Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery Third Party Records Review

Prepared for:

Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services

and

Infrastructure Ontario

September 27, 2015

By Holly Martelle, Ph.D.

1600 Attawandaron Road, London, ON N6G 3M6

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents 2

Introduction 3

General Methodology 4

Discussion and Review of Source Material 6

I) Source: Volume 7 Part 1 1876-1916 – Alphabetical Listing of Deaths During The Period 7 II) Source: Volume 7 Part 2 – Record of Deaths 11 III) Source: Volume 7 Part 3 1905-1916 – Record of Deaths 13 IV) Source: Volume 9 Part 1 1916-1919 – Record of Deaths 16 V) Source: Volume 9 Part 2 1919-1924 – Record of Deaths 19 VI) Source: Volume 9 Part 3 1924-1928 - Record of Deaths 21 VII) Source: Volume 9 Part 4 1929-1934 – Record of Deaths 23 VIII) Source: Volume 9 Part 5 1934-1939 - Record of Deaths 25 IX) Source: Volume 9 Part 6 1939-1943 – Record of Deaths 27 X) Source: Volume 9 Part 7 1943-1948 – Record of Deaths 30 XI) Source: Volume 9 Part 8 1949-1953 – Record of Deaths 33 XII) Source: Volume 9 Part 9 1953-1957 – Record of Deaths 35 XIII) Source: Volume 9 Part 10 1957-1975 – Record of Deaths 37 XIV) Source: Cemetery Stone Data Collected by TMHC in 2014 39 XV) Source: Register of Applications, Ontario Asylum for Idiots, Orillia 61 XVI) Source: Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map (Archives of Ontario RG-29-24-3-94) – Two Versions 69 XVII) Source: HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 103

Conclusions and Recommendations 114

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Introduction

Timmins Martelle Heritage Consultants Inc. (TMHC) was contracted by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS), through Infrastructure Ontario (IO), to carry out a third party review of records pertaining to the cemetery at the Huronia Regional Centre. This work was commissioned as part of a larger effort to commemorate and better document the burials made within the institutional cemetery, between the time of its opening to the last burial made in 1971.

TMHC was provided with sets of original records pertaining to the cemetery, many of which are on file with the Ontario Archives.

The following sections of this report describe the general methodology used during the third party records review, offer a thorough discussion of the source material and issues identified therein and provide recommendations for consideration.

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General Methodology

The general methodology used during this review was as follows:

1) The existing cemetery register compiled by MCSS (available on the website) was entered into a master database to facilitate comparison with the individual data sources for review.

2) The information from each data source for each individual within the cemetery register was entered into the master database and checked for errors and consistency.

3) The information from each data source was compared to other data sources to check for consistency and errors.

4) General summaries were made for each data source identifying their content, issues, problems and errors identified.

5) All errors and problems that were identified were inventoried on the database, a corrections file to update the registry and in the text of this report.

6) Quality control checks were undertaken for each data source using the master database. This allowed for the identification and/or correction of additional problems with the data sources and those in TMHC data entry when compiling the master database.

Numerous electronic data files were created during this process to help with the reading of this report, to provide a source for cross-checking data in the future and to establish the baseline data used to suggest changes to the existing cemetery register and propose recommendations.

The following is a list of data files that are provided alongside this report for reference:

a) cemetery register with recommended changes.xls

This file contains a listing of the cemetery register with proposed changes.

b) field stone data.xls

This file contains a listing of grave stones observed in the field as well as plot and row numbers as assigned to facilitate this review.

c) Huronia Regional Centre Records Review Corrections File.wpd (.pdf also provided)

This file contains a listing of corrections for the cemetery register based on the review of record of death registries. Image files are provided to demonstrate why changes have been proposed. Images include snapshots of the record of death entries and municipal death records, as required.

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d) issues to be resolved – registers.xls

This file contains a listing of issues to be resolved, coming out of a review of the record of death registry listings.

e) new cemetery map listing of individuals by row post1953.xls

This is the new cemetery map showing the plot numbers assigned to facilitate this review.

f) old cemetery map listing of individuals by row pre1953.xls

This is the old cemetery map showing the plot numbers assigned to facilitate this review.

g) working file with all source data listed.xls

This is the master data base file containing all information from the source documents, inventoried by individual.

h) old cemetery map with plots.jpg

This is the old cemetery map showing the plot numbers assigned to each grave for the purposes of this review.

i) new cemetery map with plots.jpg

This is the new cemetery map showing the plot numbers assigned to each grave for the purposes of this review.

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Discussion and Review of Source Material

For this study, a set of original source documents containing information regarding interments made at the HRC cemetery were reviewed. Cumulatively, these records show a progressive attempt to formally and efficiently track interments in the cemetery and details of those interments. Additional information is added over time to improve tracking procedures and record keeping. This set of source documents represents a fairly good record for a cemetery originating in the late- 19th and early-20th centuries.

The following sections provided a detailed discussion and review of all original source documents provided for review in this study. For each original source, a summary of content is provided alongside an identification of issues encountered and, where possible and necessary, a list of steps taken to mitigate the issues. In the event that the information provided in one data source was unclear, the same information was consulted in other data sources and Simcoe County death records were reviewed, when these were available. For example, when it seemed as if the name on the MCSS cemetery registry did not match that in the alphabetical index, the name was entered into Ancestry.ca and an attempt to obtain and review the original death record for Simcoe County was made. When the Simcoe death record showed a name different to that in the MCSS cemetery registry, a copy of the Simcoe death record was made and an indication in red placed on the spread sheet to indicate where a change was required. In instances where individuals were unintentionally excluded from the MCSS cemetery registry despite being listed as being buried in the institutional cemetery they were added to the registry master list. When individuals who were unintentionally included on the MCSS cemetery registry despite being listed as being buried elsewhere, their death records were looked up on Ancestry.ca to confirm place of burial if listed. Individuals whose documentation suggests that their burial was elsewhere were recommended to be removed from the MCSS cemetery registry. In sum, an attempt was made to confirm information with an outside source, where this was immediately possible.

In the Word version of this report, dynamic links have been provided to the original source documents reviewed.

The following source materials were reviewed in this study:

I) Volume 7 Part I 1876-1916 – Alphabetical Listing of Deaths During the Period II) Volume 7 Part 2 1876-1904 - Record of Deaths III) Volume 7 Part 3 1905-1916 – Record of Deaths IV) Volume 9 Part 1 1916-1919 – Record of Deaths V) Volume 9 Part 2 1919-1924 – Record of Deaths VI) Volume 9 Part 3 1924-1928 – Record of Deaths VII) Volume 9 Part 4 1929-1934 – Record of Deaths VIII) Volume 9 Part 5 1934-1939 – Record of Deaths IX) Volume 9 Part 6 1939-1943 – Record of Deaths X) Volume 9 Part 7 1943-1948 – Record of Deaths XI) Volume 9 Part 8 1949-1953 – Record of Deaths XII) Volume 9 Part 9 1953-1957 – Record of Deaths

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XIII) Volume 9 Part 10 1957-1975 – Record of Deaths XIV) Cemetery Stone Data Collected by TMHC in 2014 XV) Register of Applications, Ontario Asylum for Idiots, Orillia XVI) Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map (Archives of Ontario RG 29-24-3-94) – Two Versions XVII) HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971

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I) Source: Volume 7 Part I 1876-1916 – Alphabetical Listing of Deaths During the Period

Summary of Content

This document represents an alphabetized index of patients who died at the facility. Within the master record, there are individual tabs organized by letter. In other words, all individuals with last names beginning in A are found listed under the tab marked “A.” Under the tab for each letter is a listing of individual names (generally but not always last name first, given name second) handwritten in cursive, followed by a column for death registry number. The sequence of the listing for each tab is generally organized by death registration number and is consequently chronological, with the individuals who died early in the history of the institution listed first and the more recent deaths listed last. This was a document that was updated by the institution as deaths occurred, so entries were made by a number of different individuals, as different hand writing is evident throughout the chronological sequence.

The document is archived as beginning in 1876 and ending in 1916.

This document does not provide dates of death or place of interment.

For the purposes of tracking, we numbered the individual pages of this document. There are 29 pages, numbered 1 to 20 and 22 to 30. Page 21 (the letter “O”) is missing. When the names on the Cemetery Registry were checked against this document, the relevant source document and page were listed in the spreadsheet. The following links provide access to the individual pages this document.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries or demonstrate inaccuracies:

1) The earliest entry is for death registration number 1, Charles Rowan, who died on November 3, 1876. The latest entry is for registration number 1445 (mislabeled 1446) – Redford G. Dell who died on May 19, 1917. Therefore, there are several entries that post-date 1917. The correct temporal span should be Nov 3. 1876 to May 19, 1917.

2) The document is written in cursive and the spelling of names is subject to interpretation. There are many places where names are illegible or difficult to establish correct spelling for. The death registration numbers are also difficult to read or decipher in spots, with difficulties experienced differentiating certain numbers from others (e.g., is that a curly 5 or an 8?).

3) Many short forms are used for first names and these can often lead to misreading of the names.

4) The spelling of many names is different from that used in the register of deaths.

5) Certain names are struck through with a single line. The reason for this is not always clear, although sometimes it is a result of placing the name under the wrong table (e.g., Roland Charles Hill was recorded under the A tab and his name was later struck out).

6) There are numerous places where ink blots obscure the written information provided.

7) Some entries are “squeezed” in between normally spaced entries, making some illegible.

8) On some pages, tape was used to mend ripped pages and this obscures the written information.

9) Entries for the “O” tab (presumably page 21) are not recorded. It is not clear if there is a page missing in the document or, in fact, no names with the last name O recorded.

10) Although entries were generally organized by death registration number (i.e., chronological), there were a few places where this ordering was not kept. This generally occurred when there was more than one page of names under a single alphabetical tab. When new entries were made, there were not necessarily made on the correct page.

11) There are several entries inserted on the wrong page. This usually occurred when last and first names were reversed, so the entry was made under the first letter of the first name rather than the first letter of the last name. For example, Arnold William (1262) is indexed under the A tab rather than the W.

12) Many entries with 700 series death registration numbers are not recorded in this index. This suggests that there were periods of time when the index was not used. The entries that are not recorded are sometimes in contiguous chronological blocks.

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13) In total, 35 entries are not recorded in this index, including two individuals with a last name starting with the letter “O” (page missing):

MCSS Registry Information Inventory Registry Information MCSS Website Record Cemetery No. Date of Death First Name Last Name Number Registry Page No. 138 Francis E. West Jul 9, 1906 948 9 153 Laura Swayze Sep 1, 1907 996 10 286 Mary O'Brien Sep 17, 1914 1314 17 44 Margaret Overfield Aug 4, 1900 676 4 52 Patrick Downey Apr 4, 1901 710 4 53 John Moore Apr 5, 1901 711 4 54 Fred Evans Apr 7, 1901 712 4 55 James Gullins Apr 21, 1901 716 4 58 George Bowman July 30, 1901 727 5 59 William Gurn Aug 30, 1901 729 5 60 Martha Batholomew Nov 13, 1901 736 5 61 Sarah Wilson Nov 18, 1901 737 5 62 Reuben/Ruben Meadows Nov 20, 1901 739 5 66 Charles South Jan 18, 1902 750 5 68 Jonathan Gordon Apr 7, 1902 752 5 69 William Wonch May 19, 1902 755 5 70 Henry Hartman Jun 17, 1902 759 5 71 William Campbell Jul 9, 1902 762 5 73 William Stephenson Jul 24, 1902 765 5 78 Arthur J. Noble Dec 3, 1902 773 6 79 Mary Clase Dec 7, 1902 774 6 82 Henry E. Walford Jan 19, 1903 778 6 83 John J. Hoover Apr 13, 1903 780 6 84 Alexander Miskimmons/Miskemmings Apr 20, 1903 781 6 85 Arthur Binks May 8, 1903 784 6 87 Robert Jeunius Jul 16, 1903 793 6 89 Ralph House Aug 17, 1903 796 6 90 Nicholas Haven Aug 19, 1903 798 6 Blauch 93 Oct 13, 1903 Blanch? McLeod 804 6 94 Sarah Summers Oct 29, 1903 805 6 95 Sophie Donovan Dec 5, 1903 807 6 102 Adeline Martin Apr 25, 1904 829 7 106 Elizabeth McLewis Oct 29, 1904 849 7 127 Pierre Doucette Nov 14, 1905 904 8 185 Angus Dears Feb 22, 1909 1068 11

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II) Source: Volume 7 Part 2 1876-1904 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document is the Register of Deaths from the Huronia Regional Centre between November 3, 1876 (Charles Rowan, Patient Registration No. 9, Death Registration No. 1) to December 14, 1904 (May Young, Patient Registration No. 1759, Death Registration No. 860).

The document contains five columns entitled:

1) No. (i.e., patient registration number); 2) Name (first, last); 3) Date (i.e., date of death); 4) County ( or place of origin – e.g., London Asylum, Middlesex, Lanark, Muskoka); and 5) Cause of death.

In addition, another separate set of entries was made to the left of the No. column, reflecting a cumulative tally of entries that are known to be Death Registration numbers.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. There are separate subheadings for year and to signify when a new year begins.

There is no information provided on place of burial.

The first page in the document (cumulatively Page 31) contains some unconsolidated written notes that are not relevant to the interpretation of the registry entries. The second page in the document (cumulatively Page 32) is a repeat of Page 1 of the alphabetical index but shows the short forms used later in the registry to list undertaker. The list is as follows: S = Seventon (?) & Son; C = Clark; B = Bingham (& Strachan); P = Private Burial; M = Mundell.

This document contains 18 pages. For tracking purposes, these were numbered pages 31 through 48. The first two pages (numbered 31 and 32) contain the reference notes described above and do not contain register entries. The links below lead to the 18 pages referenced in this document.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries.

1) The document is written in cursive and the spelling of names is subject to interpretation. There are many places where names are illegible or difficult to establish correct spelling for. Generally this information is easier to see and interpret than that in the alphabetical index. Only in places are the death registration numbers difficult to interpret. However, the cumulative tally numbers are scratched in and presented with small numbers and these are often difficult to read.

2) There is variability in how names were recorded between this document and the alphabetized index. Some names are given in one document with initials for the first name only, while others have written out the full names of each person.

3) There are numerous places where ink blots obscure the written information provided.

4) Some entries are “squeezed” in between normally spaced entries, making some illegible.

5) Abbreviations or short forms for many 19th century first names are often used (e.g., Jno. For John, Elizth for Elizabeth, lending some difficulty in reading first names written in cursive. These have sometimes been misinterpreted in the MCSS cemetery registry.

