Faded Markers Series: Upper Traditional Cache
Faded Markers Series: Upper
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This is another cache in the Faded Markers Series. This series will mainly focus on older, near forgotten burial plots of pioneers in the Niagara Region and beyond. The goal of this series is not necessarily the length of the walk nor the difficulty of the find, but rather a simple reverence for those who came before us to shape our area.
The family of Jacob Upper, second son of George and Anna Upper, is buried here while his parents and brother Anthony’s family are buried in the Upper Family (Private) Cemetery in Allanburg. Whereas the other Upper cemetery includes other families, this cemetery appears to have been used by immediate family only.
Buried here are:
Jacob (1771-1846) and his wife Elizabeth (1775-1851) Jacob is the son of George and Anna Upper, buried nearby.
Also their three sons
William (1804-1871) and his children
Mary I (1832-1854)
William H (1849-1849)
James (1813-1844) and his wife Jane (1817-1897) and their children
Philip (1838-1845)
Albert C. (1841-1845)
Jacob (1842-1905)
Aaron and his wife Abigail (dates unknown – stone broken) and their daughter
Mary E. (1850-1851)
A fourth son, Andrew (1808-1899) and his wife Mary do not appear to be
buried here, although their grandson (by their son James Benjamin and his wife Mary Pew)
Arthur L (1882-1956) and his wife Winnie (1894-uncut).
The most recent burial is for a member of the family who died in 1974 at the age of 21. Records for his birth are not public, so it is not possible to determine the line of the family still using the cemetery, however. Also buried here are Johanna Lutjenkossink (1898-1953) and Johannes Merinus Lutjenkossink (1895-1965). As these deaths occurred relatively recently, no records have been found that link the Lutjenkossinks to the Uppers. The middle name of the
man most recently buried here in 1974 is Johannes, so it is possible that these are his maternal grandparents and they are the parents of a woman who married into the Upper family.
Have fun and happy caching!
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