Hope Township obituary notices
(1861-1916)
Most of this collection was housed at the former Canton Pioneer School (SS #8), before being donated to the Port Hope Archives. Another group was donated to the Archives by Elaine Rostetter, while several have been obtained from indicated other sources. Additional information has been added from cemetery records (CemSearch).
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Surname | Given name | Age | Relationship | Died | Location | Burial | Remarks |
Allely | Susan | 68 | R/o Francis Allely (d1864) | 11 Jul 1882 | English Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Austin | James | 76 | H/o Mariam Bye | 20 Jul 1895 | Port Hope | Methodist Cemetery, Welcome | |
Barkwell | Rev. William John | 42 | S/o Stephen Barkwell & Agnes McComb | 28 Nov 1898 | Toronto | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Barrett | William | 58 | H/o Charlotte (Eyre) | 09 Jul 1875 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Beatty | Margaret (nee Johnston) | 84 | R/o James Beatty (d1857) | 21 Feb 1878 | St. Paul's Burying Ground, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Beatty | Robert | 59 | 31 Oct 1894 | Hope Twp. | Perrytown Methodist Cemetery | ||
Beatty | Robert Francis | 23 | S/o Robert Beatty | 06 Mar 1892 | Hope Twp. | Perrytown Methodist Cemetery | |
Bedford | Elizabeth | 29 | Youngest d/o Robert Bedford & Mary Ann Marshall | 04 Jun 1879 | Bible Christian Cemetery, Welcome | ||
Beggs | Elizabeth (nee Boyd) | 75 | R/o Robert Beggs | 15 Sep 1897 | Canton | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Beggs | Robert | 80 | 04 May 1890 | Hope Twp. | St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Black | Robert | 53 | H/o Elizabeth Smart | 20 May 1880 | Church of England Burying Ground, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Bond | Mary Agnes (nee Knox) | 26 | W/o Rev. Samuel Bond | 09 Aug 1872 | Canton | Hope Church Cemetery | |
Brand | Daniel | 80 | H/o Elizabeth Sexton | 17 Mar 1872 | Canada Presbyterian Burying Ground | ||
Brand | Maria Ann | 51 | 13 Mar 1882 | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Listed as "Braund" in the burial records. | ||
Brownscombe | James | 80 | H/o Melloney Pethick (d1868) | 05 Mar 1899 | Uxbridge | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | From Thelma Lomas |
Brownscombe | William H. | 67 | H/o Sarah Ann Found | 18 Jul 1916 | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | ||
Burnham | Sophronia (nee Gilchrist) | 82 | H/o Mark Burnham | 27 Nov 1883 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Campbell | Caroline | 39 | 3rd d/o Thomas & Catherine Campbell | 14 Apr 1889 | English Church Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Campbell | Jane (nee Greer) | 73 | R/o John Campbell (d1872) | 09 Jun 1884 | Hope Twp. | English Church Cemetery, Perrytown | |
Campbell | John | 78 | 14 Jan 1872 | Episcopal Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | |||
Campbell | Thomas H. | 11 | S/o Robert Campbell | 10 Aug 1894 | Hope Twp. | St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter |
Cassie | Pamela | 79 | R/o Rev. John Cassie (d1861) | 18 Jan 1896 | Toronto | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Chambers | Joseph Thomas | 72 | 16 Sep 1897 | Hope Twp. | Knoxville Cemetery | ||
Clark | Eliza (nee McCullough) | 72 | W/o James Clark | 02 Oct 1878 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope | From Pat Hanley |
Clark | James | 81 | H/o Eliza McCullough (d1878) | 01 Aug 1887 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope | From Pat Hanley |
