Broadview North in Toronto, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Taylor Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 1, 2026

1. The Taylor Cemetery Marker

Inscription. John Taylor (1773-1868), his wife Margaret Hawthorne and seven children emigrated from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire in 1821. In 1839, three sons, John, Thomas and George, purchased this land from Samuel Sinclair (1767-1852) except for a portion Sinclair gave to the Primitive Methodist Connexion in 1851. The Taylors gave the Connexion a brick church in 1859. The family operated three paper mills and a brick mill in the Don Valley, where they had considerable landholdings and were responsible for much of the development of East York in the nineteenth century.

Erected by East York Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1821.

Location. 43° 41.593′ N, 79° 21.057′ W. Marker is in Toronto, Ontario. It is in Broadview North. It is at the intersection of O'Connor Drive and Pape Avenue, on the right when traveling west on O'Connor Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 124 O'Connor Drive, Toronto ON M4K 2K4, Canada.

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Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto

and on the Golden Horseshoe.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “The Church Built in a Day” (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Dieppe Park (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); “Coca-Cola” by Walter Yarwood (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Jean Gertrude “True” Davidson (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Leaside: A Railway Town (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); William (Billy) McKay Jr. (1862 - 1943) (approx. 2 kilometers away); Agnes Macphail (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Castle Frank (approx. 2.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Toronto.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 1, 2026

2. The Taylor Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 1, 2026

3. The Taylor Cemetery Marker

The Taylor Cemetery in 2026 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 1, 2026

4. The Taylor Cemetery in 2026

Credits. This page was last revised on September 2, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 2, 2026, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.