A visit to the Esson 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 Esson Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Esson Cemetery (FG ID #2454635)
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 Esson Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Esson Cemetery
Lat: 44.5521° (44° 33' 7")
Lon: -79.5228° (-79° 31' 22")
As an estimate, the Esson Cemetery is located outside and to the southwest of Rugby.
Establishment of the Esson Cemetery ...
The Esson Cemetery was established in 1865.
Name Variations for Esson 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.
Esson Cemetery has also been known as:
- Esson Presbyterian Church 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 professional and volunteer 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 Esson Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ontario:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 26 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Esson Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Esson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rugby
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rugby
- Hawkestone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hawkestone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkestone
- Warminster
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warminster came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warminster
- Edgar
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgar
- Creighton
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Oro Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oro Station came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oro Station <5>
- Orillia
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Gilchrist
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sandy Beach
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Atherley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atherley
- Shanty Bay
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Orkney Beach
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Moonstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moonstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moonstone
- Uptergrove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Uptergrove came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uptergrove
- Fawn Bay
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fawn Bay
- Rama Road
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Menoke Beach
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Craighurst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Maple Grove
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maple Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maple Grove
- Maple Grove has also been known as:
- Maplegrove
- Bayshore Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bayshore Village came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayshore Village
- Geneva Park
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hillsdale came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Midhurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midhurst
- Coldwater
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Longford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longford
- Longford Mills
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
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 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<2> of the Esson Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Esson Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Huronia Regional Centre Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrew's St. James' Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- St. Michael's RC Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Marchmont Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Brotherston Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Brotherston Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Brotherston Family Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brotherston Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brotherston Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2489403 <1>
- African Episcopal Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Guthrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Guthrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Gilchrist
- The Guthrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Guthrie United / Guthrie Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Guthrie Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2222551 <1>
- St. George's Fair Valley Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Little Brick United Church Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery is located between<7> the communities of Craighurst and Coldwater. The cemetery lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<2> to the south of Coldwater.
- The Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Hobart Memorial Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hobart Memorial Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2317249 <1>
- Dalston United Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Atherley Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- St. John's Anglican Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. John's Anglican Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Craighurst.
- The St. John's Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
- Craighurst Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. John's Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2279784 <1>
- St. James Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- The St. James Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. James Anglican Cemetery
- St. James Crown Hill Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. James Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2235486 <1>
- St. Thomas Anglican Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Knox Presbyterian / Uptergrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Ardtrea United Church Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- St. Columbkille RC Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Mnjikaning First Nation Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
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 Esson Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
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' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Esson Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.5521, Longitude: -79.5228 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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. |
| <7> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Craighurst and Coldwater. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |