Eighth Line / Hornby Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery

8021 Eighth Line and Steeles Avenue West Concession 8, Lot 1 Hornby Esquesing Township Halton County Town of Halton Hills, Halton Region more about this cemetery Photos, transcript & index courtesy of Joanne Krywko View larger map Photos will appear via Pop-Up Window using Javascript, if the photos don't appear check your browser settings These photographs represent ALL headstones still in existence at the time this cemetery was photographed *Unless an age is specified on the headstone the age listed in this index will be approximate (birth yr subtracted from death yr) Error in this index?   Photos   Row 1 Neil Murray – Died Feb 12/ 1915 – 48 years Elizabeth Saunders - wife of Neil Murray – 1855 – 1924 Gone But Not Forgotten Edward Montgomery – 1832 – 1842 Edward Montgomery – 1843 – 1867 John Montgomery – 1851 – 1895 Lizzie Montgomery McMurray – 1869 – 1957 At Rest Sarah Montgomery (Grandma) – 1752 – 1850 Eliza Montgomery – 1805 – 1906 Ervin Montgomery – 1816 – 1852 James Montgomery – 1793 – 1861 His wife – Jane – 1808 – 1876 Elizabeth Blythe Montgomery – 1838 – 1891 Her husband – John Hind – 1827 – 1862 William Watson – died Dec 25 / 1860 - 52 years Native of Ireland A faithful friend, a partner dear, A loving father lieth here Grant our loss we here sustain, We hope in heaven we meet again. CLARK MONUMENT Sarah Clark – died March 23 / 1878 - 70 years Wife of Thomas Clark, native of Co Armagh, Ireland The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want He makes me down to lie In pastures green: He leadeth me The quiet waters by. Margaret Smith - born July 1856 – died Feb 1940 Her sister Henrietta I - born Oct 1858 – died 1880 Her mother Marion Smith Henry Her stepfather James Henry Mary Hume - wife of Henry Madden - died April 12 / 1903 – 54 years Margaret Hall – died October 8 / 1877 – 75 years   Row 2 Mary Ann - wife of Benjamin Hemstreet – died Feb 1 / 1856 – 30y 10m 24days Robert James Madden - son of Henry & Mary Madden Died Sept 10 / 1886 – 6 years Ephram Erwin – died May 9 / 1860 – 90 years From Co Tyrone, Ireland Margaret Erwin - died Feb 1856 – 44 years William L Madden – died Jan 25 / 1849 - 3y 6m 23 days Son of Henry & Ann Madden, from Co Tyrone, Ireland Michall Lindsay - died July 13 / 1849 – 68 years Native of Co Tyrone, Ireland MCCURDY MONUMENT Robert McCurdy – died April 7 / 1874 – 81 y 11 mo Mary Boughner – died Jan 28 / 1856 – 65 y 4 mo 25 days Alex Simson - died June 19 / 1862 – 84 years A native of Fifeshire, Scotland Sacred to the memory of Margaret Shand - died Dec 10 / 1856 – 65 years Wife of Robert Shand, Sen. - a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland Robert Shand - son of Robert & Margaret Shand died Jan 4 / 1864 - 26y 11 mo The race appointed we have run, The combat o’er the prize is won Archibald Cunningham - died June 9 / 1893 – 86 years Jane Robb, his wife - died Nov 26 / 1896 – 78 years Natives of Co Tyrone, Ireland Annie Cunningham – died June 11 / 1907 BOYD MONUMENT Robert Boyd – died Mar 25 / 1892 – 66 years His wife - Mary Patterson – died June 25 / 1915 – 74 years Alfred Boyd – died April 7 / 1908 – 19 