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III) Source: Volume 7 Part 3 1905-1916 - Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document is the Register of Deaths from the Huronia Regional Centre between January 7, 1905 (Donald Campbell, Patient Registration No. 1775, Death Registration No. 861) to May 19, 1916 (Redford G. Dell, Patient Registration No. 2547, Death Registration No. 1445).

The document contains five columns entitled:

1) No. (i.e., patient registration number); 2) Name (first, last); 3) Date (i.e., date of death); 4) County ( or place of origin – e.g., London Asylum, Middlesex, Lanark, Mukoka); and 5) Cause of death.

In addition, there are separate secondary columns of information that have been added:

1) another separate set of entries was made to the left of the No. column, reflecting a cumulative tally of entries (i.e., death registration numbers); 2) an initial occurs to the left of the date column (e.g., N, B, W, C); what these letters represent is not known; 3) a separate entry occurs left of the Cause of Death column for “age at death”; the ages are entered for each person in very small numbers that are not always legible. 4) An entry of hyphenated numbers (e.g., 4-4-18, sometimes written in the format 4:4:18) occurs to the right of the Cause of Death column; what these numbers represent is not known.

Beginning in 1911 there are some individuals who also have hand written entries beside their name indicating a dollar amount, presumably cost for burial or delivery of the body. This cannot be confirmed.

By 1912 and 1913, some entries also have a check mark after the entry under the column County and the letter W. It is not known what this makes reference to.

In 1913 another column has also been written in for describing Religion (Quaker, Anglican, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, etc.).

By 1913 another column has also been written in to define marital status (married, single, divorced, windowed).

By late 1914, a new column has been added with no title. It contains the entries “P.C”, “C,” “Inst.” “Inst Cem”, “P.M.” amongst others and would appear to indicate where burial was made, but the exact meaning of the notations is unknown.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. There are separate subheadings for year and to signify when a new year begins.

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This document contains 11 pages. For tracking purposes, these were numbered pages 49 through 59. Links to these pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) There are numerous places where ink blots obscure the written information provided.

4) Some entries are “squeezed” in between normally spaced entries, making some illegible.

5) There are a few entries that defy the standard pattern of entering First Name, Last Name, adding confusion.

6) Once the location of burial or undertaker is recorded it is easy to track who is recorded as buried in the institutional cemetery. Based on the records and their interpretation, a small number of individuals who are listed as buried in the institutional cemetery are not listed in the MCSS cemetery registry that has been created. Also, several individuals who are in the MCSS cemetery registry are shown on the register of deaths as being buried elsewhere and by non-institutional undertakers.

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IV) Source: Volume 9 Part 1 1916-1919 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

The first page of this document lists deaths that occurred of patients from the Whitby Psychiatric institution who were temporarily in residence at the Orillia facility from February 1917. It includes a hand written table with the following columns:

1) No. of death; 2) Name; 3) Date of death; 4) Registration Number; and 5) Burial (i.e., burial place).

For the purposes of recording, this page is recorded as Page 1 of Volume 9 Part 1 1916-1919.

Opposite to this table are some unconsolidated hand written notes. One indicates P = private burial. Two other sets of writing indicate yearly tallies of burials made by individual undertakers (e.g., Clark = 3; Strachan = 2; Mundell = 11).

The next 8 pages of this document is a Record of Deaths with the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (which is believed to refer to admission documents); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The legibility of the entries is far improved over earlier entries.

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This portion of the document contains 8 pages, beginning with an entry for Stanford Edgar Bailey (Patient Registration No. 2562, Death Registration No. 1423; DoD Nov 10, 1916) and ending with the entry for Edward Duncan (Patient Registration No. 2315, Death Registration No. 1615. DoD April 24, 1919). For tracking purposes, these were numbered pages 2 through 9 Volume 9 Part 1 1916-1919. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) There are numerous places where ink blots or paper ware obscure the written information provided.

4) Some entries are “squeezed” in between normally spaced entries, making some more difficult to read and interpret.

5) There are a few odd entries. On Page 6, for patient 2244 – Arthur Wilson, there is a hand printed note above indicating “not in computer.” Between the entry for patient 1863 Norman McCuaig and 2764 James Fullerton, there is a written note indicating “Floyd Badour” but no patient numbers are associated with it.

6) A small number of individuals in this listing are shown as being buried elsewhere yet their names are included on the cemetery registry. To confirm place of burial, their municipal death records were searched on Ancestry.ca.

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V) Source: Volume 9 Part 2 1919-1924 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 11 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The legibility of the entries is far improved over earlier entries.

The entries begin with Patient 2625 Samuel Lockwood, Death Registration No. 1616 (DoD April 26, 1919) and end with Patient 3140 Margaret Kelson, Death Registration No. 1879 (DoD May 11, 1924). For tracking purposes, the 11 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 10 to 20. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) There are numerous places where ink blots or paper ware obscure the written information provided.

4) On Page 17 there are two individuals who have no place of burial/undertaker listed: Margaret McLelland (Patient Registration No. 668) and Basil Ross (Patient Registration No. 3379).

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VI) Source: Volume 9 Part 3 1924-1928 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 11 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

The entries begin with Patient 2685 Malcolm Ball, Death Registration No. 1880 (DoD May 11, 1924) and end with Patient 4371 Reta Jameson, Death Registration No. 2143 (DoD Jan 6, 1929). For tracking purposes, the 11 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 21 to 31. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) There are numerous places where ink blots or paper ware obscure the written information provided.

4) On Page 22 there is one individual (3770 Austin Bonner) who has no entry under undertaker or place of burial.

5) On Page 24 there is one individual Shelley Wallbridge who is listed as having a private burial by Mundell (i.e., not in institutional cemetery) who is also listed on the MCSS cemetery registry. On Page 26, the same situation occurs for Heber Duke (death registration 2019). On Page 29 a similar situation occurs for James McGinnes (death registration 2089). On Page 31 a similar situation occurs for Donald Thomson (death registration 2120).

6) The last entry in this segment is 1929, not 1928 as it is labeled and archived.

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VII) Source: Volume 9 Part 4 1929-1934 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 10 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

The entries begin with Patient 4032 John Loeppke, Death Registration No. 2144 (DoD Jan 8, 1929) and end with Patient 5696 Stephen Eckert, Death Registration No. 2382 (DoD Aug 14, 1934). For tracking purposes, the 10 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 32 to 41. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) On Page 36, Dorina Lavoie (death registration 2255) is listed as buried in a private burial by Mundell (Inst.). The entry for (Inst.) suggests she was buried in the institutional cemetery. However, her municipal death record indicates that she was not buried in the institutional cemetery.

4) Two individuals on Page 38 (Col. Alex Ross and Alfred Hovey) are listed as buried in the institutional cemetery but these individuals are not listed in the MCSS cemetery registry that has been created. Two individuals (Kenneth McNeil and Muriel M. Graham) are listed in the MCSS cemetery registry but they are shown as buried elsewhere.

5) On Page 41, Annie Dale (death registry 2373) is listed as having a private burial by Mundell yet she is listed on the MCSS cemetery registry.

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VIII) Source: Volume 9 Part 5 1934-1939

Summary of Content

This document consists of 10 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

The entries begin with Patient 4557 Gordon Bell, Death Registration No. 2383 (DoD Sep 22, 1934) and end with Patient 6789 Joan Maxwell, Death Registration No. 2622 (DoD Dec 7, 1939). For tracking purposes, the 10 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 42 to 51. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) There are several different individuals who have made entries to this document, as indicated by variations in handwriting. There seems to be a systematic change in the individual recording the entries beginning on December 26, 1936.

4) On Page 43, Harold McNeil (death registration 2425) is listed as having a private burial by Mundell. However, he is listed in the MCSS cemetery registry. His death record from the municipal confirms he was buried elsewhere and not in the institutional cemetery.

5) On Page 47, William Horan (death registration 2504) is listed as having a private burial by Miles, yet his name occurs on the MCSS cemetery registry. Also, the entry below, Ray Code (death registration 2505) indicates institutional burial yet his name has not been included on the MCSS cemetery registry.

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IX) Source: Volume 9 Part 6 1939-1943 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 10 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

Beginning in 1940, the majority of columns were not filled in by the registry recorder. Only the patient registration number, name, date of death, undertaker/place of death, cumulative tallies of deaths and death registration number were recorded.

The entries begin with Patient 6490 Robert Cooper, Death Registration No. 2623 (DoD Dec 11, 1939) and end with Patient 7643 Gordon Westbrook, Death Registration No. 2865 (DoD Nov, 17, 1943). For tracking purposes, the 10 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 52 to 61. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) Many entries are “squeezed” in between other entries, giving the impression that they were originally missed. This suggests that the record of deaths was potentially not a “current” record. That is, entries were made to record longer sequences of death and not as each individual death occurred. There are other places on the register where the consistency of the hand writing suggests the same thing. This also raises the question as to whether this was an original record or the information was duplicated at a later date from an earlier record or a different source.

4) On Page 54, Lorraine Palmer (death registration 2688) is listed as having a private burial. Nonetheless, her name appears on the MCSS cemetery registry.

5) On Page 59, Thomas Calderwood (death registration 2812) is listed as having an institutional cemetery burial yet his name does not appear on the MCSS cemetery registry. The entry below for Helen Schweitzer indicates a private burial, yet her name is listed on the MCSS cemetery registry.

6) Two of the three last entries are struck through with a single line. It appears that these were entered out of order, as these names occur again, on the next set of registry pages (Page 62).

7) Several entries on the end of Page 56 had incorrect death registration numbers that were corrected (i.e., 3741 changed to 2741).Several entries on Page 58 and Page 59 were also corrected.

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X) Source: Volume 9 Part 7 1943-1948 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 10 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

As was the case beginning in 1940, the majority of columns were not filled in by the registry recorder. Only the patient registration number, name, date of death, undertaker/place of death, cumulative tallies of deaths and death registration number were recorded.

The entries begin with Patient 6858 Annie McGiffen(?), Death Registration No. 2866 (DoD Nov 17, 1943) and end with Patient 1645 Fanny Edwards, Death Registration No. 3090 (DoD Dec 29, 1948). For tracking purposes, the 10 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 62 to 71. Page 66 is a duplicate of Page 65 but lightened to show the details of two sections of Page 66 that are otherwise to dark to read. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

4) Some entries are crossed or struck through with a single line. The reason for this is not known. Others have starts beside their names. Again, the reason for this is not known.

5) On Page 63, Elmer Quesnelle (death registration 2908) has an unusual entry that states Ontario Hospital Cemetery AND Doolittle.

6) Some entries are missing patient registration numbers.

7) On Page 69 Esther Bernstein is listed as having been buried in the institutional cemetery yet her name does not appear on MCSS cemetery registry.

8) For Anja Hankainen, death registration 3043, there is note that indicates “this appears to be the first indigent buried in Hosp. Cemetery where we had ???? to pay a private undertaker.” The undertaker is listed as Doolittle, while the Hospital Cemetery is also listed under the undertaker column, indicating place of burial.

9) Beginning sometime in 1948, the recorder begins to use a new system for recording undertaker and place of burial. In the top corner in each box under the undertaker column is the letter I or P indicating Institutional or private burial, respectively. Across the main portion of the box, the name of the undertaker is written. This suggests that around 1948 the institution began to hire

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out undertakers to assist in burial rather than continuing to manage these on their own, with institutional staff.

10) Several entries on Page 69 had incorrect death registration numbers that were later struck out and corrected. The original sequence seems to have been off by one number and this may have created errors with maps and other related documents if these areas were carried over.

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XI) Source: Volume 9 Part 8 1949-1953 – Record of Deaths

Summary of Content

This document consists of 10 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

The entries begin with Patient 6559 Edward Jeffries(?), Death Registration No. 3091 (DoD Jan 1, 1949) and end with Patient 3111 Jennie Sugar, Death Registration No. 3326 (DoD May 3, 1953). For tracking purposes, the 10 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 72 to 81. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

3) A few are “squeezed” in between other entries, giving the impression that they were originally missed. This suggests that the record of deaths was potentially not a “current” record. That is, entries were made to record longer sequences of death and not as each individual death occurred. There are other places on the register where the consistency of the hand writing suggests the same thing. This also raises the question as to whether this was an original record or the information was duplicated at a later date from an earlier record or a different source.

4) Some entries are missing patient registration numbers. Some have multiple patient registration numbers.

5) On Page 78 Norman Cragg (death registration 3248) is listed as having a private burial with a private undertaker. However, his name occurs on the MCSS cemetery registry.

6) For many entries, there is a lot of information squeezed into the small box in the undertaker column. This makes it difficult to read the individual entries.

7) On Page 76 many entries at the end of the page had incorrect death registration numbers that were struck out and corrected (i.e., 2303 changed corrected to 3203).On Page 78 two entries (3239 and 3240) show arrows indicating the information is reversed.

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XII) Source: Volume 9 Part 9 1953-1957 - Record of Death

Summary of Content

This document consists of 9 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

The entries begin with Patient 8521 Alice Hef….?=(?), Death Registration No. 3327 (DoD May 18, 1953) and end with Patient 830 Maud Hill, Death Registration No. 3540 (DoD May 22, 1957). For tracking purposes, the 9 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 82 to 90. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

4) Some entries are struck through with a single line. The reason or this is not known.

5) On Page 86 a few entries had incorrect death registration numbers that were struck out and then corrected. These incorrect numbers may have filtered down into other sources (i.e., maps, etc.). Similar entries occur on Page 88 and Page 90.

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XIII) Source: Volume 9 Part 10 1957-1975 – Record of Death

Summary of Content

This document consists of 12 pages of entries in the Record of Deaths. The Record contains the following columns and headings:

1) Register Number (i.e., Patient Registration No.); 2) Name; 3) Date of Death; 4) Age; 5) County; 6) Time In (time in facility; expressed in Y-M-D years, months, days); 7) War. Or Cert. (not sure what this means); 8) Annual No. of Autopsy; 9) Cause of Death; 10) Mental State; 11) Type; 12) Religion; 13) Undertaker (and if private mark “P”); 14) M or S (meaning married or single); 15) Annual (death) No. (columns for male, female and total – tallies for year); and 16) Number Since Opening (i.e., death registration number).

The term “Inst.” under the column “Undertaker” indicates that the individual was buried in the Institutional Cemetery.

The information provided in this register is written in cursive. The year of death is written at the top of the column. The entries are fairly legible.

Beginning in May of 1958, only those individuals buried in the cemetery are listed on this register. The note indicates “as of this date only Institution Burials.”

