Brampton Pioneer Cemetery
Also known as: Old Brampton Cemetery
Also known as: Main Street North Cemetery
Location:
350 Main Street North, Brampton, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada.
Concession 1, lot 8 W1/2, Chinguacousy Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.69402°N
Longitude: -79.7705°W
History:
Burials were made less frequently during the latter part of the 1870’s and the 1880’s as many of the residents would have been using the newer main Brampton Cemetery. The most recent monument in the cemetery is one for Eliza J McCandless, wife of Robert Smith, who died in 1907.
A plaque commemorating the founding of Brampton stands at the front of the cemetery:
“The Founding of Brampton: Chinguacousy Township, part of the Mississauga Tract, was surveyed in 1819. John Elliott, John Scott and William Buffy were early settlers here of a crossroads hamlet first known as Buffy’s Corners. In 1834 Elliott laid out a village plot and by 1837 the community numbered eighteen families. Elliott and William Lawson, a fellow native of Brampton England, were influential in naming the village which was incorporated in 1853 and in establishing a Primitive Methodist Congregation. The coming of the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856 aided Brampton’s economic development. A foundry, established in 1849 and a horticultural business, started in 1860, and later internationally known, became important industries. Chosen as the county seat in 1867 Brampton was incorporated as a town in 1873.”
Transcription of the monuments has been compared to earlier transcriptions by Bill Britnell in 1973 and by Perkins Bull in the 1930’s. Some recordings on the latter transcription were not found on more recent ones and were added to this list. Also included in this transcription are burials in ‘Brampton’ found in Christ Church (Anglican) Burial records. They may not have been buried in this cemetery but are included so the information is at least recorded somewhere. It is possible that other burials may have been made by ministers from St Peter’s, Erindale (contact the church about those records) or by St. Mary’s Tullamore (contact Anglican Church in Bolton for those records). Other churches may have interments here but burial records for these are not known to date.
The cemetery was taken over by the City of Brampton and is designated under the terms of the Ontario Heritage Act.
Trudy Mann
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