Old Burying Ground

The goal of this project is to make available online the legacy of Isabel Louise Hill (1901-1996), librarian and author of numerous books on the United Empire Loyalists and other early families of Fredericton, New Brunswick. We begin with Volume IV of The Old Burying Ground, which was still very much a work in progress at the time of Miss Hill’s death. The torch passed into the hands of Mrs. Katherine LeButt, who, assisted by Rebecca Leaman, undertook to complete Miss Hill’s labour of love.

Old Burying Ground – Volume I

in Old Burying Ground, Volume I

The Old Burying Ground, Fredericton, NB – Volume I by Isabel Louise Hill (published 1981) is now out of print, but it is possible that used copies may be found, from time to time, through antiquarian book dealers and online at Amazon.com. However, the contents of Volume I are gradually being added to this website, entry by entry, as the editor’s time permits.

Old Burying Ground – Volume II

in Old Burying Ground, Volume II

The Old Burying Ground, Fredericton, NB – Volume II by Isabel Louise Hill (ISBN 0-9690674-1-0) is now out of print, but a few copies are still available from MindsEye Productions. Used copies of the book may also be found, from time to time, through antiquarian book dealers and online at Amazon.com.

Old Burying Ground – Volume III

in Old Burying Ground, Volume III

Limited numbers of The Old Burying Ground, Fredericton, NB – Volume III by Isabel Louise Hill (ISBN 0-9696365-0-4) are available from MindsEye Productions. Used copies of the book may also be obtained, from time to time, through antiquarian book dealers and online at Amazon.com.

Old Burying Ground – Volume IV

in Old Burying Ground, Volume IV

The fourth and final volume of Louise Hill’s work on the Old Burying Ground in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada was unfinished at the time of her death. Her draft manuscript and detailed notes were taken up by friends who share her enthusiasm for the subject.

The full text of Volume IV is now available online, without charge, here at LoyalistFamilies.com.

We hope and believe that Miss Hill would be pleased with the results.

John Elliot Woolford, artist and architect

Old Burying Ground

John Elliot Woolford, Barrack Master, had charge of the army buildings in Frederiction and of the building of Government House, and was the architect for King’s College. He was one of the artists who exhibited at the Grand Exhibition in Saint John in August 1842.

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Vavasour and Edwards

Old Burying Ground

Edwin Edwards was an Irishman and a mining engineer who, upon retirement, came to New Brunswick and lived with his sister Jane C. Edwards, Mrs. Vavasour. Henry Froude Vavasour, bookseller and stationer, was an only child of Henry Vavasour and Maria Grosvenor.

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Ann, wife of James Taylor

Old Burying Ground

In 1861, James Taylor had at least three acres under cultivation: hay, oats, and potatoes. His farm was near the Carleton Farm of the Odells.

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Partelow and Tabor

Old Burying Ground

John R. Partelow was the son of a shoemaker, Jehiel Partelow of Saint John. He married Jane Hamlin Matthews in 1819. Ada, their youngest daughter, in 1862 married Charles Clifton Tabor of the 15th Regiment of Foot, stationed in Fredericton from 1862 to 1868.

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Hon. John Ambrose Street and Jane Isabella Louisa Hubbard

Old Burying Ground

John Ambrose Street was the seventh son of the Honourable Samuel Denny Street, born in 1795 at Burton where his father had a large grant. Samuel Denny Street served in the Royal Fencible Americans at the taking of Fort Beausejour and later at Fort Howe.

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Sarah Jane Smyth, wife of Andrew Sinclair

Old Burying Ground

Andrew Sinclair came to Fredericton from Scotland in 1835 at the age of nineteen. Sarah Jane Smyth, his wife, came from Ireland with her mother Jane in the same year.

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