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Gentle-Welch Cemetery - Franklin |
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Ken Steffenson |
The Gentle-Welch Cemetery
is located west of Franklin Cemetery of Route 202. Andrew Gentle moved from the
USA in 1801. He was a native of Stirlingshire, Scotland, born in 1747, the year
when the hopes of the Stuart dynasty were brought to an end on Culloden Moor. He
was a malt man and brewer of table beer. He emigrated from Dunblane, Scotland in
1784. He married, as his second wife, Anne Yale of Connecticut. She was a member
of the well known New Haven family who gave their name to Yale University.
Andrew Gentle moved to Hemmingford, to lot 19, in 1801-1802. The link below
provides a list of inscriptions found on the gravestones in this cemetery. The
records that start with 'GR' were found in Gerry Rogers' cemetery list of the
late 1970's, but no corresponding headstone was found.
| References: Gleaner Newspaper Extracts. Huntingdon, Beauharnois & Châteauguay Protestant Church registers. Rogers, Gerry: Gentle-Welch Cemetery List, Circa 1978. Steffenson, Ken: Digital Images October 2006. |
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