Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about McGowans Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for McGowans Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for McGowans Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for McGowans Corner: McGowans Cor. (or less commonly used: McGowans Crn.)
- While the name of this community is McGowans Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So McGowans Corner may originally have been McGowan's Corner.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case McGowans Corner might be written as McGowan Corner.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Cemeteries Near McGowans Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of McGowans Corner.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for McGowans Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from McGowans Corner, with the one closest to McGowans Corner listed first.
- Sheffield United Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Chase Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Hanselpacker Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- St. John Anglican Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Ripples Community Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grace United Church / Old Methodist Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace United Church / Old Methodist Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Grace United Church / Old Methodist Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace United Church / Old Methodist Cemetery is located outside and to the north of Gagetown.
- The Grace United Church / Old Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grace United Church Cemetery
- Jemseg Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jemseg Cemetery
- The Jemseg Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jemseg Community Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2561524 <2>
- Lower Lincoln Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- United Church / Old Wesleyan Methodist Church Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Church of the Good Shepherd Anglican Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Morrow Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Morrow Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Morrow Cemetery is located in the vicinity of French Lake
- The Morrow Cemetery has also been known as:
- French Lake Cemetery
- StennickCemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2481289 <2>
- Continue List (40 more) ...
- Upper Hampstead Baptist Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Chapman Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alexander Gibson Memorial Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alexander Gibson Memorial Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alexander Gibson Memorial Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Marysville.
- The Alexander Gibson Memorial Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alexander Gibson United Church Cemetery
- Marysville United Church Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2450056 <2>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around McGowans Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around McGowans Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to McGowans Corner:
- Websites specific to New Brunswick
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New Brunswick
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McGowans Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for Province of New Brunswick: https://www.gnb.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |