Transcriptions from the Old Sandy Hill Cemetery (now McDonald Park)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
March 21, 2005:
Thanks to Wayne Laverdure and Robert Sample for sending in scanned images of the minutes of the
City of Ottawa Council Meeting which listed the names of those persons
buried in the old Sandy Hill Cemetery before 1872. This cemetery (see diagram)
contained sections for Presbyterians, Methodists, Anglicans and Roman Catholics.
Most of the persons interred in this cemetery were moved to the new cemeteries,
Beechwood and Notre Dame, which were in operation by the 1870's.
Source: City of Ottawa Archives, Minutes of Ottawa City Council.
February 5, 2012:
Thanks to Mr. Jim Stanzell for the following:
Al,
We spoke last Sat re subject. List is in Excel and you may want to edit to suit.
I wish to emphasize that all data in the appendix to 1911 Ottawa Council Minutes is on this list. Anyone finding a name of interest
can follow up at Ottawa City Archives where the minute books are located. I believe the Word Doc explains the listing.
It has already been published in Ottawa Branch, OGS publication, The OTTAWA GENEALOGIST Jul-Sept 2011 issue, the more the merrier
Thanks
Jim Stanzell
OLD SANDY HILL CEMETERIES
This Cemetery no longer exists as such and is presently known as MacDonald Park. It is located between Wurtemburg and Coburg Streets
one block north of Rideau St. There were 4 Cemeteries located here, from east to west, Episcopalian [Anglican]; Presbyterian;
Wesleyan Methodist and Roman Catholic, each containing about 2 acres. They are detailed on a map in Belden's Carleton Co. Atlas, page 9.
The Cemeteries were opened about 1845 and closed to burials 31 Dec 1872. About this time Beechwood and Notre Dame Cemeteries opened.
More details can be found in OGS Ottawa Branch News May-July 2007 page 149 - 151 which was extracted from Ottawa Citizen dated 27 June
1925. At present there are two maps known to your scribe from the National Map Collection at LAC.
1. - H31 440/Ottawa 1845 03986. 'Plan of Burial Ground of Christ Church, Bytown 1845'
2. - H31 440/Ottawa 1845 03987. 'Numbers of Burial Lots with Owners Names
Fortunately someone had the foresight to transcribe the stones in this cemetery?? and they have been printed in an Annex to Ottawa
City Council Minutes of 1911. All data/info is listed in this database.
Your scribe will entertain all enquiries and any additional info/data would be appreciated.
Above references are not the only ones known at this time.
The first Cemetery in Bytown was located south of Barrack Hill [today's Parliament Hill] which is located in present day downtown
Ottawa and was referred to as the Barrack Hill Cemetery.
Ottawa 23 Feb 2011 Jim Stanzell
SURNAME GIVENS STONE ADDITIONAL DATA
A. B 57-1
Agnew Eliza 10 d.29 Oct 1845; age 29; bc 1815
Alderman William 63 d 1 Aug 1872; age 35; bc 1837
Alderman Anne 63 w/o William
Allen Margaret 35 d. 1866; age 71; bc 1795; relict.
Allen Rachel 54 d. 15 Jul 1870; age 15; bc 1855; sister
Armstrong Charles Esq. 10
Armstrong Peter 124 d 23 Sept. 1863, Ottawa; b 23 Jun 1800, Maskinonge
Armstrong Charles 124 d. 10 Oct. 1848, Bytown; b 24 Apr 1844, Fitzroy Harbour
Armstrong Jesse 125 d. 23 Aug 1864; age 23y, 11m, 24d
Armstrong Margaret 125 w/o Jesse
Armstrong George 125 d 26 Aug 1865; age 8m, 23d; s/o Jesse
Baker Annie 56 d. 24 Oct 1851; age 65; bc1786
Baker William 56 h/o Annie Baker; Royal Artillery, Captain
Baker George W. Jr. 57 d. 25 May 1853 Bytown; age 28, 9m; bc 1825
Baker John 133 d. 11 Jan 1865, age 65; bc 1800.
Baker Fanny 133 d. 11 Dec 1865; age 62; bc 1803.
