St. Jude’s Anglican Cemetery
Also known as: Wilson’s
Location:
17211 Horseshoe Hill Road, Caledon, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.
Concession 9E, lot 9, Caledon Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.8652°N
Longitude: -79.9301°W
History:
John Bracken, from County Armagh and a member of the Church of England, donated the land in 1845 for a church and cemetery. The log church was completed within a year. The main families involved with the church were Wilsons, Davises, Brackens and Judges, although the building committee also had the names of ( ) Hill and Seneca Ketchum. When St. James, Caledon East, was formed, many of the congregation went there, and in 1852 the church was abandoned. The church was torn down in the 1880’s, and the Methodists took over the cemetery. At this time, a number of those buried there were moved to the Anglican cemetery in Albion. The Methodists used the cemetery for a number of years. When they left, they also moved a number of their congregation who had been buried there.
In 1938, there were very few graves left, and the cemetery was looked after by Mr. George Wilson, a descendent of Thomas Wilson, whose stone remains. As well as being the resting place for local pioneers, the cemetery is also said to contain the bodies of some soldiers of the Crimean War who were staying with Bracken at the time of their death.
References:
From Strachan to Owen: Wm. Perkins Bull, 1938
Wm. Perkins Bull Cemetery Transcriptions – Ontario Archives
Elaine Robinson
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