Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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

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.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Port Union: Prt. Union

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 Port Union ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Port Union.

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

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

Melville Church Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Melville Church Cemetery
- The Melville Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melville Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2339182 <2>
St. Margaret's in the Pines Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Margaret's in the Pines Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Margaret's in the Pines Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Scarborough.
- The St. Margaret's in the Pines Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Margaret's Cemetery
- St. Margaret's Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2215523 <2>
Secor Memorial Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Secor Memorial Cemetery
Erskine / Dunbarton United Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- 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
Taber Hill Burial Mound
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Taber Hill Burial Mound
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Cemetery
- The Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Cemetery has also been known as:
- McCowan Road Cemetery
- Shaarei Shomayim
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2179871 <2>
Reesor Mennonite Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Reesor Mennonite Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257844 <2>
Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Emmanuel United Church Cemetery
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2172476 <2>
Holy Blossom Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Blossom Memorial Park
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2277679 <2>
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Resthaven Memorial Gardens
- The Resthaven Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Scarborough Lawn Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966616 <2>
Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery
- The Ley Family / Potters Field Cemetery has also been known as:
- Ley Family Cemetery
- Potters Cemetery
Continue List (181 more) ...
- Pickering Friends Burial Ground
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  - 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
- Pickering United Church Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pickering United Church Cemetery
- Elizabeth Street Pioneer Cemetery
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  - 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

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

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 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 Port Union:

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 Port Union and then turned east". While Port Union could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Port Union 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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 Port Union 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 Port Union.

<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.