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A visit to the Merrill's 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 Merrill's Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Merrill's Cemetery (FG ID #2572516)

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 Merrill's Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Merrill's Cemetery

Lat:   44.2151°   (44° 12' 54")

Lon:   -78.0514°   (-78° 3' 5")

Establishment of the Merrill's Cemetery ...

The Merrill's Cemetery was established in 1857.

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 Merrill's 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 Merrill's 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 32 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Merrill's Cemetery.

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

    • Roseneath
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Robin Landing
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Little Germany
      (Less than 2 miles to the west)
    • Alderville First Nation
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alderville First Nation came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderville First Nation
    • Alderville
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • McCracken Landing
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Fenella
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fenella
    • Birdsalls
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Birdsalls came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdsalls
    • Burnley
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnley
    • Dartford
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dartford
    • Villiers
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Villiers came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Villiers
    • Blezard
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blezard came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blezard
    • Continue List   (20 more) ...
      • Brickley
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brickley came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brickley
      • Indian River
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian River
      • Keene
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keene came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <3>
      • Hiawatha
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hiawatha came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hiawatha
      • Cameron
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cameron
      • Lang
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lang came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lang
      • Westwood
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
      • Mathers Corners
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Harwood
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Warkworth
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Hastings
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Campbelltown
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Campbelltown came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campbelltown
      • Centreton
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
      • Carmel
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
      • Norham
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norham
      • Godolphin
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Godolphin. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Godolphin
      • Sunnybrae
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jermyn
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jermyn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jermyn
      • Drummond
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
        • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Drummond came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drummond
      • Cambelltown
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

    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 24 that are within 14 miles [22.5 km]<2> of the Merrill's Cemetery.<6>

    We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Merrill's 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 Merrill's 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 things 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 Merrill's Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.2151, Longitude: -78.0514    
    <3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
    <4>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.
    <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.
    <7>To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Gores Landing and Centreton. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location.









 

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