Description

CEM 215-Rev_Trinity United Church Cemetery

Street Address: 12 Trinity Church Road

Location: Lot 16, Concession 1, Glanford Township

Type of Cemetery: Religious (Methodist Episcopal, Methodist, United)

Responsible Agency: City of Hamilton

Status for Burials: Open for burials         Plot Plan: None

Size:         Medium, 400 monuments

Additional Information: Signage: Signage Fencing: Chain link

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

Date of Opening: 1819

History:

John Stewart was laid to rest here in 1836 on what was then a family burial ground. In 1845, a group of Episcopal Methodists purchased ½ an acre from William Stewart for a cemetery and church. By the end of 1848, their wooden church was constructed, and in 1850 the congregation purchased another ½ an acre for additional cemetery grounds. The original church building was replaced in 1873 with a brick church, and the cemetery and church building would be later transferred to the Methodist Church and then the United Church.

In 1971 the congregation requested that the city take over the care and maintenance of the cemetery, which the City of Hamilton now maintains.

Notable Burials:

Niram Allen Fletcher (1891-1971) Farmer, Politician