-Remember when that's where you did your drivers test from
-We got married here almost 50 years ago.
-Ken & I where married there....it would of been 49 yrs on Dec. 20 ❣️
-The empty lot behind St. John's and that was the Chapel Street School playground, may have been a cemetery, and that is why it's empty. That's the story my dad told me...
-Yes. He’s right. Not sure where they all ended up or if they’re still there.
-The baseball diamonds were in the corners on each side
-I think we where at Chapel at the same time Richard .
-So; the story I was told about the cemetery was that it used to be in the lot behind the church, and when the decision was made to move those in the cemetery (Maybe the original Methodist parishioners?) to the municipal cemetery (Greenwood), only those who still had relatives in the area had their remains and markers moved. Those unfortunate enough to have had family moved on, simply had their marker removed and they are still there, pioneer era graves under the parking lot. The story made for some fascinating spook stories in the neighbourhood. :) (I believe the reality of the situation of moving/removing human remains is actually very regulated going back as far as 1900 or so).
-Sometimes it is the church that is gone and only the gravestones remain, too. Being buried in the churchyard was traditional for many religions.
-I always thought that old burial grounds were sacred & not to be built on.
-our Gr-grandfather's brother Edward is buried somewhere in town.. I've never found out where but I've always wondered if he was behind this church. I really should go to the town and see if they have records but i doubt if they go back that far.. 1870's
-Some early Georgetowners were buried in Glen Williams too, way up on the hill, Dad told me.
-In the Niagara situation, both churches were only accessible via a bridge from the east. The German church (Lutheran) was essentially abandoned, and the new Anglican (Episcopalian) was built closer to the town center east of St. Peters bridge (aforementioned). To leave 700 some odd in a shallow lagoon seems very odd, particularly because the cemetery mentioned is only a few hundred yards from what is now the ponding lagoon? In any event, clearly the dead are not to impede progress by their presence in any given location? Lol. :) I take all these stories with a grain of salt myself.
-My brother and I did renovations in the church hall with B&B woodworking in the '70s.
-I'd love to get my hands on the cooler doors and framing
-So many great memories of Chapel School and my friends. I am in touch with my Grade 2 Teacher Miss Anderson. We have had lunch a couple of times and always so nice to run into her. She looks amazing.
-I went to brownies there, mom was brownie leader and wrote my 365 there.
-This was the church I attended....was married there as well.
-Sang in the choir they as well when I was young & it was Ken Harrison who conducted us I believe .
-I went to Sunday School, sang in the choir and attended Brownies and Guides in this Church. It holds many memories. One in particular was when Christmas music was piped down to Main Street. It was so ethereal especially when the snow was falling.
-I also attended cubs at the church, went to Sunday school and i do remember the Christmas music...great memories from my childhood in the '60s..
-I remember the snow and the carolling. Vern McCumber used to pipe hymns over the loudspeaker on Sunday. It was lovely.
-Christened, boy scouts, Sunday school, and choir there (not in that order). Hmmm, are these flashbacks good for people our age?
-Sunday school, choir with Ken Harrison.
-We were raised in that church. Christmas carols ringing out over Georgetown. Sunday school with Ernie and Ruth. Dad and Trevor reading the names of the war dead at Remembrance services. All good memories.
-I have very fond memories of your mom and dad. Nice people.
-A different time. Great memory. I ran the film strips in SS. I was so proud of myself. 10 yrs old. Jack Runham was my SS teacher. A great man. We always reviewed the Saturday night. hockey game first before we had a lesson.😍
-Humans love traditions, church going is a strong one. Now fading. Interesting.
-For some maybe. I still go
-Following a peaceful Religion is not an intellectual pursuit, it’s simply a belief system without thought.
-Churches are changing I go into churches that hold 2000 people
-I know the one, Holy Cross, beautiful. I go there.
-The trend worldwide however is sharply down.
-I talking about some of the toronto churches. Although churches are smaller in numbers they keep going. I was at St. John’s I’m now at Knox we still have a choir of 25 remember mortgages are so high and debt that people work almost everyday now.
-I remember going to Sunday School there and Cubs in the mid 1960's. Many great memories!