Beginning in July 1959, dates of birth were also recorded. Notes are included where relatives paid for burial plots and stones. Indications where made when the burials represented stillborn babies. At the end of the list, there is a note indicating which is the last burial with a grave stone, that being Renee Silver (death registration 4246, date of death March 7, 1971). The last 26 entries list details of burial locations elsewhere and not in the institutional burial ground.

The entries begin with Patient 11108 Paul Andrews, Death Registration No. 3541 (DoD May 25, 1957) and end with Patient 16351 George Roworth, Death Registration No. not listed (DoD Dec 9, 1975). For

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tracking purposes, the 9 pages in this volume were numbered so as to continue the earlier page sequence for Volume 9. They are numbered 92 to 103. Links to the individual pages are provided below.

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document that lend to difficulties with interpretation of entries:

2) A few are “squeezed” in between other entries, giving the impression that they were originally missed. This suggests that the record of deaths was potentially not a “current” record. That is, entries were made to record longer sequences of death and not as each individual death occurred. There are other places on the register where the consistency of the hand writing suggests the same thing. This also raises the question as to whether this was an original record or the information was duplicated at a later date from an earlier record or a different source.

3) Some entries are struck through with a single line. The reason or this is not known.

4) A few entries on Page 92 and 93 have been struck out and corrected.

5) Note that Robert McCauley (Page 99) has a death registration of 5868 listed. This is likely his patient registration number as it does not match the sequence of death registration numbers listed for subsequent and previous entries.

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XIV) Source: Cemetery Stone Data Collected by TMHC in 2014

Summary of Content

As part of the GPR study, TMHC mapped and recorded the location of existing and visible grave markers within the cemetery. General information about each stone (i.e., size, death registration number and/or name and date of death) was recorded through either photo-documentation or compilation in an excel spreadsheet, which also recorded the relative placement of individual stones by row. In the field, each row was given a number, as shown on Map 10 in the cemetery investigation report. This data was collected to provide some general guidance to TMHC during the evaluation of the GPR data and to assist us in gaining a better understanding of cemetery organization. It was not collected as part of this third party records review.

There are generally four classes of grave markers within the cemetery:

a) Flat concrete stones (roughly 25 cm by 10 m wide) stamped with Death Registration numbers; these date prior to 1958 and were designed/installed by the institution; there are currently seven rows of these stones in the west end and old portion of the cemetery, with stones oriented north-south, marking graves oriented east-west in typical Christian tradition. Additional stones of this type occur in the west end of the new (north) cemetery area, in TMHC mapped rows 8, 9 and 10 (south end of row).

b) Flat granite stones (varying sizes with many 25 cm by 53 cm) inscribed with names and year of birth and death; these date 1958 and after and were designed/installed by the institution; these are generally concentrated in TMHC mapped rows 10 (north end of row), through 17.

c) Personalized individual stones (either flat or standing) added to or set to replace the institutional markers; these were presumably designed and placed by family members; these are scattered throughout the new and old sections of the cemetery.

d) Formerly standing long, narrow hand inscribed numbered stones set, as a group, in a concrete slab in the northeast portion of the new part of the cemetery; presumably, these formerly marked graves in the old, south portion of the cemetery, east of the rows currently still marked with stones.

The excel spreadsheet file recording our observations of grave stones in the field has been provided as a separate file. Photographs of individual stones can also be provided upon request, although many of these do not provide sufficient clarity with respect to stone numbers as they were overgrown.

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Record of stones in concrete slab:

South South South South South South South 1 1703 1585 1806 1403 1429 1478 2 1484 1393 1550 1437 1365 1364 1670 1693 1658 1748 1612 1721 1755 1531 1645 1605 1552 1689 1739 1377 2209 1576 1?29 1743 1470 1440 1692 1594 1799 1591 1378 1627 1457 1456 1521 1419 1545 1696 1687 1367 1374 1725 5 1412? 1583 1507 1477 1666 1708 1735 1747 1559 1655 1592 1677 1389 1758 1408 1404 1603 1425? HC 1488 1750 1754 1443 1553 1815 1375 1766 1479 1695 1580 1428? 1620 1619 8 1363 1598 1887 1417 1746 6 2112 1763? 1641 2318 1650 1436 1751 1590 1713 1577 1449 1812 7 1537 1535 1870 1953 1656 1715 1586 1474 1554 1596 4 1724 1489 1601 1680 1918 1745 1495 2208 2114 1807 1528 1752 1778 1568 1931 1791 1538 1361?66? 1651 2154 1527 1950 1418?48? 1683 1787 1600 1704 1916 1632 14 1759 1589 1526 1604 1730 1777 1633 1539 1667 1394? 1655 1698 1706 1574 1595 1448 1733 1955 1781 1562 1514 1587 1741 1768 1623 1767 1599 1628 1400 1783 1742 2159 1424 1607 1697 1370 1615 1581 1584 1638 1639 1671 1395 1593 1664 1665 1652 1549 1661 1582 1597 1822 1397 1740 1779? 1777 1410 North North North North North North

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

The following are the issues noted with respect to the field grave marker data:

1) Many of the stamped and numbered markers were difficult to read in the field (and sometimes partially broken away) and, in some cases, a best guess was made of what number was represented. Some were also partially grown over at the time of recording, obscuring the numbering.

2) The stones set in the concrete slab are hand inscribed and some were difficult to read/interpret.

3) It was deemed possible that some of the flat earlier stones may have also grown over and were not visible in the field.

4) With respect to the stones set in the concrete slab, it is important to note that these have not been placed in any real order. These stones generally represent the earliest burials in the cemetery. The earliest burial represented in the slab is registered death 1363, who was Charles Brown who died on March 16, 1916. The most recent burial represented is that related to registered death 2318, who was Jean Chute who died on November 1, 1932. With the exception of the small number of stones set in the concrete slab, markers are generally absent for burials pre-dating November 1934. Stones are generally present for burials beginning May 23, 1934.

5) For the stones that are present in the field, these are generally in chronological and sequential order, but there are a few places where the ordering is not precisely maintained. The reason for this is not known.

6) There are no entries on any cemetery map for the four most westerly stone rows (TMHC mapped rows 1 to 4).

7) TMHC Map 10 row 5 corresponds to the Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map row 27. There are variances between the cemetery map and the stones in the field. First, there are no stones for 2637 (George Sauve) and 2634 (Reginald Lyons). Second, there is a stone for 2583 (Harold Dupre) at the end of this row. Harold has a personalized stone in the south end of TMHC mapped row 6 of stones, where the old cemetery map shows his burial place to be, once the note of the “reversal of entries is considered).

8) TMHC Map 10 row 6 corresponds to the Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map row 26. Between stone 2499 and 2490 is another stone, although the cemetery map does not show a burial between the two. There are not entries for institutional burial between 2499 and 2490 in the register of deaths. Also in this stone row, two stones (2482 and 2486) are in reverse order to what is shown on the cemetery map.

9) TMHC Map 10 row 7 corresponds to the Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map row 25. TMHC did not observe a stone for 2417 (Frederick Johnston) at the beginning (south end) of the row. The cemetery maps his burial at the beginning of the row. Also, the first few entries after

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this are a bit blurred, so we’ve made interpretations about these numbers, although these may not be correct. Between stone 2402 and 2398 we observed a stone marked 2401 (William Dodds) or 2407 (Henrietta Bennett). The cemetery map says 2407 should be in this location however, the person related to the number 2407 (Henrietta Bennett) did not receive an institutional burial. William Dodds (2401) was buried in the institutional cemetery, so it is likely caused by an issue with the transcription of the number on the map. Between stones 2375 and 2372 at the north end of this row, TMHC observed a stone marked 2374. This stone would relate to Sarah Boyington, who is credited with an institutional burial. The cemetery map indicates 2373 in this location (Annie Dale). According to the death register, Annie Dale received a private burial by undertaker Mundell and was not interred in the institution cemetery and a municipal death record confirms this.

10) TMHC Map 10 row 8, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 1 (most westerly), matches the map data. TMHC Map 10 row 13, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map Row 6 (6 most westerly), matches the map data. TMHC Map 10 row 15, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 8 (8th most westerly) matches the map data. TMHC Map 10 row 16, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 9 (9th most westerly), matches the map data. TMHC Map 10 row 10, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 17 (most easterly), matches the map data.

11) TMHC Map 10 row 9, which correlates the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 2 (second most westerly), shows one discrepancy. In the field, we mapped stones in order 3405-3414- 3410, with 3414 also having a personalized stone for Anne Florence Leslie. On the cemetery map the order is shown as 3405-3410-3414. In the central portion of this row, many of the burial entries are inconsistent with the death register as far as the registration numbers or on the inscription of names on the cemetery map. These errors are discussed in more detail when the source information for the cemetery map is provided. The correct order for stones should be (south to north): 3396- 3398-3399-3402-3405-3414-3410-3422-3426-3429-3432-3435-3440- 3446-3448-3449-3458-3462-3464-3470-3477-3480-3483. Therefore the stone marked 3431 in the field is incorrect and should be 3432.

12) TMHC Map 10 row 10, which correlates to the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 3 (third most westerly), generally matches the cemetery map. However, the cemetery map entry for entry 3621 “Fauno” should be “Tauno.”

13) The TMHC Map 10 rows 10 to 17 contain stones with names rather than numbers or a combination thereof. There are a few places where spelling varies between the map, the registry and the stone. Those are detailed in the previous excel sheets already provided.

14) TMHC Map 10 row 12 generally corresponds to the details of the HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map. Between John Shaw and Frank Weber should be the burial of Ronald Luciow (3821). This burial is not represented in the field with a stone. Also, it is important to note that the burial of

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Angelina Rizzo (3879) who was disinterred in recent years appears on the cemetery map but a stone no longer stands in the field.

15) TMHC Map 10 row 14, corresponding to HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971 map row 7 (7th most westerly row), generally matches the details of the map with a few exceptions. The stone for Florence McCready occurs at the beginning of the row in the field, although her entry does not occur in the beginning of the row on the map. Her burial was omitted from the sequence and is one of two shown out of order on the right hand side of the cemetery map. So, this is interpreted as a mapping recording error. Also, there is stone in this row for Fred Corby, immediately beneath that for James Corby. Fred Corby died in 2000 (not at HRC) and his ashes were placed next to his brother’s grave at the request of family.

16) Since many of the stones marking earlier burials are no longer present in the burial grounds, a significant number of known burials are not represented by stones in the field. The table below provides a listing. However, the plot map can assist in determining the approximate location of many of the burials.

Individuals in MCSS Cemetery Registry without a Grave Stone in the Field

MCSS Cemetery Registry Information

Record Registry First Name Last Name Date of Death Number Page No.

Ronald Luciow Nov 29, 1961 3821 67 Robert Anthony McCauley Mar 9, 1965 5868 70 Clinton Olmstead Sep 8, 1945 3039 57 George Bowman July 30, 1901 727 5 James Kennedy Feb 5, 1917 1430 20 Ethel Van Bridge Nov 22, 1893 345 2 Mattie/Matty Kerrey Dec 12, 1893 350 3 Emma Isabella Gwynne May 16, 1899 602 3 William Alfred Ball June 13, 1899 610 3 Thomas Edward Smith Aug 7, 1899 612 3

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry Death Record Page First Name Last Name Date of Death Number No. Nelson William Abraham Aug 13, 1899 614 3 Daniel Gibson Aug 17, 1899 615 3 Hannah Bell Aug 21, 1899 617 3 Thomas McFadden Sept 26, 1899 619 3 John Hunter Oct 9, 1899 621 3 Mary Scott Oct 11, 1899 622 3 John McKinnau ? Nov 3, 1899 626 3 John Rudy Dec 31, 1899 632 3 John Wonch Jan 7, 1900 634 3 Dennis McCarthy Mar 12, 1900 640 3 Charles Henry Hurlbert Apr 14, 1900 648 3 Wallis Rose Apr 19, 1900 650 3 Julius ? Slariss ? May 2, 1900 653 3 William Joseph Palue ? May 6, 1900 654 3 John Clark May 11, 1900 658 4 John Wilson June 2, 1900 660 4 John Alex Walker June 12, 1900 s/b 17th 666 4 Emma White July 4, 1900 671 4 McDonald McCabe July 22, 1900 673 4 Margaret Overfield Aug 4, 1900 676 4 Fred Mitchell Aug 21, 1900 680 4 Lawrence Allan Girardin Sep 28, 1900 684 4 Charles Edward Love Dec 16, 1900 690 4 Neil Smith Dec 18, 1900 692 4 John Malcolm Dec 25, 1900 693 4 John Thomas Reaney Dec 29, 1900 694 4 Patrick Downey Apr 4, 1901 710 4 John Moore Apr 5, 1901 711 4 Fred Evans Apr 7, 1901 712 4 James Gullins Apr 21, 1901 716 4 John Clarke June 25, 1901 724 4 Edward Passmore July 17, 1901 726 4 William Gurn Aug 30, 1901 729 5 Martha Batholomew Nov 13, 1901 736 5 Sarah Wilson Nov 18, 1901 737 5 Reuben or Ruben Meadows Nov 20, 1901 739 5 Sarah Wallace Dec 16, 1901 744 5 Mary E. Woods Dec 25, 1901 746 5

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry Death Record First Name Last Name Date of Death Page No. No. Jacob Sohm Jan 18, 1902 747 5 Charles South Jan 18, 1902 750 5 Bertha Jane Williams Mar 4, 1902 751 5 Jonathan Gordon Apr 7, 1902 752 5 William Wonch May 19, 1902 755 5 Henry Hartman Jun 17, 1902 759 5 William Campbell Jul 9, 1902 762 5 Henry Edward Flood Jul 23, 1902 764 5 William Stephenson Jul 24, 1902 765 5 Effie Jane Moore Aug 16, 1902 767 5 Frederick Seiquer Aug 25, 1902 768 5 Eliza Bernath Sep 20, 1902 770 5 William E. Surenburn ? Oct 2, 1902 772 6 Arthur J. Noble Dec 3, 1902 773 6 Mary Clase Dec 7, 1902 774 6 Julia Green Dec 14, 1902 776 6 Eliza Jane Carr Jan 13, 1903 777 6 Henry E. Walford Jan 19, 1903 778 6 John J. Hoover Apr 13, 1903 780 6 Alexander Miskimmons/Miskemmings Apr 20, 1903 781 6 Arthur Binks May 8, 1903 784 6 Robert Henry Prince Jul 8, 1903 790 6 Robert Jeunius Jul 16, 1903 793 6 Elizabeth Jane Sharpe Aug 14, 1903 795 6 Ralph House Aug 17, 1903 796 6 Nicholas Haven Aug 19, 1903 798 6 Harry Smith Aug 31, 1903 799 6 Lorenzo R. Smith Sep 4, 1903 800 6 Blauch/ Blanch McLeod Oct 13, 1903 804 6 Sarah Summers Oct 29, 1903 805 6 Sophie Donovan Dec 5, 1903 807 6 Catherine Parson Jan 3, 1904 811 7 Rosie Davy Feb 3, 1904 812 7 Jeanette Hay Mar 3, 1904 816 7 E.J. Cunningham Apr 19, 1904 824 7 David Penman Apr 20, 1904 825 7 Catherine Jane Campbell Apr 22, 1904 827 7

