McDowall Memorial Cemetery

8031 Hwy 33

South Fredericksburgh Township

County of Lennox & Addington

McDowall Church and Cemetery ca 1907-09

McDowall Cemetery 2009

Cemetery Information

The cemetery is still active today, connected with the United Church of Canada. The McDowall Memorial Cemetery Committee oversees the care and upkeep of the property.

The earliest visible stones date from the early 1830’s.

There are no existing records for burials before 1900.

Originally the cemetery extended to the “old road” to the south, currently the drive that sits in front of St. Paul’s Hall. In the 1930’s, Highway 33 was built through the southern section of the cemetery. It is reported that some of the stones were moved to the existing cemetery limits. It is uncertain whether the bodies were reinterred, or remain under the existing highway.

	McDowall Fredericksburgh Church In 1834, a frame church was built by the early Presbyterian families. It was a plain building 30 x 40 feet with a gallery at one end. In 1887 the church was renovated, the tower on the front rising 60 feet. The building was brick with eight new memorial windows made of cathedral glass. On September 21, 1921, while the church was being renovated, a worker left a cigar burning on a window sill, and the church was destroyed by fire.
At a meeting in November of 1921, it was decided that the $1540 in insurance money should be invested, and the interest used for perpetual care of the McDowall Memorial Cemetery. The tower, with its battlements was restored as a monument and a vault door installed in front.		In 1991, the monument, starting to crumble from age, was repaired. The old church bell from 1904, and the original memorial plaque were discovered in a neighbouring barn, and were installed. The original white marble tablet was still intact and remains there today.

Rev. Robert McDowall & Family

Robert James McDowall was born July 25, 1768 in Saratoga County, New York, USA.

He was the son of John McDowall and Euphamey Smith/Graham.

He married Hannah Washburn on Dec 3, 1800.

Hannah was the daughter of Ebenezer Washburn and Sarah deForest

She was born in 1784 and died on Dec. 1,1852

Rev. McDowall died at Fredericksburgh Aug 3, 1841, at the age of 73.

Children of Rev. Robert McDowall & Hannah Washburn

John McDowall (Rev.) b. Sept. 20 1801 d. Dec 13 1836 in NY City, m. Phoebe.

Sarah Washburn McDowall b. Sept. 14 1804, bapt. Nov 20 1805, d.1892.

She married James Carpenter on Feb. 14, 1834 in Fredericksburgh.

James died Nov. 13 1861 while running the rapids on the Fraser River, BC.

Ebenezer McDowall (Rev.) b. Jan. 3 1807, bapt. Mar 1 1807, d. Jun 19 1862, buried in Michigan.

James McDowall b. Aug 3 1810 d. July 29 1812.

Eliza McDowall b. July 14 1813 d. Sept. 14 1814.

James Alexander McDowall b. Jun 9,1815 d. Oct. 22, 1876 in Kingston.

He married Henrietta Catharine Mary McDermaid on Jan 17 1843 in Kingston.

Their daughter, Henrietta, b. Oct 30 1857 d. Nov. 25 1877 is also buried in this cemetery.

Daniel Simon McDowall b. Dec. 28 1817 d. Mar. 4 1842.

Robert McDowall b. Apr. 8, 1821.

