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A visit to the Blair Cemetery ...



Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Blair Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Blair Cemetery (FG ID #2207742)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Blair Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Blair Cemetery

Lat:   43.3820°   (43° 22' 55")

Lon:   -80.3854°   (-80° 23' 7")

Name Variations for Blair Cemetery ...

When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.

Blair Cemetery has also been known as:

  • Old Blair Memorial Cemetery
  • Blair Memorial Cemetery

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.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Blair Cemetery:

  • Pages specific to Ontario:
  • Cemetery Information and Directories:
  • About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
    • Although we don't have a link to the Blair Cemetery itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
    • The African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • List of neighboring communities ...

    The following 33 communities are within Less than 2 miles<2> of the Blair Cemetery.

    We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Blair Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    • Blair
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blair came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Doon
      (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Doon came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doon
    • Freeport
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Freeport came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
    • Preston
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Hagey
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagey
    • Cambridge
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Parkway
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkway came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkway
    • Strasburg
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
    • Galt
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
    • Hespeler
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hespeler came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hespeler
    • Fisher Mills
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Centreville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Continue List   (21 more) ...
      • German Mills ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for German Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for German Mills
        • Former names for German Mills:
        • Bleam's Mills
        • Edinburgh
        • Hopewell Mills
        • Jewsburg
      • Roseville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Reidsville
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reidsville came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reidsville
      • Kossuth
        (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kossuth came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kossuth
      • Alpine Village
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Breslau
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Breslau came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breslau
      • Wrigley Corners
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wrigley Corners came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrigley Corners
      • Little Lake
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Barber's Beach
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Rosemount
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Laurentian Hills
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Williamsburg
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • New Dundee
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Greenfield
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Ayr
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Glen Morris
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Clyde
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde
      • Glenchristie
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Kitchener
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Forest Heights
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Mannheim
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannheim

    For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

    List of nearby cemeteries ...

    Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 20 that are within 5 miles [8 km]<2> of the Blair Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Blair Cemetery, with the nearest first.

    For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

    Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

    Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

    We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Blair Cemetery:

    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>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Blair Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3820, Longitude: -80.3854    
    <3>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
    <4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <5>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.
    <6>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.









 

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