years Gordon T Trimble – Feb 2 / 1911 – Nov 13 / 1964 Husband of Gladys Charlton – April 11 / 1917 – Sept 14 / 1994 Milton James Brown – 1891 – 1964 Husband of Leila Alma May – 1892 – 1981   Row 3 Eldin Askin – 1904 – 1990 – husband of Retta Stewart – 1918 – 1998 Gordon Earl Askin – 1941 – 1961 In loving Memory J Lindsay Neelands – 1875 – 1954 Birdie M Neelands – 1891 – 1985 Johnston L Neelands – 1913 – 1984 E C Donelda Buck – 1917 – 2006 George A Wilson – Aug 3 / 1875 – Nov 27 / 1948 His wife – Charlotte B Pewtress – July 28 / 1878 – July 2 / 1920 Florence Wilson Brooks – 1914 – 2003 - their daughter A Charles Brooks – 1908 – 1995 - her husband Robert King – died Mar 30 / 1935 - 90 years His wife - Hannah Armstrong – died Sept 20 / 1917 – 61 years Thomas Albert King – died Dec 22 / 1918 – 34 years His wife – Annie Chisholm – died May 4 / 1917 – 36 years Their son - Kenneth Chisholm King – April 28 / 1917 – Aug 13 / 1994 – 77 years His wife – Madeline Burns – Aug 31 / 1912 – Feb 7 / 2007 Samuel King – died Mar 22 / 1915 – 68 years His wife - Margaret Patterson – died Feb 13 / 1927 – 72 years William F Cove - 1870 – 1948 ASKIN MONUMENT Isaac Askin – 1878 – 1959 His wife - Millie Cooper – April 15 / 1881 – Aug 18 / 1919 Isaac Askin – May 20 / 1840 – April 21 / 1916 Elizabeth Beattie – Mar 18 / 1841 – Mar 30 / 1931 T Edward Patterson – died Dec 30 / 1923 – 62 years His wife - Maria T Booth – died June 5 / 1945 – 82 years Hugh Tinsley – Feb 6 / 1882 – July 3 / 1950 William Alexander – died July 31 / 1828 - 78 years His wife - Hannah McClure – died May 23 / 1843 - 84 years INGRAM MONUMENT Gertrude M Ingram - wife of Wilbert McCurdy – died Mar 26 / 1912 – 23 years Meet me in heaven   Row 4 Wilbert Stanley McCurdy – 1884 – 1977 Merle G Ingram – 1894 – 1987 Daughter - Gertrude M McCurdy – 1923 – 1982 Fredrick W Ingram – July 29 / 1862 – Mar 1 / 1938 His wife - Mary H Price – June 3 / 1860 – Aug 23 / 1923 William J Lindsay – July 24 / 1869 – Dec 17 / 1949 His wife - Rachel Brooks – Mar 23 / 1873 – June 4 / 1905 Daughter E Marie Lindsay – Jan 16 / 1900 – May 13 / 1995 Daughter Laura F Lindsay – Nov 16 / 1903 – Nov 29 / 1995 - wife of R C Jamison JOHNSON MONUMENT Thomas Johnson – died Aug 30 / 1866 – 71 years Be Yea Also Ready Sacred to the memory of the Reverend Thomas Johnson, the Presbyterian minister of Esquesing, who departed this life August 30, 1866 – 71 years, also his beloved wife Jane Johnson - died March 27 / 1867 – 68 years Native of the Parish Munghill, Co Tyrone, Ireland They lived life here in harmony Joseph R Johnson – died Dec 13 / 1912 – 80 years Maria Jane Johnson – died July 31 / 1916 – 85 years Thomas L Johnson – died March 30 / 1879 – 44 years His son – Chester W Johnson – died April 14 / 1898 – 29 years Rachel Williamson - wife of Thomas L Johnson – 1846 – 1920 Amy H Johnson - daughter of Rachel & T L Johnson – 1870 – 1952 James Lindsay – died Nov 18 / 1889 – 51 y 1 m 28 days His wife - Eliza Ann Neelands – died Oct 30 / 1924 – 69 y 24 days FORREST MONUMENT William Forrest – died March 21 / 1902 – 73 years Isabella Dixon - wife of William Forrest – died March 4 / 1875 – 45 years Berdie Forrest – died Jan 3 / 1894 – 24 years