Graham Cemetery
Concession 8 , Lot B
Has no 911 # – located back in a field to the south, Queen’s Line.
Aldborough Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions
Elgin County Branch OGS
July 2003
Transcribed in 1978 by Jean (Gillies) Zimmer & Judith Mitton, of Kent Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. Updated in 2001 by members of the West Elgin Genealogical & Historical Society.
Revised and formatted for the Internet 20 July 2003 by BruceC.JohnsonJr.
Latest Revision 6 December 2006 by CarolVanHarn
Copyright by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Elgin County Branch 1982 – 2003
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Graham Cemetery Map
1. White foot stone: D. G.
2. White foot stone: S. G.
3. White foot stone: N. G.
4. White foot stone: M. G.
5. White foot stone: L. G.
6. Broken stone, bottom still in ground
Sarah / CAMPBELL / beloved wife of / Duncan GRAHAM / [broken in three pieces] / died / July 20, 1859 /
7. In / memory of / Neil / son of Arch’d & Grace / GRAHAM / died / Sept. 15, 1860 / AE 2 wks /
8. In / memory of / Mary / daug of Arch’d & Grace / GRAHAM / died / Aug. 14, 1867 / AE 4 wks /
9. Farewell / In / memory of / Lachlin GRAHAM / died / June 18th, 1894 / aged 74 [or 78] / native of Argyleshire / Scotland / Immigrated to Canada 1847 / He struggled through this world of strife / Adieu perplexing cares of life / The silent grave shall be my bed / Till earth and sea yield up their dead /
10. White foot stone: G. G.
11. White foot stone: J. G.
12. White foot stone: I. G.
13.White foot stone: J. G.
14. Peaked white stone with rose; broken and lying on the ground: U N A
15. Base from # 14
16. White foot stone: Catherine
17. White foot stone: John
18. Tall white monolith on base
North: John / died Apr. 21, 1864 / aged 5 yrs 5 ms / & 2 days / Catherine / died Feb. 1, 1864 / aged 1 day / children of John & Isabel / GRAHAM / Tis Jesus speaks: I fold says he / these hands within my breast / Protection they shall find in me / In me be ever blest /South – In memory of / John GRAHAM / died April 8, 1889 / aged 69 years / also Isabel / wife of the above / died Feb. 2, 1868 / aged 32 yrs. / Sacred forever from busy life / They sleep in this lone spot / but oh amid earth’s transient joys / they ne’er shall be forgot /
19 Marker – Mother
20. Marker – Father
21. Marker – J. G.
22. Marker – J. G.
23. Marker – J. G.
24. Marker – D. G.
25. Marker – broken
26. Rose on top
East – James GRAHAM / died / April 11, 1875 / aged / 1 yr & 9 ms /
West – son of / Duncan & Margaret / GRAHAM /
27. Rose on top
East – Duncan GRAHAM / died / April 15, 1875 / aged / 3 yrs, 8 mos / & 17 days /
West – son of / Duncan & Margaret / GRAHAM /
28. Rose on top
East – Jane GRAHAM / died / April 24, 1875 / aged / 17 days /
West – dau of / Duncan & Margaret / GRAHAM /