Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Burnhamthorpe during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Burnhamthorpe was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

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 Burnhamthorpe (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 Burnhamthorpe. 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.

Cemeteries Near Burnhamthorpe ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Burnhamthorpe.

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 Burnhamthorpe covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Burnhamthorpe, with the one closest to Burnhamthorpe listed first.

St. John's Dixie Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Dixie Cemetery
- The St. John's Dixie Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dixie Union Cemetery
- St. John the Baptist Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1960231 <2>
Renforth Baptist / Ebenezer Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Renforth Baptist / Ebenezer Cemetery
Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery
Islington Burying Grounds / Islington Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Islington Burying Grounds / Islington Pioneer Cemetery
Richview Memorial / Union Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Richview Memorial / Union Chapel Cemetery
Trinity Anglican Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
Christ Church / St. James Memorial Garden
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church / St. James Memorial Garden
Christ Church Mimico Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Christ Church Mimico Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2237768 <2>
Park Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Park Lawn Cemetery
- The Park Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Humbervale Cemetery
- Park Lawn / Humbervale Cemetery
- Parklawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639391 <2>
Humbervale Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Humbervale Cemetery
- The Humbervale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Park Lawn / Humbervale Cemetery
St. George On The Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George On The Hill Cemetery
St. George's Church on the Hill Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. George's Church on the Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639433 <2>
Continue List (273 more) ...
- Britannia Cemetery
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Britannia Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2168438 <2>
- Lambton Mills Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lambton Mills Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130361 <2>
- Riverside Cemetery
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Riverside Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2305996 <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Burnhamthorpe. See our List of 1890's Communities around Burnhamthorpe.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Burnhamthorpe:

Websites specific to Ontario
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Ontario
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Ontario

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Burnhamthorpe and then turned east". While Burnhamthorpe could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Burnhamthorpe as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Burnhamthorpe could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Burnhamthorpe.

<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.