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St. John's R.C. Cemetery

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Address
2540 Stagecoach Road
Osgoode, Ottawa
Directions
Founded
1854
Status
Active
Plots
~385
Public Access
Yes

St. John's Cemetery is located in the churchyard of Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on land donated by the McEvoy's. Though the cemetery was founded in 1854, the first burial was in 1852.  There are numerous deaths and burials in the cemetery that were never recorded.

Information source(s): 

  • St. John's R.C. Cemetery (Link)
  • St. John's Cemetery Photos with Index, Osgoode Township Museum
  • A Detailed Glimpse of Osgoode Township in 1879, pages 8, 35, 74 (Link)
  • 125th Anniversary Commemorative Booklet 1854- 1909, pages 21-23, Osgoode Township Museum
  • 150th Anniversary St. John's & St. Brigid's, pages 18-20 (Link)
  • Church File, Osgoode Township Museum
  • Pioneer Families of Osgoode Township Volume 15, page 8 (Link)
  • Pioneer Families of Osgoode Township Volume 16, page 10 (Link)
  • Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 3 (September, 1979), page 1 (PDF)
  • Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum Newsletter Vol. 30, No. 4 (December, 2003), pages 1-2 (PDF)
  • Church General Photo File, Osgoode Township Museum
  • McEvoy Family Files, Osgoode Township Museum
  • The McEvoys of the Ottawa Valley Genealogical History, The Family Tree of Patrick McEvoy, Osgoode Township Museum
  • St. John's Cemetery artefacts and archives, Osgoode Township Museum