quakerhill

UXBRIDGE , ONTARIO

....A BRIEF HISTORY : THE FIRST SETTLERS TO THIS AREA WERE QUAKERS WHO STARTING ARRIVING IN 1806 FROM THE CATAWISSA AREA OF PENNSYLVANIA..THE OLDEST STRUCTURE IN TOWN IS THE MEETING HOUSE , REBUILT IN 1820 FROM AN EARLIER BUILDING...IT WAS ORIGINALLY CLOSED IN 1925 , IT STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF WERE THE ORIGINAL QUAKER COMMUNITY WAS LOCATED AND OVERLOOKS UXBRIDGE FROM QUAKER HILL...SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS ARE BURIED HERE INCLUDING MR. JOSEPH GOULD , WHO HELPED IN THE BUILDING OF THE TOWN IN THE LATE 1800'S....

THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN AT THE CEMETERY ON SUNDAY , MARCH 26 , 2006..LOTS OF OLD GRAVESTONES , BUT MOST HAVE WORN DOWN OVER THE YEARS AS THEY ARE HARD TO READ..ONE THING WE DID NOTICE IS THAT A ALOT OF THESE STONES BELONG TO YOUNG CHILDREN..THE WIND WAS OUT OF THE NORTH-WEST AT 20KM AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS -1 DEGREES CELCIUS..