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Derryadd Cemetery

Memorials	:	12
Location	:	Rothsay, Wellington County, Canada
Coordinate	:	43.8168200, -80.6848900
Description	:	Quoted from "HISTORY OF MARYBOROUGH TOWNSHIP 1851-1976 Vol I Authors Jean and Jack Dixon" The land for Derryadd Cemetery was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hunt, who settled on Lot 12, Con 14 of Maryborough Township in 1850, at that time having only squatters' rights. The crown deed was not issued until 1863. Mr. Hunt named it Derryadd after his home town in Ireland. In 1857, Derryadd Methodist Church was built and in 1866 the property was deeded to the Trustees of Derryadd Methodist Church. The earliest burial on record is that of Mrs. Eliza Harrington, wife... Read More	Quoted from "HISTORY OF MARYBOROUGH TOWNSHIP 1851-1976 Vol I Authors Jean and Jack Dixon" The land for Derryadd Cemetery was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hunt, who settled on Lot 12, Con 14 of Maryborough Township in 1850, at that time having only squatters' rights. The crown deed was not issued until 1863. Mr. Hunt named it Derryadd after his home town in Ireland. In 1857, Derryadd Methodist Church was built and in 1866 the property was deeded to the Trustees of Derryadd Methodist Church. The earliest burial on record is that of Mrs. Eliza Harrington, wife of James Harrington, age 24, who died December 19,1855, followed by the burial of Allan Mitchell, November 18, 1856. Mr. James McLachlan Sr. was Secretary-Treasurer of the cemetery for thirty years. He was succeeded by Thos. Holmes of Rothsay. Each plot holder was expected to care for his own plt until Mr. Henry Heseltine and his father in 1882 began to open graves. Up until this time no one person was responsible for this work. He continued this work for 57 years. The first grave he opened was for a child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fairhall who lived in Rothsay. A family by the name of Watchorn had two members die with smallpox and were drawn to the cemetery on a stone boat. After the church was closed in 1859 the cemetery continued to be a burying ground for the community. Due largely to the lack of funds, and the fact that many plot plot holders moved away, leaving no one to care, the plots fell in to a dilapidated condition. In 1919 the Rothsay Women's Institute took on the task of renovating the old cemetery. Donations were received and the work of levelling was done by interested persons using shovels, rakes and hoes. In three years the grass was mowed for the first time. A new fence was built and decorative stone pillars at the gateway and corners erected. A fee of one dollar was charged all plot holders and the Institute covered the expense for the owners long gone. The old cemetery was completely landscaped. A row of pine and spruce trees planted around the cemetery by Mr. Elmer Giles in memory of his parents who are buried in the cemetery. After several years the Institute met with the church board to arrange a system of perpetual care. The church board sold the cemetery to the community for a nominal fee. A board of nine members was appointed by the plot holders, three to retire each year and their places filled by re-election or new members. A fee of twenty-five dollars was charged per plot to allow for perpetual care and a caretaker was hired on a yearly basis. About 1900 Mr. Sam Noble donated two-thirds of an acre and Mr. Oxby one acre. To-day Derryadd contains two and two-thirds acres and is a beautiful and well cared for cemetery.

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Latitude: 43.8168200
Longitude: -80.6848900

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