Baker Fanny Cole 57-5 d. 26 Mar 1854; age 4m, at Hamilton
Baker George W. 57-5 Father
Baker Kate 57-5 Mother
Baker Elizab. Brickenden 57-6 d. 15 Sep 1853; age 6m. at Bytown
Baker Godfrey 57-6 Father
Baker Elizabeth 57-6 Mother
Balfour Elizabeth 39 d. 10 Jul 1871; age 59; bc 1812; relict of John Bedard
Bawder Elizabeth J. 91 d. 5 May 1860; age 2y, 4m
Bayne Margory S. 49 d. 11 Nov. 1857; age 34; bc 1823; w/o Wm. Pollock
Bedard John 39 h/o Elizabeth Balfour
Bedard Josephine, Vic. Is 39 d. 19 Feb 1854; age 1y, 6d;d/o J. Bedard and Eliz. Balfour
Bell Margaret 37 d.18 Oct. 1843; age 43; bc 1800
Bell Margaret Jane 37 grandchild of Margaret Bell
Bell James Johnson 37 grandchild of Margaret Bell
Bell George 38 h/o Eliza Fenton see No. 40
Biehler Adam 93
Black James 2 h/o Louisa Fitzgibbon
Blair Archibald 163 d. 21 Jun 1861; age 29; bc 1832 Co. Antrim, Ireland
Blasdell N. S. 144 h/o Harriet Cobb
Blasdell George 145 d. 11 May 1834; age 7y, 4m, 11d.
Blasdell H. 145
Blasdell N. S. 145
Blasdell Nathaniel 148 d. 12 Nov. 1870, Ottawa; b. 20 Sept. 1801, Shoreham, Vermont, USA
Blythe Robert 82 d. 26 Jan 1854; age 66; bc 1788 Kennoway, Ayrshire, Scotland
Borbridge Edward 73 d. 6 Jan 1850; age 34; bc 1816
Borthwick Jean Taylor ?? 68 d. 5 Aug 1860; age 2m
Borthwick Hugh Jamieson 68 d. 23 Feb. 1861; age 2y, 7m
Borthwick Marion 68
Borthwick Hugh 68 lv. New Edinburgh
Brasdell Melissa E. 143 d. 14 Mar 1852; b. 15 Mar. 1840; d/o Thos. and Charlotte Br.
Brasdell Charlotte 143
Brasdell Thomas M. 143
Bray John Robert 99 d. 9 Jan 1862; age 2y, 8m
Bray John 99
Bray Matilda 99
Brown Elizabeth Jane 64 d. 15 Nov. 1851; age 4y
Brown Joseph 64 d. 30 Jul 1857; age 20; bc 1831
Brown Thomas 64
Brown Eliza 64
Brownlee Isabella Knox 84 d. 6 Feb 1855; age 27y
Brownlee Jesse 85 d. 8 Apr 1862; age 29; bc 1833. w/o Mathew Heron
Brunning William 75 d. 28 Nov. 1867; age 57; bc 1810, Weyhaston, Suffolk, England
Burgess Thomas 4 d. 28 May 1835; age 38; bc1797; bro/o H.H. ???
Burns Harriet 41 d. 6 Jan. 1867; age 30; bc 1837; w/o Pat. Reddington
Burton Maria 12 d. 15 Aug 1869; age 7m, 25d; d/o B&S Burton
Burton B 12 w/o S. Burton
Burton S. 12 1st Batt. Rifle Brigade
Calder Alex. 113 d. 25 Jan. 1870; age 51y. Native of Aberdeen, Scotland
Calder Elizabeth 113 d. 10 Oct. 1842; age 3m
Calder J. H. 113 d. 10 Jun 1862; age 18y, 6m
Campbell Meta. 131 d. 6 Aug 1868
Campbell Thomas 131 h/o Meta Campbell
Carmichael Mary Elizabeth 21 d. 22 Jul 1848; age 1y, 7m
Carmichael Hugh 21 lv. Gatineau mills, Chelsea
Carmichael Jane E. 22 d. 24 Jul 1856; age 2y, 11m
Carmichael Hugh 22 f/o Jane E. Carmichael; lv. Gatineau Mills, Westmeath
Carmichael Allan G. 22 d. 31 Jul 1856; age 3m, 27d. s/o Hugh Carmichael
Carr Mary 93 d. 17 Feb 1860; age 22y. w/o Adam Biehler
Carswell William 28 d. 8 Jun 1829; age 23y; RS&M 15th Company
Carter Sarah 60 d. 1 Sep 1868; age 66 w/o Peter Tompkins
Cartwright A. C. 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Cartwright A. 18 See No. 15
Chalk George 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Chalk G. 31 no data
