Memorial Column for Margaret Thornton - Oshawa, Ontario
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N 43° 53.516 W 078° 53.550
17T E 669274 N 4862029
Column monument to the wife and daughter of Dr. Robert N Thornton (1806 - 1875)
Waymark Code: WMEK05
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/06/2012
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Located in Oshawa's Union Cemetary, on the corner of King Street and Thornton St,this memorial column is dedicated to the wife and daughter of Dr. Robert N. Thornton, a Secessionist minister and missionary from Scotland. In 1837 Dr. Thornton purchased this land and built a brick church. The church was destroyed by fire sometime after 1863, and in 1875 a charter was created in the name of Ontario Union Cemetary company, and the adjoining lands to the church site were purchased for this cemetary.
Type of Column: Corinthian
Location: Oshawa Union Cemetary
Documentation (website): Not listed
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