Perth in Lanark County, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
House of Industry of Lanark County Burial Site
1903 - 1965
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 28, 2023
1. House of Industry of Lanark County Burial Site Memorial Bench
burials contained within this general area.
Most of these people died at the former
House of Industry of Lanark County.
House of Industry Deaths 1903-1935
Richard Adams · Thomas Affleck · Samuel J. Alexander
Benjamin Anderson · Margaret Anderson · Margaret Avison
Henry A. Baird · Mary Ball · Anna Baldwin · (Mrs.) H. Baldwin
John Barton · Martin Beaupire · William Beckett · Stephan Bennett
Thomas Blackburn · Joseph Blakely · Neil Bonnar · Alex Booth
Philip Boyce · Sarah Brown · Mary Britton · George Brouse
James Burt · James Butterich · Daniel Cameron · Anne Campbell
Elizabeth June Campbell · Richard Clifford · Edwin Collins
Mary Combie · (Mrs.) Albert Compo · Priscilla Corbet
William Corrigan · James Coughlan · Robert Crawford
Jane Creighton · Rose Ann Croshery · James Currie
John Albert Dailey · Noble Dean · George Dillabough
Mary Ann Dixon · Charles Donaldson · Oda Drummond
Peter Dunlop · (Mrs.) R. F. Dunn · Peter Dupont
James Eaves · Jane Eaves · William Evoy · Rebecca Facey
Thomas Ferguson · Ernest Fieldes · Otto Fitzner
Robert Fleming · John Fleet · (Mrs.) Ford · Mary Gibson
Doretta Gibson · Samuel Gibson · Robert Gibson
Isabella Gray · John Gray
this page online
Margaret Gorden · Henry S. Grundy · John Haggart
John Hanwell · Ellen Harper · Francis Harper
Harriett Hawkins · Henry Hawkins
Margaret Heatherington · Malcolm Henderson
Robert Hendry · Robert Hewitt · James Hill
Joseph Hill · Phoebe Holden · David Horn
Alex Hunter · John S. Jackson · Frank Johnson
John Johnson · Elliot Johnston · Jane Alice Johnston
Robert Kendrich · William Kimberly
Samuel Kissock · Henry Kniert · Benjamin Lake
William Hy Lambert · Henry Lang · Lantz Larson
William Laurie · Robert Lavender · James Lewis
Samuel Loney · John Hayes Lloyd · Walter Mactney
R. A. Matheson · Charles Mathews · John Mathews
John Mauley · Mary Jane McCallum · Alex McDonald
James McDonald · Thomas McDowell · John McGee
Henry McGrath · David M. McGregor · Robert McKay
Daniel McKenzie · William R. McKenzie · Walter Mein
Edward Merrith · David Moore · Isaac Moore
John Moore · Mary Jane Moore · Albert Morrison
Henry Morrison · James Morrison · John Morrison
John Morrison · Mary Morrison · Robert Moscrip
Thomas Murphy · Robert Naismith · Troy Nicholus
Ludwig Oelke · Mary Jane Pearson
Elizabeth Ann Percy · William Pounder
Elizabeth Premo · Isabella Proven
Mary Elizabeth Radford · Sarah Jane Rawlins
(Miss.) Aphromnier Raymond · William
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 28, 2023
2. House of Industry Deaths 1903-1935 Marker
James Rice · Thomas Edward Richetts
William Roe · Samuel Roland · James Ross
Elizabeth Jane Russell · Augusta Saunders
Kate Scott · Francis Scott · William Scott
Thomas Seth · John Sexsmith · Robert Shaw
David Shields · Margaret Jane Sibbett · John Smith
William H. Smith · James D. Steele
Donald Stewart · Johnstone Stone · Mary Strong
James Styles · Mary Summerfeltt · Helen Swieney
Francis H. Switzenburgh · Joseph Thomas
Harriet Thompkins · Hugh Tolton · W. G. Tomkins
Charles Towers · Nancy Trolman · John Wait
Martha Jane Walker · John Wesley Wallace
Thomas Walsh · Joseph F. Ward · John Watt
Mark Watts · Jane Weir · Thomas Whiticar
Anne Williams · George Willer · Jane Ann Wilson
John Wilson · Sarah Wilson · Alpep Woods
House of Industry Deaths 1935-1965
Jane Blackwood Alston · Hugh Andrews · Anne Balderson
Charles Bamburger · Orval A. Barrows · Edward Beckett
Robert Beckett · Edward Bell · Charles Blackhill
Jane Bolton · John Bond · Joseph Boireau
George Brash · May Bresee · Margaret Breslin
Samuel Brouse · Robert Brydon · Andrew Bulmer
James Bunting · Orval Burrows · Mary Ann Campbell
Catherine Cartner · James Chalmers · Elizabeth Conway
Gordon Garfield Cook · William Copeland
