Category: Find A Grave

Binkley Family Cemeteries

Street sign showing closet intersection to Binkley cemetery in Hamilton.

Street sign showing closest intersection to Binkley Hollow cemetery in Dundas.

Book Family Cemetery

A collection of old grave stones in Book Family Cemetery.

Weathered grave stone of George Book.

Broken memorial marker of John Book.

Another angle of Book Family Cemetery gravestones.

Slightly creepy shot of same gravestones done with black and white filter.
Gotta do at least one cemetery shot in black & white, amirite?!

Gregory Hines

Gravestone of Gregory Hines and partner. It has 3 etched images of Mr. Hines dancing on it.
Mementos on the grave speak to regular visitations.

The Great Farini

Farini grave has flat stone marker and small historic plaque on pole.
A small plaque belies larger than life exploits!

Civil War Gravestone

A local historian, Robin McKee, who conducts tours of Hamilton’s oldest cemetery, ‘discovered’ the unmarked grave of Nelson Stevens, a freed slave who returned to the U.S. to serve during the Civil War. A happy accident apparently; noticed during research for his Civil War cemetery tour. Mr. McKee did the diligence/paperwork required and, in due course, the U.S. Government delivered a Civil War headstone to memorialize Mr. Stevens’ final resting place.

Tap/click here for link to the CBC story that recently made me aware of this fascinating bit of local history.

Military style upright marble grave stone of Nelson Stevens.

BTW, as of this blog post the cemetery tour links noted above are a little, er, dusty. They have not been updated recently to reflect Covid-19 realities. To avoid disappointment please do your own thorough checking of dates/times should you decide to attend a cemetery tour.