Page 3 - Dictionary of Heraldry and Related Subjects

This Cemetery is operated by the Cemetery Board of St. Margeret's
Roman Catholic Church, which was first erected es a frame building
on Hugel Avenue, Xidland, in 1883. The present stone structure
was constructed on the seme site in 1912 under the pastorship of
Rev. L. A. Mrcelo.

The lsnd for the Cemetery wes doneted to the Archdiocese of Toronto,
which embraces Midland, by Samuel Fraser, bachelor and first reeve
of Tay Township and also of the then Village of Midland, for use by
the local church. He also donated the adjoining rarcel of lend for
6t. Kerkls Anglican Cemetery. An Anglican, he 1s buried in St.
Mergaretls. His mother, a Roman Catholic, 1s buriea in St. hnnels
Cemetery in Penetanghishene.

The area of the Cemetery occu;ies approximetely two acres, between
Yonge Street on the north and Little Lake on the south. Its eesterr
boindery follows along Little Lake Park Fioad until the latter veerc
aast, and continues to its shore. To the west is St. Cark's Cemetery
from which it 1s separated by a row of ta11 evergreen end maple treeç.

The oldest tombstones dete back to about 1900. Prior to this date,
it 1s thought that the deseesed of t9e perish were buried in the are6
mission church grounds in Penetanguishene. The remeins of six or
more of the deceesed may have been transferred to St. Xargaret's as
the inscriptions show eerlier dates of death.

The complete inscription on each tombstone hes beec reproducad,
including the names of femily survivors wh?ch have been pre-en~rsved.
Whlle the inscriptions heve been copied with care, ecd heve beec
verified and integrated with the parish records, errors mey apïear,
not only due to the fault of the recorder, but of the engravers as
well. Except for the most obvious, types of stone have not been
fully identified.

Not al1 of the deceased buried in tke Cemetery have had their narces
engraved on the tombstones. Only those recorded thereon, or on plot
foot stones, ara ircluded in this report. Supylementary information
on any of the inscribed cames or other burials in fariily plots,
recorCed or unrecorded, mey be obtained from St. h!6rgaret1s Rectory.

lepcial word of thanks is due to hev. E. J. KcTbgue, the present
pastor of St. hiargeretls Pbrish, for grcnting perruissior. to reccrd
the tombstone inscriptions, and to his staff for gecerous assistence
in verifying records.