#2
Sarah A. ANDERSON d. 10 May 1945 age 81 yrs
James ANDERSON d. 1 Jan 1899 age 82 yrs + 2 months + 22 days, n/o Dumfrieshire Scotland
his wife Helen RUSSELL d. 7 Feb 1891 age 71 yrs + 10 months + 7 days
Row 12
#3
Elizabeth ELLIOT, w/o John ARMSTRONG, d. in Downie 5 Feb 1883 age 68 yrs + 8 months
#4
John ARMSTRONG died in Downie 27 Feb 1868 age 61 yrs
Section 2
Row 3
#7 Alexander D. McINTOSH 1870 - 1956
Annie Jean McINTOSH 1875 - 1963
John Muir McINTOSH 1867 - 1945, his wife Rhoda SOUL 1879 - 1959
Duncan McINTOSH d. 10 Jan 1907 age 71 yrs + 1 month, n/o Nairnshire
his wife Annie MUIR d. 29 Oct 1909 at 68 yrs + 11 months + 17 days
Row 9
#10 Letitia Ann GIBSON, w/o David MILLS, d. 9 April 1898, age 34 yrs + 28 days
Jessie Isabel MILLS, 1893 - 1984
Mary Anna WARD, w/o David MILLS, 1867 - 1957
John G., s/o David & Letitia MILLS, d. 1 April 1898 at age 17 days
Row 10
#2 Mary M. THOM, w/o Thomas ANDERSON, d. 26 April 1904 at age 35 yrs + 1 month
Thomas ANDERSON 7 Sept 1865 - 15 March 1934
#3 Edward BYERS d. 7 Oct 1917 age 65
his wife Jane GRIEVE d. 4 Sept 1923 age 62 yrs
[Jane Grieve BYERS, death reg # 19365-23: died 5 Sept 1923 at age 62 yrs + 2 months, of pernicious anemia. Born 28 May in Ontario, d/o Adam GRIEVE (b. Scotland) & Jane ANDERSON (b. Ont). Lived 2 months at place of death - 221 (or 231?) Bright St. in Sarnia. Buried in St. Marys. Informant was son, Adam BYERS of Sarnia.]
Section 3
Row 1
#4
George C. McINTOSH 1886 - 1967
his wife Matilda H. THOMPSON 1893 - 1982
Row 2
#1 Leslie A. GRIEVE 1897 - 1970
his wife Bessie I. SMITH 1903 - 1984
Row 3
#6
Alexander MILLER 1889 - 1944
his wife Jane Ann GRIEVE 1890 - 1976
Row 4
#9
John G. GRIEVE d. 23 May 1933 age 76 yrs,
his wife Mary MURRAY d. 23 June 1941 age 81 yrs
Part 2 - Beechwood cemetery, Forest
Bell, Alfred, b. 1849, d. 1936, h/o Joana Tobin
Bell, Cleveland D., b. 1886, d/ 1960, h/o Ida A. Dryer
Bell, Emma S., b. 1885, d. 1921, w/o Frank Dew
Bell, George, b. 1881, d. 1924
Bell, Ruth, b. 1877, d. 1926
Bell, Robert, b. 1889, d. 1941
Bell, Thomas A., d. 11 Jan 1910, age 60 yrs + 11 months, h/o Sarah Dew
Bell, Torrance J., b. 1889, d. 1974, h/o O. Amy Smith
Brand, Belle J., b. 1884, d. 1970
Burke, Janet, w/o Peter Addison, b. 1876, d. 1904
Capes, Henry, b. 1863, d. 1929
Capes, Louis H., b. 1896, d. 1896
Capes, William J., b. 1890, d. 1917
Chamberlain, Mary Ann, b. 1847, d. 1928
Corlett, Thomas E., b. 1866, d. 1935
Davidson, Jean, b. 1849, d. 1928, w/o William Dew
Dew, Alvah S., b. 1879, d/ 1956, h/o Mary E. E. Smith
Dew, Elizabeth, b. 1868, d/ 1953 (buried with William & Jean Dew)
Dew, Frank, b. 1886, d.. 1960, h/o Emma S. Bell
Dew, George C., b. 1880, d. 1963
Dew, John, d. 15 July 1963 in his 93rd yr, h/o Elizabeth A. Fawcett
Dew, Orabelle Ann, d. 3 March 1910 age 5 yrs, d/o John & Elizabeth
Dew, Ralph, b. 1926, d. 1956
Dew, Samuel J., h/o Maria E. Kemp, b. 1844, d. 1920
Dew, Sarah, d. 25 Jan 1935, age 89 yrs, w/o Thomas A. Bell