Clark | Joseph | 84 | H/o Ann Race | 01 Sep 1884 | Hope Twp. | St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Clark | Julia | 38 | D/o James Clark & Eliza McCullough | 17 Nov 1886 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Port Hope | From Pat Hanley |
Cockburn | Mary Ella (nee McGibbon) | 36 | W/o George Cockburn | 21 Feb 1899 | Smith Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Corbett | John | 28 | Unmarried s/o Samuel & Margaret (Ferguson) | 07 Jul 1870 | Perrytown | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Corbett | Lydia | 59 | H/o Robert Corbett | 03 Sep 1879 | Garden Hill | Presbyterian Burial Gound, Perrytown | Michael Wladyka collection |
Corbett | Samuel | 92 | H/o Margaret Ferguson | 21 Jun 1880 | Perrytown | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Currelley | Jane (nee Doney) | 71 | W/o Thomas Currelley | 11 Feb 1886 | Hope Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Listed as "Currelly" in the burial records. |
Currelley | Thomas | 81 | H/o Jane Doney | 07 Feb 1892 | Hope Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Listed as "Currelly" in the burial records. Mike Wladyka collection |
Daynard | Ida (nee Benson) | 21 | W/o James Daynard | 27 Aug 1891 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Dean | Eliza Jane | 65 | R/o Robert Dean | 14 Feb 1882 | English Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Dodd | Edward | 74 | 24 Dec 1882 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Mike Wladyka collection | |
Dodds | Sarah (nee Young) | 82 | R/o Thomas Dodds (d1885) | 24 Oct 1894 | Canton | Hope Church Cemetery, Canton | Listed as "Dodd" in the burial records. From Elaine Rostetter |
Dodds | William | 38 | H/o Elizabeth Ann Retallick | 14 Feb 1884 | Hope Church Cemetery, Canton | Listed as "Dodd" in the burial records. | |
Dunbar | James | 75 | H/o Loretta Caldwell | 16 Mar 1905 | Perrytown | Welcome Cemetery | |
Fair | John Walter | 14 m | S/o James & Elizabeth Fair | Aug 1881 | Centreville Burying Ground | ||
Ferguson | John | 62 | Br/o James H. Ferguson | 13 Dec 1887 | Hope Twp. | Presbyterian Burying Ground, Perrytown | |
Ferguson | Rose Ellen | 64 | 13 Sep 1894 | Hope Twp. | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Ferguson | William | 64 | 07 Jul 1885 | Hope Twp. | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Found | William James | 27 | S/o James. H/o Ann Cook | 29 Aug 1882 | Welcome | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | From Bill Dagg |
Froom | Grace | 70 | W/o George Froom | 06 Feb 1891 | Hope Twp. | Perrytown Methodist Cemetery | |
Furby | William | 81 | H/o Ann Manning (d1844) | 04 Apr 1881 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Gardiner | Edward Isaac | 21 | S/o Edward Gardiner & Mary Hagerman | 24 Mar 1875 | St. Paul's Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Gardiner | James | 38 | S/o Robert Gardiner | 29 Dec 1878 | St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Gardiner | Margery (nee Henderson) | 83 | W/o Robert Gardiner | 10 May 1897 | Perrytown | St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Gardiner | Mary Jane (nee Gordon) | 48 | W/o Mark N. Gardiner | 20 Mar 1896 | Hope Twp. | Methodist Cemetery, Perrytown | |
Gist | Henry | 49 | 13 Jan 1881 | Bible Christian Cemetery, Perrytown | |||
Glass | Mrs. Robert | 59 | 04 Apr 1881 | Hope Twp. | Methodist Cemetery, Elizabethville | ||
Glidden | James | 75 | H/o Mary Curtis (d1883) | 01 Feb 1896 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Gloyn | Grace | 74 | M/o Elizabeth Beatty (Robert) | 23 Mar 1887 | Perrytown Burying Ground | Listed as "Gloyne" in the burial records. | |
