Mary Colleen Bebee [Gatenby]

Title:

Given Name(s):
Mary Colleen

Surname:
Bebee

Suffix:

Maiden Name:
Gatenby

Age:
(unknown)

Sex:
F

Born:
Nov 15, 1952

Died:
Jun 25, 2023

Mary is buried here.

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Person ID:

There are no other people on same stone or plot:

Cemetery:

Canton, Hope Twp., ON, Canada

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The Canton Cemetery (which is still active) is located in Hope township, on C4 L11 & 12, in Northumberland County , ON, Canada.

This cemetery:
    • was compiled by Ruth Woodruff
    • is up to date as of Dec 01, 2000
    • present RecordKeeper is Peter Bolton

GPS Coordinates:

Latitude:
N 43° 59' 47"
43.99638889

Longitude:
W 78° 20' 47"
-78.34638889

Additional Info:

The first burial in what is now Canton Cemetery, across the road from an original Bible Christian church, was that of Susan Hawkins, who died April 25, 1811, of smallpox. Following this, a son Daniel was buried in Feb 1813, a grandson Azel, Oct 20, 1819, and Evalina Hawkins Feb 28, 1833.

Apparently James Hawkins mistakenly buried his wife just off his property on the west boundary of his farm on land owned by Dr. L.B. Powers. On April 15, 1837, James acquired 1 1/4 acres

from Dr. Powers, which contained the existing graves and all of the land that is now Canton Cemetery.

On Dec 23, 1837 negotiations began to sell the land to the Wesleyan Methodist Church. James Hawkins died July 18, 1841 and was buried beside Susan. The land transfer was completed May

26, 1843 by his son James. This sale, for "eight pounds of lawful money", included land for "Hope Chapel, a church and meeting house as well as the cemetery.

On Oct 31, 1931, the cemetery deed was transferred from the United Church of Canada to the Canton Cemetery Trust for one dollar.

On Nov 12, 1989, a parcel of land approximately 1 1/4 acre was purchased on the east side of the cemetery to allow for expansion and the first two sections to be ready in late 1995.

There are many burials with records gone, some broken stones and some effaced so inscriptions are not complete. Perpetuity money is invested with a trust company and caretaking paid revenue. Each year some work is done raising stones and improving the grounds.

Cemetery recorded and checked on July 2lst 1976 by Mrs.E. Barrowclough, Mrs. Evelyn Wilson, Mr.Cecil Moore and his wife, Jean Hawkins Moore and on July 26th, l976: Mrs. E. Barrowclough, Mrs. M. Langdon, and Mr. and Mrs.Cecil Moore. Records were updated and checked, July,1996 by John Smith and Ron Smith and

revised, Nov 22,1996 by John Smith. This cemetery was photographed and updated in May 2020 by Ron Smith.

Cem ID:

Notes

Died Northumberland Hills Hospital. Daughter of the late John and Rose Gatenby; mother of Sherri and Marsha; sister of Jackie Gatenby of Lakeport, John Gatenby of Nova Scotia, Ginny McIlmoyle of Cobourg, and Marie Elmsley of Smiths Falls. Ross Funeral Chapel. Info from obituary.

How to Submit Photos for Mary Colleen Bebee

Until such time as a photo "Drag and Drop" function has been added to Cemsearch, here is the way to prepare your photos for inclusion in our database:

• IMPORTANT: FIRST select the person in Cemsearch for whom you want to add a photo, then re-open this help screen.

• You currently have selected Mary Colleen Bebee. You can submit photos for her plot's monument(s) or personal photos of just her.

• On your computer, locate the file(s) of the photo(s) you want to submit for Mary Colleen Bebee.

• DO NOT make duplicate photos of the same side of a stone for each person shown on it. For example, if husband and wife are both shown on one stone image, DO NOT make two copies of this image; only one is required.

• For MONUMENT Pictures, do the following:
• Copy this code: CANTONMCB; (MUST include the semicolon)
• Rename the monument files you previously located by pasting this code as a prefix to each filename.
• IMPORTANT: The code CANTONMCB; is SPECIFIC to ALL people on this stone or plot.

• For PERSONAL Pictures for JUST this person, do the following:
• Copy this code: CANTONMCB^0; (MUST include the semicolon)
• Rename the personal files you previously located by pasting this code as a prefix to each filename.
• IMPORTANT: The code CANTONMCB^0; is SPECIFIC to Mary Colleen Bebee and your picture(s) prefixed with this code will appear ONLY for her.

• HINT: for convenience, these codes also appear below the Born/Died dates where you can click on them to automatically copy them.

• ATTACH photos (full size; if you can, limit to about 1-2 megabytes in size) with the prefixed filename to an email and send to: helpus@cemsearch.ca.

• If you have further details that you would like included in the "Notes" section, add them to the email as well.

Captions:

• A caption can be embedded in the filename following the semi-colon, terminated with a tilde (~). See example below.

Monument Example:

• Suppose you have two photos of her with filenames img_2694.jpg and Bebee family.jpg
• The specific prefix code for this person's plot is CANTONMCB;
• Your modified filenames will be CANTONMCB;img_2694.jpg and CANTONMCB;Bebee family.jpg
• The text following the semicolon can be anything you want (including spaces), for example:
•CANTONMCB; north side of tombstone eroded by nature.
• Add a caption as follows (surrounding spaces optional; tilde (~) marks the end of the caption; otherwise we will use the complete filename):
CANTONMCB; Your caption here~ img_2694.jpg and
CANTONMCB; Another caption~ Bebee family.jpg

• ALL images for Mary Colleen Bebee and others on the same stone or plot MUST have the same exact prefix up to and including the semi-colon.

Personal Pictures Example:

• Suppose you have two images for this person's monument with filenames 40thBirthday.jpg and Mary Colleen Headshot.jpg
• The specific prefix code for her is CANTONMCB^0;
• Your modified filenames will be CANTONMCB^0;40thBirthday.jpg and CANTONMCB^0;Mary Colleen Headshot.jpg
• The text following the semicolon can be anything you want (including spaces)
• Add a caption as follows (surrounding spaces optional; tilde (~) marks the end of the caption; otherwise we will use the complete filename):
CANTONMCB; Your caption here~ 40thBirthday.jpg and
CANTONMCB; Another caption~ Mary Colleen Headshot.jpg

• ALL personal photos of Mary Colleen Bebee MUST have the same exact prefix up to and including the semi-colon.
• These personal images will NOT appear for others on the same stone or plot.