103 - Kathern A. Moore - St. Martins, NB
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N 45° 20.390 W 065° 33.751
20T E 299232 N 5023897
The first St. William's on this site, built about 1847, at the age of 53 suffered what seems to be a very common demise for wooden country churches.
Waymark Code: WMRZCM
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 08/27/2016
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As you may have guessed, it burned down. A very large church, it was a little community unto itself, with many outbuildings on the grounds and only the odd farm building nearby. The entire little community burned with the church, forcing the congregation of Irish Catholics to restart from the beginning when building this, their new church, in 1900.
The old cemetery, of course, lived through all that, only to receive the remains of 103 year old Kathern A. Moore in 1967. She had been predeceased in 1961 by the husband, James Greer, himself living to the ripe old age of 92. They now lie side by side at the far eastern edge of the cemetery.
St. William's Cemetery lies to the rear and the east side of the church, the oldest section being behind the church. The cemetery was established in 1847, the year of establishment, and presumably the year of construction, of the original church. Still in use, the cemetery has accepted something over 225 burials to date. The earliest known interment was that of Ellen McBride, daughter of Edward & Ellen McBride, who died in 1847.
