Hamilton_Beverly Twp – Anderson; Camp/Skinner; Nisbet; Vansickle; Rous/Howard; Shaver/Hitchcock; Shaver/White
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Camp/Skinner Cemetery
Street Address: In a field, north side of 2nd Concession Road, east of Orkney Road Location: Lots 25-26, Concession 2, Beverly Township
Type of Cemetery: Family, Lost (Rediscovered 1982)
Responsible Agency: Private
Status for Burials: Closed for burials Size: Small, 22 monuments
Fencing: Wood, with open sections
Monument Types: Flat and upright Monuments: Marble
Date of Opening: 1822
History:
Along the property line of Lots 25 and 26 of 2nd Concession, there is a small burial ground, approximately 60 by 100 feet, used by early settlers to the area. These settlers were members of the Camp and Skinner families. Both Robert Camp and Jepthae Skinner were United Empire Loyalists who came to Beverly in the early 1800s. The burial ground dates from 1822, though some have suggested the earliest interment was Mary Skinner in 1806. No marker has been found to substantiate this claim. The small plot was in use until 1882 and was then abandoned. Although there were reports of vandalism in 1965, little was done as ownership was unknown. The existence of the burial ground was lost until 1982, when it was rediscovered by Gordon Forth, purchaser of the property on which the burial ground is located. Mr.Forth found the stones in an area overgrown and covered in brambles and weeds. He has cleared the area completely of all undergrowth, cleaned the stones and with the exception of one monument left upright, laid the remainder flat, allowing for run-off.
Nisbet-Vansickle Cemetery
Date of Opening: 1878
Street Address:61 Lynden Road
Location: Lot 12, Concession 1, Beverly Township
Type of Cemetery: Family
Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton
Status for Burials: Open for burials Plot Plan: None
Size: Small, 16 monuments
Additional Information:
Signage: No Signage
Fencing: Hedgerow with open section Monument Types: Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite
History:
The Nisbet-Vansickle Cemetery is located at the rear of the former Lynden Methodist Church manse. The cemetery has been used by members of both the Nisbet and Vansickle families in Lynden since 1878, when Benoni/Benony Vansickle, owner of a local sawmill, was buried on what was presumably Vansickle property. The cemetery is still in use by the families.
Shaver-White Family Cemetery
Street Address: 2330 2nd Concession West
Location: Lot 6, Concession 1, Beverly
Type of Cemetery: Family Responsible Agency: Private
Status for Burials: Closed for Burials Plot Plan: None
Size: Small, 2 monuments Additional Information: Signage: No Signage
Fencing: Open sections Monument Types: Upright Monuments of: Marble
Date of Opening: 1855
History:
In a field at the rear of the property at 2330 2nd Concession Road West, two early gravestones can be found leaning against a dead tree. The white marble markers commemorate two children who died at a young age, the oldest stone is for Armantha Shaver, who died March 22, 1852, aged 18 months, the second, for Mary Elizabeth White, who died September 26, 1855, aged 2 weeks.
It is currently unclear where the bodies were buried, as the markers themselves have been removed from the burial ground since May 1993. The current owner of the property was told that the actual burial site is at the corner of 2nd Concession Road and Weir Road and that the markers were moved to the present location within the past twenty years.
Rous-Howard Cemetery
Other Known Names: Howard-Rous Cemetery
Street Address: Corner Highway #99 and Lynden Road
Location: Lot 13, Concession 1, Beverly
Type of Cemetery: Family
Responsible Agency: Members of the Rous and Howard Families (Private)
Status for Burials: Open for burials Plot Plan: Exists
Size: Small, 45 monuments
Additional Information:
Signage: No Signage Fencing: Iron Railings
Monument Types: Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite
Date of Opening: 1834
History:
Heritage Designation By-Law # 93-69, Part IV The Ontario Heritage Act
In 1834 Barnabus Howard chose the southwest corner of his property to be used as a family burial ground. The first interment in 1834 was for Howard’s infant daughter, Rebecca Maria, with his own taking place the following year. In 1844, Barnabus Howard’s eldest daughter, Mary Ann, married Henry Rous, uniting two pioneer Beverly Township families. Rous purchased the burial plot for $5.00 at an auction in 1856, and it continues to be used by both families . In 1880, Charles Alfred Rous made the decorative wrought iron fence which today it retained along the street sides. The plot
is financed in part by a trust fund set up by George Allen Howard and his daughter Evelyn Almira. Since 1993, the Rous-Howard Cemetery has been designated a Heritage Property under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Shaver-Hitchcock
Street Address: 4441 or 4449 Governor’s Road, north side Highway # 99 between Weir and Lynden Roads
Location: Lot 8, Concession 1, Beverly Township
Type of Cemetery: Private, Family, Lost
Size: Small, 3 monuments Date of Opening: 1841 History:
The Crown Paten for the property was granted to George Hall in 1828. By the 1840s a small part of this property was used by the Shaver-Hitchcock famiies as a burial ground. The earliest known interment was for Elizar Shaver in 1841, and this was followed by at least two more: Martha Hitchcock in 1842, and William Shaver whose marker was illegible when the Hamilton Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society visited the site in the 1980s. The cemetery could not be located in this study.
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