Inistioge United Church Cemetery ~ Proton Township
Grey County, Ontario ~ 1851-1971
From what I can determine, the population dwindled in the 1960's after the last service was held at the little United Church in 1961. It was torn down shortly after.
These grave markers were gathered together at the location of the little Church in order to preserve this cemetery site. There are 47 markers, the earliest date I see is 1856 and the latest date is 1942. However, several of the markers (8) are so worn that the dates cannot be read. It appears that the oldest stones (14) are the ones lying flat in the front row, along with the two that are for children. The gray one on the left is too worn to read, but has a little lamb on the top of it. The white one on the right is for the three ACHESON children that I have posted before.
These grave markers were gathered together at the location of the little Church in order to preserve this cemetery site. There are 47 markers, the earliest date I see is 1856 and the latest date is 1942. However, several of the markers (8) are so worn that the dates cannot be read. It appears that the oldest stones (14) are the ones lying flat in the front row, along with the two that are for children. The gray one on the left is too worn to read, but has a little lamb on the top of it. The white one on the right is for the three ACHESON children that I have posted before.
I've already posted two of the tombstones, Sentimental Sunday, May 2nd, "The Three Little Angels" and Surname Saturday May 8th, "John Rutherford." There are at least three more that are related to my ancestors in some way.
A few of the markers show Ireland as the birthplace. Inistioge, Grey County, Ontario was named after the birthplace of one of it's first residents, Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
UPDATE ~ See comments:
May 18, 2010
Thanks to Janet Iles for her comment providing the following information:
UPDATE ~ See comments:
May 18, 2010
Thanks to Janet Iles for her comment providing the following information:
"In my information on the Inistioge United Church, (originally Methodist) was not torn down when the church closed in 1961. The church shed, where the horses had been tied in early days, was purchased by a farmer. Willial Crockford removed the bricks from the church building and he hauled it away to become a machine shed."
Hello Carole Your posting on Inistioge Cemetery caught my eye when I was looking at the Tombstone Tuesday postings.
ReplyDeleteIn my information on the Inistioge United Church, (originally Methodist) was not torn down when the church closed in 1961. The church shed, where the horses had been tied in early days, was purchased by a farmer. Willial Crockford removed the bricks from the church building and he hauled it away to become a machine shed.
Hi Janet ~ Thanks for the additional information on the little Church.
ReplyDeleteBetween 1858 and 1863, my great grandmother's parents, William and Christina ACHESON, lived across the road from the Inistioge United Methodist Church. Here a brother and two sisters of her's were born.
In 2009, I had a email from a third cousin who's father also lived on a farm across from the Church. He said that as a young man in the 1940's, his father helped to dig some of the graves. Also, he wasn't sure if the Church was "razed or bought and moved somewhere."
Interesting to piece together these bits of information.
Thanks again.
Hi, I am facinated to see that there is a little place in Ontario called Inistioge, named after the one in Co. Kilkenny,Ireland. I am from Inistioge, Ireland and would love to find out the name of the founder that travelled from our little village. I would appreciate any information that anyone may have. My email address is rayslocalnews@yahoo.ie Thank you. Ray.
ReplyDeleteHi Ray - I did attempt to contact you at the email addess that you left, however, it bounced back to me.
ReplyDeleteThe name of the 'father' of Inistioge, Grey County, Ontario, is George ARMSTRONG, his wife was Sarah FREACHAM. They died in July 1867.
Do you have another email?
Very nice to hear from you.
Carole
Hi, my names is Melvin J.Morrow, my gggrandfather is inthe Inistioge Cemetery. I visited there about 10 years ago. He was killed in a farming accident in 1860. I was concerned with the condition of his headstone. I saw a picture of it today on the internet that was taken in 2009 and it actually looks better than when I was there. If it is still legible I would appreciate some one dropping me a line. My
ReplyDeleteemail is: melandmarsha@live.com. Thanks,
Mel
Hi Mel - sorry for the delay. I have been offline for quite a while. I will copy your comment and post it today so that viewers will be aware of your request. Hopefully someone will be able to help you. I have revisited the OntarioObits site - however it has changed and it not quite as easy to navigate. Trust that someone will be able to send you a copy of your gggrandfather's headstone.
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