Christiana Grace 46 d. 9 Oct. 1834, Picton, C.W;age,2d; inter. Adolphustown, C.W. (Canada West)
Christiana Cumming 46 d. 2 Dec 1851; age 3d
Christiana Florence Morley 46 d. 11 Sep. 1858; age 2y
Christiana ?? 46 Note; 5 stillborn children interred here
Cleverly John 95 d. 19 Aug 1865; age 52y
Cleverly Elizabeth 95 d. 21 Jan. 1867; age 48y
Cobb Harriet 144 d. 25 Dec 1852; age 48y, 7m
Codd Christianna H. 46 Note; dau interred here also
Codd John A. 46
Cook Robert 103 d. 18 Nov. 1848; age 25y. County Derry, Ireland
Cook Robert 103 d. 21 Jan. 1849; age 54y
Coulson George Douglas 62 d. 5 Jun 1866; age 6y
Coulson G. A. 62
Cowan Sarah 1 d. 14 Aug 1846; age 52; bc 1794
Cowan John 1 h/o Sarah Cowan
Cowan Jane 1 d. 9 May 1849; age 23; bc 1826
Cowan William 1 h/o Jane Cowan
Cox Sarah 106 d. 26 Sep. 1847; age 29y
Cumming J. T. 123 d. 22 Aug. 1832; age 42y
Cumming Richard T. 123 d. 27 Dec 1850; age 19y. 4th son of J.T. Cumming
Cumming Capt. T. ?? 123-1 d. 11 Dec 1866; age 4m
Cumming George 123-2 d. Oct 1863; age 5y
Cumming Jessie 123-2 d. Oct 1863; age 5y
Cumming George Edward 123-2 d. Oct 1863; age 3y
Cumming F.A. 123-2 Mother or Father
Cumming C. 123-2 Mother or Father
Cumming Geo. Al. Chambers 123-3 d. 14 Dec 1857; age 4y. only son
Danield Thomas Dr. 47 d. 4 May 1866; age 58y. Native of Dumfries, Scotland
Day Frederick 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Day F. 17 See No. 15
Dewar Peter 78 d. 19 Aug 1865, Ottawa; age 64y
Dickinson Alex. Fraser 26 d. 8 Feb 1868?; age 3y
Dickinson Lewis Hamilton 26 d. 16 Feb 1868; age 4y, 6m
Dickinson Maria Louisa 26 D. 3 Mar 1868; age 6y, 3m
Dickinson Mary 26 Mother
Dickinson W. 26 Father
Donell Elizabeth 23 d. 13 Jul 1847; age 52y. w/o John Porter
Dyneley Mary Frederica 61 d. 16 Sep 1851, Bytown; age 55y; w/o Col. Thos. Dyneley
Dyneley Thomas Col. C.B. 61 Royal Artillary in Canada, Commanding?
E. B.B 57-2
Elliot William 132 h/o Mary Johnston. lv North Gower
Fenton Eliza 38 d. 8 Feb 1861; age 33y
Fenton Rewlin George 38 d. 23 Sep 1858; age 3m, 15d
Fenton A. C. 38 d. 17 Aug 1861; age 6m, 20d
Field Alonzo 138 d. 23 Jul 1867; age 26y
Fisher Daniel 81 d. 3 Sep 1832; age 33; Native Perthshire, Scotland
Fitzgibbon Louisa 2 d. 27 Mar. 1829, Bytown; age 29; w/o James Black
Fitzgibbon James 3 d. 5 Dec. 1868; age 79; Royal Engineer Dept. Master Carpenter
Floyd George 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Foote Mary Ann 34 d. 31 May 1864.
Forest Edward Shenton 57-4 d. 28 Jun 1854; age 4m
Fraser Margaret 107 d. 24 Jan. 1839; age 58y
Fraser Samuel 107 h/o Margaret Fraser
Fraser Mary 107 d. 11 Dec 1858; age 35y, 5m
Fraser William 107 h/o Mary Fraser
Fraser George 107 d. January ?
Fraser William George 107 d. January ?
Fraser Maria 107 d. January ?
G. W. B. 57-3
Gardham John 134 d. 27 Jun 1868; age 44y
Gardner Mary Elizabeth 14 d. 28 Dec 1867; age 1y, 8m.
Gardner W. 14 Father? Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt.
Gardner M. 14 Mother?
Garland Patrick 128 d. 1 Aug 1847; age 40y
Garland Mary 128 dau.
