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Highland Line Cemetery

East Half Lot 6 Con. 9 Dalhousie Twp.

Burial 1836 - 2000

History of Highland Line Cemetery

The Highland Line Cemetery is located on the East Half of Lot 6, Concession 9 in the Township of Dalhousie, in the County of Lanark and Province of Ontario, one mile south-east of the Village of McDonald's Corners.

Neil McNeil originally obtained this land from the Crown in 1825.  He later moved to Plympton Township near Sarnia and sold it in 1845 to John Playfair who sold it to John Hamilton in 1855.  In 1866 John McLellan became the owner.  Today the owner is Thomas Adam whose ancestors settled across the road from the cemetery and still own and operate this farm.

The earliest recorded interment is that of Charles McLean who died on March 26, 1836; but no doubt there were interments before as this grave is some distance from either fence and the area was settled in 1821.  Of note is the iron tombstone of Alexander McFarlane and his wife Catherine McLean in Row A21-4.  The original plot holders were mostly of Scottish origin coming from Paisley, Argyllshire and other parts of Scotland about 1821 and later. Many of the descendants still use the cemetery and live in the area.  As an illustration the 8th generation of Camerons is interred in this cemetery starting with Thomas Cameron, who died on June 24, 1842, buried in Plot A17-Row 6 and his great, great, great, great, great Granddaughter Sara Jennifer Budau who died July 18, 1977, aged 6 days, buried in Plot B3-Row 10.

 

Surname

Given Names

Born

Died

Relationship

124

 

Broken stone

 

 

Unable to read

205

 

Ring Flowers "Granny"

 

 

No more info

216

 

Fresh grave (wreath)

 

 

Cremation.

10

 

Jane

1813

13 Jan 1879

William McOuat

142

 

Christina

1821

15 May 1884

Benjamin B. Avery

138

 

Jannet

1824

22 May 1892

William Chalmers

230

 

Agnis

1846

 

John Fife

46

 

Christena M.

1849

1919

Samuel Cameron

96

 

Jennie

1853

1934

Andrew F. Ranger

87

 

Mary

1866

1950

John Duncan (Pic)

220

 

Louise

1872

1957

John M. McIntosh

101

 

Jessie A.

1892

1933

Lloyd W. Allan

208

 

Eva S.

1922

1991

Elmer D. Purdon

267

 

June R.

1932

 

Jacob L. Kirkham

5

Adam

James

1835

1922

Sarah H. Matthie (Pic)

56

Adam

Hugh

1878

1930

Janet A. Donaldson (Pic)

27

Adam

Ellen

1880

1970

John D. Matheson (Pic)

103

Adam

Miram

1882 07 17

10 Mar 1951

James Griffith

55

Adam

James

1884

1959

Mary Crawford (Pic)

5

Adam

Sarah

1886

1927

Dau of James & Sarah (Pic)

55

Adam

Sarah

1912

1932

Dau of James & Mary (Pic)

164

Adam

Leonard

1916

1968

Anne M. Kirkham

269

Adam

Thomas A.

1918 04 13

15 Jan 1997

(Pic)

192

Affleck

Mary E.

1876

1959

Thomas Albert Rutherford

94

Allan

Susan

1877 04 15

13 May 1941

William H. Buchan

101

Allan

Lloyd W.

1897

1976

Jessie A. ???

26

Amell

Eliza M.

1880

1963

William John Matthie (Pic)

85

Amell

Clara A.

1882

1956

Albert L. Anderson

229

Amell

Joseph

1883

14 Oct 1905

 

229a Amell Pascal 1886 1923  

76

Amell

Lucy J.

1888

1978

John A. Purdon

89

Anderson

John

1770

29 Apr 1854

From Paisley Scotland

84

Anderson

Thomas

1828

16 Oct 1917

Elizabeth Jane Playfair

92

Anderson

Robert

1859

25 Oct 1945

Mary Gallinger

118

Anderson

John

1860

1940

 

118

Anderson

Bella

1867

1951

 

168

Anderson

Peter

1876

1946

Annie J. McIntyre

85

Anderson

Albert L.

1878

1958

Clara A. Amell

218

Anderson

William J.

1906

1978

Edith Florence Dunlop

218

Anderson

Kenneth R.

