Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston

Title:

Given Name(s):
Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry"

Surname:
Houston

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Maiden Name:

Age:
(unknown)

Sex:
M

Born:
Apr 4, 1940

Died:
Jan 28, 2023

Francis is not buried here.

Plot ID:

Person ID:

There are no other people on same stone or plot:

Cemetery:

Wesleyville United, Hope Twp., ON, Canada

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The Wesleyville United Cemetery (which is still active) is located in Hope township, on C1 L30, in Northumberland County , ON, Canada.

This cemetery:
• was compiled by John Smith
• is up to date as of May 01, 2020

GPS Coordinates:

Latitude:
N 43° 55' 33"
43.92583333

Longitude:
W 78° 24' 57"
-78.41583333

Additional Info:

Record taken from a transcription by Edna Barrowclough in 1976.

This cemetery is between one and two acres in size. In 1860 land was donated by John Barrowclough from the southwest corner of his farm for a church and cemetery. The church was built that year and some graves moved from plots on local farms.

In 1892 more land was purchased from John Barrowclough to enlarge the cemetery. Lots in the new part were marked off in half lots and for the most part in the old section, in whole lots. In the beginning of the 20th century it was very much neglected, but in the 1930's a Sunday school class of young people began a clean up. It was a long chore. By 1939, rubbish was cleared off and 500 white pine trees planted. In 1978 these form a fine background, although many have died. It was kept in order by these young people for many years by voluntary labour and all funds deposited to grow into a perpetuity fund. When the church was closed in 1969, the cemetery came under the authority of the congregation at Welcome, but the former Wesleyville cemetery board continued to care for it and administer the

income of the fund. An annual bee is held, caretaker hired and audited statement given each year to the church authorities.

Stones were listed in the 1930's, since then many have become illegible.

The southwest section of the cemetery was the free portion. It is supposedly full, but only two names known. Also some along the fence on the south portion of west fence.

This cemetery was photographed and updated in May 2020 by Ron Smith.

Cem ID:

Notes

Died Extendicare, Port Hope; spring interment. Husband of Donna for 60 years; father of Shawn. Ross Funeral Chapel. Info from obituary.

How to Submit Photos for Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston

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 Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston. You can submit photos for his plot's monument(s) or personal photos of just him.

• On your computer, locate the file(s) of the photo(s) you want to submit for Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston.

• 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: WSLYVLRS3; (MUST include the semicolon)
• Rename the monument files you previously located by pasting this code as a prefix to each filename.
• IMPORTANT: The code WSLYVLRS3; is SPECIFIC to ALL people on this stone or plot.

• For PERSONAL Pictures for JUST this person, do the following:
• Copy this code: WSLYVLRS3^0; (MUST include the semicolon)
• Rename the personal files you previously located by pasting this code as a prefix to each filename.
• IMPORTANT: The code WSLYVLRS3^0; is SPECIFIC to Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston and your picture(s) prefixed with this code will appear ONLY for him.

• 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 him with filenames img_2694.jpg and Houston family.jpg
• The specific prefix code for this person's plot is WSLYVLRS3;
• Your modified filenames will be WSLYVLRS3;img_2694.jpg and WSLYVLRS3;Houston family.jpg
• The text following the semicolon can be anything you want (including spaces), for example:
•WSLYVLRS3; 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):
WSLYVLRS3; Your caption here~ img_2694.jpg and
WSLYVLRS3; Another caption~ Houston family.jpg

• ALL images for Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston 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 Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Headshot.jpg
• The specific prefix code for him is WSLYVLRS3^0;
• Your modified filenames will be WSLYVLRS3^0;40thBirthday.jpg and WSLYVLRS3^0;Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" 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):
WSLYVLRS3; Your caption here~ 40thBirthday.jpg and
WSLYVLRS3; Another caption~ Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Headshot.jpg

• ALL personal photos of Francis Gerrard Jr. "Gerry" Houston 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.