Fonds Acc3738 - People's Cemetery fonds : [1884-1986]

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People's Cemetery fonds : [1884-1986]

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  • Textual record

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CA PCA Acc3738

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  • Microfilmed 1986 (Creation)
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    People's Cemetery (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)

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2 reels of 16 mm microfilm

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People's Cemetery (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)

Biographical history

The People's Cemetery was established in 1884 as the Protestant cemetary for the Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, area. Mr. John Dorsey was the first to be buried in the cemetery on the 1 September 1884. The cemetery operated as a private business owned and run by shareholders. Mr. Samuel Gregory and his son Seymour provided the caretaking services for the first 60 years. Records were not kept in the early years. In 1946 a new company was formed involving Ed Nicholson, Percy Turner, and Neil MacLean (who tried to compile as much information as possible). The cemetery is located between St. Peter's and Kensington Roads in the Parkdale area of Charlottetown.

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Scope and content

This fonds consists of a finding aid, information organized by plot number, information organized by section number for sections 17 to 23, single graves in sections 9 and 10, and a listing of special graves.

The finding aid is organized alphabetically by first letter in the surname only with corresponding plot number or location co-ordinates. The finding aid is followed by a plot listing of plots 1 to 1046. The plots generally contain more than one grave. Listings are comprised of information such as a plot map, the owner's name, the location, names of persons interred in the plot, birth and death dates, family relationships, headstone information (size and price), and cremated remains are also noted. The listings by section number are for sections 17 to 23 and list the owner's name, section, row, plot number, the names of the persons interred, death dates and ages, and occasionally an outline map. The single graves listing is for sections 9 and 10 and in some cases list the plot owner's address, occupation or place of employment and payment information in addition to the name of the interred and location information.

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  • English

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Location of originals

Originals were returned to the owner

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Restrictions on access

NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication

PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

Finding aids

NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE

Associated materials

The P.E.I. Genealogical Society Inc. has transcribed the headstones at the cemetery and the transcriptions are available in booklet form referenced as "Charlottetown Lot 33-12". The transcription was done in 1980 and updated in 1999. The booklet is available for consultation in the Reading Room

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Reels are located in the microfilm cabinets in the Reading Room

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