Gordon | Ann Jane | 53 | 23 Jan 1892 | Hope Twp. | Presbyterian Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Gordon | Mary (nee Rennek) | 96 | R/o John Gordon | 17 Nov 1900 | Oak Hill | Oak Hill Cemetery | From Lorrie Norris |
Gordon | William | 39 | 21 Jan 1877 | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter | ||
Grant | Catherine Mary (nee Walker) | 52 | W/o Reuben C. Grant | 18 Feb 1894 | Toronto | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Grimison | Catharine (nee Winters | 46 | W/o Frank Grimison | 24 Dec 1887 | Port Hope | Welcome Methodist Cemetery | From L. Vallee |
Hamill | James | 59 | H/o Rebecca Walsh | 20 May 1893 | Hope Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Hamill | Rebecca (nee Walsh) | 45 | W/o James Hamill | 27 Jul 1884 | Garden Hill | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Hamill | William | 85 | H/o Martha (d1873) | 01 Oct 1878 | Perrytown Prebyterian Cemetery | ||
Harcourt | Isabella (nee Millar) | 87 | R/o Joseph Harcourt | 31 May 1887 | Hamilton Twp. | St. Paul's Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | |
Harness | Richard R. | 37 | 05 Aug 1891 | Hope Twp. | Zion Methodist Cemetery | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Hayden | Albert Ernest | 6 m | S/o Thomas Hayden | 07 Aug 1871 | Port Hope | Wesleyan Methodist Burying Ground, Port Hope | From the Trent Archives |
Hayden | Thomas F. | 27 | Eldest s/o Thomas Hayden | 06 Mar 1885 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Mike Wladyka collection |
Henry | Michael | 69 | 2nd h/o Margaret Monaghan | 23 Apr 1878 | Knoxville | Listed as "Henery" in the burial records. Orange Lodge funeral notice from Elaine Rostetter | |
Holdaway | George | 52 | H/o Eliza Austin | 22 Dec 1875 | Bible Christian Cemetery, Welcome | ||
Hugh | George Earnest | 2 | S/o Joseph Hugh | 01 Nov 1884 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery | From Larry Green |
Hugh | Samuel George | 35 | H/o Marion Masters | 15 Oct 1892 | Port Hope | St. John's Anglican Cemetery | From Thelma Lomas |
Kirk | Dr. W.M. | 33 | 23 Jul 1893 | Niagara Falls | Elizabethville Burying Ground | ||
Leith | Isabella | 68 | R/o Malcolm Leith (d1859) | 13 Aug 1872 | English Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Ligget | Samuel | 81 | 14 Sep 1897 | Perrytown | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | Not found in the burial records under Ligget, Ligett, Liggett nor Leggett. | |
Little | Isabella | 68 | R/o James Little | 22 Sep 1894 | Zion | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | |
Little | James | 69 | 17 Apr 1892 | Perrytown | Presbyterian Cemetery, Perrytown | ||
Little | Nancy (nee Hamill) | 75 | W/o James Little | 04 Dec 1896 | Hope Twp. | Perrytown Prebyterian Cemetery | Listed as "Agnes Little (nee Hamill)" in the burial records. Written in longhand. |
Lockington | Anna Maria (nee King) | 74 | R/o Henry Lockington | 26 Apr 1898 | Hope Twp. | St. Paul's Burying Ground, Perrytown | |
Lockington | William | 47 | 04 Jun 1881 | St. Paul's Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | |||
Lowes | Elizabeth (nee Crawford) | 86 | W/o James Lowes | 26 Jan 1886 | Canton | Canton Methodist Cemetery | |
McBurney | Elizabeth (nee Gardiner) | 81 | R/o John McBurney (d1869) | 02 Mar 1889 | Peterborough | Canton Cemetery | From Elaine Rostetter |
McBurney | John | 77 | H/o Elizabeth Gardiner | 06 Feb 1869 | Hope Church Burying Ground, Canton | ||
McCallum | Emma (nee Gifford) | 49 | W/o William Henry McCallum | 31 Jul 1898 | Dale | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
McElligott | Patrick | 87 | F/o Elizabeth Lawson (Isaac) | 01 Mar 1891 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Cemetery | |
McMahon | John | 45 | 16 Apr 1880 | Canton Cemetery | |||
