Derry West   Additions/Corrections Offer A Lookup Submit Photos   LOCATION: Street Address: NW corner of Derry Rd and Hurontario City: Mississauga Lot/Concession: Concession 1, Lot 11 Township: Toronto Township County/District: Peel County Municipality: City of Mississauga Province: ON GPS: Can you fill in any of these location blanks? HISTORY / ABOUT: Church (if this cemetery is affiliated with a church): Denomination: When established, first interment, where land orginated, etc: "Derry West Anglican is one of the earliest Mississauga cemeteries. Church services were held at the site of the former church from 1829 to 1867 - when the village was destroyed by fire. The first burials were likely in the 1830's, but there now remains no trace of those. Burials continued following the demise of the town in 1867, but at reducing frequency. The last known burial was that of Mary J. Graham in 1936. Following Mary J. Graham's burial, the cemetery was described as ""full except for some vacancies in some family plots"". It was estimated that there should have been more than seventy remaining family plots, but due to the poor organization of the cemetery, inadequate plot marking, and the disappearance of many of the grave markers, no more burials occured. When the cemetery closed in 1936, it was surrounded by 24 elms, maples and ironwood trees. In addition, a barb-wire, cedar-post fence stood as a barrier, sealing off the cemetery. The cemetery was left for years in a deplorable state, being used by a nearby farmer as a pasture and as a dump for the nearby service station. The lack of care paid to the cemetery meant the loss and damage to many cemetery markers. Unfortunately, the poor record keeping and care of Derry West Cemetery means that many buried within the cemetery will be forever forgotten. As an exmaple, three individuals (Hugh Graham, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Aikens) were reported to be buried in the 1830's but this information cannot be confirmed as markers for these men are missing. It was also beleived that there were family members of the Aikens and Scanlon famlies - two local families who owned plots. Can you fill in any of these history blanks? Notes: TRANSCRIPT / INDEX: On the Internet: Transcript: CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project Index: Halton-Peel Branch OGS Index: OGS Ancestor Search Partial Transcript: Peel County GenWeb Photos: CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project Offline and/or for purchase: Transcript: Halton-Peel Branch, OGS For further information about transcripts or indexes for sale please follow the link provided and contact the organization that is selling. Microfilm: Archives of Ontario For further information about transcripts available on microfilm please follow the link provided. Note that microfilm available at the Archives of Ontario or National Archives of Canada can be borrowed by most Canadian libraries (through inter-library loan). Microfilms available from the LDS can be borrowed worldwide, check with your local Family History Centre. Do you have information on where transcripts or indexes of this cemetery can be found? If they're not listed above, please help us out by submitting information LOOKUPS All existing headstones have been photographed and are available on our website Do you live near this cemetery? Would you be willing to do lookups or take photographs of stones in this cemetery? Volunteer here SOURCES / THANKS Joanne Krywko

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