Date of original burial July 16, 1864, aged 77 years.
Dates on this memorial are according to the St. John Anglican Parish Register for Pilkington Township. The gravestone at Elora Municipal Cemetery shows that he died in 1861. Unclear which is correct. The letters 1 and 4 are often difficult to transcribe.
The Elora Municipal Cemetery opened in 1864. The first interment of a St. John parishioner in the Elora Cemetery was that of George Simpson, a 77 year old farmer from Pilkington, who was buried 16 July 1864.
George and Christian, his wife, are interred at Elora Municipal Cemetery Plot G32-2. Lat: 43.687878 Long: -80.4431068. The tombstone was lying on the ground and had deteriorated when it was first found by Jeff Simpson and then he refurbished and preserved it. Jeff is a direct descendant.
Dates on this memorial are according to the St. John Anglican Parish Register for Pilkington Township. The gravestone at Elora Municipal Cemetery shows that he died in 1861. Unclear which is correct. The letters 1 and 4 are often difficult to transcribe.
The Elora Municipal Cemetery opened in 1864. The first interment of a St. John parishioner in the Elora Cemetery was that of George Simpson, a 77 year old farmer from Pilkington, who was buried 16 July 1864.
George and Christian, his wife, are interred at Elora Municipal Cemetery Plot G32-2. Lat: 43.687878 Long: -80.4431068. The tombstone was lying on the ground and had deteriorated when it was first found by Jeff Simpson and then he refurbished and preserved it. Jeff is a direct descendant.
Date of original burial July 16, 1864, aged 77 years.
Dates on this memorial are according to the St. John Anglican Parish Register for Pilkington Township. The gravestone at Elora Municipal Cemetery shows that he died in 1861. Unclear which is correct. The letters 1 and 4 are often difficult to transcribe.
The Elora Municipal Cemetery opened in 1864. The first interment of a St. John parishioner in the Elora Cemetery was that of George Simpson, a 77 year old farmer from Pilkington, who was buried 16 July 1864.
George and Christian, his wife, are interred at Elora Municipal Cemetery Plot G32-2. Lat: 43.687878 Long: -80.4431068. The tombstone was lying on the ground and had deteriorated when it was first found by Jeff Simpson and then he refurbished and preserved it. Jeff is a direct descendant.
Dates on this memorial are according to the St. John Anglican Parish Register for Pilkington Township. The gravestone at Elora Municipal Cemetery shows that he died in 1861. Unclear which is correct. The letters 1 and 4 are often difficult to transcribe.
The Elora Municipal Cemetery opened in 1864. The first interment of a St. John parishioner in the Elora Cemetery was that of George Simpson, a 77 year old farmer from Pilkington, who was buried 16 July 1864.
George and Christian, his wife, are interred at Elora Municipal Cemetery Plot G32-2. Lat: 43.687878 Long: -80.4431068. The tombstone was lying on the ground and had deteriorated when it was first found by Jeff Simpson and then he refurbished and preserved it. Jeff is a direct descendant.
Inscription
In
memory of
Geo. Simpson
who died Jul. 11
1861 aged 77 yrs.
Native of (Sligo) Ireland
also Christian
beloved wife
of the above
died Nov. 10, 1871
aged 80 yrs.
