Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

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 Shirleys Bay (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 Shirleys Bay. 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 Shirleys Bay ...

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 Shirleys Bay, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Shirleys Bay may originally have been Shirley's Bay.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Shirleys Bay might be written as Shirley Bay.

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 Shirleys Bay ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Shirleys Bay.

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

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

St. Isidore RC Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Isidore RC Cemetery
Maple Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Maple Grove Cemetery
- The Maple Grove Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clarke's Cemetery
- Hazeldean Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2319550 <2>
Bells Corners Union Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bells Corners Union Cemetery
- The Bells Corners Union Cemetery has also been known as:
- Union Cemetery
Pinecrest Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pinecrest Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1971327 <2>
Old St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
- The Old St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pinhey's Point Cemetery
- St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2483691 <2>
Carp Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carp Presbyterian Cemetery
- The Carp Presbyterian Cemetery has also been known as:
- Huntley / Carp Presbyterian Cemetery
- Huntley Presbyterian Cemetery
- Huntley United Cemetery
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2517175 <2>
Highland Park Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Highland Park Cemetery
Pink Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pink Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2399138 <2>
Stittsville United Church Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Stittsville United Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2517054 <2>
Merivale Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Merivale Cemetery
- The Merivale Cemetery has also been known as:
- Merivale Public Cemetery
- Merivale Union Cemetery
- Merivale United Cemetery
- Merivale United Church Cemetery
- Pinecrest Public Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2188355 <2>
Barracks Hill Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Barracks Hill Cemetery
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Barracks Hill Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
Capital Memorial Gardens
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Capital Memorial Gardens
- The Capital Memorial Gardens has also been known as:
- Capital Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1980154 <2>
Continue List (54 more) ...
- Moodie Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Moodie Cemetery
- Lowry Cemetery
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lowry Cemetery
  - The Lowry Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Lowry Presbyterian Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2531727 <2>
- St. Andrew Presbyterian Cemetery
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew Presbyterian Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2625016 <2>

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

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These 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 Shirleys Bay:

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 ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shirleys Bay. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Ontario: https://www.ontario.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	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).
<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>	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.