Tombstone Tuesday - Squire Family Plot at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound pt 2

Back in May, I posted a photo of the Squire monument at Greenwood Cemetery, Owen Sound. Today's posting is of another side of the monument.

Norman Morley Squire

1871-1947

Elizabeth Squire

1870-1953

N. Mabel Squire

1879-1963

In the 1871 census for Onondaga, Brant County, Norman was only 5 months old. His father Benjamin was 45 and his Mother Elizabeth 23. There is also Mary Anne 15 and Sarah 11. Mary Ann and Sarah were from a previous marriage.

By 1881, the family had grown to include Minnie 8, Edwin 5, Mabel 2 and Daniel 1. They were living in Brooke, Sarawak Township, Grey County, Ontario.

When Benjamin married Elizabeth Hamilton 22 December 1869, he was 44 and she 22. She was not much older than her stepchildren.

Morley Norman Squire, as he is registered, was born 9 November 1870 in Onandaga.

Mabel was registered as Nelly Mable. She was born 6 February 1879 in Onandaga.

Because their death registrations are not yet available, to learn more about these individuals a search for their obituaries may give their exact dates of death.

Tombstone Tuesday - Johnstone Cemetery

It is just over two years ago that I went for a Sunday afternoon drive with a friend when we came upon a small roadside cemetery. I insisted that we stop to have a look.

A view of the area from the road.

The Cairn remembering the former church

Johnson

 Presbyterian Church

1920

This cairn is erected in constant and

loving memory to the pioneers of the

Johnstone community who found a

House of God about 1859 and to the suc-

cessive congregatons of dedicated men and

women and their pastors, who in 1920,

by the generosity of John Johnstone built

a new brick church on this site, where

they worshiped until it was closed in 1969.

part of the area

MACGREGOR

In commeration of

the 150th anniversary of

the arrival of

Peter and Janet MacGregor

In March 1842

with their children

from the Isle of Mull, Scotland

I posted some information about the cairn and church in a previous blog article