Garland Edward 128 son
Gibbs William 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Glyn James Robert Carr 58 d. 7 Aug 1863; b. 18 Jul 1863
Glyn J. R. Carr 58 Rifle Brigade, Capt.
Glyn Ellen 58 w/o J.R. Carr Glyn
Goodwin John 162 d. 6 Jul 1854, Cholera; age 27y. 7th son
Goodwin Alex. 162 lv. McNab
Gouch Alfred 119 d. 26 Nov. 1862; age 4y, 16d
Gouch Henry 119 Father
Gouch Amelia 119 Mother
Gouch Henry 153 Brickmaker; Ottawa; Native of Slough, Buckinghamshire, England
Graham William 89 d. 9 Jul 1871; age 46y
Graham Mary Lillie 89 d. 22 Nov. 1871; age 36y
Graham Joye? C. 96 d. 1865
Graham J. C. 96 d 29 Aug 1863; age 16m
Grant Hugh 80 d. 1 Apr 1848; age 43y
Grant Alex. Capt 80 lv. Glengarry
Gray Alex. 114 h/o Ann Green
Green Ann 114 d. Mar. 1850, Toronto, CW; b.23 May 1803, Wenborne, Dorset. (England)
Gregory Christiana 146 d. 30 Jul 1849; age 31y
Gregory Samuel 146 h/o Christiana Gregory
Hadden William 28 d. 20 Apr 1830; age 25y; RS&M 7th company
Hall Jane 149 d. 27 Aug 1861; age 10y
Halpenny Jane 59 d. 20 Aug 1855; age 41y
Halpenny William 59 h/o Jane Halpenny
Hambridge Edward 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [ 1869 ]
Hamilton Susan 25 d. 5 Sep 1868; age 9m; sister
Hamilton D. 29 no data
Hannum Minnie Elizabeth 66 d. 28 Aug 1863; age 6m, 19d
Hannum J.M.T. 66 Father
Hannum Elizabeth 66 Mother
Hawkens Cornellius 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [ 1869 ]
Hawkins C. 20 ??
Hawkins Rodger 120 d. 11 Oct 1855; age 64y
Hely Robina 127 d. 23 Dec 1860; age 27y
Hely F.B. 127 h/o Robina Hely
Hely George Delacy 127 d. 31 Dec 1859; age 5y, 9m
Hely Edith Maria Louisa 127 d. 14 Feb 1860; age 9m
Heney nil 70 d. Feb. ?; age 97 y
Heney Sarah 70 d. ?; age 87y.
Heney Jane 70 d. 6 Sep 1843; age 31y; d/o Sarah and ?
Heney James 70 d. 1853; s/o Heney, Jr.
Heney Jr. 70 no data
Henry Mary 101 d. 9 dec 1850; age 22
Henry Thomas 101 h/o Mary Henry
Henry T.J. 101 d. 13 Aug 1851; age 11m. s/o T.J. Henry
Heron Gilbert 84 d. 19 Dec 1850; age 65y. native of Ayrshire, Scotland
Heron John 84 h/o Isabella Knox Brownlee
Heron Mathew 85 h/o Jesse Brownlee
Hodges Francis 117 d. 13 Nov 1868; age 80y
Hughes William Charles 137 d. 2 Apr 1869; age 13m, 7d
Humber Mary 67 d. 1 Dec 1867; age 30y
Johnston William F. 92 drowned Ottawa, 5 Aug 1861; age 8y
Johnston William 92 Father
Johnston Hannah 92 Mother
Johnston Mary 132 d. 14 Oct 1860; age 60y. Native of Co. Lietrim, Ireland
Jones T.A. 48 Jones & Co. brother; Newport, Monmouthshire
Jones Albert Thomas 116 d. Jen 1860
Jones William 116 Father
Jones Elizabeth 116 Mother
Keating George 44 h/o Eliza Jane Murphy
Keir S. C. 5 h/o Amelia McBean
Kinrade Robert 53 d. 24 Mar 1854; age 60y
Kinrade Jane 53 w/o Robert Kinrade.