Jennie Forrest – April 27 / 1858 – July 20 / 1910 William Forrest – March 26 / 1856 – May 5 / 1924 Harriet J Forrest – May 18 / 1860 – July 27 / 1930 MCCLURE MONUMENT John McClure – died Dec 14 / 1885 – 78 years Native of the Parish of Ahoughill, Co Antrim, Ireland His wife – Jane McClure – died May 27 / 1909 – 83 years Samuel D McClure – died Jan 16 / 1916 – 50 years Joseph McClure – died Sept 11 / 1939 – 75 years Edith McClure – died Feb 2 / 1954 – 81 years Martha McClure – died May 17 / 1878 – 17 years   Row 5 Also an infant child - children of J & J McClure James McClure – died Feb 10 / 1931 – 70 years Abraham Neilson – 1886 – 1956 Isabella Thomas Neilson – 1902 – 1969 Thomas Graham Neilson – 1933 – 1934 KENNEDY MONUMENT George A Kennedy – May 12 / 1862 – June 23 / 1947 Maria Elizabeth Kennedy - wife of G A Kennedy – died – June 5 / 1911 – 42 years Mary Annie Kennedy – Aug 17 / 1870 - 4 y 1 m 3 days Our darling one hath gone before To greet us on the blissful shore Emmeline Kennedy – died June 27 / 1944 - 78 years William George Kennedy – For eleven years elder of this church, fell asleep in Jesus April 3 / 1882 – 58 years. Erected by his sorrowing widow and his children in memory of a most affectionate husband and father. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Isabella Robertson - wife of William C Kennedy – died Feb 14 / 1913 – 78 years Mary Jane Lindsay - beloved wife of Daniel Neelands - died Mar 1 / 1918 - 88 years Robert J Neelands - son - died Jan 12 / 1929 – 66 years At Rest John A Neelands - a son - died Jan 4 / 1930 – 70 years Daniel Neelands – died Feb 7 / 1890 – 59 y 7 m 12 days TREMBLE MONUMENT Samuel Tremble – died Jan 30 / 1952 His wife - Martha Brown – died July 17 / 1947 Infant daughter – Laurene Tremble – died Dec 20 / 1918 Joseph Tremble – died April 24 / 1900 – 62 years Sarah Ann Clarke - beloved wife of Jos Tremble – died May 2 / 1884 – 50 years Asleep In Jesus Behold thy days approach that they must die William J Henry – Dec 13 / 1857 – Oct 31 / 1940 His wife - Margaret E Campbell – Feb 19 / 1870 – July 31 / 1941 Their child – Wilhemine - died April 23 / 1903 – 1 month Catherine McMurray – died May 18 / 1898 – 59 years Sophia Huffman - wife of Geo McMurray – died May 20 / 1900 – 97 years George McMurray – died Aug 26 / 1932 – 73 years Benjamin Pewtress – Dec 25 / 1840 – July 19 / 1884   Row 6 Rebecca - his wife - Mar 24 / 1844 – Dec 25 / 1922 Their son - Benjamin Wellington Pewtress – Feb 13 / 1865 – Aug 29 / 1881 William Robert Pewtress – 1869 – 1960 – his wife Annie May Medforth – 1876 – 1966 Mary Anne Gregory – Oct 17 / 1913 – Mar 18 / 1994 Beloved wife of Charles Kenneth Pewtress – Oct 16 / 1915 – July 3 / 2005 ROBERTSON MONUMENT William Robertson – died Nov 10 / 1880 – 86 years Native of Fifeshire, England His wife – Mary – died Nov 22 / 1874 – 76 years A native of Co Kilkenny, Ireland Mary Ann Robertson – died Dec 30 / 1914 – 86 years MILLER MONUMENT John miller – died Nov 3 / 1897 – 55 y 8 mo His wife - Margaret Howden – died Dec 21 / 1900 – 56 y 4 mo Christ is My Hope – Gone Home John C Miller – died – Nov 12 / 1900 – 18 y 7 mo Robert A Miller – died – Oct 3 / 1900 – 21 y 2 mo CRAMP MONUMENT William