Gravestones in McDowall Memorial Cemetery
ALLAN JOHN ALLAN 1857-1934 HIS WIFE MARGARET ELEANOR SILLS DIED NOV 23 1945	JAMES ALSOP PRIVATE CDN INFANTRY CORPS 3 FEBRUARY 1991 AGE 64	ACKERMAN WILFRED 1897 - 1990 HIS WIFE ETHEL M. ROBINSON 1895 - 1979 HAROLD R. 1925 - HIS WIFE MERTIE JEAN M. PERO 1933- ------------ SMITH WILLIAM E. 1908 - 1979 HIS WIFE EVELYN L. ACKERMAN 1919 - 2009 DOUGLAS H. 1940-1974 ROBERT W. MAY 1945 - NOV 1945
BELCH MOTHER JOSEPHINE M. CARBINO 1932- FATHER BRIAN C. “BURP” 1933-1993	BRISTOL ROSWELL BRISTOL 1862-1956 HIS WIFE LIZZIE CAMPBELL 1867-1945
BUCKLAND ARTHUR ROBERT BUCKLAND JANUARY 14 1923 - MAY 31 2003 CORA FRANCES MAGEE JULY 10 1924 - OCTOBER 1 2005	CAMERON WM. JOHN 1911 - 1999 BELOVED HUSBAND OF JANE E. HAIGHT 1916 -	ANDREW D. CAMPBELL 1833-1903 SARAH J. CAMPBELL 1831-1920 MARY M. CAMPBELL 1861-1925
In memory of BETHIA NISBETT CAMPBELL Who died Aug 30 1854 Age 22 y	BETHIA N. BELL WIFE OF A.D. CAMPBELL DIED AUG 1 1867 AE 98 Y’s A native of Edingburgh Scotland	SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN CAMPBELL BORN IN SCOTLAND 25^TH JULY 1805 Died in Fredericksburgh 10^th September 1831
ANDREW D CAMPBELL DIED 1864 AGE 54Y	IN MEMORY OF JAMES CAMPBELL Who died Sept ? 1855 AGED 48YR 2M 8D ALISON His Wife Who died May 19 1832 23 yrs & 5d	In Memory of ALISON WILSON Wife of James Campbell Who Died May 19 1832 Aged 28 Yrs & 5D
In memory of ROBERT CAMPBELL [broken stone]	MARY E. CARNAHAN WIFE OF JAMES BRISTOW 1845-1914	WM S. CHARTERS 1841 - 1916 HIS WIFE DELIHA STORMS 1848 - 1935 IN MEMORY OF MINERVA SILLS WIFE OF GEORGE N CHARTERS DIED DEC 19 AGED 83 YRS GEORGE CHARTERS 1811 - 1884
CLARKE GEORGE AUG 12 1897-SEPT 22 1985 HIS WIFE KATHERINE LITTLEJOHNS SEPT 25 1911 - JUNE 27 1999	IN MEMORY OF GEORGE CHARTERS WHO DIED Jan 2 1853 Aged 75 Years 5 months 12 days
In Memory of MARGARET Wife of GEORGE CHARTERS Who died Jan 20, 1858 AGED 70y 6m & 14d	CLARKSON MOTHER VIOLET A. SENIOR 1903-1991 FATHER PERCY W. CLARKSON 1903-1997 WED JAN 10 1923	FRASER G. CLUTE 1812-1889
CRESWICK WILLIAM WALTER 1900-1993 HUSBAND OF HELEN STEWART 1903-1982	CUTHILL Husband DUANE R. CUTHILL 1923-2005 Wife MYRTLE E. McCAUGHERTY 1923-2004	CUTHILL Husband JAMES BRUCE CUTHILL 1919-2003 Wife HESTER I. STAPLEY 1918-1982
CUTHILL Husband JAMES PAUL CUTHILL 1893-1941 Wife LAURA M. ROBERTSON 1890-1970	JAMES H. CROUTER Who departed this life Aug 10 1858 AGED 23 yrs & 3 m	EDWARD L. DAFOE 1865 - HIS WIFE MARY M PETERS 1873 - 1938
BARNABUS DIAMOND 1822-1871  ELIZABETH A. HENDERSON HIS WIFE 1825-1907	In Memory of MARGARET DOWNEY WIFE of the late HENRY NEELY DIED May 15 1876 Aged 68 yr’s Formerly of Island Magee Irleland	Sacred to the Memory of MARY Relict of the late ROBERT DOWNEY Island Magee Co. Antrim Ireland WHO DIED January 14 1835 in the 60^th Year of her AGED
