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Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground
Niagara-on-the-Lake

Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground

The Niagara Baptist Church congregation was established in 1829. By the late 1840s, the church’s membership was predominantly Black.

The history of the Niagara Baptist Church was documented by Natasha Henry, Assistant Professor, African Canadian History at the university of Toronto and president of the Ontario Black History Society. Her research uncovered the names of at least 15 people known to be buried in the graveyard.

Niagara Baptist Church

R.I.P.

  • George D. Wesley Jr.
  • Susan Augusta Oakley
  • Marion Bright
  • Charles Lewis
  • George Wesley Sr.
Niagara Baptist Church

R.I.P.

  • Frances Hoyt
  • James Robinson
  • Caroline York
  • William Henry Duke
  • Margaret Warrs
Niagara Baptist Church

R.I.P.

  • Mary York
  • Jacob Greene
  • Herbert Holmes
  • Solomon Ten Broek
  • Warner Johnson

Did you know?

The Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground was established in 1829 and abandoned in 1878.

George Webber

Friends of the Forgotten

The Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground is an open field, below which lie the bodies of 15 known Canadian settlers and their headstones.

George Webber

Friends of the Forgotten

The land is now owned by the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake and governed by the Bereavement Authority of Ontario.

George Webber

Friends of the Forgotten

The current state of the cemetery is certainly not what John Oakley (former British soldier turned teacher and minister) would have foreseen

George Webber

Friends of the Forgotten

1

Active Sites

11

Inactive Sites

15

NBCBG Known Graves

1829

NBCBG Established

Inactive Burial Sites

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Ball Cemetery

Ball Cemetery

Hunter Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake





Baptist Cemetery

Baptist Cemetery

Virgil, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Chrysler Cemetery

Chrysler Cemetery

Line 8 at Creek Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Clement Cemetery

Clement Cemetery

St. Davids, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Homer Cemetery

Homer Cemetery

Old Highway 8 at Canal, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Methodist United Church Cemetery

Methodist United Church Cemetery

Virgil, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground

Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground

Niagara-on-the-Lake





River Road Cemetery

River Road Cemetery

Browns Point, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Servos Cemetery

Servos Cemetery

Niagara-on-the-Lake

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Steele Village Cemetery

Steele Village Cemetery

St. Davids, Niagara-on-the-Lake





Sterling Cemetery

Sterling Cemetery

Line 6, Niagara-on-the-Lake

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New QR code sign installed at the Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground

  • 18 October 2023
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New plaque unveiled at Niagara Baptist Church Burial Ground

  • 21 September 2023
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