Dewar Cemetery, Ashton, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario [Expanded 2023 edition]

By Ontario Genealogical Society, Ottawa Branch

This book includes transcriptions of the memorial stones that were standing during August 1985. The dates recorded on the stones range from 1780 (earliest birthdate recorded) to 1840 (earliest death dates recorded) to 1985 (latest death dates recorded). Burials in Dewar Cemetery began in the 1840s, with greatest number of burials per year being between 1870 and 1985. There are no burials recorded in this book since 1985

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Contents include:

• Title page 2023 edition
• Title page 1986 edition
• Cemetery plot plan/map
• Transcriptions of the information recorded on memorial stones
• Statistical analysis of the Interred
• Statistical index - organized in alphabetical order by surname then given name
• Statistical Index - organized by gravesite number
• Main Nominal Index 
  

About the New Updates

While preparing this 2023 edition we discovered that the 1986 edition didn't include all of the content that was prepared for the book in 1985. Included with the original master was a statistical analysis of the interred plus two additional indexes which include the vital statistics of the interred in columnar format. The first is a statistical Index in alphabetical order of surname then given name. The other statiscical index is sorted by gravestone number. Though these extra methods of presenting information may not be critical to all researchers, we elected to include it in this 2023 edition for those of us who can never get enough detail.

This publication has extra value to researchers because it contains transcriptions that were done decades ago.... some stones may no longer exist nor be easily readable today. The transcribers published the results in 1986. There are no burials recorded in this book since 1985

Background - Volunteers

The volunteers who recorded the memorial stones were: Fern Small, Darell Small, Mary Rayburn, Allan Rayburn, Gordon Olmstead, Dorothy Olmstead, Betty Mitchell, Helen McLean, Norah LaRocque, Ken Collins, John Carruthers & Dolly Allen who were members of Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society

Details

64 Pages
8.5 X 11"
Index
Originally published by Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1986
Original 1986 ISBN (none recorded) Was know as "Publication 86-19"
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Carleton Place, 2023
New ISBN 978-1-77240-221-6 (Coilbound edition)