Mount Vernon Cemetery
Location:
Harvester Road (E of Appleby Line), Burlington, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.
Concession 3, lot 4, Nelson Township.
GPS:
Latitude: 43.38194°N
Longitude: –79.76479°W
History:
Isaac Van Norman settled on Concession 3 Lot 4. His crown grant is dated 1810. In 1814, Isaac and Catherine’s daughter, Eliza at one year of age died. There was no church, let alone a cemetery, for miles. On a secluded hill near his home, he chose this resting-place for his child. This is how Mount Vernon Cemetery came into being.
On October 25, 1837, one-half acre of land was sold by Isaac Van Norman to William Moore, a farmer of Trafalgar and James Teeple, Aaron D. Emory, Jacob Cline, James Willson, John Lucas and Isaac Van Norman, all farmers of Nelson. They were Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada, Chapel and Burying grounds in Nelson.
The Van Norman Chapel, a frame structure stood on the west side of the cemetery serving the religious and social needs of the entire community of early Appleby. In 1847, a new brick church was erected on the southwest corner of the Middle Road (now Queen Elizabeth Way) and Appleby Line. About this time, the Appleby cemetery was established in a more accessible location. Mount Vernon cemetery was taken over by the Appleby Cemetery Board and then by the City of Burlington in 1974.
The last burial was Daniel Everett Hopkins in 1930.
Jane Watt
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