Description

CEM 379-Rev_strabane_cemetery

Other Known Names: Nairn Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Street Address:1565 Brock Road, just north of the 8th Concession Road

Location: Lot 6, Concession 8 West Flamborough Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Presbyterian, United) Responsible Agency: Strabane United Church Cemetery Board Status for Burials: Open for Burials      Plot Plan: None

Size: Medium, 430 monuments

Fencing: Chain link and iron railings with open section Monument Types:   Flat, upright and column Monuments of: Marble and granite

Date of Opening: 1845

History:

In 1843 John Fraser donated land on which to build a church for the Presbyterian Irish and Scottish settlers of the area. The congregation first came together in 1840, meeting in a local school house, and by 1845 they were worshiping in a log church known as ‘Nairn Church’ on the donated property. That year the cemetery was first used for the burial of Richard A. McIntosh. In 1878 the current church building was built and more land was purchased for expansion of the cemetery. During construction of the new church, a child was killed on the site and the parents, not being able to afford a gravestone, planted a maple tree to commemorate and mark the site.

In 1925 Nairn Presbyterian Church joined the United Church and became known as Strabane United Church. There has been at least one additional purchase of cemetery property since 1925.