Kirk Catherine 71 d. 27 Apr 1854; age 71y
Kirk Thomas 71 h/o Catherine Kirk
Knox William 156 d. 9 Jun 1870; age 32y, 9m
Law Edward 61 Lord Ellenborough; Chief Justice, King's Bench
Law Robert 163 In Memory of Archibald Blair
Lehmann J. F. 7 d. 10 May 1850; age 55y. Native of Germany, Organist Bytown
Lewers Emmanual 34 h/o Mary Ann Foote
Little John 94 d. 5 May 1854; age 24y
Little Jane 94 b. 19 Apr 1864; d. 16 Jun 1864
Little John 157 d. 8 Dec 1844; age 47. Native Co. Monaghan [ 1846]
Macauley George H. 33 b. 11 May 1834, Quebec; d. 7 Jul 1871, Montebello; age 37y
MacNab Duncan Rynier 74 d. 2 Aug 1837; age 36y
MacNab Colonel 74 Father and Grandfather; late of 91st Regiment
Martin Nellie Mary 27 d. 19 Apr 1866; age 22y
Martin Oliver Dr. 27 h/o Nellie Mary Martin; Dentist
Mass Robert 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Masters James 28 d. 1 Dec 1827; age 20y; RS&M 15th Company
McArthur William George 147 d. 24 Aug 1843; age 31y
McBean Amelia 5 d. 14 Oct 1869
McCall Duncan 140 d. 7 Jun 1872; age 25y
McCloy Andrew 42 d. 25 Dec 1830; age 29y
McDonald Jessie 141 d. 10 Apr 1872; age 36y
McIntosh Margaret 110 d. 9 Jan 1863; age 40y
McIntosh Alex. 110 h/o Margaret McIntosh
McIntosh Alex. 110 d. 9 Jan 1865; age 62y
McLaughlin Michael M. 139 d. 25 Nov 1861; age 45y
McLean Alex. 85 d. 22 Apr 1856; age 52y
McLean Margaret 85 w/o Alex McLean
McNab Anna Petrella 74 d. 19 May 1837; age 3y
McQuarrie Donald 160 d. 17 Nov 1859 in Prot. Hosp; age 67y. From ?? Scotland
Meikle Janet 108 b. 14 May 1851; d. 24 Oct 1853
Meikle Thomas 108 b. 20 May 1853; d. 24 Nov 1856
Meikle Agnes 109 d. 13 Jan 1860, New Edinburgh; age 9y, 8m
Millar David 67 h/o Mary Humber
Millar Ann Jane 76 d. 19 Apr 1870; age 25y, 4m
Millar A. T. 76 h/o Ann Jane Millar
Mills John 133 d. 31 Jul 1865; age 4m. s/o John and Jane Mills
Mills John 133
Mills Jane 133
Montgomery Robert 105 d. 26 Jun 1853; age 18y
Montgomery Elizabeth 105 d. 13 Sep 1858; age 8y
Montgomery William 105 d. 30 Nov no yr; age 1y
Morison James Allen 100 d. 20 Jun 1865; age 42y
Murphy Thomas Sr. 40 d. 12 May 1833; age 54y. Native King's Co. Ireland
Murphy William 40 d.16 Feb 1842; age 14m
Murphy William 40 Father
Murphy Sarah 40 Mother
Murphy Eliza Jane 44 d. 29 Mar 1861; age 22y
Murphy Henry 50 d. 5 Sep 1854; age 34y
Murphy Godfrey 51 d. 5 Jul 1857; age 18y, 6m
Murphy William 51 d. 10 Nov 1866; age 56y
Murphy Thomas 155 d. 3 Aug 1871; age 58y. Native King's Co. Ireland
Mutchmore Jonathan E. 65 d. 1 Sep 1866; age 52y
No Name No Name 24 F.A.C.M.
