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St. Mary's Anqlican Church and Cemetery

James and Janet TURNBULL deeded land to "The Church Society of the Diocese of
Toronto" on April 23, 1856. It consisted of "one half acre, more or less, on
the corner of Duncan and Tiffey Streets in the Village of Duncanville, in the
Township of Russell, in the County of Russell."

Duncanville later became the Village of Russell. Tiffey Street has disappeared.
It is thought that Duncan Street is now First Street.

The TURNBULL'S received the sum of five shillings for the one-half acre of land.
The present church cemetery is believed to be on the site of this old church
property.

The cemetery contains 66 stones which are widely dispersed over the one-half
acre. A number of stones have fallen or toppled over and in some. instances
cannot be read due to the weight of them. The cemetery is relatively neat,
but could stand better maintenance

The earliest death shown on the inscriptions is that of Catherine MORROW, born
in 1745 and died in 1807 (stone no. 6). It is doubtful if this was the scene
of the first burial as no other deaths occurred until 1869, that of Catherine
KEAYS at the age of 76 years (stone no. 19).

The oldest person to be buried here were both 100 years of age,one was Mary
BIRMINGHAM, born 1781, died 1881 and then William FITZPATRICK, born 1773, died
1873 (stones 31 and 43 respectively). The earliest recorded birth date is that
of Catherine MORROW in 1745 and then our 100 year oldster, William FITZPATRICK,
who was born in 1773.

Three stones indicate military service, those at nos. 59, 65, and 66, ie Peter
GRIFFIN, Russell E. YOUNG and Arthur SAVAGE.

Those who emigrated to this country came principally from Counties Donegal and
Tipperary.

The frequency of names which was obtained from the index of names in the cemetery
shows YOUNG with a majority of 19 names, followed by CARSCADDEN (CORSCADDEN) with
15 names.