William Coventry · James Crain · Maxwell P. Crawford
William
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 28, 2023
3. House of Industry Deaths 1935-1965 Marker
Henry Dixon · Alfred Dowdall · Margaret Dowdall
Michael Foran · Elizabeth Foster · Thomas Garland
Wilbur Gibson · Mrs. E. Gillispie · Robert Goodfellow
Moses Gray · Herman Greber · Minnie Green
William Todd Grieg · Nathaniel Grieves · John Hadley
Maggie Hawkins · Mary D. Heideman · Martha Honick
Thomas Hudson · Lydia Ian · Lousia Ings
James Jackson · Robert Johnston · Louise Kepke
William King · John Lavingue · Walter Lockhart
Alexander Mason · Frederick Matheson
Benjamin McConnell · Mary McDaniels · Duncan McDonald
Nettie McGonegal · Mary McKay · Alexander McLaren
Mrs. Alexander McLaren · John McMaster
Hamilton McNeil · Duncan McPherson · William Moffatt
J. Montgomery · James Moore · William Moore
A. Morinon · Robert Moulton · Annie Munroe
Donald Munroe · James Newbiggen · Edith Newman
John Owen · Charles Paupisa · Robert Perrin
Henry Pohl · Ellen Robinson · Alexander Ryatt
Frank Schatwick · Herman Schultz · Helen Sevuny
Almetta Shepherd · George Smith · Mrs. William Steele
William Steele · Wellington Stoddard · Eva May Thomas
Thomas Thomas · George Thornton · Richard Todd
Marinus Vandermeer · William Warthold · Annie Watson
James Weir · Thomas Whalen · Mary White
Agnes Wilson · J. H. Wolfgang
Topics. This
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 28, 2023
4. House of Industry Burial Site Memorial
Location. 44° 54.878′ N, 76° 15.746′ W. Marker is in Perth, Ontario, in Lanark County. Monument and plot are in Section C2 of Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 165 Dufferin Road, Perth ON K7H 3B4, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Capt. Harry D. Campbell and Major Alex. R. Campbell (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Andrew Ronald Gamble (about 90 meters away); Lieut. Alexander W. Kippen, D.L.S. (about 120 meters away); McLaren-Stewart Mausoleum Agreement (about 120 meters away); St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Reverend William Bell (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Matheson, the Merchant (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Matheson House / La Maison Matheson (approx. 1.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perth.
Regarding House of Industry of Lanark County Burial Site.
The House of Industry was commonly called the "Poor House"
From the Heritage Perth Tourism Elmwood Cemetery Tour:
The earliest map of the graveyard
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 28, 2023
5. House of Industry of Lanark County Burial Site and Memorial
Perth had a large building just on the outskirts of town. Before the construction of this building the only alternative place to house indigent residents was in the county jail. This building was locally known as “The Poor House”. It was described as “the finest House of Refuge in Ontario”. There were farm buildings in the back fields that lead down to the Tay River. In the early days was sustainable as a working farm.
More than 400 people who are believed to have worked, and died, during their time at the old Perth House of Industry, from 1903 to 1965, and were buried in what was essentially a "pauper’s" section of the Elmwood Cemetery, now finally have their own headstone. Wayne Harris went through local records producing the memorial stone that sits beside the bench.
Today the House of Industry building remains largely intact serving as a seniors care centre. It is known as the Perth Community Care Centre on Christie Lake Road.
Also see . . . History of Tayview (Arlene Stafford Wilson).
Credits. This page was last revised on October 15, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 15, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 90 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 15, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
