Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Motherwell during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Motherwell 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 Motherwell (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 Motherwell. 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 Motherwell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Motherwell.

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 Motherwell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Motherwell, with the one closest to Motherwell listed first.

Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery
- The Avonbank Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Avonbank Community Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2313589 <2>
Fullarton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fullarton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fullarton Cemetery is located outside and to the northwest of Fullarton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2646438 <2>
Bethel - Munro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel - Munro Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1991381 <2>
Fullarton Evangelical Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fullarton Evangelical Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Fullarton Evangelical Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<3> to the east of Sebringville.
- The Fullarton Evangelical Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fullarton Evangelical United Cemetery
- Fullarton United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2339077 <2>
Kirkton Union Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kirkton Union Cemetery
Old St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Marys Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2568444 <2>
St. Mary's Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Mary's Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #639407 <2>
Sebringville Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sebringville Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Sebringville Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the southeast of Sebringville.
- The Sebringville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
- Sebringville / Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2203218 <2>
First St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the First St. John's Lutheran Cemetery
- The First St. John's Lutheran Cemetery has also been known as:
- Seebachs Hill Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2331081 <2>
Woodland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Woodland Cemetery
- The Woodland Cemetery has also been known as:
- Woodland Methodist Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2169751 <2>
Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- The Knox Presbyterian Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Knox Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130137 <2>
Grace Lutheran Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grace Lutheran Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Grace Lutheran Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Mitchell.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2130138 <2>
Continue List (219 more) ...
- St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery
- Trinity Anglican Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Trinity Anglican Cemetery
- Old Cromarty Presbyterian Cemetery
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Cromarty Presbyterian Cemetery
  - To give a relative sense of its location, the Old Cromarty Presbyterian Cemetery is located outside and to the southeast of Cromarty.
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2492167 <2>

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Motherwell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Motherwell.

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 professional and volunteer 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 Motherwell:

Websites specific to Ontario
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Ontario
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Ontario
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Ontario
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of 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 Motherwell and then turned west". While Motherwell could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Motherwell 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 Motherwell 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 Motherwell.
<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.
<3>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Motherwell) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Motherwell. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 43.3461, Longitude: -81.1878