History of the Protestant cemetery of the old estate of the Sorel loyalists

Cartes,vues, portrait et tables de distance à partir d'une Description topographique de la Province du Bas-Canada par Joseph Bouchette 1815. Archives Nationales du Canada On voit sur ce plan les baraques militaires des invalides de William Henry(Sorel).Le cimetière protestant du vieux domaine des invalides loyalistes à Sorel était juste à côté des hutte militaires en 1784. Il était situé tout près de la rue du Prince et Augusta.

Certificat de décès William Wilson le 25 novembre 1790, il est inhumé dans le cimetière protestant du vieux domaine des invalides loyalistes à Sorel. Il était situé tout près de la rue du Princeet Augusta.

Il est écrit «MrsWilson an old Domain of the invalide loyalists about 70 years »

Traduction libre : Monsieur Wilson un ancien domaine des loyalistes invalide environ70 ans.

Archives de l'Église de Christ-Church. Archives Nationales du Québec

Historical of Christ Church Anglican cemetery

A: 1790-1821 near of l'église rue Prince

B: 1822-1911 Quadrilatère Denis, Charlotte, Hôtel-Dieu and Élisabeth

C: 1850-1914 Adélaïde, Albert et Alfred

D: 1874 Today

We note in this respect the land that was granted by John Kent Wells equerry to His Majesty as an agent of His Excellency Lord Aylmer Matthews to the Rev. John Jackson, Aaron Allen, William and George Nelson churchwardens of the Anglican Church Christ- Church in Sorel August 23, 1833 passed by the notary Henry Crebassa. "This is a piece of land including 132 feet deep and 66 feet wide with 6 batches located in the Borough of William Henry of the manor of Sorel it contained numbers 1-2-3-4-5- 6 ". He served for a period of about 115 years until the sale of the land to the city of Sorel in 1910. In E Tucker contract and CFC Würtele lawyer with Reverend Irwin 21 September 1910. "The old cemetery of the city Sorel has to move the stone monuments and the body by Peter Paul undertaker. " The bodies were moved to the new cemetery near the Mont St-Bernard (Fernand Lefebvre School).

We note in this regard that a cemetery was bounded by Adelaide streets, Alfred and Albert, and back by lots adjacent street Limoges. The land was granted by Stephen Thomas to the Rev. William Anderson, March 6, 1850. The plan was designed by Robert Pilkington Royal Engineer Montreal, May 13, 1850. For many years, the land of the Anglican cemetery was under the control of Her Majesty. In the city of Sorel assessment rolls, it is mentioned "in 1914 that the lot 102 is recognized as vacant and belonging to Her Majesty, and from 1923 to 1930, occupied by the city of Sorel." In addition to other transactions were made, a sale of His Majesty to the Anglican Church, 3 December 1932; a surrender to Her Majesty to Bishop Jean-Baptiste Nadeau, 10 December 1946; a sale of Mgr Jean Baptiste Nadeau in the factory Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel; a sale of the factory Saint-Pierre-de-Sorel to Franciscan Friars Minor, 22 January 1953. Today, the last owner is the city of Sorel-Tracy.

We note in this regard, Lot 23 owned by the Military Reservation by the Government of the Interior Minister the letters patent of 26 June 1874. It is sold to William Anderson Reverend Christ Church Parish January 21, 1875 in Sorel there to erect a Protestant cemetery. It is still in operation in 2015.

Photos of the Protestant cemetery in 1923

Nelson Monument

Louise Pelletier Historienne

La paroisse Anglicane Christ-Church

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