Dew, William, b. 1839, d/ 1928, h/o Jean Davidson
Dew, William, b. 1875, d/ 1936, h/o Belle J. Brand
Dew, L. Pearl, b. 1896, d/ 1935, w/o Andrew E. Smith
Dryer, Ida A., b. 1891, d/ 1969, w/o Cleveland D. Bell
Fawcett, Elizabeth A., d. 7 Sept 1956, age 85, w/o John Dew
Flagg, Peter Stanley, s/o A. & L., d. 3 Sept 1899 age 3 yrs + 1 month
Forbes, Isabella, w/o David Stanley Garrett, d. 27 Sept 1902, age 31 yrs
Fotherby, Matthew A., b. 1861, d/ 1926, h/o Ida C. Judson
Garrett, Bridget, d/o W. & Margaret, d. 1 Oct 1905 age 4 yrs + 11 months
Garrett, David Stanley, d. 18 June 1940, age 30 yrs + 6 months, h/o Isabella Forbes
Garrett, Michael, died 25 Nov 1895, age 76 yrs
Hall, Irene, b. 6 Feb 1927, d. 7 Jan 1929
Hall, Trueman, b. 23 Jan 1914, d. 6 Oct. 1914
Hall, Stanley, 1916 stillborn
Iliff, Marion B., b. 1905, d. 1985
Judson, Ida C., b. 1867, d/ 1943
Kemp, Maria E., w/o Samuel J. Dew, b. 1852, d. 1935
Kemp, Florence b. 1854, d. 1960
Kerfoot, George Herbert d. 19 April 1896, age 1 yr + 5 months + 9 days, s/o John & Laura
Lynch, James, d. 19 Feb 1878 age 16 yrs + 11 months
Lynch, John, d. 21 Feb 1878 age 5 yrs + 5 months (buried with James Lynch)
Moulton, Marie L., b. 1917, d/ 1972, w/o Andrew E. Smith
Murphy, Lawrence, d. 10 Jan 1891 age 87 yrs
Nelson, Herman David, b. 1890, d. 1959, h/o Laura Wilcocks
Pettypiece, Wilfred L., b. 18 Feb 1891, d. 23 Dec 1891
Pettypiece, "mother", b. 1855, d. 1934
Pettypiece, Reinett, b. 5 Sept 1889, d. 15 March 1901
Pettypiece, W. Josephine, b. 31 July 1885, d. 9 Aug 1903
Pettypiece, Harley, b. 12 June 1884, d. 6 March 1905
Pettypiece, "father", b. 1855, d. 1944
Ryan, M.L., d. 5 April 1883 in his 56th yr
Sheridan, Bridget,, w/o James Sheridan, d. 8 Oct. 1873 age 59 yrs
Sheridan, Catherine, d/o James & Bridget, d. 3 Dec 1869, age 26 yrs
Smith, Andrew E., b. 1899, d.. 1976, h/o L. Pearl Dew & Marie Moulton
Smith, Mary E.E., b. 1885, d/ 1950, w/o Alvah S. Dew
Smith, O. Amy, b. 1891, d. 1976, w/o Torrance J. Bell
Tobin, Joana, w/o Alfred Bell, b. 1853, d. 1913
Wilcocks, Laura, b. 1889, d/ 1979, w/o Herman David Nelson
McLean, Charles, b. 1848, d. 1914, buried with Mary McLean
McLean, Mary, b. 1850, d. 1942, buried with Charles McLean
Rankin, George, b. 1828, d. 1914, h/o Mary Eliza Gamble
Gamble, Mary Eliza, b. 1830, d. 1926, w/o George Rankin
Chalk, Mary S., b. 1872, d. 1913, w/o R. J. Garrett
Garrett, Robert John, b. 1872, d. 1945
Garrett, Ivan James, b. 15 Aug 1907, d. 17 Jan 1944, killed in Italy
Thornicraft, Joseph b. 1854, d. 1941, h/o Alice Sherk
Sherk, Alice, b. 1860, d. 1938, w/o Joseph Thornicraft
Underhill, Daniel, d. 6 Dec 1839 age 94 yrs + 4 months [should be 1889?]
Underhill, Elizabeth, d. 12 Sept 1889 age 84 yrs + 8 months + 15 days
Sheridan, Thomas J., b. 1858, d. 1938
Sheridan, Isla E., b. 1901, d. 1946, buried with Thomas Sheridan
Hooper, Laura, w/o William Middleton, b. 1885, d. 1921
Middleton, Joseph George, inf s/o William & Laura, d. 1921