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry First Name Last Name Date of Death Death Record Page No. No. Adeline Martin Apr 25, 1904 829 7 Rachel Arthur Jun 22, 1904 837 7 Percy Collyer Jun 24, 1904 838 7 James Landrigan Aug 4, 1904 842 7 Elizabeth McLewis Oct 29, 1904 849 7 Freddy Genereaux Nov 14, 1904 852 7 Sara McMurray Dec 2, 1904 855 7 May Young Dec 14, 1904 860 7 Mary Pettit Feb 10, 1905 867 7 John J. Wilson Mar 14, 1905 872 7 Harry Wilson Apr 10, 1905 876 7 Emma Jane Earl May 4, 1905 880 7 Isabella Hopkins May 30, 1905 881 7 Annie E. Cumming June 24, 1905 883 8 Bessie Hurd July 7, 1905 885 8 Margaret Armstrong Jul 7, 1905 886 8 Hannah Burdan Aug 17, 1905 892 8 James Thompson Aug 22, 1905 893 8 George W. McIndor Aug 28, 1905 895 8 Dorland Caldwell Sep 1, 1905 896 8 Ada Crowle Sep 13, 1905 897 8 Edna Silverthorne Sep 27, 1905 898 8 George Ray Oct 11, 1905 900 8 John Thornton Oct 27, 1905 901 8 Mary Lilly Watson Nov 1, 1905 902 8 Pierre Doucette Nov 14, 1905 904 8 Euphemia Stevenson Apr 16, 1906 923 8 Grace Horsley Apr 19, 1906 925 8 Edward Iredon June 6, 1906 940 8 Alex Henry Jun 10, 1906 941 8 George S. Calton Jun 18, 1906 942 8 William Wilson Jun 28, 1906 943 8 Thomas Rogers Jun 29, 1906 944 9 Reuben Depew Jun 30, 1906 945 9 Richard Wyatt Flood Jul 1, 1906 946 9 Barbara Graham Jul 4, 1906 947 9 Francis E. West Jul 9, 1906 948 9 Sara E. Clarke Jul 22, 1906 949 9

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry First Name Last Name Death Record Page Date of Death No. No. Kate Durant Jul 24, 1906 950 9 Malcolm McCallaugh Sep 15, 1906 957 9 Mary Ann McFadden Sep 15, 1906 958 9 James G. Laform Sep 30, 1906 961 9 Laura Robertshaw Nov 2, 1906 966 9 William Bell Dec 13, 1906 968 9 Fred B. Loucks Jan 1, 1907 970 9 George Emery Feb 3, 1907 971 9 Anna Maria Waits Feb 17, 1907 972 9 William Hubert Fallis Apr 14, 1907 978 9 Joseph Shutt Jun 18, 1907 987 9 Ellen Cunningham Jul 30, 1907 992 9 Agnes Ellen Beemer Aug 27, 1907 993 9 Laura Swayze Sep 1, 1907 996 10 Jerusha Thompson Sep 6, 1907 997 10 Annie Kettle Sep 17, 1907 998 10 Mathias Lamoureux Oct 18, 1907 1003 10 Alfred G.R. Bliss Nov 4, 1907 1005 10 Flora Morrison Nov 16, 1907 1006 10 Jennie Scott Nov 29, 1907 1007 10 Pearl Scott Jan 3, 1908 1010 10 Maud Mantle Jan 19, 1908 1012 10 Mary J. Tate Jan 24, 1908 1013 10 John W. Major Jan 31, 1908 1014 10 James Shand Feb 8, 1908 1015 10 Hannah E. McDonnell Feb 23, 1908 1019 10 George June Feb 24, 1908 1020 10 Robert Marsh Mar 13, 1908 1022 10 Nathaniel Gilchrist Apr 18, 1908 1025 10 Harry Hayes May 14, 1908 1029 10 Jessica M. Hinton? May 30, 1908 1032 10 Pearl West May 31, 1908 1033 10 William Foster Jun 11, 1908 1034 11 Mabel Sullivan Jun 13, 1908 1035 11 Violet May Neff Jul 2, 1908 1038 11 Richard Ellis July 10, 1908 1039 11 Mabel Dean Jul 24, 1908 1043 11 Charles Wilkinson Aug 24, 1908 1047 11

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry Death Record Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Victoria Harrison Aug 28, 1908 1048 11 Ellen Birtch Sep 8, 1908 1049 11 Margaret Pettit Oct 15, 1908 1052 11 Lena Farrol Nov 1, 1908 1053 11 Sarah Allen Nov 24, 1908 1054 11 Earl McDonald Dec 9, 1908 1061 11 Catherine Scullen Feb 8, 1909 1066 11 Angus Dears Feb 22, 1909 1068 11 Richard Ingram Mar 16, 1909 1071 11 Rebecca Clark Apr 11, 1909 1074 11 Mina Blanche Luffman Apr 19, 1909 1075 11 Florence Wise Aug 11, 1909 1086 11 Sarah Norris Aug 14, 1909 1087 11 Illa Badgley Aug 27, 1909 1090 12 Francis Kelly Aug 29, 1909 1091 12 Lachlin McCall Oct 8, 1909 1093 12 Celia Teeple Nov 6, 1909 1097 12 Noah Groff Dec 15, 1909 1100 12 Susannah Culp Jan 16, 1910 1101 12 Mary Maud Segram Feb 28, 1910 1103 12 John James Tomlinson Mar 1, 1910 1104 12 Thomas McPhail Apr 18, 1910 1109 12 Agnes Storir or Storer May 22, 1910 1111 12 Malcolm McDonald May 22, 1910 1113 12 Angela Frances Mcalynn Jul 18, 1910 1118 12 William Whitford July 25, 1910 1119 12 Walter Robert Maw Aug 3, 1910 1120 12 Debora Pringle Aug 21, 1910 1122 12 Ethal Knowles Aug 28, 1910 1124 12 Joseph Parsons Aug 30, 1910 1125 12 Margaret Smyth Sep 16, 1910 1127 12 John Jones Sep 16, 1910 1128 12 Carrie Sears Sep 26, 1910 1129 13 Charlotte Utter Dec 14, 1910 1132 13 Elizabeth Emma Silverthorn Feb 1, 1911 1134 13 Milbourn Folkeard Mar 28, 1911 1139 13 Mary Amma Armitage June 19, 1911 1143 13 Eliza Turner Jul 5, 1911 1145 13

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Registry Death Record Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Philip Farrington Sept 7, 2011 1149 13 Sarah J. Boothly Jul 15, 1911 1146 13 Arthur Vincent Britten Sep 25, 1911 1151 13 Clarissy Badgley Oct 5, 1911 1153 13 Jane Brown Oct 12, 1911 1154 13 Edward Blake Prittie Oct 19, 1911 1155 13 Percy Crozier Feb 16, 1912 1164 13 Louisa Smith Mar 24, 1912 1166 13 Errol Duncan Mar 26, 1912 1167 13 Mary P. Snowden Jul 9, 1912 1177 13 Ellen R. Carrier Jul 18, 1912 1179 13 Delila Teeples Aug 17, 1912 1182 13 Ada McClure Aug 31, 1912 1183 13 Hester Ann Duncan Sep 5, 1912 1184 14 Elizabeth Huggins Sep 14, 1912 1185 14 Stanley Roy Macdouell ? Sep 21, 1912 1186 14 John Lapier Oct 1, 1912 1187 14 Kenneth McKay Nov 2, 1912 1191 14 Norman Davy Nov 5, 1912 1192 14 Annie Smith Nov 6, 1912 1193 14 Ernest Maybee Nov 13, 1912 1195 14 Charles Geary Nov 13, 1912 1196 14 James Morrison Nov 16, 1912 1197 14 Nettie Snell Nov 22, 1912 1200 14 Lilly May Davis Dec 4, 1912 1203 14 Lily Bell Dec 10, 1912 1205 14 Francis Edwin Smith Jan 31, 1913 1212 14 Percy Grant Loveday Feb 4, 1913 1214 14 Aurelia Shelley Feb 19, 1913 1218 14 Charles Garrity Feb 20, 1913 1219 14 Morley Bryant Mar 6, 1913 1222 14 Clara Jones Mar 14, 1913 1224 14 Isaac Gibertig Mar 23, 1913 1227 15 Ernest C. Smith Apr 4, 1913 1228 15 Hester Doty Apr 5, 1913 1230 15 Archibald Henry Post Apr 5, 1913 1231 15 Peter Gretton or Gratton April 10, 1913 1232 15 Elizabeth S. Roberston May 8, 1913 1235 15

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Date of Death Registration Page First Name Last Name No. No. Peter Emerson June 11, 1913 1238 15 Louisa Nettie Brown July 15, 1913 124 15 Lester Scrimshaw July 24, 1913 1243 15 Frank Mathews Oct 6, 1913 1247 15 Jane Irene Forrester Oct 31, 1913 1251 15 Susan Clark Nov 15, 1913 1253 15 Charles Seymour Nov 16, 1913 1254 15 Jean Thedford Dec 25, 1913 1261 15 Arnold A. William Jan 4, 1914 1262 15 Ralph Eugene Ross Jan 14, 1914 1263 15 Thomas Schwartz Jan 15, 1914 1264 15 William James Fagan Jan 24, 1914 1268 15 John Blue Jan 30, 1914 1269 15 Henry Rogers Jan 31, 1914 1270 16 Henry Richard Mar 12, 1914 1277 16 Lillie Lemaire Mar 13, 1914 1278 16 Robert Jackson Mar 17, 1914 1279 16 Janet Edmiston Mar 20, 1914 1280 16 Emily Evans Mar 22, 1914 1281 16 Margaret Johnston Apr 5, 1914 1283 16 Emily Jane McPherson Apr 6, 1914 1285 16 Helen Smith Apr 7, 1914 1286 16 Eliza Ann Clodd Apr 13, 1914 1287 16 Mary Cook Apr 17, 1914 1288 16 James Albert Middleton Apr 18, 1914 1289 16 Martha Jane June May 1, 1914 1297 16 Sarah Nesbitt June 27, 1914 1301 16 Allie Schilling July 17, 1914 1303 16 Joseph Bouchard Aug 19, 1914 1309 16 Geo. Walton Peacock Sep 1, 1914 1310 16 Herbert Wardle Sep 11, 1914 1311 16 Mary O'Brien Sep 17, 1914 1314 17 James Henry Solomon Oct 14, 1914 1318 17 Edward Kelly Nov 4, 1914 1319 17 Mary Elizabeth Hanson Nov 17, 1914 1321 17 Daniel Hurdich Apr 10, 1915 1335 17 Sarah Grantham Feb 7, 1915 1328 17 Charles Thomas Graham Feb 15, 1915 1329 17

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Date of Death Registration Page First Name Last Name No. No. Sarah Smith Mar 8, 1915 1330 17 Charles Hewitt Apr 7, 1915 1331 17 Thomas Barnes Apr 8, 1915 1333 17 Hazel Boxall Apr 10, 1915 1334 17 Minnie Hillard May 5, 1915 1341 17 Lida May Tarleton May 9, 1915 1343 17 Maggie Armour May 21, 1915 1343 17 Catherine McCrimmon Sep 1, 1915 1344 17 Floyd Burton Badour Sep 2, 1915 1345 17 Jemima Bilow Jan 22, 1916 1355 17 Mary Boothroyd Jan 25, 1916 1356 17 George Schweitzer Jan 27, 1916 1357 17 Irene Edith Shaver Mar 2, 1916 1358 18 Louis Lefebre Mar 22, 1916 1366 18 Catherine Kernick Mar 26, 1916 1371 18 Marcus Edward Dunn Mar 27, 1916 1372 18 Ruth ALGUIRE Apr 2, 1916 1376 18 Jeanette Hawn Apr 5, 1916 1379 18 Lena Presley Apr 23, 1916 1396 19 Sarah Howard May 23, 1916 1399 19 Charles Thorne July 3, 1916 1406 19 Thomas Cade Jul 6, 1916 1407 19 Josephine King Aug 22, 1916 1411 19 Julia Sanagan Oct 2, 1916 1420 19 Stanford Edgar Bailey Nov 10,1916 1423 19 Arminta Humphrey Dec 24, 1916 1426 20 Harry Baker Apr 15, 1917 1439 20 Ruben Henry May 19, 1917 Rowe Wilcox 1444 20 Diantha Ullman July 12, 1917 1451 20 Fredrick Drew Aug 10, 1917 1455 20 Fabian Moran Oct 7, 1917 1460 20 Mary Jane Vinal Oct 18, 1917 1461 20 Florence G. Buckley Oct 21, 1917 1463 20 Angus Cameron Nov 1, 1917 1466 20 John R. Scouten Nov 5, 1917 1468 21 Lepard Alazina Nov 14, 1917 1471 21 McCloskey James Nov 19, 1917 1472 21

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry First Name Registration Page Last Name Date of Death No. No. Edward Klingbile Nov 19, 1917 1473 21 Albert S. Roblin Nov 27, 1917 1476 21 John Thomas Dec 7, 1917 1481 21 William George McWilliams Dec 20, 1917 1485 21 James W. Johnston Dec 30, 1917 1487 21 William McGilvary Jan 5, 1918 1490 21 Elmer Garrow Jan 25, 1918 1493 21 Sarah Bellamy Feb 17, 1918 1500 22 Joseph William Cory Feb 23, 1918 1502 22 George T. Hodgson Mar 16, 1918 1503 22 Lizzie Foezie Apr 8, 1918 1508 22 Abigail Armstrong Apr 22, 1918 1510 22 Samuel Morenay Apr 24, 1918 1511 22 Annie Hollingshead May 16, 1918 1515 22 Daniel Barnett Jun 16, 1918 1519 22 Joseph Monson Jun 24, 1918 1520 22 Arthur Wilson Jul 5, 1918 1522 22 John F. Sheehan Aug 27, 1918 1532 22 Burtie Pearl Sep 27, 1918 1540 23 Percy Pickworth Sep 27, 1918 1541 23 John Kennedy Oct 8, 1918 1542 23 Charles McGregor Oct 10, 1918 1546 23 James Mary Edisson Oct 10, 1918 1547 23 Rosa Howden Oct 14, 1918 1555 23 Lilly Cook Oct 19, 1918 1564 23 William Pascoe Oct 23, 1918 1571 24 Albert Walker Oct 26, 1918 1573 24 Albert J. Black Mar 14, 1919 1602 25 Ann Ryan Mar 23, 1919 1606 25 Charles Torrance Sept 23, 1919 1636 26 John Joseph Bedard Jan 10, 1920 1653 26 Royden George Lucas Jan 13, 1920 1654 26 Laura Kaiwa Mar 7, 1920 1668 27 Nowert Sheehan Mar 8, 1920 1669 27 Gertrude Fetterley Apr 10, 1920 1685 27 Veronica J. Pashak Apr 11, 1920 1686 27 Edward Dollar Sep 19, 1920 1707 28 Merric Appleford Jan 18, 1921 1727 28

