Section J

McCrea and Matheson

Old Burying Ground

William McCrea claimed the right of interment for himself, his family and his two sisters in lot #169, which had been purchased by his father in the mid-1850s and was jointly owned by the intermarried McCrea and Matheson families.

[click to read more...]

Margaret Frederike Georgianne Manners-Sutton, infant

Old Burying Ground

The child buried here is the daughter of the Honourable John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1854 to 1861, and his wife, Georgiana Tompson.

[click to read more...]

John L. Haines and family

Old Burying Ground

This burial lot is shared by the Haines and Nason families, who were connected by the 1852 marriage of John L. Haines and Miss Phoebe Nason. John Haines was an alderman in Queen’s Ward, Fredericton, and the contractor who built the Free Baptist Church.

[click to read more...]

Joseph and John Fleming, Keepers of the Alms House

Old Burying Ground

John Fleming was Master and Steward at the college, a position he held for thirty-three years, and also served as Keeper of the Alms House, a position held earlier by his father, Joseph Fleming, who lies in an unmarked grave.

[click to read more...]

The John Edgecombe family

Old Burying Ground

John Edgecombe arrived from England in the late 1830s and founded a large carriage factory that won first prize at the Dominion Exhibition 1883. One of his sons, F.B. Edgecombe, became Fredericton’s most successful dry goods merchant and its largest real estate owner.

[click to read more...]

William Davidson and William Watts

Old Burying Ground

William Davidson’s sister Catherine was the second wife of William Watts (1793-1865), the son of loyalist William Watts. He was a cabinet maker like his father, a city assessor, and a celebrated gardener who, in 1845, was granted a patent on the “Watts Potato Digger.”

[click to read more...]

Nathaniel Cameron, nephew of Nathaniel Cameron

Old Burying Ground

Nathaniel Cameron, a butcher, was a nephew of Nathaniel Cameron (1798-1879), who had also been a butcher. His wife, Mary Jane, was the daughter of John Little, a farmer on the Royal Road who brought his family to New Brunswick from Scotland.

[click to read more...]

Alexander Cumming’s daughter married J.J. Fraser, died young

Old Burying Ground

Martha, eldest daughter of Alexander Cumming and Mary Ann Fleming, married John James Fraser in 1867. She died in 1871, aged 28 years. J.J. Fraser distinguished himself in politics, including terms as Premier, Attorney-General, and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

[click to read more...]

Sophronia Clark Huestis Atherton

Old Burying Ground

When Lewis Carl Huestis died in 1859, his widow, Sophronia, came to live with her aunt, Julia Ann, Mrs. Benjamin Atherton, and eventually married her uncle, Benjamin. Sophronia had two children by her first marriage and a daughter by her second.

[click to read more...]

Next Entries →