ELRICK WM. JAMES M. ELRICK 1922-2007 CHARLOTTE CARGNELLI 1928-	MARTHA (MARIA?) dau of A. & L. ENGLISH DIED May 29 1859 AE 4 y’s 10m	ELIZA ELLEN GALT WIFE OF WM. BLAKLEY 1863 - 1949
W. J. McMURTRY GALT DIED NOV 7 186[5] AGED 20Y 5M 5D	NANCY BRIGS WIFE OF ROBERT GALT 1782-1880 JOHN B. GALT 1816-1884 HIS WIFE JENNIE FULERTON 1820-1895 ------------ MARY J. GALT WIFE OF JOHN McEWEN 1857-1920	GALT ------------ FINLAY B. GALT 1856-1935 FRANCES POTTER MAY 19 1935- JULY 17 1997 DAUGHTER OF NORMAN ------------ IN MEMORY OF CAROLINE ELIZA WIFE OF FINLAY B. GALT DIED FEB 21 1882 AGED 20 YRS 8 M 14 DYS ------------ NORMAN F GALT 1885-1942 HIS DAUGHTER E JEAN GALT ATKINSON 1919 - THOMAS A GALT 1858 - 1926 ------------ EDITH WIFE 0F FINLAY B GALT DIED JUNE 5 1903 AGED 40 YEARS B. MAY 1914-15 GEORGE N 1916-22 BABIES OF NORMAN
GALT ALMIRA M. SMITH WIFE OF ROBERT GALT 1883-1934 ------------ FLORENCE A. MILLER 1877 - 1935 ------------ FINLAY B. GALT 1879-1957 ------------ ROBERT J GALT DIED APRIL 2 1894 AGED 45 YEARS 1 MO
	ELLIS GEORGE HARVEY 1903-1996 HIS WIFE MARGUERITE GALT 1913-1991 ------------ GALT EVERETT FINLAY 1912-1982 HIS WIFE FLORENCE BAKER 1912-19- ROBERT JOHN 1880-1959 HIS WIFE LAURA FILE 1886-1971 MAURICE EDWARD 1910-1970 HIS WIFE LAURETTA SPEARING 1910-1989
JONAS GARRISON 1964-1949 HIS WIFE ELIZABETH J. CLUTE 1876-1947 THEIR DAUGHTER BESSIE M. GARRISON 1905-1926	GARRISON FATHER RAY CLUTE GARRISON JULY 12 1906 - AUGUST 30 1983 MOTHER MARY MAYBELLE BLAKELY AUGUST 19 1914 - JUNE 2 1981	GARRISON REGINALD J. GARRISON 1933-1983 HIS BELOVED WIFE MARY L.A. (MICKEY) ROMBOUGH 1937-
GIFFORD JOHN RUFUS GIFFORD 1923-1998 MARION MAGEE WRIGHT THEIR SON FREDERICK PETER 1958-2005	IN MEMORY OF HAROLD H [HAIGHT] 1890 - 1982	IN MEMORY OF JENNIE C. PHIPPEN WIFE OF W. L. HAIGHT 1891 - 1982
IN MEMORY OF HAROLD PHIPPEN HAIGHT SON OF W. L. & J.C. HAIGHT 1927 - 1944	IN MEMORY OF MYRTLE E. [HAIGHT] 1890 - 1973	IN MEMORY OF WILFRED L. HAIGHT 1888 - 1965
HAMILTON H. BERYL HAMILTON NEE HODGES 1934-1998	HAMILTON JOHN C. HAMILTON “JACK” 1932	HEDGCOCK ARDATH 2007
HENWOOD WILLIAM R 1888 - 1972 HIS WIFE ELSIE E MAGEE 1902-1996	MOTHER IDA A. HILL HUFFMAN 1897-1970 WIFE OF MATT SHETLER	IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOMAS HILL 1866-1942 HIS WIFE SARAH J. HILDITCH 1884-1933
HILL WALTER HILL 1883-1939 HIS WIFE DOROTHY WHITE 1888-1965	HULDAH D HOSKINS DIED AUG 18 1869 AGED 2Y 10M 26	JAMES IRONSIDE DIED Aug 28 1868 AGED 27 Y’s 7M
LOYST HUSBAND HENRY RONALD LOYST 1911-1983 WIFE BIRDIE MAY ROMBOUGH 1915-	MAGEE DOREEN M. MAGUIRE 1925-1988 BELOVED WIFE OF ROBERT M. MAGEE 1927-	MAGEE HATTIE G. 1892-1983 MARGARET W. 1899-1980
MAGEE ROBERT J 1891- 1978 HIS WIFE CORA D. WHITE 1890-1986 THEIR DAUGHTER ELEANOR E. 1920-1996	MAUNDER WILLIAM “BILL” 1897-1988 BELOVED HUSBAND OF ADA “NANCY” MARKS 1900-1996	McDOWALL MONUMENT
