Allanburg Village Cemetery
0, Centre Street, Thorold, Ontario, L0S, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/11/19
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2008/08/07
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Allanburg Village Cemetery is one of two very early cemeteries in the old village of Allanburg, now within the City of Thorold. In 1844, the Township Wardens purchased a one-quarter acre parcel of land as a cemetery, seeing that burials had already occurred there.
The cemetery is recognized for its heritage significance by the City of Thorold By-law 88-2002.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Allanburg Village Cemetery is associated with the original Dutch Settlers and the subsequent United Empire Loyalists who came from New York State to establish roots in the area. It is located on land granted by the Crown in 1797 to John Vanderburg Sr., who emigrated with his family from the Mohawk Valley, New York in 1784. Harmonious Vanderburg inherited the property in 1825 and sold a one-quarter acre parcel of land, being used as a burying ground, to the Township Wardens in 1844.
The Village was originally known as New Holland because of the early Dutch immigrants. Later it was named Allanburg by Samuel Keefer when he formally laid out a new settlement. The new name was in honour of William Allan, a banker and vice-president of the Welland Canal Company. Keefer's father, George, emigrated from New Jersey in 1792 when his lands were confiscated by the US Congress. George was to become the Welland Canal Company's first president and it was in Allanburg that he turned the sod for the very first canal.
Many of the earliest settlers of the Allanburg area are buried in this cemetery. The first recorded burial is that of Noah Davis who died in 1813, though his gravestone has not been found. The oldest marker in the cemetery with a readable inscription is for Mary Chrysler, who died in 1815. The last known burial was that of Mary Ann Radcliffe, who died in December 1876.
Source: Heritage File - Allanburg Village Cemetery; By-law 88-2002.
Éléments caractéristiques
The character defining elements that reflect the heritage value of the Allanburg Village Cemetery include the:
- remnants of markers and markers in the cemetery that reflect a part of the history of Dutch settlement in the Allanburg area when it was known as New Holland
- location in one of the earliest settlements in the area
- markers of several founding and prominent citizens of Allanburg
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Ontario
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Ont.)
Loi habilitante
Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)
Date de reconnaissance
2002/11/19
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1825/01/01 à 1825/01/01
1797/01/01 à 1797/01/01
1844/01/01 à 1844/01/01
1815/01/01 à 1815/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les institutions religieuses
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Religion, rituel et funéraille
- Site funéraire, cimetière ou enclos
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Planning and Building Services Department
City of Thorold
Réfère à une collection
Thorold Public Library
Ontario Genealogical Society - Niagara Peninsula Branch
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
HPON08-0015
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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