Please help with Niagara, Ontario gravestone

Question

Hi,

I am researching my wife's ancestor, John Chisholm, who (according to Find-A-Grave) was buried in 1830 in Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery in Niagara. Everything I have been able to find about him so far has been unsourced, and some appears to be conflicting. I would love to know what it says on his gravestone, but the image on the Niagara Falls city website is unreadable (https://niagarafalls.ca/city-hall/municipal-works/cemetery/genealogy/chisholm-john-17d75520-cda4-4fc2-babb-832b9b60f66c.cem). If anyone happens to visit the cemetery I would be deeply grateful if they could stop by that grave (the location is in the link above) and see whether there is anything readable in person. Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Richard!

Thank you for your inquiry, it has led me to find a lovely new source.

I will direct you to this link: https://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/080027/amicus-13325197.pdf

It is a publication from the Niagara Historical Society from 1910. Stamford Presbyterian Cemetery begins on page 51 of the book (page 53 of the PDF). John is discussed three pages later. 

The transcription reads: ''John Chisholm, emigrated to Canada in 1779, born 1746, died 1830." The author also notes "This must have been one of the earliest of the United Empire Loyalists to come to this country.''

Comments

I have stumbled onto that doc before and it is very useful.

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That is fantastic, thank you!