Description

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Street Address: 129 York Road

Location: Lots 16 & 17, Concession 1, West Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Municipal

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials         Plot Plan: Exists

Size:         Large 3200 monuments

Signage: Signage Fencing: Iron Railings

Monument Types: Flat, upright, column, columbarian Monuments of: Marble, granite, metal and wood

 

Date of Opening: 1852

History:

In 1808 the original Crown Patentee, Ann Morden, sold this property to William Hare. William and his son James constructed, operated and maintained a toll road to the top of the escarpment, which began at what is now the Grove Cemetery gate. In 1832 William and his wife died of cholera and were buried somewhere on their property. By 1852 Dundas Union Cemetery was approaching its maximum capacity and a new site was required. Town Council then approved the opening of Grove Cemetery, a large property with a cottage built for the caretaker and his family. The cottage still exists, though it is now in private hands and is one of only two such buildings remaining in Ontario. The cemetery has been extended several times and has seen many reinterments, including William Hare and wife in 1852, as well as the burials reinterred from the Ann Morden and George Rolph properties in Dundas, and the Crooks Family Cemetery in West Flamborough Township.

Notable Burials:

Thomas Bain (1834-1915) Farmer, Politician, Speaker of the House of Commons Henry Bertram (1856-1945) Manufacturer

James Bennett Bertram (1868-1947) Manufacturer

Thomas Aimers Bertram (1864-1951) Doctor, Militia Marksman James Coleman (1810-1881) Businessman

Jane Giles (1817-1915) School Janitor James Beatty Grafton (1826-1909) Merchant

Col. James John Grafton (1857-1939) Merchant

Lt.-Col. Herbert Charles Gwyn (1846-1926) Lawyer, Politician Frederick Aussen Latshaw (1859-1944) Diarist

Archibald Cameron MacKintosh (1876-1961) Anglican Bishop Elizabeth Ridler (1817-1903) Teacher

George Rolph (1794-1875) Lawyer, Tar and Feather Victim

Joseph William Winthrop Somerville (1850-1921) Geologist, Professor Gordon Crooks Wilson (1872-1937) Merchant, Politician