-I took my drivers test from there, and also got married in this church. Wonderful memories!
-Lol, I did the same. ..
-Used to go there for Sunday school,church and the CGIT great memories
-Sunday school and junior and teen choirs
-Also got my drivers license there, then got married there on August 5th, 1989.
-I went to this church when Rev. Fleming was the minister. I went to young peoples and sang in the choir
-put a post maple ave baptist church before ....if you have it
-Norman Burns’ picture hung in the church for many years
-Wrote my "365" and also driving test there in 1988
When they used to come to town to test us.....anyone remember? Lol
-Yes! On a Wednesday I think!
-I sang in the choir as well as Christmas Solo over the church towers & attended Young Peoples, went Christmas Carolling! What great wonderful memories! My best friend, Judy Prouse was married there with me as Bridesmaid in 1970’s
-I was Christened there in 1948, attended Sunday school, Junior and Intermediate choir with Ken Harrison, took part in the Christmas pageant,
-I took piano lessons with Ken Harrison up until he passed away. He was a nice man.
-Sorry hit wrong key. Went to Brownies and Guides, belonged to Young Peoples Club, attended church services every week till we moved when I was 15. Always loved that church!
-Another thing I've always found odd is the Knox Presbyterian, the library and the other Methodist churches, are all absent their parishioners resting places. Where are the pioneering Georgetownians buried?
-There is an cemetery outside limehouse Presbyterian. The cemetery behind St. John’s was moved many years ago
-The Methodists (United) were moved to Greenwood. Presbyterians were buried in Norval and Boston Church.
-The cemetery act of I believe 1869 stopped all church burials and all towns had to open a municipal cemetery. Those who owned plots in churchyards could use up their space in family plots but no new ones could be opened. A great many families decided to buy large family plots and move all of their family.
- remember scaling around the ledge in the brick on the outside; seeing how far we could go?
-I do ...of all of us, I recall you were the best at it!? :)
-Hmmm, I don't remember; just how many hours we must have spent doing it :)
- ...months, all told I'd hazard to guess.
-Got married there 48 years ago
-I remember Ken. He was my music teacher at Harrison .
-Got my license there.
-Yup that was when we did it on paper..lol
-Yup me to !
-Went to Cubs there but thinking Scouts was at the Baptist Church top of main street at Guelph.....
-The Ontario Genealogical Society spent many years transcribing stones and also finding the history of cemeteries that existed. Halton and Peel counties have 210 cemeteries. I spent much of my OGS "career" as chair for the cemetery committee and wrote many of the histories for local cemeteries. These are all found in the local history section of the local libraries. There are also church histories which we gathered (separate from the cemeteries) which are also in the various libraries. Lots of good info.
- ...the question begs. do you know whether there are mortal remains beneath that parking lot in between the United Church and the old Chapel Street school as I've been led to believe?
-It is possible, but I think the majority were moved .There was a notice in the paper in the 1890's when the church decided to closed the cemetery asking people to make arrangements for removal. As I mentioned the cemetery act of 1869 gave notice that church cemeteries would close so I am pretty sure
-...sorry, I am always hitting the enter before I want to. I think people would likely have started to use Greenwood right after it opened. It has been a while since I worked on the burial registers, but most churches recorded the place of burial. I tried to find place of burial using the church records and cross referencing with the tombstones in Greenwood and others that remained open such as Limehouse.. Very early settlers often used a corner of the back field, especially the farm population. It was more likely to be buried in toe village if they were living in the town. Without a tombstone it was often an educated guess as to where they ended up.
-Thank you I too am forever hitting the enter key for a new paragraph/sentence. I find Facebook is a bit confusing in that way.
-Being buried at home farmstead before there was an official cemetery was also part of history. Homes had a parlor too, for caskets before there were funeral homes. People visited at the home of the deceased.
-Lived right across from St. John's church. My grandparents built their house in 1953 and then we moved into it in 1969 after my grandfather died. We loved to watch the weddings etc. across the street at the church. My parents lived their for a number of years until they eventually moved into the condos on Chapel Street and lived there for a number of years. It was a wonderful place to live, ❤️❤️❤️
-We got married here almost 50 years ago.