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Adelbert Beatty Feb 13, 1921 1729 28 John McKinnon Mar 2, 1922 1775 29 James Curry Mar 29, 1922 1779 30 Earl Bellinger Apr 27, 1922 1782 30 Charles William Loutie May 21, 1922 1784 30 William Blenkhorn May 26, 1922 1785 30 Henry Labodie May 30, 1922 1786 30 Donald S. St. Amond Oct 16, 1922 1795 30 Basil Ross Nov 25, 1922 1801 30 Everett V. Bush Feb 2, 1923 1813 30 Frank Angella Mar 13, 1923 1817 30 John Lebarron Mar 13, 1923 1818 30 Clifford Parker Mar 19, 1923 1819 31 John L. Jordan Apr 15, 1923 1824 31 John D. Furlong May 2, 1923 1825 31 Lawrence M. Sternburg May 5, 1923 1826 31 Stanley J. Campbell May 12, 1923 1827 31 Maria Taris May 20, 1923 1829 31 Thomas Lawrence May 22, 1923 1830 31 Moses Genereaux Jun 2, 1923 1831 31 Sarah Lovinsky Jun 20, 1923 1832 31 Alex Donaldson Jul 10, 1923 1836 31 Olive Jean Campbell Jul 13, 1923 1837 31 Thomas Osborne July 31, 1923 1840 31 Marie V. Chaput Aug 1, 1923 1841 31 Lillian M. Pilch Aug 16, 1923 1843 31 Harry Bradley Aug 27, 1923 1844 31 Frieda McDonald Sep 8, 1923 1845 31 Milton George Petton Sep 16, 1923 1846 31 Helen Ruth Young Nov 12, 1923 1850 31 John R. Owens Dec 15, 1923 1853 32 Helen Claire Byington Dec 23, 1923 1854 32 Liza Jane Proctor Dec 26, 1923 1855 32 Beatrice W. M. Dunn Dec 27, 1923 1856 32 Edgar Godfrey Jan 7, 1924 1857 32 Mary Kuzenks Jan 14, 1924 1859 32 Fred Stephens Jan 31, 1924 1862 32 Harry Fred Williams Feb 13, 1924 1865 32

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Dorothy Maecher Mar 16, 1924 1867 32 Charles Wise Apr 10, 1924 1873 32 Samuel A. Logan Apr. 14, 1924 1874 32 Willie Graham May 11, 1924 1878 32 Margaret M. Kelia May 11, 1924 1879 32 Joseph H. Hunking May 16, 1924 1882 32 Leslie Williams May 26, 1924 1885 32 Daniel Leonard Jul 30, 1924 1888 32 Stanley W. Biddle Sep 3, 1924 1892 32 Laura J. Michaelis Nov 4, 1924 1901 33 Andre Laframboise Nov 13, 1924 1903 33 Nellie Jessie Keech Nov 14, 1924 1904 33 Sophia A.C. Selle Nov 23, 1924 1906 33 Thomas E. Brooks Dec 4, 1924 1907 33 Edward McCliggott Dec 11, 1924 1911 33 John Roland ? Dec 16, 1924 Joseph? McLean 1913 33 Florence Broomer ??? Dec 19, 1924 1915 33 Frank Bradley Feb 2, 1925 1917 33 John H. Stovin Feb 14, 1925 1920 33 Austin H. Bonner Feb 16, 1925 1921 33 Solomon Culp Mar 7, 1925 1926 33 Fred Brown Mar 24, 1925 1929 33 George Clayton Apr 29, 1925 1934 33 James Brown May 12, 1925 1936 33 Madge Palmer May 25, 1925 1938 33 Rebena M.C. Toals Jun 3, 1925 1939 34 John Allan Hedley Jun 4, 1925 1940 34 Archie J. Vandusen Jun 5, 1925 1941 34 Gertrude Knopsic Jun 16, 1925 1943 34 Annie Roberston Jul 10, 1925 1947 34 Alice Jeffs Jul 20, 1925 1948 34 John Atkin Barr Aug 6, 1925 1952 34 Emile Lallier Sep 30, 1925 1958 34 Solomon Payans ?? Oct 14, 1925 1961 34 Margaret McArthur Oct 28, 1925 1963 34 Russell Willacott Oct 30, 1925 1964 34 Shelly S. Wallbridge Nov 24, 1925 1968 34

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. George L. Shular Dec 15, 1925 1971 34 David Ferguson Dec 31, 1925 1974 34 Minnie Barker Jan 19, 1926 1980 34 Lyman Lucas Jan 21, 1926 1981 34 Muriel Sullivan McGrotty Feb 15, 1926 1983 35 Floyd S. Rilett Feb 21, 1926 1984 35 David A. Parker Feb 24, 1926 1985 35 Michael Gannon Mar 15, 1926 1986 35 Terrance McFarlane Apr 1, 1926 1989 35 William Payne Apr 6, 1926 1990 35 James Perault Apr 8, 1926 1991 35 George Corbin Apr 15, 1926 1992 35 Tom Catt Apr 21, 1926 1993 35 Mildred P. Maddess Jun 6, 1926 2002 35 Henry Haskett Jun 11, 1926 2003 35 William McDonald Jun 13, 1926 2004 35 Dolly Ewing Jun 15, 1926 2005 35 Alexandrina Walker Jun 28, 1926 2006 35 Rosanna Labelle Jun 30, 1926 2008 35 Mary E. Solway Jul 8, 1926 2011 35 Mary Jane Masters July 14, 2015 2012 35 Lillian Talbot Jul 25, 1926 2016 35 Albert Mallen Aug 1, 1926 2017 35 George Fred Greatrix Aug 1, 1926 2018 36 Heber Russell Duke Aug 8, 1926 2019 36 Gertrude E. Jones Aug 9, 1926 2020 36 Tara Pitkanen Aug 19, 1926 2021 36 George Elmer Mahaffey Aug 28, 1926 2023 36 Tony Maiorina Sep 23, 1926 2026 36 Joseph James Phillips Oct 5, 1926 2030 36 Ralph Andrews Oct 7, 1926 2031 36 Wilfred L. Stimson Oct 18, 1926 2032 36 Meta Clark Nov 1, 1926 2037 36 Garnet Wilkins Nov 13, 1926 2039 36 Alphonse LeBlanc Nov 19, 1926 2040 36 Graham Summers Dec 6, 1926 2041 36 Alex Park Dec 17, 1926 2043 36 William Smith Dec 24, 1926 2044 36

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Clifta H. Willison Dec 26, 1926 2045 36 William George McCulloch Jan 8, 1927 2046 36 Florence Calvert Jan 10, 1927 2047 36 Robert Fletcher Jan 17, 1927 2049 36 John V. Walker Mar 5, 1927 2054 37 Arcides Leblanc Mar 12, 1927 2056 37 Flora Jane King Mar 18, 1927 2059 37 Hazel Mary Barton Mar 18, 1927 2060 37 Victor A. Runstedles Mar 25, 1927 2062 37 Henry Cosgroves Apr 1, 1927 2064 37 William Yonan Bodal Apr 8, 1927 2065 37 Isabella Laurie Apr 26, 1927 2066 37 Mary Murphy May 5, 1927 2068 37 Julian Laselle May 7, 1927 2069 37 Alma Ileen Corry Jun 21, 1927 2079 37 Alice Maud Forrest Jun 24, 1927 2080 37 Elsie Thompson Jun 27, 1927 2081 37 Timothy Hanley July 19, 1927 2082 37 Ernest Smith Aug 3, 1927 2083 37 Rebecca Haze Aug 27, 1927 2086 37 James Connell Sep 27, 1927 2088 37 James Patrick McGuiness Nov 6, 1927 2089 37 Stover Lefleur Nov 26, 1927 2092 37 Lily May Duffy Dec 8, 1927 2093 38 Celia O'Reilly Jan 24, 1928 2099 38 Caroline Trevers Jan 28, 1928 2100 38 Lawrence C. Shea Jan 31, 1928 2102 38 Ella Cook Feb 8, 1928 2103 38 Annie Sauve Feb 19, 1928 2104 38 Margaret Judge Mar 10, 1928 2105 38 Malcolm Ross er (Gray) Mar 10, 1928 2106 38 John Thomas Coker Mar 30, 1928 2111 38 Joshua Culp May 10, 1928 2115 38 James Brown May 13, 1928 2116 38 Ellen B. Sutherland May 18, 1928 2117 38 Hector A. McCaig May 27, 1928 2118 38 Henry Nahrgang Jun 3, 1928 2119 38 Donald Thomson Jul 7, 1928 2120 38

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Emma Maurie Graf Jul 25, 1928 2122 38 Byron Reid Jul 31, 1928 2123 38 Mary Howard Aug 4, 1928 2124 39 Elizabeth Penny Aug 14, 1928 2126 39 Clayton Barker Aug 23, 1928 2128 39 Dennis O'Brien Sep 18, 1928 2130 39 Russell P. Herson Oct 7, 1928 2133 39 Annie Hermiston Oct 20, 1928 2134 39 Marjorie Skinner Oct 23, 1928 2135 39 Mary L. Broderick Nov 6, 1928 2136 39 Mary Anne Switzer Nov 22, 1928 2139 39 Isabella Mighton Dec 13, 1928 2140 39 Hazel J. Wagar Dec 30, 1928 2142 39 John Loeppke Jan 8, 1929 2144 39 Albert Edward Miles Jan 19, 1929 2145 39 Joseph Dumais Jan 21, 1929 2146 39 Edgar McKay Mar 31, 1929 2150 39 George Wesley Henry Apr 25, 1929 2152 39 Esther Bennett Sep 12, 1929 2160 39 Edith Ada Andrews Sep 18, 1929 2161 40 Freda Fitzpatrick Sep 22, 1929 2162 40 Ella Morrison Nov 25, 1929 2169 40 Corbett A. Neelin Dec 4, 1929 2170 40 Maida A. Arnold Dec 10, 1929 2172 40 Janet Livingstone Dec 25, 1929 2175 40 Hugh Cook Anderson Jan 6, 1930 2177 40 Jane Bradshaw Jan 8, 1930 2178 40 Mary Anne MacGill Feb 15, 1930 2180 40 Kenneth Roy Taft Feb 27, 1930 2182 40 Annette Bedard Mar 25, 1930 2184 40 Roland Lindsay Payne Apr 30, 1930 2186 40 Joseph E. Crowder May 30, 1930 2193 40 Martha Bush Jun 16, 1930 2196 40 Robb J. Hartley Aug 22, 1930 2202 40 Edna B. Scouten Sept 2, 1930 2204 40 Agnes Davidson Oct 8, 1930 2210 40 Kate Lila Stevens Oct 26, 1930 2213 41 Mary Cooper Oct 27, 1930 2214 41

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Margaret Dowsley Oct 30, 1930 2215 41 Hilliard White Nov 29, 1930 2219 41 Douglas R. Pellatt Jan 12, 1931 2223 41 Martha Ruttan Jan 22, 1931 2224 41 Ester Brydges Feb 26, 1931 2228 41 Octave Lemay Mar 17, 1931 2229 41 Marie Isabel Cauthers Apr 11, 1931 2231 41 Robert E. Rilett Apr 21, 1931 2235 41 Fred N. Proctor May 7, 1931 2237 41 George A. Desjardins May 13, 1931 2238 41 Joseph M. Graham Jun 2, 1931 2242 41 Samuel Sararas Jun 17, 1931 2245 41 Harry A. James Jun 24, 1931 2247 41 David Freeman Nov 14, 1931 2260 41 Edna Lott Nov 15, 1931 2261 41 Jessie E. Wallace Nov 17, 1931 2263 41 Dora A. Leville Nov 25, 1931 2265 41 Annie Miller Dec 6, 1931 2266 42 Mary McGill Dec 27, 1931 2268 42 Susie Barham Jan 6, 1932 2270 42 Arthur Rochefort Jan 16, 1932 2273 42 Thomas John Beamish Feb 18, 1932 2276 42 Jean M. Thar March 20, 1932 2280 42 Eva Velma Hall Feb 23, 1932 2277 42 Cecil M. Cole Apr 27, 1932 2291 42 Catherine McCue May 4, 1932 2295 42 John Lawrence May 5, 1932 2296 42 Charles R. Sheppard May 8, 1932 2297 42 Marie J. Sabourin May 10, 1932 2298 42 Irene Lavell Jun 1, 1932 2300 42 Henry Ben Elsie Jun 24, 1932 2302 42 Kenneth McNeil Jul 13, 1932 2304 42 not Col Alex Jul 1, 1932 Ross 2303 listed John Orr Aug 1, 1932 2307 42 Muriel M. Graham Aug 2, 1932 2308 42 James H. Crawford Sep 11, 1932 2311 42 Edward Matz Sep 29, 1932 2314 42

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Sarah Hone Oct 17, 1932 2316 43 Isaac Falkner Dec 17, 1932 2323 43 John Daumimchen ? Dec 27, 1932 2325 43 Josephine Pesce Dec 29, 1932 2326 43 Eva Orn Feb 2, 1933 2327 43 Barbara Shingebis Feb 9, 1933 2328 43 Harry Jackson Mar 25, 1933 2330 43 Clifford White Apr 10, 1933 2331 43 Mary M. Westerveldt May 28, 1933 2334 43 Norman Grieve May 28, 1933 2333 43 Margaret Jane McLarty Jun 13, 1933 2336 43 William Louis Venuss Jul 16, 1933 2338 43 Clara G. Hewitt Jul 30, 1933 2339 43 Eleanor M. Wright Aug 25, 1933 2345 43 Mary Lear Sep 19, 1933 2348 43 Jean Woods Oct 6, 1933 2350 43 Ralph Goodwin Oct 18, 1933 2351 43 Herbert Howe Nov 1, 1933 2353 43 Fredrick Greer Nov 8, 1933 2354 44 James E.S. Nelson Nov 29, 1933 2355 44 Lucien Lavoie Dec 4, 1933 2356 44 Nellie May Snider Dec 17, 1933 2357 44 Thomas Gordon Selby Dec 28, 1933 2361 44 Angus Seymour Dec 29, 1933 2362 44 Thomas Huminitszki Mar 19, 1934 2368 44 Annie Dale May 24, 1934 2373 44 Fredrick William Johnston Jan 20, 1936 2417 45 Harold L. McNeil Apr 30, 1936 2425 45 Reginald Lyons Feb 5, 1940 2634 49 George Sauve Feb 15, 1940 2637 49 Lorraine R. Palmer Dec 7, 1940 2688 51 Alan G. Kinney Jul 31, 1942 2777 53 Myrtle Clode ? Feb 25, 1943 2820 54 Peter Kritstein ? Feb 24, 1944 2888 55 Celia Neale Sep 12, 1944 2918 56 Thomas Bowers Oct 10, 1944 2922 56 John Gerrow Oct 27, 1944 2925 56 Edna Silverthorn Feb 27, 1945 2933 56

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MCSS Cemetery Registry Information Death Registry Registration Page First Name Last Name Date of Death No. No. Shirley J. House Apr 12, 1945 2940 57 Leonard Stevens Jun 3, 1945 2942 57 Gertrude Johnson Jun 16, 1945 2945 57 Thomas A. Rice Mar 18, 1949 3095 59 Wanda P. Harris Apr 12, 1949 3102 59 Ernest Eddy Feb 20, 1952 3249 60 Romeo Peter Deslaurier Aug 3, 1952 3285 61 Amy M. McEachern Nov 1, 1952 3300 61 Amelia Walker Jun 8, 1955 3427 63

Steps Taken to Mitigate the Issues

The TMHC inventory of stones was compared to the Record of Death listings, cemetery maps and the MCSS cemetery registry. The data was checked for consistency and changes in the inventory were made when inscription and interpretation errors were recognized.

