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Sparrow Douglass Cemetery |
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Located on the north side of New Erin
Road just east of Rankin Side Road in Godmanchester Township, the Sparrow
Douglass Cemetery is the burial ground for some of the first Irish settlers in
this district. The cemetery was partially destroyed when New Erin Road was
widened. The remaining grave markers were preserved by Adrian Sparrow in 1990.
This
section of Godmanchester at one point was called "New Ireland" because of its
many Irish settlers, but the name was later changed to "New Erin". Both
the Sparrow and Douglass families have farmed in the area for generations. The
Douglass Family arrived from County Derry, Ireland, in 1819 and the Sparrow
Family from County Derry, Ireland, in the spring of 1825.
| Stone | Name | Description |
| 1 | James Sparrow | 1787-1845 |
| 1 | Martha Douglass | 1796-1893 |
| 2 | Eliza Sparrow | Wife of John Furey Died Aug. 13, 1864 Age 39 Years |
| 3 | Ann Douglass | 1851-1884 Age 33 Years |
| 3 | Margaret Annie Douglass | Died Aug. 31, 1884 Age 5 months & 15 days |
| 4 | Martha S. Monteith | Wife of Robert Douglass Died Nov. 26, 1867 Age 52 Years Born in the County Tyrone |
| 4 | Robert Douglass | Died Feb. 26, 1881 Age 76 Years Born in the County Derry |
| Robert Evans Douglass | Stone no longer exists. Mentioned
in G. Rogers' notes. Son of Benjamin & Eliza Ann Douglass Died 1883 Age 11 months |
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| John Douglass | Stone no longer exists. Mentioned in G. Rogers' notes. |
Sources:
Sellar, Robert:. The history of the county of Huntingdon and of the seigniories
of Chateauguay & Beauharnois , 1888.
Rogers, Gerry: Notes about the Sparrow Douglass Cemetery, 1970.
© May 2003, Ken Steffenson
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