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The Jamestown Masonic Cemetery

When I was in Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, I decided to go visit the Jamestown Masonic Cemetery located on Jamestown road and easily accessible from Golden Chain Highway 49. I noticed that there are quite a lot of masonic cemeteries and gravestones in and around the Jamestown area. Jamestown is technically a ghost town from the days of the California Gold Rush, although it does have a small population these days. Burial Records Dixon, Edith May Dixon, Grace Elenor Dixon, Jared Young Evans, Thomas Jefferson Ouderkirk, Isaac Pereira, Hannah (Morgan) Pereira, John Severio, Ferio Severio, Mary J Witter, James Edith May Dixon Edith May Dixon was born in 1862 in California to Jared Young Dixon and Louisa Ann Wildermuth. She died on September 6th 1870 aged 8 years, 7 months, and 22 days. Her cause of death is unknown. Grace Elenor Dixon Grace Elenor

The Hardie Family

I was recently inclined to start looking into some of the information on Martha Bowie Brownlie Hardie, who is buried in Hurdville Cemetery in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. She was born in Scotland to James and Jane (maiden name possibly Bowie) Brownlie and married Alexander Hardie on August 6th 1879 in Parry Sound, Ontario. She died on January 24th 1938 in Hurdville, Ontario. They had 13 known children, which included*: James Hardie, born September 18th 1880 in McKellar, Parry Sound, Ontario. William Hardie, born December 2nd 1881 in McKellar who he married Esther Annie Phillips (daughter of Charles Wesley Phillips and Susan Whales) on May 19th 1915 in Hurdville, Ontario. John Hardie, born October 6th 1883 in McKellar, Ontario. Alexander Hardie, born January 14th 1887 who died in 1926 in Biscotasing, Sudbury, Ontario, and was single at the time of his death. The date of death was unknown and the cause of death was unknown, with the doctor noting that "no marks of viole

The McPherson Family

I haven't been on here for quite some time, but I figured I'd add a quick note about some research on two McPherson family members buried in McCaffery Cemetery in West Lincoln, Ontario. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Absalom McPherson was born around 1831 in Gainsboro, Ontario, to John and Margaret McPherson. He married Louisa Ann Lymburner on September 14th of 1864 in Lincoln, Ontario. He later married Nancy Maria Emerick on October 20th, 1896 in Townsend, Norfolk, Ontario, when he was 64. Louisa Ann Lymburner was born around 1834 to Jacob and Anna Lymburner. She was born in Caistor, Lincoln, Ontario. She had at least four children with Absalom - Maggie (born 1862), Annie Cirerlla (Cirella?) (born around 1869), Hattie G (born about 1875), and Ella May (born about 1873). - Maggie married Peter W Emerick, the son of Ephraim and Sirisia Emerick, on February 9th 1881 in Caistor

The Teeft Family

I was working on sorting some photos I had taken last year, when I started trying to figure out who some of the people were. This tends to happen easily....and so, another post shall be written. This post begins in Diltz Road Cemetery in Attercliffe Station in Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. There are many names there such as Dolan, Teeft, and Houser, and all three are involved in today's post. There is certainly more work to be done on this, but I figured I would write up this post and add to it as I research more, since it can get overwhelming to do it all at once. James Alfred Teeft & Elizabeth Jane Putman James Alfred Teeft was born May 9th of 1843 and died October 13th of 1922. He died of Bronchitis, and the contributory factor in his death was that he had Broncho Pneumonia. It is unknown when, but he married Elizabeth Jane Putman who was born October 21st, 1843, and died December 12th, 1912. They had four known children. John Wesle

The Harper Family

Richard Harper & Jane Oliver Lemin Richard Harper Sr. was born on Feb. 25th, 1815 in Cornwall, England, and died March 31st 1897 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario. He is buried in Elora Cemetery, in Elora, Wellington, plot A7-3. Jane Oliver Lemin was born February 18th, 1816 in Cornwall, England, and died April 26th, 1896 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario. She is buried in Elora Cemetery, in Elora, Wellington, plot A7-3. They emigrated to Canada in 1849. Their children: 1) John Harper, born in 1841 in England, and died July 16th of 1916 in Toronto. He married Ann Coxhead on January 1st, 1867 in Wellington County. Buried: Elora Cemetery. Ann Coxhead was born in 1847 in Pilkington, Wellington, Ontario, and died May 28th, 1914 in Toronto. She died from cancer of the uterus which she had for one year. Her parents were Caesar Coxhead Jr. (1818, Oxfordshire, England - Mar. 25 1894, Ontario) and Sarah Stockford (181

The Karrow Family

Elizabeth Neuhaus & Henry Karrow Elizabeth "Lessie" Neuhaus was born August 19th, 1877 in Waterloo, Ontario, to Reinhardt Neuhaus (1854-1908) and Katharina Willie (1856-1913). She died January 23rd, 1913 in Kitchener from a spinal injury from a fall, and then pneumonia. She was 35 years, 5 months, and 4 days old at the time of her death, and she died at her home on 133 Waterloo Street, in Berlin, Ontario. She is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Waterloo. She married Henry Karrow on October 3rd, 1900 in Berlin, Ontario. Henry Karrow was born October 30th of 1875 to Christian Friedrich Karrow and Dorothea Wilhelmina Kehl. He married Sarah Jane Acton in Chesley, Bruce County at her home, on March 25th, 1914, after the death of Elizabeth in 1913. -- Sarah Jane Acton was born in 1873 to Joseph and Ann Acton, and died in 1956. She is buried in Parkview Cemetery, Section AA Row 7, wit