1932

1976

Rhoda Irene Machan

99

Ashby

William S.

1885

18 Aug 1923

Ellen Duncan (Pic)

100

Ashby

William (Pte. #787071)

1885

18 Aug 1923

130th Batt. CEF

28

Avery

Margaret

 

 

Andrew W. Bain

245

Avery

Mary

 

78 years

Robert McCulloch

238

Avery

Alexander

1814

15 Feb 1899

Mary McCulloch

142

Avery

Benjamin B.

1820

20 Oct 1882

Christina ???

139

Avery

Agnes

1843

1932

 

172

Avery

Benjamin A.

1844

23 Mar 1911

Ellen McVeety

252

Avery

George A.

1850

1934

Jessie Ferguson

139

Avery

Thomas

1861

1948

 

191

Avery

Rebecca

1866 06 14

13 Jan 1929

Robert Sargent

15

Avery

Benjamin B.

1871

11 Jun 1919

Amelia Boles

59

Avery

Duncan

1872

1944

Mary McGinnis

173

Avery

James Duncan

1880

1884

 

238

Avery

Jessie

1881

15 Mar 1902

 

173

Avery

Infant son

1881 12 05

06 Dec 1881

 

224

Avery

Margaret C.

1882

1946

Donald B. MacLellan

143

Avery

Benjamin Franklin

1886 06 15

03 Jul 1957

Katie McNaughton

166

Avery

Mabel A.

1888 06

Dec 1963

 

119

Avery

William W.

1891

1977

Isabella McNaughton

173

Avery

Robert Ross

1897

1899

 

167

Avery

Myrtle A.

1912

 

Robert Geary

60

Avery

Eva Dorothy

1912 01 18

10 Mar 1995

Sister of George

60

Avery

George Alexander

1914 04 16

01 Sep 1994

Brother of Eva

14

Avey

Thomas Wells

1901 01

10 Feb 1901

Son of Benjamin & Amelia

29

Bain

James

1807 04 20

27 May 1881

Jane Pollick (Pic)

33

Bain

Margaret

1848

08 Nov 1916

George Simpson

28

Bain

Andrew W.

1852

17 Sep 1921

Margaret Avery

30

Bain

Archibald

1883

08 Oct 1886

Son of Archibald & Margaret

30

Bain

Morley

1886

22 Dec 1895

Son of Archibald & Margaret

8

Barber

William

1784

14 Feb 1873

Margaret McCullogh

8

Barber

William Jr.

1821

05 Sep 1876

Son of William & Margaret

8

Barber

Mary

1825

08 Feb 1902

Dau of William & Margaret

8

Barber

John

1827

02 Mar 1894

Son of William & Margaret

194

Barr

Infant son

 

10 Sep 1895

Son of J.G. & M.

31

Bartraw

Catherine

1850

08 Sep 1921

Donald Purdon

4

Benedict

Solomon

1860

1948

Annie McInnes (Pic)

4

Benedict

S. Lewis

1901

1979

Son of Solomon & Annie

4

Benedict

M. Adele

1907

 

Dau of Solomon & Annie

42

Black

Janet

1783

12 Jul 1850

Duncan McInnes (Pic)

132

Blakely

Margaret

1810

29 Sep 1902

Charles Glenn

15

Boles

Amelia

1875

1954

Benjamin B. Avery

9

Bruce

James

1799

31 Dec 1870

 

176

Buchan

William

1811 12 07

17 Jul 1894

Janet McFarland

179

Buchan

William

1834

17 Nov 1919

 

79

Buchan

Mary

1851

03 May 1938

Mathew Donald

94

Buchan

William H.

1870 09 29

11 Apr 1929

Susan Allan/E. E. Cameron

83

Buchan

Eliza Ann

1877

1973

Thomas Cameron

93

Buchan

David A.

1884 10 05

23 Nov 1957

 

198

Budau

Sara Jinnifer

1977 07 12

18 Jul 1977

Gdau J. Murray Cameron

225

Buffam

Martha Ann

1862

16 Dec 1884

Henry B. Purdon

3

Burnham

Wilson W.

1857

1956

Ann J. Simpson

83

Cameron

Garvin

 

5 weeks

Son of Thomas & Eliza

83

Cameron

Thomas J.