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XV) Source: Register of Applications, Ontario Asylum for Idiots, Orillia

Summary of Content

The first 75 pages of this document contain information collected for each patient during registration. The first entry is on September 16, 1876. The last is on February 28, 1908.

The pages contain a number of columns, with the following headings:

a) No. of Application; b) Date of Application; c) Name of Person Applying; d) Post Office Address; e) Name of Proposed Patient; f) Age; g) Sex; h) Name of Parents (columns for Father, Mother); i) Residence (column for Town/Township and County); j) Health; k) Locomotion; l) Speech; m) Sight; n) Hearing; o) How Supported; and p) Remarks.

The information in the first 75 pages does not relate to this study.

Page 76 bears no entries but has twice written the words “New Register”

On Page 77 through 81 of this document (unnumbered pages) there are several entries noting deaths and “rows,” the latter presumably being in the institutional cemetery. Pages 77 through 81 are here:

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Page 77 bears a title of “Deaths Male First Row.”

Page 78 bears a title of “Male Deaths Boys Second Row.” Page 79 is a continuation of this listing.

Page 80 bears a title of “Deaths Male First Row.” This is not a sequential continuation of the listing on page 78 and 79.

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Page 81 bears a title of “Deaths of Girls Laid to Rest in Asylum Cemetery, Orillia” and there is a note that says turn over next leaf. The latter questions whether another page(s) was originally attached to this but is missing from the current record.

Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

The following are the issues noted with respect to this source:

1) The register contains death registration numbers in the left hand column, with names provided for only a smaller number of entries. The information is hand written and there are places where it is difficult to read names and numbers.

2) The note difference in “boys” and “males” in the listings could suggest that adults were buried separately from youngsters. An examination of age at death would be needed to confirm.

3) In some cases, short forms and ‘nicknames” were used to record names, which may suggest some familiarity with patients by the recorder. In some cases only the last name is recorded, while in others the full name is recorded. There are places where the spelling in this record (which seems far more informal) is different from that in the formal record of death.

4) Entries for John Fulton and Davie McLeod were recorded by patient registration numbers rather than death registration numbers.

5) There are instances where death registration numbers associated with female patients occur for rows marked male and vice versa. This suggests that the registration numbers may be incorrect, or the recording system not that accurate.

6) The entry for 699 is particularly odd since it occurs under the listing for female burials and the name is recorded as Aida Hall. However, municipal death records and the record of death indicate that this individual is male and the correct name is Amos Hall. Again, this may question the accuracy of this set of informal records during this early period when staff at the institution were attempting to create a record keeping system.

7) For the most part, it is recommended that individuals who are listed in this registry be added to the MCSS cemetery register as potential burials within the institutional cemetery. Many individuals in this listing are already on the MCSS registry and have confirmation of institutional burial by some other means (e.g., cemetery map). In other cases, these death registration numbers do not have associated graves marked on the cemetery map and therefore confirmation of institutional burial cannot be arrived at. Municipal death records available for review for this period do not specify place of burial.

8) There are several duplicate entries for the same registration number, sometimes with the same entry made for a “male row” and “female row.” This, again, suggests this informal system of record keeping was not that accurate.

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9) The correct spelling of some names cannot be established from the records examined and municipal death records that were available for review.

10) The earliest entry in this listing is from August, 1899 while the most recent is from July of 1903. It is not a continuous listing of burials made through this entire period, as established from other sources. It seems possible that these are a small subset of pages from a once larger document that no longer exists.

A full listing of the individual entries from the original source (shaded in grey) and a comparison with the records of death and cemetery map are provided in the table below.

Register of Applications Entry Record of Death Entry Cemetery Map In Cemetery Recommendation Registry? Reg'n No. Name Page Name Row Plot

Page Title: Deaths Male First Row not 612 Tom Smith 77 Thomas Smith 12 11 y listed not 614 77 Nelson Abraham 12 16 y listed not 615 77 Daniel Gibson 12 31 y listed not 619 77 Thomas McFadden 12 30 y listed this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue not with the 620 77 Euphemia Russell not listed n listed transcription of the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery

not add to cemetery 623 77 William Coulter not listed n listed registry

not add to cemetery 625 77 Nicholas Hartman not listed n listed registry

not 626 77 John McKinnan 12 27 y listed

not add to cemetery 627 77 Alex Slockard not listed n listed registry

not 634 John Wonch 77 John Wonch 12 33 y listed

not add to cemetery 638 Gordon Stewart 77 Gordon Stewart not listed n listed registry

not 640 77 Dennis McCarthy 12 24 y listed

not add to cemetery 641 77 Theo. Fitzgerald not listed n listed registry

not 648 Dutichey 77 Charles Hurlbert 12 26 y listed not 650 Walter Rose 77 Wallis Rose 12 36 y listed

Tom not add to cemetery 662 77 Thomas Fitzsimmons not listed n Fitssimmonds listed registry

not add to cemetery 702 Charles Goff 77 Charles Gough not listed n listed registry

not add to cemetery 705 Frank Turner 77 Frank Turner not listed n listed registry

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there are two entries for 729 in this register; not possible issue 729 Willie Gittens 77 William Gurn 12 15 y listed with transcription of registration number in one case Male Deaths Boys Second Row

Johnnie not add to cemetery 721 78 John Glendinning not listed n Glendinning listed registry

not add to cemetery 722 Percy McMasters 78 Percy McMaster not listed n listed registry

not add to cemetery 723 78 Cyril Smith not listed n listed registry

not 724 Clark 78 John Clarke 11 11 y listed not 726 Passmore 78 Edward Passmore 10 or 9 13 or 27 y listed not 727 Berty Bowman 78 George Bowman 10 15 y listed not 729 78 William Gurn 12 15 y listed

not add to cemetery 762 78 William Campbell 12 32 n listed registry

not 759 78 Henry Hartman 11 12 y listed not 747 78 Jacob Sohm 10 9 y listed this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue not with the 748 78 Mary Elizabeth Blose not listed n listed transcription of the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery

add to cemetery registry; name not 749 78 Neil McNeil not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

not 750 78 Charles South 11 33 y listed this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue not with the 751 78 Bertha Williams 14 33 y listed transcription of the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery not 752 78 Jonathan Gordon 12 7 y listed this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue not with the 753 78 Sarah McDuffis not listed n listed transcription of the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery

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this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue with the not 754 78 Zepitina Movanger not listed n transcription of listed the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery; cannot confirm spelling

not 755 78 William Wonch 10 33 y listed

this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue with the not 756 78 Florence May Evans not listed n transcription of listed the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery; cannot confirm spelling

not add to cemetery 757 78 William Hoar not listed n listed registry

this is an odd entry as it is a female entered in a male row; possible issue with the not 758 78 Nettie Callaghan not listed n transcription of listed the registration number; uncertain if burial is in institutional cemetery; cannot confirm spelling

Male Deaths Boys Second Row -

continued not 759 79 Henry Hartman 11 12 y listed

add to cemetery registry; entry in register is for not 1382 (s/b 786) John Fulton 79 John Fulton not listed n 1382 which is listed patient not death registration number

add to registry; entry in register is not for 1123 which is 1123 (s/b 785) Davie McLeod 79 David McLeod not listed n listed patient not death registration number

Deaths Male First Row

cannot confirm not spelling of last 730 Ted Crinton 80 Ted Crittnyden not listed n listed name; add to registry duplicate entry for this register; possible issue not 762 80 William Campbell 12 32 y with the listed transcription of the registration number

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duplicate entry for this register; possible issue not 749 Nead McNeail 80 N McNeil not listed n with the listed transcription of the registration number

John King is actually number 763 as Henry Flood is 764 and not already has entry; 764 (s/b 763) John King 80 John King not listed y listed register also lists date of death as July 21, when register of deaths lists July 22

not 793 80 Robert Jeunius 10 20 y listed

not add to cemetery 794 80 Louis Zuimenan not listed n listed registry

Deaths Male Second Row this is an odd entry of a female in a male row; not possible issue 676 80 Margaret Overfield 13 24 y listed with the transcription of the registration number not 666 Sandy Walker 80 John Walker 11 32 y listed

not add to cemetery 667 John Norton 80 John Norton not listed n listed register

not add to cemetery 668 Corney Dunn 80 Cornelius Dunn not listed n listed register

not 673 D. McCabbe 80 McDonald McCabe 11 or 10 29 or 22 y listed not 680 Fredie Mitchell 80 Fred Mitchell 11 28 y listed not 684 80 Lawrence Girardin 12 or 10 25 or 32 y listed

not add to cemetery 691 William Thorpe 80 William Thorpe not listed n listed register

not add to cemetery 699 80 Amos E. Hall not listed n listed register

not 693 John Malcome 80 John Malcolm 11 17 y listed not 694 John Reany 80 John Reaney 12 6 y listed

wrong registration not number was 716 (s/b 718) Harry Williams 80 Harry Williams 10 37 y listed recorded; should be 718 for Harry Williams

Deaths of Girls Laid to Rest in Asylum Cemetery Orillia not 671 81 Emma White 13 32 y listed

add to cemetery registry; name not 665 Grace Grewon? 81 Grace Groom not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

not add to cemetery 617 81 Hannah Bell 12 17 n listed registry

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add to cemetery registry; name not 628 81 Mary Jane Hendus not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

not add to cemetery 629 81 Margaret Brown not listed n listed registry

add to cemetery registry; name not 630 81 Annie McGaughey not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

not add to cemetery 637 81 Mary Perry not listed n listed registry

odd entry of a male in a female row; possible not 654 81 William Palue 12 21 y issue with the listed transcription of the registration number

add to cemetery registry; name not 652 81 Christina Richards not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

duplicate entry for this register; possible issue not 676 81 Margaret Overfield not listed y with the listed transcription of the registration number duplicate entry for this register; possible issue with the not 699 Aida Hall 81 Amos E. Hall not listed n transcription of listed the registration number. Odd entry of male in female row not 695 Mammie Blakley 81 Mammie Blakley 13 22 y listed

not add to cemetery 701 81 Minnie Schopp not listed n listed registry

add to cemetery registry; name not 703 81 Laurie Hopkinson not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

odd entry of a male in a female row; possible not 704 81 John Goslin not listed n issue with the listed transcription of the registration number

add to cemetery registry; name not 707 Nash 81 Jane Nash not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

add to cemetery registry; name not 709 Fiddler 81 Caroline Fedler/Fiddler not listed n confirmed by listed municipal death record

Miss Minnie not add to cemetery 713 rod 714 81 Minnie Hoffman not listed n Hoffman listed registry

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odd entry of a male in a female row; possible not 715 81 James Carr not listed n issue with the listed transcription of the registration number

add to cemetery registry; municipal death not record says 717 81 Sarah Sleaman/Cleaman not listed n listed Cleaman; record of death looks more like Sleaman

add to cemetery not 754 81 Zepitina Movanger not listed n registry; cannot listed confirm spelling

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XVI) Source: Ontario Hospital School Orillia Cemetery Plots Map (Archives of Ontario RG 29-24- 3-94) – Two Versions

Summary of Content

This is a map of interments within the oldest section of the institutional cemetery. It is titled “Ontario Hospital School Orillia” and has a notation that the “Cemetery Plot Scale” equals 1 “ – 10 ‘ (although the scale does not appear to be accurate).

The map shows an empty central corridor extending north-south in through a gate in the south fence line. To the east of the corridor, 12 rows of grave plots are illustrated number row 1 to 12, with the lowest row numbers in the east and the highest in the west, adjacent to the central corridor. On the original map, to the west of the corridor are 13 rows of graves numbered 13 through 25, with the lowest numbered graves being in the east and closest to the corridor, with the highest numbered rows in the west. The second version of this map shows two additional rows, numbered 26 and 27, further west of row 25. The latter two rows are written in with a different script, again suggesting another authorship for the new information. Based on fieldstones observed on the ground, additional rows were added further west, although these do not appear on this or any other cemetery map.

The cemetery map depicts individual plots or graves containing death registration numbers. The spacing of the individual graves seems to vary according to how many graves were in each row. It is not known if this is a reflection of burial spacing in the field and one could argue that the map is only meant to be a schematic of the relative sequencing of individual burial sites.

Some general observations on this map:

1) The original version appears to have been prepared in one sitting or at least by the same individual. It is most likely that it was authored at the same time that the outermost rows were in place (the most recent being row 25) and therefore likely circa 1936. That it was not a cumulative map (a single document that was added to as individual graves were placed in the cemetery), seems obvious from the consistency in the hand writing and the generally organized state of the map. If this is the case, the death registration numbers would have been transcribed from an original document(s) of records held elsewhere which have not been located. That this is the case is also supported by the fact that the earliest and original cemetery rows (those located adjacent to the corridor in the centre of the cemetery) are not numbered 1 and 2, for example, but instead 12 and 13. This suggests that the author of the map simple began numbering rows at the easternmost extent of the cemetery and added to the sequence moving westward.

