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 Caledon (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 Caledon. 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 Caledon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Caledon.
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 Caledon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Caledon, with the one closest to Caledon listed first.
- Caledon United Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Alton Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Alton.
- The Alton Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alton Public Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2529671 <1>
- Alton Wesleyan Methodist
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Cornelius RC Cemetery
- The St. Cornelius RC Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Cornelius Cemetery
- Blair - Belfountain Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery
- The Greenlaw / Baker's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Greenlaw Cemetery
- Caledon East Public Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kidd Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Melville White Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Kearns Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Crawford Methodist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crawford Methodist Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Crawford Methodist Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- The Crawford Methodist Cemetery has also been known as:
- Crawford Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (254 more) ...
- Erin - Caledon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin - Caledon Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin - Caledon Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<3> to the north of Orangeville.
- Erin Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erin Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Erin Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Erin.
- The Erin Cemetery has also been known as:
- Erin Union Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2174861 <1>
- Caesar's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Caesar's Cemetery
- The Caesar's Cemetery has also been known as:
- Caesar's / Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2628184 <1>
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Caledon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Caledon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Caledon:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Caledon: www.town.caledon.on.ca/
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Caledon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Caledon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.8667, Longitude: -80.0000 |