-Ken & I where married there....it would of been 49 yrs on Dec. 20 ❣️
-The empty lot behind St. John's and that was the Chapel Street School playground, may have been a cemetery, and that is why it's empty. That's the story my dad told me...
-Yes. He’s right. Not sure where they all ended up or if they’re still there.
-The baseball diamonds were in the corners on each side
-I think we where at Chapel at the same time Richard .
-So; the story I was told about the cemetery was that it used to be in the lot behind the church, and when the decision was made to move those in the cemetery (Maybe the original Methodist parishioners?) to the municipal cemetery (Greenwood), only those who still had relatives in the area had their remains and markers moved. Those unfortunate enough to have had family moved on, simply had their marker removed and they are still there, pioneer era graves under the parking lot. The story made for some fascinating spook stories in the neighbourhood. :) (I believe the reality of the situation of moving/removing human remains is actually very regulated going back as far as 1900 or so).
-Sometimes it is the church that is gone and only the gravestones remain, too. Being buried in the churchyard was traditional for many religions.
-I always thought that old burial grounds were sacred & not to be built on.
-our Gr-grandfather's brother Edward is buried somewhere in town.. I've never found out where but I've always wondered if he was behind this church. I really should go to the town and see if they have records but i doubt if they go back that far.. 1870's
-Some early Georgetowners were buried in Glen Williams too, way up on the hill, Dad told me.
-In the Niagara situation, both churches were only accessible via a bridge from the east. The German church (Lutheran) was essentially abandoned, and the new Anglican (Episcopalian) was built closer to the town center east of St. Peters bridge (aforementioned). To leave 700 some odd in a shallow lagoon seems very odd, particularly because the cemetery mentioned is only a few hundred yards from what is now the ponding lagoon? In any event, clearly the dead are not to impede progress by their presence in any given location? Lol. :) I take all these stories with a grain of salt myself.
-My brother and I did renovations in the church hall with B&B woodworking in the '70s.
-I'd love to get my hands on the cooler doors and framing
-So many great memories of Chapel School and my friends. I am in touch with my Grade 2 Teacher Miss Anderson. We have had lunch a couple of times and always so nice to run into her. She looks amazing.
-I went to brownies there, mom was brownie leader and wrote my 365 there.
-This was the church I attended....was married there as well.
-Sang in the choir they as well when I was young & it was Ken Harrison who conducted us I believe .
-I went to Sunday School, sang in the choir and attended Brownies and Guides in this Church. It holds many memories. One in particular was when Christmas music was piped down to Main Street. It was so ethereal especially when the snow was falling.
-I also attended cubs at the church, went to Sunday school and i do remember the Christmas music...great memories from my childhood in the '60s..
-I remember the snow and the carolling. Vern McCumber used to pipe hymns over the loudspeaker on Sunday. It was lovely.
-Christened, boy scouts, Sunday school, and choir there (not in that order). Hmmm, are these flashbacks good for people our age?
-Sunday school, choir with Ken Harrison.
-We were raised in that church. Christmas carols ringing out over Georgetown. Sunday school with Ernie and Ruth. Dad and Trevor reading the names of the war dead at Remembrance services. All good memories.
-I have very fond memories of your mom and dad. Nice people.
-A different time. Great memory. I ran the film strips in SS. I was so proud of myself. 10 yrs old. Jack Runham was my SS teacher. A great man. We always reviewed the Saturday night. hockey game first before we had a lesson.😍
-Humans love traditions, church going is a strong one. Now fading. Interesting.
-For some maybe. I still go
-Following a peaceful Religion is not an intellectual pursuit, it’s simply a belief system without thought.
-Churches are changing I go into churches that hold 2000 people
-I know the one, Holy Cross, beautiful. I go there.
-The trend worldwide however is sharply down.
-I talking about some of the toronto churches. Although churches are smaller in numbers they keep going. I was at St. John’s I’m now at Knox we still have a choir of 25 remember mortgages are so high and debt that people work almost everyday now.
-I remember going to Sunday School there and Cubs in the mid 1960's. Many great memories!