Robert Cramp – died – Mar 20 / 1911 – 45 y 3 mo George Leslie – 1882 – 1974 His wife - Jessie Douglas – 1889 – 1983 W J Don Leslie – Jan 9 – Oct 9 / 1933 – infant son – 9 mos Charles J Blomberg – 1917 – 1953 MAY MONUMENT Thomas H May – Dec 28 / 1858 – June 19 / 1929 His beloved wife - Mary C Cook – Aug 1 / 1860 – June 22 / 1907 A place is vacant in our home that never can be filled Clifford A May – 1902 – 1968 Maybelle N May – 1902 – 1989 Edgar William May – Dec 24 / 1895 – June 12 / 1971 Jessie Jane Crozier – Apr 27 / 1900 – Dec 16 / 1975 Ernest Edgar May – Nov 6 / 1930 – Apr 28 / 2004 Helen May Humberstone Hyde – Apr 9 / 1916 – Mar 31 / 1994 The song is ended but the melody lingers Helen Edith May Humberstone – Feb 16 / 1890 – May 6 / 1986 Alfred May – Jan 26 / 1856 – Aug 16 / 1916   Row 7 Sweet Rest in Heaven Margaret Victoria Hall – his wife – 1887 – 1932 Blessed are the pure in heart Tillie May – May 21 / 1861 – Sept 7 / 1910 With Christ which is far better Eliza Jane May – June 26 / 1863 – Sept 17 / 1935 Death is but a portal to everlasting life MAY MONUMENT Elizabeth Patterson - wife of George May – Oct 25 / 1843 – Dec 1 / 1905 George May – Dec 29 / 1843 – Oct 22 / 1909 Bertha Maggie May – Sept 3 / 1872 – May 18 / 1922 SIBBALD MONUMENT Fredrick Herbert Sibbald – died June 1 / 1900 – 28 y 3 mo William Thomas Sibbald – 1867 – 1954 Victoria Ann Lousley - wife of W T Sibbald – 1879 – 1935 Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep From which none ever wake to weep Andrew Sibbald – died May 21 / 1921 – 84 years His wife - Sarah Ann Todd – died May 25 / 1911 – 75 years Melvin Lloyd Sibbald - son of Wm and Victoria Sibbald – Feb 13 / 1900 – 6 years MCMILLAN MONUMENT John McMillan – 1817 – 1890 His wife - Margaret Waterson – 1835 – 1898 Their daughter - Maggie McMillan – 1868 – 1904 An infant – 1881 Katie McMillan – 1858 – 1884 Gilbert McMillan – 1864 – 1885 Norman McMillan – 1877 – 1898 Lorne McMillan – 1879 – 1903 MCCURDY MONUMENT Moses McCurdy – died Mar 2 / 1894 – 59 y 4 mo A husband devoted, as a friend ever kind and true His wife – Mary Wilson – died Aug 30 / 1937 – 87 y 3 mo Nancy McCurdy – 1881 – 1965 MASON MONUMENT Eliza Mason - daughter of John Mason – died Jan 28 / 1890 – 68 y 6 mo John Mason – died Aug 27 / 1864 – 75 y 3 mo Elizabeth Mason – died Mar 23 / 1864 – 74 y 6 mo In memory of John Thomas Mason who died April 13 / 1860 – 1 y 1 mo   Row 8 George Mason – died Aug 23 / 1865 – 10 mo 26 days Children of James and Mary Mason Take a warning by His call of youth And early seek My God of truth Thomas Patterson – May 12 / 1821 – Feb 20 / 1887 His wife – Mary Cunningham – Apr 5 / 1821 – Nov 29 / 1897 William James Patterson – their son – May 14 / 1856 – June 6 / 1876 Sarah Matilda Patterson – their daughter – Feb 13 / 1860 – Aug 11 / 1947 TUCKER MONUMENT Margaret Tucker – died June 13 / 1889 – 29 years Annie Tucker – died Aug 14 / 1908 – 51 years Gordon Tucker – 1871 – 1920 Jennie Tucker – died Dec 3 / 1934 Gordon Tucker – died Mar 14 / 1912 – 83 years His wife – Mary Hunter – died Aug 20 / 1893 – 54 y 8 mo Thomas P Cunningham – died Dec 23 / 1901 – 33 years His wife – Lizzie Coulson – died July 4 / 1956 – 84 years