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Rockford United Cemetery
Townsend Twp, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada

153 Main Street, Rockford, Ontario

Lot 21, Concession 10, Townsend Twp, Norfolk County, Ont

Contributed by Murray E Fair, Oct 19, 2006, last edited Feb 06, 2007 [murrayfair@rogers.com]. Total records = 66.

To reach this cemetery, begin at the intersection of Highway 2 & 53, east of Brantford, (Cainsville), there are traffic lights, travel south on Brant County Road #18, for several kilometres, you will come to an intersection with traffic lights. Turn left on to Brant County Road #4, a.k.a. Cockshutt Road, travel south for a few kilometres. Watch for a road sign indicating a left turn to Boston and Port Dover, turn left at that intersection to follow Cockshutt Road which is now Brant County Road #44. You will enter Norfolk County, continue on the Cockshutt Road which is Norfolk County Road #5.

Continue on through Boston and be on the lookout for a road sign indicating Con 11 Twn. Turn left and head east on Concession Road #11 for a few kilometres. Cross Villa Nova Road, there is a stop sign, then watch for an intersection road sign indicating Rockford, Main Street. Turn left there, it appears to be a farm lane with a sign posted “No Exit”, travel north and you will see a country lane branching off to the left, grass surface, then continue on that lane a short distance and you will see Rockford United Cemetery on the left. It is advisable to not travel this road in wet weather. This is a public lane, but it is not maintained. Years ago it was a through road, but no longer.

This cemetery is maintained by Norfolk County. It is an old cemetery and no longer active. The existing stones have been moved to a central location in the cemetery and placed in a concrete foundation. The foundation has broken in one section and some of the stones are badly tilted and difficult to read.

I walked this cemetery in October, 2006, reading and recording each tombstone or grave marker that could be read in order to complete the transcription process. I did notice a few broken pieces of stones and they were unreadable.

