Welcome to the St. George United Cemetery, located in St. George, Ontario.
You are looking for a silver nano, that contains only a logbook. Please bringing a writing instrument to sign the log.
This cemetery was originally operated by the Methodist Church in St.George. In 1831, the first Methodist services in the areas were held.
Around 1840, a frame church was built beside the current cemetery. In 1868, plans were made for a new white brick church to be built just north of the main intersection in the village. John Turner, of Brantford, was retained as architect. The new church was completed at a cost of $8,000.
Following the union with the Presbyterian Church in 1926, the building was sold and used as a dairy and a clothing factory. When the Royal Canadian Legion established Branch 605 in St. George in 1964, the former church became its new home. Sadly, the building was destroyed by arson in 1967. The current Legion building was built on the same site.
Like the other cemeteries in the area, operation of the site was turned over to the municipality. This is now the only active cemetery in the community. Many "old names" from St. George's past can be found on the markers here, including Harry Corwin Nixon, former Premier of Ontario, and his son Pilot Officer Jackson Nixon, who was shot down in World War II.