 

10 months

Son of Thomas & Eliza

90

Cameron

Thomas

1766 01 10

24 Jun 1842

Agnes Hill (Pic)

54

Cameron

James

1813

1886

Elizabeth McCullough (Pic)

242

Cameron

Mary

1831

16 Mar 1898

Alexander McDonald

95

Cameron

Thomas

1835

1923

Catherine Glenn

128

Cameron

Peter

1838

26 Jan 1891

Mary A. McVean

46

Cameron

Samuel

1842

1917

Christena M. ???

48

Cameron

James L.

1859

1930

Jane Duncan

95

Cameron

Charles

1861

27 Apr 1917

Son of Thomas & Catherine

95

Cameron

Margaret

1865

16 May 1902

Dau of Thomas & Catherine

83

Cameron

Thomas

1868

1964

Eliza Ann Buchan

126

Cameron

John

1870

1956

Catherine Morris (Pic)

134

Cameron

Agnes

1870

27 Sep 1895

Mathew Ferguson

94

Cameron

Elizabeth E.

1873 05 23

28 Jun 1906

William H. Buchan

174

Cameron

Christina A.

1877

07 Mar 1886

Dau of Robert & Mary

57

Cameron

Ruth

1878

1954

James Simpson

201

Cameron

James Edward

1889 07 24

31 Mar 1976

 

47

Cameron

Janet E.

1892

13 Jan 1900

Dau of James & Jane

200

Cameron

W. Keith

1903 05 09

06 Jul 1981

Hazel Ellen McIntosh

162

Cameron

Catherine M.

1907

1991

John A. Duncan (Pic)

202

Cameron

George Donald

1907 04 24

28 Nov 1981

 

64

Cameron

Alvin Victor

1914 05 23

 

D. Edith Foster

198

Cameron

J. Murray

1926

 

Marguerite E. Kerr

261

Cameron

Frances Jean

1937 04 24

 

Robert Duncan Harper

219

Cameron

Harvey William

1939 10 05

02 Aug 1973

Hendrikje Hulleman

213

Cameron

Douglas D.

1947 09 14

08 Oct 1997

 

159

Cameron

Samuel William

1975 07 08

31 Mar 1994

 

129

Campbell

Duncan

1800

05 May 1868

Christena McIntyre

129

Campbell

Duncan

1842

17 Mar 1864

Son of Duncan & Christena

189

Campbell

Margaret

1845

26 Jan 1922

John Glenn

190

Campbell

James

1850

02 Jun 1914

Elizabeth A. Kirkham

217

Campbell

Ruby Fern

1902

1986

William Francis Cooper

226

Chalmers

Isabella

1816

02 Dec 1893

William Purdon

138

Chalmers

William

1820

08 May 1870

Jannet ???

215

Clark

Iola M.

1916 09 12

 

James H. Rutherford

197

Clement

Lloyd Angus

1906

1972

Erma E. Purdon

197

Clement

Grace Marion

1944

 

Dau of Lloyd & Erma

197

Clement

William Lloyd

1945

 

Son of Lloyd & Erma

155

Colpitts

Henry G. M.

1911

 

Frances C. S. Palmer

62

Cook

John Thomas

1929

1975

Iva L. Echlin

217

Cooper

William Francis

1893

1976

Ruby Fern Campbell

206

Cooper

Harold F. (Fusilier)

1919

03 May 1972

St.John Fus (MG)

264

Cooper

Dorothy Evelyn

1922 03 30

27 Apr 1986

Peter Joseph McParland

214

Cooper

Lola R.

1934 09 28

06 Oct 1998

W. Gerald Crawford

65

Cooper

Robert Wesley

1936

1990

Elizabeth J. Gibson

51

Craig

Catherine

1846

02 Apr 1910

George Cuthbertson

73

Craig

Mary E.

1877

1946

William Purdon

55

Crawford

Mary

1887

1920

James Adams (Pic)

214

Crawford

W. Gerald

1934 10 23

06 Jul 1994

Lola R. Cooper

51

Cuthbertson

George

1844

04 Jan 1918

Catherine Craig

51

Cuthbertson

Mary S.

1870

23 Nov 1896

Dau of George & Catherine

51

Cuthbertson

Jessie Lee

1882

06 Sep 1909

Dau of George & Catherine

150

Darou

Margaret E.