- Murray E Fair

Bint, Harriet (Brooke), b. 1850, d. 1931.
Brady, ??, d. 11 Mar 1861, 39 y, 6 m, 7 d, w/o George Brady.
Brady, Edward, d. 22 Oct 1853, 95 y, 11 mons.
Brady, John, d. 29 Jul 1846, 8 y, son/o George & Sarah Brady.
Brooke, John, b. 18 Dec 1819, d. 5 Aug 1864.
Brooke, Sarah Matilda, b. 12 Oct 1823, d. 25 Aug 1881, w/o John Brooke.
Chrysler, Lydia, d. 26 Feb 1876, 57 y, w/o Baltus Chrysler.
Clemens, Harry, d. 19 Sep 1894, 1 y, 11 m, 4 d, son/o Charles & Della Clemens.
Clemens, Lena Blanche, d. 11 Mar 1886, 3 m, dau/o James & Minnie Clemens.
Cook, Anna, d. 12 Oct 1904, 74 y, w/o Martin Cook.
Cook, George, no dates, son/o Martin & Anna Cook.
Cook, Martin, d. 5 Jun 1907, 74 yrs.
Cook, Mary, no dates, dau/o Martin & Anna Cook.
Donaldson, James H., d. 10 Apr 1861, 15 y, son/o John & Sarah J. Donaldson.
Downey, James A., d. 28 Mar 1865, 7 m, 7 d, son/o James & Hariet Downey.
Dunn, Mary, d. 22 Sep 1853, 4 y, 2 m, 8 d, dau/o D. & E. Dunn.
Earl, John, d. 14 Nov 18??, native/o Devon, England.
Elmer, Alice M., d. 26 Jun 1862, dau/o James & Thirza Elmer.
Ferris, William, d. 8 Jun 1868, 11 y, 10 m, 13 d, son/o Isaac & Jane Ferris.
Graham, Tamzan A., d. 15 Dec 1869, 48 y, 2 m, 5 d, w/o John Graham.
Honey, George H., b. 1848, d. 1910.
Honey, Henry Elliott, b. 1879, d. 1886, son/o G.H. & E.C. Honey.
Honey, Orville Weldon, b. 1876, d. 1886, son/o G.H. & E.C. Honey.
Irwin, Gertrude, d. 30 Jul 1890, 7 m, 10 d, dau/o John & Marion Irwin.
Lister, John, b. 1824, d. 1868, h/o Mary Jane Lister.
Lister, Mary Jane, b. 1828, d. 1917, w/o John Lister.
Lone, David H., d. ?1 Jun 1882, 64 y, 9 mons.
Lone, Frances S., d. 19 Nov 1897, 38 y, 9 m, dau/o David H. & Jane Lone.
Lone, Jane, d. 3 Aug 1882, 60 y, 24 d, w/o David H. Lone.
Lone, Tho’s J., b. 11 Dec 1864, d. 11 Apr 1890.
Lone, Wm. H., b. 7 Nov 1852, d. 4 Sep 1855.
Lovelace, Caroline A., dates obscured, dau/o David & Jane Lovelace.
Martin, John Calvin, d. 27 May 1876, 1?yrs.
Masecar, Abraham, d. 25 Aug 1868, 76 y, 3 mons.
Masecar, Margaret, d. 14 Jun 1869, 57 y, 10 m, 8 d, w/o Abraham Masecar.
McMan, Mile, d. 5 Jan 1859, 10 m, 8 d, son/o George & Catharine McMan.
McMan, Ralph, d. 12 Mar 1861, 1 y, 4 m, son/o George & Thirza McMan.
McMann, Catherine, d. 23 Nov 1902, 84 y, w/o George McMann.
McMann, George, d. 16 May 1881, 65 yrs.
Moore, Mar?, d. 22 Aug 1867, 3 m, 5 d, ?/o John & ? Moore.
Moore, Martha A., d. 2 Aug 1867, 19 y, 5 m, 5 d, w/o John Moore.
Moore, Mary Jane, dates obscured, w/o Edward Moore.
Pearson, Loammie, d. 11 Oct 1872, 9 m, 4 d, dau/o Alfred & Sarah Pearson.
Phillips, Joseph, b. 29 May 1837, d. 4 Nov 1912, h/o Margaret Phillips.
Phillips, Margaret, b. 1 Apr 1843, d. 6 Aug 1922, w/o Joseph Phillips.
Rush, Elizabeth, d. 26 Sep 1865, 19 y, 3 m, dau/o Joseph & Sarah Rush.
Rush, Joseph H., d. Nov 1855, 2 m, son/o Joseph & Sarah Rush.
Russell, Robert C., d. 20 May 1895, 34 yrs.
Smith, Robert, b. 9 Apr 1803, d. 29 Mar 1863, 54 y, 11 m, 19 days.
Smith, William, no other details.
Somers, ??, d. 6 Apr 1875, 6 m, dau/o John & Cornelia Somers.
Somers, Erenest Wellington, d. 24 Mar 1871, 6 m, 10 d, son/o Rob’t J. & Martha A. Somers.
Tait, Elizabeth, d. 29 Jan 1896, 7 y, 9 mons.
Tait, Hannah, d. 14 Mar 1892, 31 y, 10 mons.
Thompson, Louie B., d. 2 Jul 1888, 35 y, 7 m, 10 d, w/o Lieut Col. W.C. Thompson.
Thompson, Mary A., d. 20 Oct 1872, dau/o John & Letetia Thompson.
Thompson, May Alison, b. 1 Sep 1878, d. 1 Dec 1880, dau/o Lieut. Col. W.C. & Louie B. Thompson.
Thompson, W.C., Lieut. Col., d. 20 Jan 1915, 72 yrs.
Thompson, Wilfred, b. 12 Dec 1873, d. 21 Mar 1877, son/o Lieut. Col. W.C. & Louie B. Thompson.
Toms, Frank S., d. 8 Apr 1866, son/o John & Ellen Toms.
Toms, Frederick, d. 2 Dec 1911, Father.
Wilson, David, d. 21 Oct 1884, 43 yrs.
Wilson, Isabella, d. 26 Sep ????, w/o David Wilson.
Wymer, George, d. 5 May 1880, 67 yrs.
Wymer, Ida M., d. 24 Mar 1864, 3 y, 6 m, dau/o George & Mary Ann Wymer.
Wymer, Mary Ann, d. 25 May 1876, 61 y, 6 m, w/o George Wymer.