McDOWALL FAMILY STONES 1898 Photo	SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF DANL S. McDOWALL WHO WAS BORN DEC 28 1817 DIED MARCH 4 1842 ALAS OUR BROTHER Higgins Kingston	HANNAH WIFE OF REV. ROBERT McDOWALL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC 1 1853 AGED 60 YEARS
Henrietta McDOWALL BORN OCT 30 1857 DIED NOV 25 1877	SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV’D ROBERT McDOWALL WHO WAS 43 YEARS MINISTER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHO DIED AUG 3^rd 1841 AGED 73 YEARS	SARAH WASHBURN DAU. OF REV. ROBERT McDOWALL AND WIFE OF JAMES CARPENTER 1804-1892 ------------ JAMES CARPENTER DIED JUNE 20 1858 AGED 82 YEARS 1 MO & 29 D’S
IN MEMORY OF JAMES McDOWALL WHO WAS BORN AUGST 3^rd 1810 DIED JULY 29 1812 ALSO ELIZA McDOWALL BORN JULY 14 1813 DIED SEPT 14 1814	THOMAS MELLOW 1861-1941 HIS WIFE ADA GRIGG 1863-1938 ------------ GEORGINA CARD WIFE OF THOMAS MELLOW 1868-1913
MORTON EDMOND RAY MORTON MAY 7 1911-NOV 3 1994 HIS WIFE MARGARET E. LITTLEJOHN JULY 22 1925 -	MORTON EDMOND W. (WILL) 1884 - 1980 HIS WIFE FANNIE EDITH PHIPPEN 1891-1984 ------------ MORTON EDWIN WILFRED 1915-1981 HIS WIFE JOAN PUNCHARD 1924-	T. WILLIAM JOHN NEILSON 1859-1940 HIS WIFE EMMA GEORGINA HOWARD 1865-1947 ORMISTON HOWARD NEILSON 1888-1961 MARION NEILSON COLEMAN 1890-1969
In Memory of NICHOLAS MURDOCH DIED APRIL 21 1872 AGED 66 YEARS ALSO HIS SON ALEXANDER WILTON DIED MAY 18 1845 AE 2 YRS 9 DYS ERECTED BY HIS CHILDREN
PETERS MORLEY ALLEN Jan 8 1919 - Nov 10 1991 FREDA BERNICE His Wife May 30 1918 - Aug 14 1992 Married June 19 1937 Parents of Sheila Anne 1942 - Evelyn Joyce, Ethel May	[PETERS] ETHEL MAY NOV 21 1939 EVELYN JOYCE JUNE 4 1941 - JUNE 5 1941	PETERS FRANK E. 1914-1972 HIS WIFE ETHEL McCORMICK 1907 - 1986 D. WAYNE 1945 - 1988
IN MEMORY OF RICHARD PHIPPEN BORN IN DEVONSHIRE ENGLAND MAY 1^st 1816 DIED FEB 6 1896 CECILIA SLOAN HIS WIFE BORN IN FREDERICKSBURG JULY 19 1835 DIED APL. 4 1910 ------------ GEORGE PHIPPEN BORN APR. 15 1860 DIED JAN 19 1939 ETTA VANDYKE, HIS WIFE BORN JUNE 22 1861 DIED NOV 15 1859	IN MEMORY OF CLARK W. PETERS 1878 - 1944 ------------ ELLEN McNABB 1873 - 1951 WIFE OF C. W. PETERS ------------ JAMES McNABB 1884 - 1962	JAMES PROVAN Grandson of G. & M. RENNIE DIED Sep 27 1866 AE 28 Yrs.
		HENRY RASMUSSEN 1924-1987
GEORGE RENNIE d. Mar 16 1832 @68y b. SmithyHill, Parish of Kelsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland	MARGARET MILLAR WIFE OF GEORGE RENNIE DIED July 27, 1851 AGE 80 Y’rs	MARGARET RENNIE Sister of GEORGE RENNIE DIED MAY 16, 1888 AE 79 YRS
ROBERTSON BRUCE ROBERTSON 1865 - 1936 HIS WIFE EFFIE CAMPBELL 1870 - 1948	ROBERTSON HENRY H. ROBERTSON 30 MAY 1915-15 AUG 1998 HIS BELOVED WIFE PHYLISS R. JENKINS 4 SEPT 1921-21 MAR 2005	ROBERTSON J. ORTON 1862-1944 FATHER HELEN G.1864-1942 MOTHER
ANNE RUTTAN 1893 - 1976	RUTTAN ERNEST L. 1923 - 1995 HIS WIFE G. ELIZABETH McKEOWN 1923 -	RUTTAN FATHER RUSSELL 1905-1942 MOTHER GLADYS 1915-1966