McMahon | Mary Ann | 49 | 09 May 1889 | Port Hope | Canton Cemetery | ||
McMahon | Rosa | 81 | R/o Michael McMahon (d1860) | 30 Jan 1881 | near Canton | Canton Cemetery | |
McMullen | Andrew | 45 | 29 Dec 1886 | Port Hope | English Church Cemetery, Cavan | ||
Milligan | Peter H. Muirhead | 36 | S/o David Milligan & Hannah Honey | 27 Jan 1882 | Canton | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Mounteer | Charles | 55 | H/o Eliza Grant | 03 Nov 1886 | Wesleyville | Wesleyville Cemetery | |
Mullen | William | 81 | H/o Jane Bellamy | 07 Nov 1893 | Cavan | Zion Burying Ground | Michael Wladyka collection |
Neville | John Henry | 26 | S/o Michael Neville & Maria Lockins | 06 Jul 1895 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Cemetery | From Faye Skitch |
Neville | Maria (nee Lockins) | 80 | R/o Michael Neville (d1890) | 30 Mar 1904 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Cemetery | From Faye Skitch |
Neville | Michael | 63 | H/o Maria Lockins | 17 Mar 1890 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Cemetery | From Faye Skitch |
Noble | John Alexander | 34 | S/o William Noble & Margaret Jane Beatty | 26 Feb 1889 | Hamilton Twp. | St. Peter's Cemetery, Cobourg | Handwritten notice, issued in Port Hope, from Elaine Rostetter |
Noble | Margaret | 54 | D/o Ralph & Rachel Noble | 04 Jan 1894 | Hope Twp. | St. Paul's Cemetery, Perrytown | |
Noble | (Mrs.) Mary | 84 | 16 Mar 1875 | St. Paul's Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | |||
Noble | Ralph | 81 | 01 May 1892 | Garden Hill | St. Paul's Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Oke | Susannah (nee Honey) | 74 | R/o Thomas B. Oke (d1873) | 16 Jan 1884 | Port Hope | Bible Christian Cemetery | |
Orr | Robert | 69 | H/o Charlotte Ellen | 16 Jan 1889 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Parker | Jeremiah | 85 | H/o Ann Walker (d1865) | 19 Jan 1883 | South Monaghan | Bible Christian Cemetery, Welcome | |
Patterson | George | 68 | H/o Ann Noble (1874) | 15 May 1879 | English Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Potts | George Alexander | 14 | Eldest s/o William Potts, Jr. & Rachel Patterson | 17 Jun 1885 | St. Paul's Church Burying Ground, Perrytown | ||
Powers | Maria Eliza | 29 | W/o Dr. Lafontaine Baldwin Powers | 17 Dec 1873 | Canton Cemetery | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Prouse | Richard | 63 | H/o Mary Jane Williams | 10 May 1888 | Osaca | Welcome Cemetery | |
Ray | Sara | 70 | W/o Samuel Ray | 29 Jan 1877 | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Reel | Mary Ann | 51 | W/o Patrick Reel | Feb 1875 | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | From Elaine Rostetter. Burial records have her buried in St. Mary's R.C. Cemetery. | |
Reid | Hugh | 72 | H/o Eliza | 26 Feb 1887 | Garden Hill | Oak Hill Cemetery | Pencilled at the bottom of the Mrs. Robert Glass notice. |
Robb | John | 73 | H/o Jeannett Rutherford | 29 Jul 1895 | Hope Twp. | Perrytown Cemetery | |
Roucliffe | Mrs. James | 25 Jan | Methodist Cemetery | Handwritten notice, signed "James Roucliffe", from Elaine Rostetter. 25 Jan is DOD, but no year given. There is a James Rowcliffe (d1899) buried at Perrytown. | |||
Rowden | William | 72 | H/o Ann (d1871) | 14 Jan 1900 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Cemetery | From Carol Quirk |
Salter | Elizabeth | 64 | H/o Peter Salter | 05 May 1880 | Toronto | Canton Cemetery | Michael Wladyka collection |
Scaman | Harvey | 36 | S/o Samuel & Jane Scaman | 12 Jun 1883 | Hope Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Burial records have him buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery. |
