A visit to the Rockway 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 Rockway Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Rockway Cemetery (FG ID #2257882)
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 Rockway Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Rockway Cemetery
Lat: 43.1106° (43° 6' 38")
Lon: -79.3266° (-79° 19' 35")
Name Variations for Rockway 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.
Rockway Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rockway 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 begin with 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 Rockway Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ontario:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 25 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> of the Rockway Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Rockway Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Rockway
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockway
- Effingham
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Pelham Union
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- North Pelham
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Saint Johns
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jordan
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Balls Falls ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balls Falls
- Balls Falls has also been known as:
- Balls Mill
- Glen Elgin
- Louthe Mills
- Fonthill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Vineland
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tintern
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tintern
- Rosedene
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosedene
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Pelham
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Pelham Centre
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Ridgeville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Kunda Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Jordan Harbour
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Turners Corners
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Beaverdams
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaverdams
- Beaverdams has also been known as:
- Beaver Dams
- Thorold
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Glenridge
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Catharines
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnesdale
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Vineland Station
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Campden
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campden
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 23 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<2> of the Rockway Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Rockway Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Nicholas Smith Family Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Nicholas Smith Family Cemetery
- North Pelham Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Brethren In Christ Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Boyd / Turney / Christie Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Boyd / Turney / Christie Cemetery
- Oak Lawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The Oak Lawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Jordan Station United Church Cemetery
- Oaklawn Cemetery
- Oaklawn / Jordan Station United Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2386143 <1>
- Vineland Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Vineland Mennonite Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- 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
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hillside Cemetery is located in Pelham.
- The Hillside Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dawdy Burial Ground
- Dawdy Cemetery
- Dawdy's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hillside Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2189998 <1>
- Fonthill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Clarke Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasantview Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (11 more) ...
- Beaverdams Burying Ground
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- McCombs Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCombs Family Cemetery
- Schram / Tinlin Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schram / Tinlin Family Cemetery
- Lanes Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lane's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hicksite Burial Ground
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hicksite Burial Ground. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hicksite Burial Ground
- Pelham Evangelical Friends Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Allanburg Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- May Family Burying Ground
(6 miles [9.7 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.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the May Family Burying Ground
- St. Andrews Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. John's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
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 Rockway 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' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things 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 Rockway Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.1106, Longitude: -79.3266 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <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. |