-I took my drivers test from there, and also got married in this church. Wonderful memories!
-Lol, I did the same. ..
-Used to go there for Sunday school,church and the CGIT great memories
-Sunday school and junior and teen choirs
-Also got my drivers license there, then got married there on August 5th, 1989.
-I went to this church when Rev. Fleming was the minister. I went to young peoples and sang in the choir
-put a post maple ave baptist church before ....if you have it
-Norman Burns’ picture hung in the church for many years
-Wrote my "365" and also driving test there in 1988
When they used to come to town to test us.....anyone remember? Lol
-Yes! On a Wednesday I think!
-I sang in the choir as well as Christmas Solo over the church towers & attended Young Peoples, went Christmas Carolling! What great wonderful memories! My best friend, Judy Prouse was married there with me as Bridesmaid in 1970’s
-I was Christened there in 1948, attended Sunday school, Junior and Intermediate choir with Ken Harrison, took part in the Christmas pageant,
-I took piano lessons with Ken Harrison up until he passed away. He was a nice man.
-Sorry hit wrong key. Went to Brownies and Guides, belonged to Young Peoples Club, attended church services every week till we moved when I was 15. Always loved that church!
-Another thing I've always found odd is the Knox Presbyterian, the library and the other Methodist churches, are all absent their parishioners resting places. Where are the pioneering Georgetownians buried?
-There is an cemetery outside limehouse Presbyterian. The cemetery behind St. John’s was moved many years ago
-The Methodists (United) were moved to Greenwood. Presbyterians were buried in Norval and Boston Church.
-The cemetery act of I believe 1869 stopped all church burials and all towns had to open a municipal cemetery. Those who owned plots in churchyards could use up their space in family plots but no new ones could be opened. A great many families decided to buy large family plots and move all of their family.
- remember scaling around the ledge in the brick on the outside; seeing how far we could go?
-I do ...of all of us, I recall you were the best at it!? :)
-Hmmm, I don't remember; just how many hours we must have spent doing it :)
- ...months, all told I'd hazard to guess.
-Got married there 48 years ago
-I remember Ken. He was my music teacher at Harrison .
-Got my license there.
-Yup that was when we did it on paper..lol
-Yup me to !
-Went to Cubs there but thinking Scouts was at the Baptist Church top of main street at Guelph.....
-The Ontario Genealogical Society spent many years transcribing stones and also finding the history of cemeteries that existed. Halton and Peel counties have 210 cemeteries. I spent much of my OGS "career" as chair for the cemetery committee and wrote many of the histories for local cemeteries. These are all found in the local history section of the local libraries. There are also church histories which we gathered (separate from the cemeteries) which are also in the various libraries. Lots of good info.
- ...the question begs. do you know whether there are mortal remains beneath that parking lot in between the United Church and the old Chapel Street school as I've been led to believe?
-It is possible, but I think the majority were moved .There was a notice in the paper in the 1890's when the church decided to closed the cemetery asking people to make arrangements for removal. As I mentioned the cemetery act of 1869 gave notice that church cemeteries would close so I am pretty sure
-...sorry, I am always hitting the enter before I want to. I think people would likely have started to use Greenwood right after it opened. It has been a while since I worked on the burial registers, but most churches recorded the place of burial. I tried to find place of burial using the church records and cross referencing with the tombstones in Greenwood and others that remained open such as Limehouse.. Very early settlers often used a corner of the back field, especially the farm population. It was more likely to be buried in toe village if they were living in the town. Without a tombstone it was often an educated guess as to where they ended up.
-Thank you I too am forever hitting the enter key for a new paragraph/sentence. I find Facebook is a bit confusing in that way.
-Being buried at home farmstead before there was an official cemetery was also part of history. Homes had a parlor too, for caskets before there were funeral homes. People visited at the home of the deceased.
-Lived right across from St. John's church. My grandparents built their house in 1953 and then we moved into it in 1969 after my grandfather died. We loved to watch the weddings etc. across the street at the church. My parents lived their for a number of years until they eventually moved into the condos on Chapel Street and lived there for a number of years. It was a wonderful place to live, ❤️❤️❤️
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