Saints-Anges de Sorel cemetery

A: 1667-1727 Corner of Georges and De la Reine

B: 1727-1770 Corner of St-Cyrille and Du Roi

C: 1770-1840 Near Du Marché

D: 1840-1850 Back of St-Pierre Chruch

E: 1850-1883 CRDI location

F: 1883-Today

In this respect 1704 Fort Sorel. The cemetery was located in the fort close to the church.

Note in this 1757 plan, the Catholic cemetery in Sorel. The duration of the cemetery dating from about 1727 to 1770. It was located on the corner of Cyrille Labelle (St-Jacques) and Du Roi. It has been moved close to the Market Square after 1770. Objective evidence of the location of the cemetery of 1757. In the newspaper City of Sorel Gazette August 17, 1858, well digging is mentioned on the ground for pipes for gas, they found human bones "Tombs By digging the land for the building for the plant to gas in this town, the shovel of workers is often stopped on the graves and human bones. Dr M Cadieux who examined the bones and collected some thought he recognized the remains of a woman and 5 men at the same time as that of a child who had not yet emerged. Although it is very difficult to find the time when these remains were laid to rest, if we judge by the whiteness of bones and rotting tombs that contained them, there must be a hundred years at least These human bodies were deposited there. It is also likely that the place that currently digs for a gas plant was then a cemetery. Poor human creatures touts as we are.

Note in this 1787 plan, the Catholic cemetery in Sorel. It was located near the market. The cemetery was based is from 1770 to 1840. In an exchange of Kelley priest with Lord Aylmer for the cemetery and the Catholic church in 1839. Some of the bodies of the old cemetery were moved to the new cemetery by a nominee Lizotte 1840 to 1849. It was located close to the new St Peter's Church on the boulevard Fiset and George Street

We note in this map cemeteries near the Church of St-Pierre Sorel first founded in 1840 and part of the second cemetery located between Charlotte Street, Boulevard Fiset, Hotel Dieu and Albert in 1857. C is the burial of the body of the old cemetery near the church for the transported in the new cemetery wishing that the exhumation is done in a religious respect given by Saint-Hyacinthe. On December 3, 1871, it is the consecration of the two courses chosen by the parishioners by Bishop Charles Laroque Bishop of St-Hyacinthe.

We note in this regard the lot number 11 owned by William Faris. It is sold at the factory St-Pierre-de-Sorel to serve cemetery 11 February 1883. The new cemetery is appointed by the parishioners "Cemetery of St-Anges". The blessing took place on May 22 1883. The bodies were exhumed from the old cemetery and are deposited in the new one. In 1884, Alfred Gauthier built a house, buildings, a well and a fence to the goalkeeper. A mass grave in the cemetery is built on May 15th 1892. It has become outdated by years. It was rebuilt a new the other side of the street opposite the cemetery in 1907. It was also erected a Cross, images and statues August 30, 1925.

View of the cemetery of the Saints-Anges and the Royal Street Fiset Boulevard today.

Louise Pelletier Historienne

Aménagé sur son site actuel en 1883, soit depuis 130 ans, le cimetière des Saints-Anges consacre beaucoup d'énergie pour offir plusieurs options permettant de donner aux défunts une sépulture personnalisée qui respecte, selon les tendances actuelles, les valeurs des familles éplorées. Parmi ces options, nous pouvons mentionner le columbarium intérieur, les columbariums extérieurs, l'enfouissement traditionnel des cercueils, le carré d'enfouissement pour les urnes cinéraires et les lots communautaires (une nouveauté régionale)

Columbarium INTÉRIEUR

Dans une ambiance de véritable chapelle regroupant certains éléments du patrimoine religieux sorelois, le columbarium intérieur renferme 280 niches à façade vitrée. Accessible en tout temps et en toute saison, sans avis ni rendez-vous, ce columbarium offre un lieu de paix et de silence propice au recueillement et à la méditation.

Columbariums EXTERIEURS

En plus des deux columbariums extérieurs déjà entièrement occupés, le cimetière des Saints-Anges a inauguré en juin 2013 un nouveau complexe de columbarium formant une nouvelle section du cimetière qui sera connue sous le nom de Les Jardins Mrg-Jean-Charles-Leclaire. Les trois modules du complexe compte 280 habitacles de dimensions diverses dont certaines peuvent contenir jusqu'à 6 urnes selon leur grosseur.

Lot communautaires

Il s'agit d'un concepte nouveau conçu pour offrir une sépulture à des coûts très minimes pour une durée illimitée. Les gens peuvent ainsi choisir d'enterrer les cendres de façon très modeste. Le nom de la personne décédée est inscrit sur un monument érigé à proximité du lot et les registres officiels du cimetière font mention de la sépulture.

Arrangements

Pour ceux qui recherchent la tranquillité d'esprit, il est possible de faire des arrangements préalables, une façon simple d'assurer le respect de ses dernières volontés et d'éviter à la famille d'avoir à faire des choix précipités sous le coup de l'émotion.

Our offices are located opposite the Saints-Anges cemetery on Fiset Boulevard in Sorel-Tracy