RUTTAN EVERTON 1890 - 1976 ----------- RUTTAN WILLIAM C. 1859-1911 MARTHA E. SNIDER 1857-1923	SHELLEY JAMES SHELLEY 1925 - 1997	PERCE SILLS 1872-1965 DAUGHTER MARGARET I. 1914-1934
WILLIAM JOHN SLOAN DIED JULY 9 1872 AGED 75 YRS 2M 13 D Also His Wife JULIA ANN DIED FEB 12 1856 AGED 51Y 11M	SILLS HUSBAND DONALD A. SILLS 1924-2001 WIFE RUTH E. CUTHILL 1929- ------------ SILLS WIFE M. CLARE VAN DYCK 1901-1995 HUSBAND WALTER H. SILLS 1901-2000	THOS. SLOAN 1845-1924 ADELAIDE VICTORIA SPENCER HIS WIFE 1844-1912
BRETANNA SNIDER Wife of HENRY T. CLUTE Died June 2n 1864 AGED 23 Yrs 4M & 12D	STALKER MURIEL GRACE MAGEE JAN. 12, 1918-MAY 7 1994 GEORGE ROLAND STALKER JULY 10 1910-NOV 29 1994	ROB’T STEVENSON DIED JUNE 2 1882 AGED 84 YEARS JANE STEVENSON HIS WIFE DIED FEB 2 1871 AGED 70 YEARS Natives of Co. Antrim Ireland erected by Wm.Stevenson
ANN TAYLOR [BROKEN STONE]	PIETER TEENSMA JULY 19 1909 MARCH 17, 1972	Pieter Teensma 1909-1972 His Wife Johanna P. Vanden Berg 1913-2005
THOMLISON FATHER DOUGLAS EUGENE THOMLISON 1927- MOTHER LOIS WINNIFRED WRIGHT	ERIC DOUGLAS THOMLISON 1948-1952 SON OF DOUGLAS & LOIS	TUDOR TREVOR TUDOR 1922-1986 BELOVED HUSBAND OF JOYCE MAY COBY 1928-
In memory of ELIZA THOMPSON wife of COL. TIMOTHY THOMPSON who died Jan 1 1847 AGED 84 YEARS	IN MEMORY OF COLONEL TIMOTHY THOMPSON WHO DIED [not visible]	VANDYKE PLOT ANNA T, FRANKLIN HENRY, GRACE W., MARY LETITIA, ROSS T.
ANNA T. VANDYCK OCT 22 1869 OCT 25 1962	FRANKLYN HENRY VANDYCK SEPT 26 1866 SEPT 29 1939	GRACE W. VANDYCK FEB 8 1898 DEC 28 1970
MARY LETITIA VANDYCK FEB 26 1900 OCT 8 1967	ROSS T. VAN DYCK NOV. 20 1899 APR 16, 1980	CAROLYN VANDYCK BORN APRIL 21 1855 DIED MAY 26 1903
HENRY VANDYCK 1824 - 1912 ------------ JANE A VANSLYCK WIFE OF H. VANDYCK 1829 - 1906	WELSH RALPH W. WELSH 1920-1996 DORIS H. WRIGHT 1922-1984	JOHN BRUCE WHITE 1835-1907 MARY JANE LOYST 1845-1879 MERCY JANE AYLSWORTH 1848-1939 WIVES OF THE ABOVE
D. THOMPSON [?] SON OF JOHN G. & JANE WHITE [?] died Sept 23 18?9 aged 21 yrs and 25 days note: barely legible, questionable	CHARLES W. WRIGHT 1852-1939 FATHER ------------ ISABELLA KERR 1855 - 1941 MOTHER	GERTRUDE B. WRIGHT JAN. 13, 1886-OCT. 29 1973 HER SISTER JESSIE E. WRIGHT JUNE 30 1892-MARCH 4, 1980
WRIGHT FREDERICK B. WRIGHT 1895-1981 HIS WIFE JESSIE MAGEE 1897-1987 THEIR SON ALAN FREDERICK 1926-1944 ------------ WRIGHT THEIR CHILDREN HELEN KATHLEEN AUG 6 1921 - SEPT 1 1995 JESSIE ELIZABETH AUG 6 1921 - SEPT 24 2009	WRIGHT EDMUND E. 1920 - 1968 HIS WIFE RUTH M. DUFFETT 1925-	IN MEMORY OF ROBERT YOUNG BORN APRIL 10 1826 DIED JULY 13 1907 ------------ IN MEMORY OF MARGARET C. THOMPSON WIFE OF ROBERT YOUNG DIED AUG 8 1899 AGED 67 YEARS ------------ IN MEMORY OF MARTHA MURPHY WIFE OF ROBERT YOUNG DIED MAY 30 1858 AGED 38 YEARS
	CANNIFF C. YOUNG 1866-1915 ------------ McHARG JAMES McHARG 1907-1994 HUSBAND OF DOROTHY MAY YOUNG 1908-1999

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