Van Sicklen Cemetery

Van Sicklen Cemetery. . , Van Sicklen families emigrated from Holland to America before New Amsterdam became New York City., In 1805, a branch of one of those families, Cornelius and his wife Hannah van Sicklen together with their children Mary, Ferdinand, Sarah and Elizabeth arrived in Upper Canada from the United States and took up residence in the Lawson Settlement (then Murray Township, part of which after 1850 formed the newly organized Township of Brighton.), When death overtook this neighborhood, Ferdinand van Sicklen contributed 1/2 acre of land (Lot 28 Con.B) and established a community burying ground on a knoll 70 rods south of this cairn and it became known as Van Sicklen cemetery., Known burials without markers , Martha S. McConnell, wife of Russell van Sicklen 1854 - 1884 , John van Sicklen, husband of Abigail Pitman 1811 - 1891 , This memorial cairn was erected, in honoured memory of those whose names are inscribed hereon and of others not so recorded who also sleep on yonder knoll, by:, The Township of Brighton , 1972 Cemetery Committee , Roy Chatten - Reeve , Arnold Boes - Deputy Reeve , Councillors - Frank George, Maurice Harvey, Reginald McCann , Clerk Treasurer - Mrs. Oral Carlaw , Road Supt. -Jack E. Scriver, Plaque contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Alpha D. Peister