2) The earliest burials within the cemetery were placed on either side of the central corridor, with a general pattern of placing females on the west side of the corridor and males to the east. This type of gender segregation would have been typical for institutional care of the time. The cemetery records generally support this pattern, although there are small

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inconsistencies here and there, which raise questions about whether or not the numbers entered for the individual graves are correct.

3) The amended map shows a large gate along the southern cemetery fenceline near rows 26 and 27 as illustrated.

4) A note on the amended version of the map indicates that for row 26, the order of burials has been reversed. It should be noted that for row 26 and 27, no individual burial plots are shown, only a relative listing of numbers.

5) The pattern of segregating male and female burials seems to have been generally adhered to (notwithstanding some of the problematic entries described above and itemized in detail below) until around 1931. At that time, it would appear that the cemetery could not be expanded further to the east, where it then ended at the hedgerow identified in the field, west of the current gate and former laneway. Row 22 in the west is the last of the female specific rows. Row 23 (largely beginning 1932) is a row of mixed males and females, who appear to have been buried in a more-or-less chronological order. Generally speaking (except for the odd entry that is out of chronological order), the burials are chronological from north to south. Other rows are in order from north to south. This would suggest that the undertakers simply continued burials in the same direction until a row was full and then moved to the next row, without maintaining a consistent directional order. A practice of adding individual burials (out of order) along the ends of rows was also noted in the record. This may have also indicated that they were running out of row space within the original cemetery area.

6) One would be challenged to establish a rationale for the odd burial that is out of chronological order. It may be that entries were initially omitted and added later, that there was some liberty taken by the grave diggers, or that the author of the map simply meant for the map to be a generalized depiction of individuals placed in each row rather than a detailed depiction of specific grave locations. Any attempt to map individual grave sites by this map should be made with caution, as it is not entirely clear that the author planned to precisely map individual grave locations.

7) While the map appears to be a fairly accurate reflection of relative location of burial rows, limits of the cemetery and number of individuals buried prior to 1941, it otherwise contains a number of inconsistencies when matching the number on the map and the location of the grave to the name in the Register of Deaths, as depicted by duplicate and triplicate entries. Also, many of the numbers are illegible and require some degree of interpretation.

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Based on an inventory of numbers compiled from the map, the following tables indicate listings of individuals by row and plot number.

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The following is a link to the original map file: The following is a link to the revised original map file:

huroniacemetery.jpg HRC Cemetery map up to 1941.jpg

The following is a link to a map showing the plot numbers TMHC used to track information on this map:

old cemetery with plots.jpg

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

The following are the issues noted with respect to this source:

1) There are several duplicate entries across the map, the majority of which are not clearly explained. In some cases, it seems likely that the numbers are off by one digit and have incorporated the same misnumbering that was observed (but later corrected) in the registry/record of deaths. For instance, if an original registry of death entry was for registration number 706 and later corrected to 707, the map maintains the 706 number. This likely represents the fact that a separate set of records or inventory was made upon burial using the incorrect registration number, with the correction only being made to the official register, once the error was recognized in the bookwork. The following is a list of duplicate or triplicate entries that could be recognized:

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2) There is a grave marked 775 in row 13 plot 15. This is a curious entry for a number of reasons. First, the death registration number is associated with James Park. This would represent a male burial in an otherwise female row. Second, in the register of deaths there is a note associated with James Park that indicates he received a “Private” burial. This would seem to suggest he is not buried in the institutional cemetery. The municipal death record that was accessed online for him does not indicate place of death. The burial of Park in this area and in the cemetery seems unlikely and therefore it is recommended to leave him off the register for this reason.

3) There is a grave marked 1313 in Row 17 plot 10. This death registration number is attributed to Cora Thompson who died September 14, 1914. The death registry of the time does not indicate place of burial, nor does the municipal death record. Based on the map and the chronological placement of this grave amongst others in 1914, it seems likely that she was buried in the institutional cemetery. Therefore, she should be added to the cemetery registry.

4) A burial for 1654 occurs in row 4 plot 22. This is attributable to Roydon George Lucas. According to the record of death registry and municipal death record he was not buried at the institution but instead in Goderich. He should be removed from cemetery registry.

5) A burial for 1329 occurs in row 7 plot 16. This is attributable to Charles Graham. According to the register of deaths he did not receive an institutional burial and municipal death records indicate he was buried in Lakefield, ON. He should be removed from cemetery registry.

6) A burial for 1358 occurs in row 7 plot 11. This is attributable to Irene Shaver. According to the Register of Deaths and her municipal death record she was not buried in the institutional cemetery but instead in Cooksville, ON. The inclusion of a female in a male row is also unusual. She should be removed from the cemetery registry.

7) A burial for 1419 occurs in row 18 plot 11. This is for Stella Marples. Her register of deaths entry does not indicate an institutional burial. Her municipal death record only records place of death as “Orillia” which is different from others of the time who received an entry of “Institutional Cemetery” for place of burial. Therefore it is uncertain whether she was buried in the institutional cemetery.

8) Row 19 Plot 14 contains a blank grave, with no death registration number noted. It could be that this represents a grave for 1607 (Victor Archibald) who is recorded on register of death and municipal death record as having been buried in institutional cemetery. There is no other entry on the cemetery for 1607. The burial of him in a female row (row 19) would have been odd, however.

9) Row 23 Plot 14 contains a blank grave, with no death registration number noted. It could be that this represents a grave for 2348 (Mary Lear) who is listed in record of deaths as having

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an institutional burial. Her death record also indicates such. There is no other mapping entry for her.

10) Row 19 plot 31 contains an entry for 1546. The number is attributed to Charles McGregor, whose records indicate he was buried in Chatham, ON. Should be removed from cemetery registry.

11) Row 18 Plot 13 contains a grave marked 1412 (Sherlock Johns). This individual was buried in Exeter, ON and should be removed from registry.

12) Row 18 Plot 28 contains a blank grave. It could be associated with 1359 (Louisa Lucy Smith). Records confirm she received an institutional burial but she receives no other entry on the map.

13) Row 6 Plot 29 contains an entry for 1423 Stanford Edgar Bailey. Records indicate he was buried in Toronto. Therefore he should be removed from registry.

14) Row 6 Plot 30 contains an entry for 1408 Elville McArthur. Records indicate he was buried in Bruce County. Therefore he should be removed from registry.

15) Row 4 Plot 27 contains an entry for 1653 John Bedard. Records indicate he was buried in Kingston. Therefore, he should be removed from registry.

16) The patients transferred from the Whitby Psychiatric institution who were buried in the institutional cemetery seem to have been put off in their own section, rather than being buried amongst the general population. Their graves are illustrated much wider than the rest, within row 24 and occupy a chronological sequence from 1915 to 1919. This row was filled in at the south end with additional mixed male and female burials from 1932 and 1933, once the male section to the south of the corridor was filled up.

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17) 43 individuals have no map entry. These individuals are all some of the earliest burials and listed on the Register of Applications for Admission. Their burial locations likely correlate to the blank spots noted in the first few rows of the cemetery (row 11 and 12 for males and row 13 and 14 for females). They are as follows:

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18) A large number of individuals have no map entry because their burials post-date the last old cemetery map and pre-date the creation of the new cemetery and its map. These represent the last burials in the old cemetery which occurred in rows that are marked with stones in the field but not shown on any map. These individuals are:

MCSS Cemetery Death First Name Last Name DoD Register Reg'n # No. 1122 Fred Jones Apr 4, 1952 3259 1123 Alex McGrory Apr 8, 1952 3260 1124 Nora E. Penelton Apr 13, 1952 3262 1126 Jane Mastony Sep 1, 1952 3288 1127 Ethel G. Scouten Sep 14, 1952 3289 1128 Robert G.L. Walker s/b Walton Sep 27, 1952 3291 Mckellar s/b 1129 Wayne Oct 20, 1952 Quigley 3297 945 Joseph Arthur Neidraurer Oct 1, 1941 2719 946 Nettiw s/b Nettie Connybeare Oct 12, 1941 2720 947 Lionel Courrsoux ? Oct 25, 1941 2721 948 Eva May Hiney Nov 18, 1941 2725 949 William Whittaker Dec 2, 1941 2728 950 Peter Swartz Dec 28, 1941 2730 951 Bella Brown Dec 28, 1941 2731 952 Jack Payne Jan 2, 1942vs/b Jan 1, 1942 2733 953 Jean Deacon Jan 2, 1942 2734 954 Fanny Harmes s/b Harmer Jan 11, 1942 2736 955 Mabel A. Smye Jan 15, 1942 2737 956 Pearl Mantle Jan 17, 1942 2739 957 Helen M. Gibson Feb 26, 1942 2746 958 Joseph H. Driscall Mar 3, 1942 2748 959 Raymond W. Chapman Mar 5, 1942 2749 960 Ian George Butters Mar 9, 1942 2750 961 Elfie s/b Effie Howard Mar 14, 1942 2751 962 Jessie Jeanne? Brisson Mar 31, 1942 2752 963 Fred (Alfred) Ranger Apr 6, 1942 2754 964 Hannah Flowers Apr 9, 1942 2755 965 Lionel Larabie Apr 11, 1942 2756 966 Norman Anderson Apr 24, 1942 2759 967 Arthur Wise May 3, 1942 2760 968 George Goodman May 24, 1942 2763 Jun 22, 1942 s/b Jun 19, 969 Robert R. Lorve Lowe? 1942 2766

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970 Walter Edward Lanceley Jun 22, 1942 2767 971 Margaret Johnston Jun 24, 1942 2768 972 Lloyd Walsh Jul 9, 1942 2774 973 Mary Elliott Jul 11, 1942 2775 974 Sarah Ann Wilson Jul 15, 1942 2776 975 Alan G. Kinney Jul 31, 1942 2777 976 Mary Forbes Aug 8, 1942 2778 977 John Anderson Oct 17, 1942 2786 978 Frances Bosco Oct 24, 1942 2789 979 Hazel Pargeter Nov 30, 1942 2793 980 Edna Legros ? Dec 3, 1942 2794 981 Lena Zethis ? Dec 8, 1942 2796 982 Katrina Liesemer Dec 20, 1942 2799 983 Alma Kohn Dec 21, 1942 2800 984 Theresa Margaret Shorey Dec 27, 1942 2801 985 Ernest Nicholson Jan 6, 1943 2803 986 Sophia Hoffman Jan 10, 1943 2805 987 Lucy Donald Jan 23, 1943 2807 988 Telesphore Valode ? Jan 27, 1943 2809 989 John Parker Jan 29, 1943 2810 2812 s/b 990 Helen Jan 30, 1943 Schweitzer 2813 991 Evelyn Riece Feb 18, 1943 2817 992 Shirley Baker Feb 20, 1943 2818 993 Henrietta Shaw Feb 23, 1943 2819 994 Myrtle Clode ? Feb 25, 1943 2820 995 Henry Jackson Mar 2, 1943 2821 996 Elanour s/b Eleanor Harcourt Mar 14, 1943 2823 997 Marilyn Gordanier ? Mar 17, 1943 2825 998 Cyril Lamoreaux May 1, 1943 2834 999 Cecil Hill Jun 6, 1943 2838 1000 Robert Wilson Jun 8, 1943 2839 1001 Mulaina Chartrand Jul 6, 1943 s/b Jun 14, 1943 2841 1002 Thelma McNally Aug 20, 1943 2847 1003 Helen Davis Aug 29, 1943 2849 1004 Ruth McAdam Sep 3, 1943 2851 1005 Doreen M. Davis Sep 8, 1943 2852 1006 Robert McArthur Sep 8, 1943 2853 1007 Allan Hawell or Howell Sep 29, 1943 2859 1008 James Ryder Oct 13, 1943 2862 1009 Dorothy Duffis Oct 29, 1943 Oct 28, 1943 2863 1010 Paul Schurter Nov 14, 1943 2864

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Annie Jine s/b Annie 1011 Nov 17, 1943 June McGiffen 2866 1012 Edward Branson Nov 22, 1943 2867 1013 Mary Ann Smith Dec 12, 1943 2871 1014 Ernest Legue Dec 17, 1943 2874 1015 George Sheppard Dec 21, 1943 2877 1016 Peter Sullivan Dec 21, 1943 2878 1017 Arnest s/b Ernest Shannon Dec 25, 1943 2879 1018 Amelia Sleep Jan 10, 1944 2882 1019 Peter Kritstein ? Feb 24, 1944 2888 1020 Marg Scully Feb 29, 1944 2889 1021 Charles Reid Mar 24, 1944 2891 1022 Samual s/b Samuel Johnston Apr 4, 1944 2893 1023 Edith A. Hewitt Apr 13, 1944 2896 1024 Adeline R.M. Wrightman Apr 24, 1944 2897 1025 Ruth Doughty May 21, 1944 2900 1026 John Haskie Jul 6, 1944 2903 1027 Hershel Stein Jul 23, 1944 2906 1028 Gerald Reneaud Jul 26, 1944 2907 1029 Elmer Luesnelle Quesnelle Jul 30, 1944 2908 1030 Irene Earle Aug 2, 1944 2909 1031 Ruth Delahusty ? Aug 14, 1944 2912 1032 Paskakawen Aug 19, 1944 2913 1033 Ellen Enaright Enwright? Aug 24, 1944 2914 1034 Valeria Vanslyck Aug 28, 1944 2915 1035 Pauline Robinson Aug 31, 1944 2917 1036 Celia Neale Sep 12, 1944 2918 1037 Thomas Bowers Oct 10, 1944 2922 1038 Anna Rockford Rochefort Oct 19, 1944 2923 1039 Lewis Crauter Oct 19, 1944 2924 1040 John Gerrow Oct 27, 1944 2925 1041 Mary W. Behm Dec 3, 1944 2927 1042 Gilbert Reid Dec 3, 1944 2928 1043 Augusta Hoffman Feb 16, 1945 2931 1044 Edna Silverthorn Feb 27, 1945 2933 1045 Bertha Bailey Mar 1, 1945 2934 1046 Shirley J. Howe House Apr 12, 1945 2940 1047 Leonard Stevens Jun 3, 1945 2942 1048 Ada Black Jun 7, 1945 2943 1049 Gertrude Johnson Jun 16, 1945 2945 1050 Maggie Tugley Quigley? Jun 28, 1945 2948 1051 Duncan B. Spooner Jul 12, 1945 2950