Oliver Barbara 83 d. 23 Sep 1855; age 74y. w/o Robert Whillans
Omand John 126 d. Jan 1873; age 20y. Three Rivers (Quebec)
Park Robert 102 d. 8 Dec 1838; age 70y
Park Hannah 102 d. 19 Feb 1854; age 88y
Parsons William 72 d. 16 Jan 1850; age 72y
Parsons Robert 72 d. 6 Jan 1872; age 41y
Phair George 143 d. 28 Jan 1859; age 24y
Phair John 143 d. 17 Mar 1859; age 28y
Pollock William 49 h/o Margory S. Bayne
Porter John 23 d. 29 Apr 1858; age 65y
Porter John Jr. 23 d. 22 Aug 1841; age 24y
Porter Thomas 23 d. 10 Oct 1843; age 14y
Raitt John 110 Native of Fifeshire, Scotland
Reddington Patrick 41 h/o Harriet Burns
Rimmer Mary 45 d. 17 Aug 1870; age 5y. eldest child
Rimmer J.W. Esq. 45 Father, deceased
Roberts John 35 Kinross, Scotland; predeceased his wife
Roberts John 158 d. 16 Oct 1870; age 7y, 6m
Roberts Jessie 158 d. 16 Oct 1870; age 7y, 6m
Roderick ??? 46
Rogers Ben. P. 154 d. 9 Aug 1870; age 19y, 6m
Ross C.A. 46
Row John 55 d. 25 Jun 1850, accident New Ed. mill; age 29y. of Cornwall
Row Thomas 55 d. 3 May 1848; age 20y
Rowat William 36 d. 7 Jul 1846; age 1y, 5m
Rowat John 36 Father
Rowat Agnes 36 Mother
Smillie Ellen 77 d. 19 Apr 1869; age 15y, 7m
Smith Jessie 98 d. 15 Jan 1851; age 20y
Smith James 115 d. 23 Nov 1844; age 30y
Smith Ann 115 w/o James Smith
Somerville David 159 d. 28 Sep 1868; age 30y
Stephens Mary 134 d. 10 Aug 1867; age 22y. Sister-in-Law of John Gardham
Stewart Robert Sgt. 16 d. 15 Jul 1868; age 34y, 6m. 1st Batt. Band. F.C.O.
Stewart Janet 86 d. 7 Apr 1851; age 33y, also 2 infant children
Stewart Alex. 86 h/o Janet Stewart
Stewart Robert 135 d. 13 Feb 1871; age 45y. from Belfast, Ireland
Stewart St.John Morrison R 135 d. 20 Aug 1871; age 7m, 21d
Stockdale W. E. 90 d. 30 Nov 1859; age 1y,1m, 8d
Stopelben Joseph A. 32 d. 1 May 1871, Ottawa River; age 5y, 4m
Susk Margaret 79 d. 20 Feb 1866; age 12y, 6m
Susk David 79 d. 25 Feb 1866; age 2y, 3m
Susk T. 79 Father
Susk T. 79 Mother
Taylor William 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [1869]
Taylor W. 30 no data
Tey James 9 d. 17 May 1847; age 1y
Tey Charles 9 d. 14 Jan 1848; age 9d
Tey Sophia 9 d. 15 Dec 1855; age 1y
Tey Charles 9 Father
Tey Elizabeth 9 Mother
Thompson Francis 69 b. 21 Nov 1818, Dundas Scot. d. 18 Oct 1852 Rideau Canal, Bytown
Thompson James G. C. 152 b. 18 Nov 1840, Edinburg, Scot; d. 1 Apr 1873, Ottawa
Thompson Francis John No # b. 24 Jan d. 8 May 1847
Thompson F. Sinclair Lt. Col. No # Father
Tie John 118 d. 16 Dec 1860; age 3 weeks
Tie Sophia 118 d. 16 Dec 1860; age 3 weeks
Tie Catherine 118 d. 1 Mar 1864; age 5 weeks
Tie William James 118 d. 15 Mar 1865; age 2 m
Tie John 118 Father
Tompkins Peter 60 d. 27 Feb 1855; age 19y
Tompkins Peter Sr. 60 d. 11 Mar 1870; age 76y. Native of Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Traveller Reuben 150 d. 14 Feb 1861; age 73y. Native of London, England
Wateridge W. 19 no data
Waterridge William 15 d. Ottawa; Rifle Brigade, 1st Batt. [ 1869 ]
Webber Elizabeth Aitken 8 d. 25 Jan 1855; age 24y. of London England
Webber Charles 8 h/o Elizabeth A. Webber. of the Bank of B.N.A. this city?
Westle Jemima A. 128 d. 17 Jul 1856
Whillans Robert 83 d. 11 Sep 1861; age 82y
White nil 151 b. 22 Jul 1854 at Goderich, C.W. d. 28 May 1873, Rideau River
Wild Alice 13 d. 6 Aug 1868; age 10m
Wild John 13 Father
Wild Jane 13 Mother
Wilks John Wesley 121 d. 17 Jan 1869; age 7y
Williamson Mary 52 d. 14 Dec 1848; age 6y, 8m
Williamson Margaret 52 d. 4 Jan 1849; age 14y, 4m, 4d
Willment George 122 d. 20 Mar 1864; age 74y. Native of Sorel, C.E.