1900

1972

John A. McLellan

25

Desjardine

Mary Louise

1885

1979

Robert Simpson

61

Desjardine

Annetta Ruby

1932 03 19

14 Oct 1961

 

78

Donald

James

1839

10 Jan 1898

Sarah Houston

79

Donald

Mathew

1841

03 Nov 1917

Mary Buchan

102

Donald

Marion

1867

1949

John Sergeant

77

Donald

Helen

1874

27 Feb 1878

Dau of James & Sarah

74

Donald

Jessie

1876

1959

 

74

Donald

Marion S.

1878

1962

 

74

Donald

John W.

1881

1940

 

80

Donald

William B.

1884

18 Jan 1938

 

74

Donald

Mary Alice

1892

1976

 

17

Donaldson

Alexander

1847

03 Jan 1881

Catherine Ferguson

18

Donaldson

William

1851

31 May 1877

 

16

Donaldson

John

1876

1882

Son of Alexander & Catherine

56

Donaldson

Janet A.

1880

1977

Hugh Adams (Pic)

258

Dowdall

Joan M.

1933

 

W. Delwyn C. Harper

86

Duncan

James

1811

31 Oct 1897

Johanna Guthrie (Pic)

86

Duncan

Euphemia

1839

26 Jun 1884

Dau of James & Johanna (Pic)

86

Duncan

Annie

1843

30 Sep 1864

Dau of James & Johanna (Pic)

87

Duncan

John

1854

1935

Mary ??? (Pic)

48

Duncan

Jane

1865

1942

James L. Cameron

82

Duncan

Thomas

1868

1944

Katie E. McIntyre

99

Duncan

Ellen

1887

1949

William S. Ashby (Pic)

255

Duncan

Mildred J.

1897

1980

James Harper

162

Duncan

John A.

1898

1974

Catherine M. Cameron (Pic)

161

Duncan

Hazel Mary

1902

1979

 (Pic)

146

Duncan

James E.

1906

07 Aug 1950

 

147

Duncan

Ernest M.

1907

1945

Ida Margaret Park

163

Duncan

Ralph M.

1931

1997

Irene Lackey (Pic)

156

Duncan

Thomas Alexander

1935

1990

Theresa Johnston (Pic)

145

Dunlop

Mary B.

1875

1946

William A. McCulloch

148

Dunlop

Thomas

1876

1951

Lillian S. Paul

218

Dunlop

Edith Florence

1912

 

William J. Anderson

112

Dunlop

Anne Marie

1940 08 05

22 Dec 1999

 

58

Echlin

James Brantford

1896

1960

Blanche Ruth Simpson

91

Elliott

Ruth

1835

17 May 1894

John Lake

270

Fair

Marjorie Isabel

1923

 

D. Lloyd Foster

123

Ferguson

John

1815

02 Nov 1908

Catherine Stewart

137

Ferguson

Peter

1841

01 Jan 1911

 

137

Ferguson

Dan

1843

21 Apr 1916

 

137

Ferguson

Sandy

1844

04 Oct 1916

 

16

Ferguson

Catherine

1852

1922

Alexander Donaldson

252

Ferguson

Jessie

1853

1928

George A. Avery

19

Ferguson

Robert

1877

1943

Tena Harper

254

Ferguson

Katherine

1890 01 23

22 Jul 1982

John Sergeant

133

Ferguson

Robert John

1895 08 27

16 Apr 1956

Annie Hazel North

127

Ferguson

Thomas Eldon

1920

1962

Son of Robert & Hazel

19

Ferguson

Noreen

1924

 

Dau of Robert & Tena

19

Ferguson

Mary Helen

1927

1993

Dau of Robert & Tena

158

Ferguson

Jean A.

1929 12 08

 

William H. Wright (Pic)

230

Fife

John

1844

1923

Agnis ???

256

Fife

Charlotte B.

1867

1949

Neil Cameron McDonald

231

Fife

Sydney Mervil

1919 05 27

12 Apr 1920

Son of Thomas & Mary Ann

241

Finn

James

1830

21 Jun 1887

Janet McDonald

241

Finn

Janet

1875

14 Jul 1897

Dau of James & Janet

270

Foster

D. Lloyd

1913

1998

Marjorie Isabel Fair

64

Foster

D. Edith

1918 03 17