Jaffa Cemetery
Lot 1 Concession 4
6820-7148 Springwater Rd, Aylmer, ON N5H 2R4, Canada
Malahide Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
Gravestone Inscriptions and Burials without Monuments
Abandoned
MA 419
OGS 5669
Submitted by: Brenda Edmonds
Elgin County Branch, OGS
Summer 1982
Revised and formatted for the Internet 27 May 2005 by BCJ
Revision 2 November 2005 by Carol Van Harn
Latest Revision 23 April 2012 by Carol Van Harn
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A Methodist church existed on this site at one time. Deeds found for the church give a registration date of February 9, 1861. The church was later moved to the north east corner of County Road 45 (Concession 4 – now called John Wise Line). The man who was involved with the moving of these stones to a cemented area was Mr. Jack Baker.
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1. Stone
Ruth M. / dau of Tho. and Sarah BACKHOUSE / Aug. 26, 1851 / aged 2 years /
2. Stone
In memory of / John H. / son of / Hosea and Sarah BAGNALL / died / March 6, 1877 / aged / 10 mo. 18 days /
3. Stone
In memory of / Thomas BUSTON / who died / May 25, 1869 /
4. Stone
Julia Ann / wife of / G. BUSTON / 53 yr. 3 mo. / July 19, 1893
[Note: this stone was there in 1980 but had disappeared by April 1982]
5. Stone
Catherine BUSTON / July 2, 1867 /
6. Stone
In memory of / Wm. H. BUSTON / who died / June 20, 1890 / aged / 42 yrs. 3 ms. /
7. Stone
At rest / Sarah DOOLITTLE / 1838 – 1922 /
8. Stone
At rest / Walter DOOLITTLE / 1837 – 1918 /
9. Stone
Eliza / wife of / William FEARNS / who died / Nov. 29, 1885 / aged 84 years / She was a tender mother / and in her life / the Lord did have [The rest is illegible]
(Eliza’s married surname was also often given as FERNS in the records – BCJ)
10. Stone
Memory of / Isaac KEARNS / died / Jan. 12, 1878 / aged / 20 yrs. 3 mo’s 3 days /
[Note: Isaac KEARNS was the son of #12 Robert Henry KEARNS]
11. Stone
Pearl / wife of / G. KEARNS / died / Oct. 24, 1838
[Note – this stone was recorded in 1980, but was not readable in 1982]
12. Stone
Memory of / Rob’t Hen’y KEARNS / died Oct. 21, 1858 / AE 29 yrs. 1 ms /
13. Stone
In memory of / Wm. Henry KEARNS / who departed this life / Jan. 20, 1876 / 20 yrs. 10 ms. 21 d’s /
[Note: William Henry KEARNS was the son of #12 Robert Henry KEARNS]
14. Stone
MANSHION / Ethel / died / March 1, 1920 / aged / 2 yrs. 2 mo./
15. Stone
MANSHION / Jimmie / born 1907 / died 1908 /
16. Stone
/Only sleeping / Arthur / son of / George and Catherine POWERS/ who died / May 8, 1880 / aged / 2 yrs. 9 mo. /
17. Stone
George W. POWERS / May 15, 1899 / 53 yrs. 13 days /
[Note – this stone was in a metal frame but the top was gone in 1982. The information was transcribed in 1980]
18. Stone
Gone too soon / In memory of / Isabella / wife of George SMITH / and daughter of / Thomas and Anna McCONNELL / died / Mar. 5, 1876 / AE / 24 yrs. 9 mo. / Her last words were [rest illegible]
19. Stone
In memory of / Able STAFFORD / who died / December 24, 1901 / aged / 78 yrs. 20 days /
20. Stone
Abel A. / infant son of / Willard and Emily STAFFORD / died June 29, 1906 / aged 7 mos. 5 da. /
21. Stone
Elizabeth / wife of the above / died Dec. 29, 1909 / aged / 70 yrs. 24 days / Gone but not forgotten /
22. Stone
Only sleeping / In memory of / John / son of / Abel and Elizabeth STAFFORD / died / 25 Sept. 1880 /
23. Stone
In memory of / John WHITE / who died / Aug. 30, 1892 / aged / 38 yrs. 4 mos. 24 days /
[Note: John WHITE , eldest son of #24 Joseph WHITE and his first wife Jane RITCHIE of Bathurst Twp., Lanark County (Carol 2005)]
24. Stone
WHITE / Joseph WHITE / 1826 – 1912 /
[Note: Joseph WHITE was the second husband of #25 Mary Jane (THOMPSON) KEARNS and the father of #23]
25. Stone
WHITE / Mary Jane / 1837 – 1922 /
[Note: Mary Jane WHITE [nee THOMPSON] was the wife of #24 Joseph WHITE; also the widow of #12 Robert Henry KEARNS ; #12 and #25 were the parents of #10 and #13 Mary Jane THOMPSON KEARNS WHITE was the daughter of Samuel and Catherine THOMPSON of Malahide Twp. After Samuel’s death, Catherine THOMPSON married Robert KEARNS, the father of #12, Robert Henry KEARNS (Brenda May 2005)]
26. Only the base of the stone remains
27. Only the base of the stone remains
Burials without Monuments
BUSTON – Moedinger Funeral Home Records – Christopher BUSTON died 13 Nov 1905. Buried Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found
BUSTON – St Thomas Times Journal, 17 August 1928, Page 9, c1 – Died – Thomas BUSTON, 72 years, Aug 17, father of Mrs Walter MANSION; brother of John BUSTON, Mrs C. POWERS, Mrs Liddy DUXBERRY and Mrs H. DOOLITTLE. Funeral from Williams Funeral Home August 18 to Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2005
MANSHION – St Thomas Times Journal, 18 January 1926, Page 6, c3 – Died – Oscar Delbert MANSHION, 12 years, Jan 17, son of Walter MANSHION; brother of Mrs Lloyd MARLATT, Mrs SHEPHERD and Miss T. MANSHION. Funeral January 20 from his parents home to Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found – CVH November 2005
MANSION – Allen Funeral Home Record, Death Registration Record – Ethel MANSION, 2 years 2 months, 1 March 1920, daughter of Walter & Bessie MANSION, nee Bristow. Buried March 4 1920 in Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found – JM & CVH January 2010
MANSION – St Thomas Times Journal, 24 December 1935, Page 8, c1 – Died – Walter A. MANSION, 76th year, December 24, father of Mrs Lloyd MARLATT, Mrs Arthur SHEPHARD and Tean MANSION; brother of Mrs John JENNINGS and Mrs Nina EVELAND; Grandfather of Clarence and Dorothy SHEPHERD and the late Doris and Eileen SHEPHERD. Funeral December 26 to Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found – CVH August 2005
STAFFORD – Moedinger Funeral Home Records – Fleety STAFFORD, died 14 May 1909. Buried Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found
STAFFORD – Moedinger Funeral Home Records – Elizabeth STAFFORD, died 29 December 1909. Buried Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found
STAFFORD – Moedinger Funeral Home Records – Abel Edward STAFFORD, died 29 June 1906. Buried Jaffa Cemetery. No monument found