James Coulson – died April 30 / 1900 – 55 years His wife – Joan Tingle – died May 3 / 1907 – 61 years John Coulson – died May 4 / 1958 – 85 years George Robinson – Feb 19 / 1857 – May 1 / 1930 His wife – Margaret Pewtress – Nov 8 / 1866 – May 3 / 1954 H C Robinson – July 15 / 1890 – Sept 2 / 1918 - 159th Battalion #648785 – buried at Drury Mill, BC, France, 1.C, 35 Gave his life for his country Thomas H Patterson – died Feb 10 / 1899 – 81 years 7 mo His wife – Eleanor Gordon – died Jan 16 / 1899 – 83 y 2 mo Natives of County Tyrone, Ireland Mary Ann Manly – died Jan 15 / 1899 – 70 years A sincere friend of T H and E Patterson KING MONUMENT Samuel King – died Nov 17 / 1893 – 76 years His wife – Jane – died Feb 2 / 1898 – 78 years I am the resurrection and the life Archie King – 1888 – 1970 His wife – Nellie Galbraith - 1893 – 1970 Mary Jane King – died Nov 14 / 1843 – 1 y 6 mo Jane King – died July 8 / 1863 – 6 y 11 mo 8 days Children of Samuel and Jane King   Row 9 Archibald King – son of Samuel and Jane King – died July 13 / 1887 – 37 y 1 mo 25 days Joseph King – died July 30 / 1931 – 68 years ROBSON MONUMENT Sarah M Robson – died Sept 18 / 1928 – 78 years Mary A Robson – died May 28 / 1942 – 89 years Margaret McCurdy – died Aug 7 / 1883 – 62 y 10 mo 14 days Wife of Thomas Robson – died Aug 18 / 1894 – 76 y 2 days Robert Thomas Robson – died Jan 31 / 1938 – 92 years His wife – Mary V Neelands – died Oct 10 / 1944 – 77 years Allan Adam McDougall – died Oct 25 / 1899 – 44 years In Heaven, beloved sleep BROWN MONUMENT Charles Brown – died May 15 / 1901 – 63 years His wife – Caroline S Ward – died Nov 16 / 1920 – 77 years Edith Florence Brown – died Dec 17 / 1936 Lucy A Brown – died Sept 18 / 1874 – 13 months A little flower of love that blossomed but to die Elizabeth Adeline Brown – 1869 – 1943 Carrie Eveline Brown – 1936 – 1962 MCHUGH MONUMENT William James McHugh – died May 9 / 1902 – 45 years His wife – Mary Matilda Ford – died Nov 25 / 1913 – 56 years John Gordon McHugh – son of Wm and Mary McHugh – died Jan 30 / 1902 – 2y12days Thomas Douglas – 1840 – 1915 His wife – Eliza Jane Dolmage – 1845 – 1906 Their daughter – Sarah B Douglas – 1880 – 1893 Their daughter – Mary C Douglas – 1888 – 1937 Their son – John H Douglas – 1870 – 1937 R Fredrick Douglas – son – 1874 – 1960 Joseph Wilmor Boyd – died Feb 2 / 1902 – 9 y 9 mo – son of Joseph and Mary Boyd Joseph Boyd – 1862 – 1932 Mary Fisher Howson – 1865 – 1955 Son – Joseph Wilmor Boyd – 1893 – 1902 Daniel Galbraith – 1843 – 1916 His wife – Margaret Dolmage – 1855 – 1935 Their son – Charles Arthur Galbraith – 1881 – 1959 Infant son – Robert Dolmage Galbraith   Row 10 Robert Edwy May – 1870 – 1935 His wife – Evelina Stephens – 1877 – 1933 John Thomas King – died May 25 / 1947 – 88 years His wife – Mary Matilda Graham – died Apr 11 / 1916 – 47 years Their son – Clifford King – died May 9 / 1903 – 8 mo 15 days Also an infant son Erle Webster king – 1899 – 1969 His wife – Peggy Gallivan – born in 1903 In loving memory of Rachel, wife of David Brooks – died May 28 / 1838 – 74 y 9 mo Mother of his children Her glass is run, yours is running Prepare for death for Judgment’s coming Unknown broken stone