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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: K44ENF on Tuesday 21 September 10 14:53 BST (UK)
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I have today discovered that one of my relatives died in Ontario Hospital London in 1935 and was buried in Woodland Cemetery. I have virtually no experience with the Canadian records and wondered if anyone knew of a resource where I might be able to find whether there was a headstone or possibly get a photograph.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi K44ENF,
I grew up in London not to far from Woodland. You can contact the cemetery administrator and he/she should be able to help you by providing where they are buried, which funeral home was used, and other info. Then you can contact the funeral home administrator for more info. You may be able to get the obits from the London Free Press newspaper archives at the London Public Library if you contact them.
I have not heard of the Ontario Hospital London, but it could be refering to a number of hospitals located in London. There are 3 general, 1 Veteran's and one phyc hospitals in the city.
Here are some links to these places:
http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/node/144
http://www.woodlandcemetery.on.ca/
Hope this helps,
JDC
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Thanks very much for that information JDC, I really appreciate it. I will follow up your links and see what I can find.
Many thanks,
Karen
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Hi JDC
My grand uncle Arthur Atkin was buried at Woodland Cemetery London. He died 9th Feb 1953 in Westminster Hospital London and the funeral home was Bennett Oakham. Although he was born in Wigan Lancs England he served in the Canadian Exp. Forces. Do you think he would have been buried in the veterans section or would that have been purely for Canadians.
Thanks for any help.
Denise.
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Hi K44ENF,
If you google Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Ontario there are volunteers who will look up and photograph graves in the London cemeteries. One man will also look up newspaper obits.
Cein
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Hi Atkin,
I would suspect all of the veterans would be together at the cemetery (unless family wanted differently), wherevere they came from, particularly if they served in Canadain Forces. I find the cemetery and funernal home administrators very much willing to help us out :-)
Cheers, JDC
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Thanks JDC
I will try contacting the cemetery to see if they can help.
Denise.
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Hi Cein,
Thanks very much for that information. I will bear that in mind once I know a bit more.
Karen
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HI Karen,
You can also contact the middlsex co genelogy group in London as well. I know they are located of Western Road near the university, bu I don't have thier website addy handy. It should be easy to google them and I would think they would help you out as well. They have a bit of a resource library there too.
JDC
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Hello from London On. --Just read your query re:Arthur Atkin-Did you ever receive the information? If not I am near Woodland Cemetery & willing to check on the burial & grave site. & send photo. I go to Ont Genealogical Society quite often. Would be willing to look up any info.
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Hi,
Here's another site to remember.
http://ogs.andornot.com/CemMenu.aspx
Good hunting.
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Hello Jam; I think you have to be a paid member to access any of thie information on these sites. Is that correct? I could not access any detailed information, so perhaps I am not doing this correctly.
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Good day,
I am just remembering :-( that Parkwood Hospital was a veterans hospital. Parkwood was on Grand Ave in London. A new Parkwood Hospital was built abt 10-15 years ago on Commisioners Rd. I am wondering if you contact them they may have info for you? Hope this helps. Sorry for the delay in memory.
JDC
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I just registered onto this site today and yours was the third post I read. I live around the corner from Woodland Cemetery and would be happy to inquire at the main office if you will send me the name and approximate year of death of your relative.
Newfoundland
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Hi,
Here's another site to remember.
http://ogs.andornot.com/CemMenu.aspx
Good hunting.
Thank you so much for sending the link to that site! I can immediately see my grandfather's sister's name in their database, and I will be trying to find others. Many thanks.
Karen
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I just registered onto this site today and yours was the third post I read. I live around the corner from Woodland Cemetery and would be happy to inquire at the main office if you will send me the name and approximate year of death of your relative.
Newfoundland
Welcome to Rootschat, Newfoundland, and thank you very much for your kind offer.
I did get the information on the person I started this thread about. My relative was Jane Houston, and she does not have a headstone. A man from the website "Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness" was going to send me some general photos, but he has had PC problems and hasn't been able to. I do have a copy of Jane's death certificate though.
Many thanks.
Karen
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I also have a relative in the same cemetery from the Ontario Hospital!!
His name is Adam Thompson - he spent most of his life at the Hamilton Asylum..
I have yet to find his stone.. I'll have to check out the links that everyone posted!
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I am researching the family of Sarah Abraham Myers of England, ad am led to seeking Flying Officer
PETER D'OLIVEYRA FISHER
who died on July 20, 1954
Cemetery:
LONDON (WOODLAND) CEMETERY
Ontario,Canada
Grave Reference: Grave 26A, Veteran's Plot, I
gather you are willing to help with the cemetery! Are you? Would appreciate knowing what the head stone says? And do they know how he died?
Peace
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I know this was completed a long time ago, but here is a link to a list of some buried at Woodland.
https://londonmiddlesex.ogs.on.ca/docs/membpubs/cem-tr/londonc/152-1-Woodland-A-AE-Y-VETS-AandB-LandL.pdf