Description

Street Address:  228 Dundas Street, west of Berryhill Avenue, Waterdown

Location: Lot 8, Concession 3 East Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Roman Catholic)

Responsible Agency: Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials         Plot Plan: Exists

Size:         Small, 175 monuments

Number Cem208

Fencing: Chain link and hedgerow Monument Types:                  Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble, and granite

 

During the 1840s, Waterdown wagon maker Thomas English donated a small plot of land to the local Roman Catholic Diocese for use by Waterdown and East Flamborough Catholics. The land given, high on a hill and on the outskirts of the former village boundary, saw the construction of a frame church in 1847 and then a stone building in 1856. The first burial, that of Patrick Wall, took place in 1847. The cemetery contains a large number of early marble monuments to the

Irish immigrants who flooded into Waterdown during the 1860s when the need for labourers in the village mills was at its highest.

In 1915, the congregation moved to the present red brick St. Thomas Church that now stands in the village core. The old stone church building was abandoned and eventually demolished in 1937. The cemetery remains