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1052 David Waghorn Aug 9, 1945 2953 1053 Douglas Pickering Aug 11, 1945 2955 1054 Garnet William Crowder Sep 3, 1945 2960 1055 Clinton Olmstead Sep 8, 1945 3039 1056 Nelson Jeffery Dec 22, 1945 2967 Fulleston s/b Dec 26, 1945 s/b Nov 26, 1057 Beverley Fullerton 1945 2966 Rockeford 1058 Eleanor Feb 5, 1946 Rochefort 2969 1059 Henry Schlattman Feb 7, 1946 2970 1060 Roy Dent Feb 16, 1946 2971 1061 Betty Lenney Kenney Feb 20, 1946 2973 1062 Amy Butler Mar 22, 1946 2979 1063 Albert Lywood Mar 22, 1946 2980 1064 Jack Shannon Mar 22, 1946 2981 1065 Irene Nolan May 10, 1946 2984 1066 Margaret Walter May 13, 1946 2986 1067 Michael Pelletier Jun 6, 1946 2988 1068 Fredrick Smith Jun 11, 1946 2989 1069 Helen K. Brooks Jul 27, 1946 2990 1070 Jennie Kinch Sep 1, 1946 2993 1071 Edith Green Sep 18, 1946 2995 1072 Phoebe Black Oct 7, 1946 2997 1073 Dormond Woodcock Nov 21, 1946 3001 1074 Millicent Mitchell Dec 5, 1946 3003 1075 Joseph A. Serre Dec 9, 1946 3004 1076 Levina Desjardins Jan 13, 1947 3006 1077 Henry Roloff ? Jan 31, 1947 3008 1078 Irene McNally Feb 6, 1947 3009 1079 Lena Bater Bates? Mar 28, 1947 3012 1080 Louis McKnight Mar 30, 1947 3013 1081 Ralph Patterson Jul 28, 1947 3021 1082 John H. Fletcher Aug 3, 1947 3023 1083 Beverley Morrison Aug 22, 1947 3026 1084 Lucy Maud McGregor Sep 14, 1947 3028 1085 John H. Cox Oct 6, 1947 3032 1086 Anja Hankainen Jan 24, 1948 3043 1087 Hazel Deavy Mar 20, 1948 3050 1088 Donald Victor Elliott Apr 8, 1948 3054 1089 Walter Clark May 1, 1948 3061 1090 Sarah Ella Fowler Sep 12, 1948 3071 1091 Thomas Laverne Carrol Sep 25, 1948 3072

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1092 Gwendolyn Gees Green? Oct 2, 1948 3073 1093 Kenneth Paton Nov 18, 1948 3079 1094 Leonard Chambers Dec 5, 1948 3084 1095 Fanny Edwards Dec 29, 1948 3090 1096 Ruby Rockwood Feb 18, 1949 3093 1097 Thomas A. Rice Mar 18, 1949 3095 1098 Faith Thompson Apr 10, 1949 3101 1099 Wanda P. Harris Apr 12, 1949 3102 1100 Marie Lalonde June 1, 1949 3111 1101 Winnifred Rose June 20, 1949 3114 1102 Howard R. Cook Aug 17, 1949 3118 1103 Paul R. Lorrie s/b Torrie? Oct 6, 1949 3126 1104 Edgar Cretien Feb 2, 1950 3136 1105 Josephine Basco Apr 15, 1950 3145 1106 Beverley Poulton Apr 19, 1950 3146 1107 Lois Massin ? Jul 26, 1950 3158 1108 John Alexander Morrison Sep 19, 1950 3161 1109 Rachel Brown Jan 4, 1951 3181 1110 Walter Ritch Jan 9, 1951 3183 1111 Thomas Lancaster Apr 2, 1951 3197 1112 Shirley Anne Vankoughnett ? Jul 27, 1951 3216 1113 Charles E. Scott Sep 15, 1951 3223 1114 Rose McGurn Oct 27, 1951 3227 1115 John Sylvester Nov 3, 1951 3228 1116 Mary A. Larivee Dec 11, 1951 3234 1117 Mary Hazel Bannerman Dec 12, 1951 3235 1118 James Ryerson Ausman Feb 1, 1952 3246 1119 Norman Earl Cragg Feb 17, 1952 3248 1120 Ernest Eddy Feb 20, 1952 3249 1121 Dorina Ladouceur Mar 6, 1952 3255 1130 Amy M. McEachern Nov 1, 1952 3300 1125 Romeo Peter Deslaurier Aug 3, 1952 3285

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19) No mapping entry could be found for the following individuals:

MCSS Cemetery First Name Last Name DoD Death Reg'n # Registry No. 597 Florence Broomer ??? Dec 19, 1924 1915 McCluskey s/b 365 Nov 19, 1917 McCloskey James 1472 385 Lizzie Foezie Apr 8, 1918 1508 417 Lilly Cook Oct 19, 1918 1564 445 Albert J. Black Mar 14, 1919 1602 450 Victor Archibald Apr 3, 1919 1607 469 Royden George Lucas Jan 13, 1920 1654 478 Laura Kaiwa Mar 7, 1920 1668 Shulhan 479 Nowert Mar 8, 1920 Sheehan 1669 485 Gertrude Fetterley Apr 10, 1920 1685 501 Harry Rosevear Dec 13, 1920 1715 505 Merric Appleford Jan 18, 1921 1727 557 Stanley J. Campbell May 12, 1923 1827 559 Thomas Lawrence May 22, 1923 1830 560 Moses Genereaux Jun 2, 1923 1831 569 Milton George Petton Sep 16, 1923 1846 580 Sarah Sabourin Apr 4, 1924 1870 584 Margaret M. Kelson ? Kelia May 11, 1924 1879 604 Fred Brown Mar 24, 1925 1929 613 Amie s/b Annie Roberston Jul 10, 1925 1947 650 Tara Pitkanen Aug 19, 1926 2021 679 Timothy Hanley July 19, 1927 2082 688 Lawrence C. Shea Jan 31, 1928 2102 692 Malcolm Ross er (Gray) Mar 10, 1928 2106 713 Isabella Mighton Dec 13, 1928 2140 729 Hugh Cook Anderson Jan 6, 1930 2177 795 Mary Lear Sep 19, 1933 2348 808 Sarah Boyington May 25, 1934 2374 826 Harold L. McNeil Apr 30, 1936 2425 833 Archie Greer Sep 4, 1936 2444 775 Kenneth McNeil Jul 13, 1932 2303 s/b 2304 933 Lorraine R. Palmer Dec 7, 1940 2688

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XVII) Source: HRC Cemetery Map 1953-1971

Summary of Content

This map was authored sometime after the creation of the new and most northerly section of the cemetery around 1953. The first burial was that of Georgette Fournier (death registration number 3315) who died in 1953, with the last being Renee Silver (death registration number 4246) who died in 1971.

The map depicts an ordered set of rows of individual grave locations, with the rows extending from south to north, with the earliest burials in each row being in the south. The map shows 10 complete rows of graves, with the westerly rows being the earliest. The number of individuals per row varies and there appears to be no set logic as to when a new row was started. The rows begin just north of the set of mature trees that mark the boundary between the new and old cemetery areas.

The map depicts individual burial locations, upon each of which is recorded the name of the deceased, birth and death years, plot number in the row and death registration number. The writing and depiction of the grave plots is consistent for the first or more westerly four rows of graves. This indicates that one individual recorded the information for these rows and, based on the consistency of the hand writing, this was likely done in a single sitting sometime in 1962. I would read this as another indication that there was an original set of documents recording this information and that the information was transcribed at a later date. At the end of row 4 and continuing for the rest of the cemetery, the hand writing varies considerably from time to time. This would suggest that the individual responsible for recording the information changed from time to time. That said, consistency in the writing of individual recorders gives the impression that the map was updated every once and awhile (i.e., information for a set of graves was entered at a sitting), rather than immediately as a new burial was made.

It should be noted that no plot numbers for the more recent rows were entered and that recording methods were less meticulous than during the earlier period of this map. The latter entries appear to have been made on stickers which were then affixed to the appropriate plot locations on the map.

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With corrections made, the individuals in each row are as follows:

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The following is a link to the original map file:

HRC Cemetery map 1953-1971.jpg

The following is a link to a map showing the plot numbers TMHC used to track information on this map:

new cemetery with plots.jpg

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Issues with Interpretation and Other Issues to Note

There are several issues with this document:

1) Of note is the burial of George Bunn (d. 1967) at the extreme east end of the cemetery. He has a large monument in the field marking his burial, which is not within a defined row and set away from other burials. Why George was buried away from others in the cemetery is not known.

2) A label at the end of Row 8 lists “Orey Cecil Chisholm 1913-1968; death registration 4143). It is oriented in the opposite direction as the other burials in this row. In the field, his stone occurs between that of Fisher and Hill in this row, indicating that an error has been made on the map. This error is identified on the map with an asterisk in the correct position of the Chisholm burial, which is accompanied by a small hand written note indicating that that is where Chisholm is buried.

3) There is an entry at the end of row 6 for Florence McCready. It is oriented opposite to the rest of the burials in this row. The entry is struck through. However, the grave stone for McCready in the field is placed at the beginning of Row 7, where is yet another label with her information. This indicates that the entry at the end of row 6 is in error.

4) There is an entry at the east end of Row 6 for Robert McCauley (died 1965). The entry is oriented opposite to the other graves in this row. There is an arrow pointing from this label to plot 29. His name is listed with an institutional burial in the Record of Deaths. No stone could be found in the field for McCauley. Based on this map, it would appear that McCauley was buried next to Peter Hodgson and as the last in row 6, although there is no field stone associated with him.

5) Plot 33 in Row 5 is left blank. This is odd given that it is a numbered plot. The record of deaths show no other individual between Nora May Hone (last in row 5) and John Czze (Cize), the first in Row 6. Therefore it is very likely that there was, in fact, no burial made in this plot.

6) Row 4 Plot 31, 32, 33 entries for death registration numbers are missing.

7) In the field there is a stone for Fred Corby with James Corby. Fred Corby died in 2000 (not at HRC) and his ashes were placed next to his brother’s grave at the request of family.

8) Angelina Rizzo (d. 1962) in row 5 plot 31 has been disinterred.

9) The burials in row 9 are out of chronological order. In other words, the earliest burial in the row is not in the south, with the most recent in the north. The reason for this is unknown.

10) Some names are misspelled on this map (e.g., row 3, plot 23 – should be Tauno Merlainen).

11) There are a number of errors in Row 2. These are attributable to mistakes made in the record of deaths in the attribution of death registration numbers. The numbers were out by one number and then later corrected in the record. However, the errors have been transferred to the map,

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so that the wrong individuals are named in the plots. Based on the register of death and municipal burial record notations of place of burial, the follow corrections should be made:

a. Row 2 Plot 10 should be 3429 William McGlashan b. Row 2 Plot 11 should be 3432 Christina Johnston c. Row 2 Plot 12 should be Ethel Skuce d. Row 2 Plot 13 should be Jessie Cameron e. Row 2 Plot 15 should be Fred Roworth f. Row 2 Plot 16 should be Harry Stapleton g. Row 2 Plot 17 should be Donald Groves h. Row 2 Plot 22 should be Margaret Alguire

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Conclusions and Recommendations

A review of the source material regarding interments made in the Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery revealed the following:

1) There is a significant data set pertaining to burials made and various documents were used in an attempt to track these interments. For a late 19th and early 20th century cemetery, these records are generally good and far more comprehensive than those for other cemeteries of this period. It is generally the case that cemetery records are poor prior to the implementation of more thorough systems of tracking in the later 20th century. While it is true that errors in recording were made and the sources are not perfect, this is not uncommon for the period.

2) The earliest documents review depict an institution that was trying to establish a formal system of record keeping with respect to burials made in the cemetery. Staff were creating their own system for tracking at a time when no formal system (or previously defined way of tracking) was in place.

3) The tracking system used by the institution seems to have improved greatly through time, particularly once the record of death was updated to include a column for place of burial. There is variability in tracking through time given differences in the recording forms used in the record of deaths, the information collected, the individual(s) doing the recording and so on.

4) The cemetery maps do not appear to be “living” documents in the sense that they were not updated immediately upon the additional of a new burial. Instead, they appear to have been updated periodically, with numerous burials entered at one time. The earliest cemetery map appears to have been yet another and different attempt by institution staff to create a better record of location of interments than just the written inventories that were on file. Again, this indicates a conscious effort to keep a good record of interments.

5) Due to a misinterpretation of some of the data sources (particularly the spelling of names from the record of death) and incorrect transcription of some information in places, the MCSS cemetery registry contains some errors. Corrections for these errors have been suggested in the supporting documents associated with this report.

6) For many periods (particularly the earliest use of the cemetery), the record of death, which includes all individuals who died at the institution, does not indicate place of burial (i.e., institutional or not). For individuals not listed on MCSS’ cemetery registry, outside source information was not used to confirm place of burial as this was out of scope for this project. When municipal records were available for review and could be used to confirm place of burial for the individuals listed in MCSS’ cemetery registry, these were checked and found to be a very useful source of information to assist in this review. They could be further utilized.

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7) There are good records for interments being made by 1899. The previously recorded earliest burials listed in the MCSS cemetery register were recorded as occurring in 1876-1877. However, the evidence suggests many of these burials can be attributed to burials of patients who had been temporarily transferred from the Whitby Psychiatric institution in February 1917, with internments occurring between 1917 and 1919. These internments were recorded in a different manner from the institution’s established practices as the institution was apparently trying to keep an administrative separation between the Huronia and Whitby patients. TMHC feels that there is no good evidence in these records of burials prior to 1899 and the date of the opening of the cemetery remains in question.

The following recommendations are made:

1) The Cemetery Register should be updated to incorporate the required corrections.

2) Further investigation should be undertaken to attempt to resolve some of the few outstanding issues that arrived out of the review of the record of death. Many of these issues are small items (e.g., confirmation of name spelling) that could be quickly resolved from a review of other patient records. Other items require more investigation, as outlined below.

3) If desirable and to achieve a more accurate Cemetery Register, municipal death records (where available and useful) could be examined for the full period of cemetery operation to further confirm the accuracy of the cemetery register. Although the municipal records change over time in terms of the details they include, they were found to be helpful for providing clarification for a good period during which the cemetery operated. The records were also helpful in verifying name spelling. Further misspellings in the existing Cemetery Register might be identified through a cross-check to Municipal death records.

4) Additional background research could be undertaken to more firmly establish the exact date the cemetery was opened. A review of background records would seem to indicate that there is good evidence of the use of the cemetery by 1899 but very little firm documentation of interments prior to that time. A search of land registry records, inspector’s reports and internal institutional records could potentially provide more information about the founding date. Concrete information about the date of cemetery founding would help alleviate uncertainties that there were interments prior to 1899.

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