Vol 1, Beckwith United Cemeteries, St. Fillans' Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario

By Ontario Genealogical Society

This book (Vol. 1 St Fillans' Cemetery) includes transcriptions of the surviving memorial stones that were erected prior to September 1985. This publication has value to researchers because it contains transcriptions from decades ago... some stones may no longer exist nor be as easily read today. Transcriptions of memorial stones erected since September 1985 do not appear in this book

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Contents include:

• Memorial stone transcriptions (organized by plot number)
• Cemetery plot plan/map (ledger-sized foldout in paper edition. Ledger sized pdf in digital edition)
• Index to Memorial Stone Inscriptions

Note: The adjoining cemeteries of Pinegrove and Maplewood are available separately in Volume 2 Maplewood Cemetery and Volume 3 Pinegrove Cemetery

Background - St Fillan's Cemetery & Beckwith United Cemeteries

St Fillans' Cemetery is located on property originallly owned by the Cram family (Concession 10, Lot 20, Beckwith Township). Peter Cram and family came from Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland in 1820 and settled on farms in Beckwith Township. The family established a cemetery on the farm property about 1824. The cemetery was referred to as "The Cram Cemetery" for many years. The United Cemetery Board took over the cemetery responsibilities in 1927, later adding two adjoining cemeteries, Pinegrove Cemetery and Maplewood Cemetery. All three are now known collectively as Beckwith United Cemeteries.

Those persons who participated in the recording, proofreading, typing and mapping were: Dolly Allen, John Carruthers, Ken Collins, Eulalie Cox, Jim Cox, Katherine Ferguson, Diana Hall, Norah LaRocque, Betty Mitchell, Dorothy Olmstead, Gordon Olmstead, Darell Small, Fern Small, all volunteers from the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society

Details

48 Pages plus oversized detailed cemetery map (after the Index)
8.5 X 11"
Index
Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986
Original 1986 ISBN (none recorded)
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Ottawa 2021
New ISBN 978-1-77240-173-8 (Coilbound edition)