Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Derwent during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Derwent 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 Derwent (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 Derwent. 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.
Cemeteries Near Derwent ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Derwent.
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 Derwent covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Derwent, with the one closest to Derwent listed first.
- Fifth Concession Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Kilmartin - Stewart Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Bostwick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bostwick Cemetery
- The Bostwick Cemetery has also been known as:
- Nilestown Cemetery
- Westminster East Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2376829 <2>
- Dorchester Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pond Mills Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pond Mills Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Pond Mills Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of London.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2158288 <2>
- Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mapleton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Avon United Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Banner Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Banner Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Banner Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Banner.
- The Banner Cemetery has also been known as:
- Banner United Cemetery
- Clipperton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Clipperton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clipperton Cemetery is located outside and to the west of Three Bridges.
- Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grove Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grove Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in London.
- The Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Grove - Webster Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2315575 <2>
- Robin's Hill / Brown's Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Continue List (184 more) ...
- Minkler Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Minkler Cemetery
- The Minkler Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pioneer Memorial Cemetery
- Spearman Cemetery
- Day Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Zion Seventh (7th) Line Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 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 Derwent. See our List of 1890's Communities around Derwent.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 Derwent:
- 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 north past Derwent and then turned east". While Derwent could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Derwent 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 Derwent 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 Derwent. |
| <2> | 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. |