Workman Florence 6 d. 8 Oct 1858; age 3y
Workman Samuel 6 Father
Workman Mary Anne 6 Mother
Wright John 104 d. 7 Aug 1834; age 37y. Native of Banffshire, Scotland
znil Bertie 142 d. 1866
znil Jessie 142 d. 1868
znil Samuel 161 Son of Hugh and Sarah
Above transcription is taken from 1911 City of Ottawa Minutes.
Sandy Hill Cemetary is now McDonald Park near Rideau Street and Rideau River.
June 16, 2009:
Good morning,
I am researching my wife's Cameron ancestors. Would anyone have any additional information
concerning the following person:
Mary Cameron dob 1759; dod: 1839. Her remains were originally interred in the Sandy Hill
Cemetery but were were later removed and re-interred in Beechwood Cemetery in Section 34 -
Lot 13 ½ South Part on 29 July 1876.
Thanks,
... Bernie Limoges
April 30, 2010:
Source: Bytown Gazette, January 14, 1841
Search the Ottawa Citizen and Bytown Gazette for other articles
August 23, 2010:
Al
I can't send this to everyone because I don't have a proper email installed on my computer, but I thought you
might want to add the following to one of your Sandy Hill Cemetery pages.
If you think you had ancestors originally buried at Sandy Hill Cemetery, and thought they were moved to Beechwood,
when it opened up, you might be surprised to see what is actually in that new Beechwood grave. I am curious to
know what is buried with my ancestors…What were they wearing and what is buried with them. How did they transfer
those bodies to the new cemetery? In newer coffins, in bags? Were there really name plates on the coffins from
say 150 years ago. First of all I would like to know if their bones are intact, and in a coffin….or if bones…
like the heads are missing? Sounds like I’m writing a Halloween horror story but look what I read in a 1913 edition
of the Ottawa Citizen:
Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1913
PLAYING WITH SKULLS
Rather Depressing Relics Seen in Hands of Children
The boys and girls around Macdonald Gardens, formerly the old cemetery on Sandy Hill, evidently enjoy gruesome play toys.
A prominent resident of Besserer St. told a Citizen reporter that the other evening he was taking a walk over the new
park when he came across some children playing. One small boy was crying and the Citizen’s informant found out from
the boy that another boy was chasing him with a human skull. This attracted his attention and he found a number of
boys with skulls in their hands.
“Do you want me to get you one, mister?” said one boy. “It will only take me a nimute. I can dig down to them with
this stick.” This boy had a skull in his hand at the time and told the inquirer that he had nine more skulls at home.
Some members of the improvement commission have been notified and will investigate the matter.
“I do not see how it is possible,” said Mr. Stuart, the superintendent of the improvement commission, which is
converting the place into a park. “We keep a caretaker there at night and are careful to sink down any remains that
are found. We have sunk down already over 500 remains in the two cemeteries. We had no idea that so many bodies
had been left in this old burying place.”
It is evident however, that they are not being sunk deep enough or that some are overlooked, for the resident
who makes the statement is a well known citizen whose word is beyond dispute. It is understood that no time will
be lost in stopping this rather unusual form of amusement. The boys evidently slip into the park unseen by the caretaker.
End of article.
Has anyone ever had an ancestor exhumed to be moved to another cemetery? My own ancestors had that done when they moved
from Hull to Ottawa. They moved their deceased teenage daughter from a cemetery in Hull to Beechwood Cemetery, when they
themselves moved from Hull to Ottawa. Basically, they did not leave her behind. Then they had to go through it again
by moving their parents from the Sandy Hill Cemetery, because they had to, to Beechwood Cemetery. Maybe this is a personal
question but has anyone had their ancestors moved from one cemetery to another? I can be reached at karenprytula33@gmail.com
... Karen Prytula
________________________________
Karen:
The body of Reuben Traveller, a pioneer Bytown resident, was moved:
Before his death he had his gravestone prepared and it has an anchor at the top and
a poem describing the Battle of Trafalgar on the face. He was buried in the old
Sandy Hill Cemetery in Ottawa, which is now part of the campus of the University of
Ottawa. His stone was moved to St. James Cemetery in Hull Quebec where the next
generation of his family is buried.
February 16, 2011:
Another blog by Karen Prytula deals with the Sandy Hill Cemetery.
HTH, Bob Mackett
E-mail Bernie Limoges, Karen Prytula, Jim Stanzell and Al Lewis
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