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Spurgeon Warren Field Cemetery

North Yorke Road - Route 248, Warren Grove, Prince Edward Island, C1E, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2009/02/02

Showing overview of cemetery in winter; Bill Glen, PEI Genealogical Society, 2007
Showing overview of cemetery in winter
Aerial view shows cemetery located amid trees; Province of PEI, 1974
Aerial view shows cemetery located amid trees
Aerial view shows trees have disappeared; Province of PEI, 2000
Aerial view shows trees have disappeared

Other Name(s)

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Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

1843/01/01 to 1899/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2009/03/23

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

This cemetery is located in Warren Grove between the North Yorke River Road to the west and the North River to the east. It is now incorporated into agricultural land, but was once situated amid a stand of trees in a wooded area.

Heritage Value

The cemetery is valued for its historical association with the earliest families who settled the Warren Grove area.

The families associated with this cemetery are Warren, Scott, Vickerson, and Sharpe. The earliest known burial is that of Rev. John Scott (d. 1843). He emigrated from Perthshire Scotland in 1807, settling in the North River area as a farmer. He became a Baptist lay preacher and in 1832 was one of the first three Baptist preachers to be ordained in the province. The others were Benjamin Scott at Alexandra and John Shaw at Three Rivers.

Meacham's 1880 Atlas shows the land on which the cemetery is located as belonging to Peter Warren. In 1899, the property was conveyed to Joseph Spurgeon Warren. The legal document mentioned the cemetery and noted that "no other bodies shall be buried in the enclosure..." There may have been as many as 22 interments on the site during its use.

In the decades that followed, aerial photos from 1935 to 1974 show the wooded area or "enclosure" where the cemetery was located. However, by 2000, this had been cleared and incorporated into an agricultural field.

Source: Culture and Heritage Division, PEI Department of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
File #: 4310-20/P19

Character-Defining Elements

The heritage value of the cemetery is shown in the following character-defining elements:

- the cemetery in its location, extent and the surviving land formations
- evidence of the use of the place as a cemetery with unmarked graves

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Prince Edward Island

Recognition Authority

Province of Prince Edward Island

Recognition Statute

Heritage Places Protection Act

Recognition Type

Registered Historic Place

Recognition Date

2009/02/02

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Religion, Ritual and Funeral
Mortuary Site, Cemetery or Enclosure

Architect / Designer

n/a

Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Culture and Heritage Division, PEI Department of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 File #: 4310-20/P19

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

4310-20/P19

Status

Published

Related Places

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