Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Cootes Paradise during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Cootes Paradise 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 Cootes Paradise (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 Cootes Paradise. 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 Cootes Paradise ...
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.
While the name of this community is Cootes Paradise, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Cootes Paradise may originally have been Coote's Paradise.
Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Cootes Paradise might be written as Coote Paradise.
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 Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cootes Paradise:
- Websites specific to Ontario
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
Cemeteries Near Cootes Paradise ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cootes Paradise.
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 Cootes Paradise covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cootes Paradise, with the one closest to Cootes Paradise listed first.
- Old Union Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Grove Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Dundas.
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Dundas Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2154050 <3>
- St. Augustine's Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- The St. Augustine's Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Augustine's RC Church Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Augustine's Cemetery
- Henry Binkley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Marx Binkley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Marx Binkley Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- The Marx Binkley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Brinkley Cemetery
- Binkley Hollow Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marx Binkley Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2324310 <3>
- White Chapel Memorial Gardens
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hopkins Family Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Hopkins Family Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hopkins Family Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2383248 <3>
- Rock Chapel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Christ Church Anglican Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Bayview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (325 more) ...
- Woodland Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodland Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Hamilton.
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971322 <3>
- Beth Jacob Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Gate of Heaven Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cootes Paradise. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cootes Paradise.
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 north past Cootes Paradise and then turned east". While Cootes Paradise could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Cootes Paradise 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Cootes Paradise 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 Cootes Paradise. |
| <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. |