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    In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacra

   

    First established in 1855 under Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel, P.S.S., Uptergrove is the oldest parish in the northern part of the Archdiocese of Toronto. The first church to occupy the

    The second wave of Irish immigration followed the Great Famine of 1847. The original site of St. Patrick's Church in Markham was on Rouge Street, in an area dubbed "Vinegar Hill" or "Little Dublin."

    In the Archdiocese of Toronto, original parish registers are not available to the public. Please DO NOT contact parishes for access to these registers. Other Resources Death and burials are not sacra

appeared in 1855-1859 St. Michael's Cemetery Burial Register, p. 1. Date of Event: Unknown     Name: Maurice Hennigan Age: Unknown Where Born: Cork, Ireland Where Died: Toronto When Died: December 19, 1855 Disease: Pleurisy

appeared in 1855-1859 St. Michael's Cemetery Burial Register, p. 1. Date of Event: Unknown     Name: James Fitzgerald Age: 59 Years Where Born: Tipperary, Ireland Where Died: Toronto When Died: September 17, 1855 Disease: Bursting of blood vessel

    These images are from the Burial Register for St. Michael's Cemetery, Toronto, for the years 1855-1859.

    Built by Joseph Sheard, the dead house is a Gothic-style building, which was the architectural fashion of the time. Its octagonal shape followed a mid-19th century fad for eight sided buildings that

    Pastoral Letter announcing the establishment of the House of Providence by Bishop Charbonnel.