Scaman | Jane | 66 | R/o Samuel Scaman, Sr. (d1877) | 20 Aug 1881 | St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Scaman | Samuel, Sr. | 71 | H/o Jane | 02 Apr 1877 | St. John's Cemetery | ||
Scott | Elizabeth (nee Kennedy) | 84 | R/o Samuel Scott (d1859) | 22 Aug 1887 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Scott | William | 67 | H/o Margaret Jane McIntyre? | 08 Apr 1900 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Michael Wladyka collection |
Smith | Edward | 65 | 30 Aug 1891 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | From the Robin Long collection | |
Symons | Mary Ann (nee Weatherilt) | 29 | W/o Edward John Symons | 13 Feb 1880 | Mount Pleasant, Hope Twp. | Bible Christian Cemetery, Welcome | |
Tamblyn | John | 55 | S/o Thomas & Mary Tamblyn | 30 Nov 1882 | Hope Twp. | Zion Church Cemetery | |
Thompson | Isabella (nee Harcourt) | 44 | W/o Marshall Thompson | 02 May 1887 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Mike Wladyka collection |
Thompson | Elizabeth (nee Kimball) | 69 | R/o Moses Thompson (d1880) | 22 Aug 1881 | Port Hope | Wesleyville Cemetery | From Elaine Rostetter |
Tink | William | 65 | H/o Mary Ann | 22 Jul 1885 | Hope Twp. | Welcome Bible Christian Cemetery | |
Trew | David Gibson | 73 | H/o Mary Jane Wilson | 25 Sep 1905 | Hope Twp. | Oak Hill Cemetery | From Lorrie Norris |
Trew | Henry Lewis | 32 | S/o Hugh & Mary Ann | 15 Sep 1903 | Hope Twp. | Oak Hill Cemetery | From Lorrie Norris |
Truscott | Susan Walters (nee Rowden) | 75 | W/o Lewis J. Truscott | 21 Dec 1903 | Port Hope | Welcome Cemetery | From Carol Quirk |
Waddell | Susan J. | 22 | D/o John Waddell & Isabella Mann | 24 Jun 1886 | Garden Hill | Perrytown Cemetery | |
Walker | Mary Ann (nee Odell) | 79 | R/o John Walker (d1872) | 19 Jun 1879 | Family Burying Ground, near Welcome | From Elaine Rostetter | |
Wallace | Clarke | 88 | F/o William J. Wallace | 09 Mar 1894 | Port Hope | Belmont Cemetery, Hope Twp. | Mike Wladyka collection |
Ward | Thomas | 90 | H/o Mary | 27 Feb 1861 | St. Mark's Cemetery, Port Hope | ||
Welch | Edward | 48 | H/o Sarah Jane Wilson | 27 May 1892 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Welch | Lena (nee Merkley) | 81 | R/o David Welch. M/o T.M. Welch | 04 Apr 1884 | Zion Church Cemetery | ||
White | Bertha A. | 14 | Eldest d/o Richard White & Margaret Strong | 03 Apr 1896 | Hope Twp. | Oak Hill Cemetery | |
Wilcox | Alhanon | 07 Nov 1877 | Hope Church Cemetery, Canton | From Elaine Rostetter | |||
Williams | Arthur Trefusis Heneage | 48 | S/o John T. Williams & Sarah Ward. H/o Emily Seymour (d1882) | 04 Jul 1885 | Near Fort Pitt, NWT | St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Williams | Emily (nee Seymour) | 43 | 2nd d/o Benjamin Seymour. W/o Arthur Trefusis Heneage | 24 Dec 1882 | Penryn Park, Port Hope | St. John's Cemetery, Port Hope | |
Wilson | Celena (nee Trew) | 45 | D/o Hugh & Mary Ann. W/o Samuel Wilson | 02 Jul 1904 | Oak Hill | Oak Hill Cemetery | From Lorrie Norris |
Wilson | Joseph Spencer | 68 | W/o Martha Jane Reid | 10 Apr 1898 | Hope Twp. | St. Paul's Burying Ground, Perrytown | From Elaine Rostetter |
Wilson | Margaret (nee Buckingham) | 87 | R/o Samuel Wilson (d1879) | 07 Jun 1904 | Garden Hill | St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Perrytown | From Lorrie Norris |
Wilson | Mary Ann (nee Aikens) | 64 | R/o Jason Wilson | 04 May 1897 | Port Hope | Union Cemetery, Port Hope | Mike Wladyka collection |
Winters | Nicholas | 62 | 13 Mar 1885 | Miscellaneous file (unknown) | |||
Wright | Alexander | 28 | S/o John Wright & Hannah Bradford | 18 Mar 1885 | Hope Twp. | Union Cemetery, Port Hope |
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