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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
17 June Earlier Time! 4:30 - 7:00
Picnic in a cemetery? Yes - all the Victorians did it. Our annual picnic and our last meeting of the 2024 -2025 membership year will be held on 17 June at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 2461 Lake Avenue (make a right into the property if coming from Ridge Road; left if coming from Charlotte). Bring your picnic dinner - chairs will be provided. We will first have a tour of the 1870s cemetery and picnic afterwards in the gatehouses. Grounds close at 7 pm so we will need to be heading home by then. Register for this fun social event here.
Holy Sepulchre is a Catholic cemetery envisioned by Bishop Bernard J. McQuaid in 1871. According to their website, he wanted "a peaceful, prayerful, and reflective garden-like cemetery in an environment that provided natural beauty". The tour is sure to be interesting given the historic architecture and landscape design.
We hope you join us to learn the history of this cemetery, socialize with people who share the same enthusiasm for genealogy, and possibly discover something new to aid your research. After all, your ancestors picnicked in cemeteries!
