Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Clarkes Hollow during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Clarkes Hollow was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Clarkes Hollow (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Clarkes Hollow. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Clarkes Hollow ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.
- A typical abbreviation for Clarkes Hollow: Clarkes Holw. (or less commonly used: Clarkes Hlw. or Clarkes Hllw.)
- While the name of this community is Clarkes Hollow, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Clarkes Hollow may originally have been Clarke's Hollow.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Clarkes Hollow might be written as Clarke Hollow.
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.
Cemeteries Near Clarkes Hollow ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Clarkes Hollow.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Clarkes Hollow covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Clarkes Hollow, with the one closest to Clarkes Hollow listed first.
- Whitevale Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Whitevale Cemetery
- The Whitevale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Whitevale United Cemetery
- Reesor Mennonite Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery is located in Pickering.
- The Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery has also been known as:
- Erskine Church Cemetery
- Duffin Meadows Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green River Baptist Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lamoreaux Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lamoreaux Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Lamoreaux Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Lamoreaux Cemetery has also been known as:
- L'Amoureau Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2354538 <3>
- Hastings Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hastings Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hastings Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Cedar Grove Mennonite Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
- The Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Methodist Cemetery
- Pickering Methodist Cemetery
- Brougham Pioneer Christian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pickering United Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Continue List (210 more) ...
- Pickering Friends Burial Ground
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering Friends Burial Ground
- The Pickering Friends Burial Ground has also been known as:
- Friends Cemetery
- Society of Friends Cemetery
- Sharrad Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Mach Pelah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Clarkes Hollow. See our List of 1890's Communities around Clarkes Hollow.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Clarkes Hollow:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Clarkes Hollow and then turned east". While Clarkes Hollow could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Clarkes Hollow as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Clarkes Hollow could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Ontario community named Clarkes Hollow. |
| <2> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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. |