cemetery Renfrew Public (Thomsonville)

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Recorded and transcribed
Aldene Church
Les Church
September 1985

OTTAWA BRANCH, Ontario Genealogical Society
PUBLICATION NO. 85 – 6

Renfrew Public Cemetery, also known as Thomsonhill or Thomsonville Cemetery, is located southeast of the Town of Renfrew on Lot 8, Concession 1 of the Township of Horton in the County of Renfrew. It is a municipal public cemetery, still open, and is non-denominational, although a Roman Catholic cemetery exists at the northeast corner of the town.

There is good access to the Public cemetery. It can be reached by driving south-east from the junction of Raglan Street and Highway 60 along Raglan Street S for a distance of 1.5 kilometres, then turning south-west (right) at the top of the hill onto Cemetery Street and proceeding two blocks to the main gate.

The property was owned by the Rev. Geo. Thomson and was sold in 1871 to the Renfrew Public Cemetery Board. It is well maintained and supervised. Some of the people interred here were pioneer settlers of the area around Renfrew and the town itself, and the Rev. Thomson is included among them. There are a number of people interred for whom there is no visible marker.

The cut-off date for this recording was July 31,1985. Recorded, transcribed and checked by Aldene and Les Church. To the best of our knowledge and belief, the facts contained herein are correct.
 
The publication contains transciptions of headstones, some information from cemetery records and a names index indicating the location of headstone. It also contains copies of a Plan of the Village of Thomsonville 1873 showing the cemetery lands, a deed registry and a hand-drawn map showing the Sections of the cemetery.
Contact information (2021): Jane Smith 613-432-6263
See also Find a Grave link https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2157531/thompson-hill-cemetery