A visit to the Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Oak Lawn Cemetery (FG ID #2386143)
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 Oak Lawn Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
Lat: 43.1612° (43° 9' 40")
Lon: -79.3683° (-79° 22' 5")
Establishment of the Oak Lawn Cemetery ...
The Oak Lawn Cemetery was established in 1880.
Name Variations for Oak Lawn 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.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give a you a feel for the variations that might have occurred with Oak Lawn Cemetery.
Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Oaklawn Cemetery
- Oaklawn / Jordan Station United Church Cemetery
- Jordan Station United 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 like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either 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 Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn 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 29 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Oak Lawn Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Oak Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Jordan Station
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Vineland
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Jordan
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jordan Harbour
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Vineland Station
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Balls Falls ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Falls
- Balls Falls has also been known as:
- Balls Mill
- Glen Elgin
- Louthe Mills
- Campden
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campden
- Tintern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintern
- Pelham Union
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Rockway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
- Barnesdale
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Port Dalhousie
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Beamsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Lincoln
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Effingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glenridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Saint Catharines
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Silverdale
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Rosedene
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedene
- North Pelham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Anns
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Pelham
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Beaverdams
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdams
- Beaverdams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams
- Thorold
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Merritton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Port Weller
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Weller came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Weller
- Weller Park
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Grimsby Beach
(8 miles [12.9 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 20 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km]<2> of the Oak Lawn Cemetery.<5>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Oak Lawn Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Vineland Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Vineland Mennonite Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Vineland Mennonite Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Vineland.
- The Vineland Mennonite Cemetery has also been known as:
- Mennonite Burying Ground
- Moyers Cemetery
- Old Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Vineland Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2190517 <1>
- Zion Weslyan Methodist Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Schram / Tinlin Family Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Schram / Tinlin Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schram / Tinlin Family Cemetery
- United Empire Loyalist / Tilman Culp Family Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockway Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- St. John's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- First Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Mt. Osborne Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Nicholas Smith Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Nicholas Smith Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicholas Smith Family Cemetery
- Boyd / Turney / Christie Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Boyd / Turney / Christie Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd / Turney / Christie Cemetery
- May Family Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the May Family Burying Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the May Family Burying Ground
- Continue List (8 more) ...
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Konkle-Mallatt Presbyterian / Mountain Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lanes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Lane's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McCombs Family Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the McCombs Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCombs Family Cemetery
- Thirty Mountain Methodist Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- North Pelham Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Brethren In Christ Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Oak Lawn 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 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 Oak Lawn Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1612, Longitude: -79.3683 |
| <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> | 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. |
| <6> | 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. |