CEMETERY GATE HOURS: From April 1 to October 31, Cemetery Gates will be open daily from 8 AM - 8 PM. p { line-height: 1.5; } MPGC Cemetery By-laws   Pine Hills Cemetery Serving Scarborough’s diverse community since 1928, Pine Hills is lush and serene, with more than 17,500 trees an

  CEMETERY GATE HOURS: From April 1 to October 31, Cemetery Gates will be open daily from 8 AM - 8 PM. p { line-height: 1.5; } MPGC Cemetery By-laws   Toronto Necropolis Dating back to 1850, Toronto Necropolis is one of the city’s oldest and most historic cemeteries, and is charact

p { line-height: 1.5; } Beechwood Cemetery Alston, Lieutenant Brian Assimeh, Dr. Seth Nadutey Barrington, Dr. Eleanor “Anne” Blenis, William Henry

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section 7, Lot 872 Prospect Cemetery Ethelbert “Curley” Christian was an American-born Black man and a world traveller, possibly born on April 15, 1882 or -83. He worked his way through both North and South America, before finally settling in Canada, where he

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section E, Lot 443 Toronto Necropolis An Israeli/Canadian post-war sculptor, Kosso Eloul’s monumental geometric sculptures can be found in Canadian cities such as Toronto, Kingston, Montréal and Ottawa. His sculptures can also be found in Los Angeles, New York

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section Q, Lot 15 (south) Toronto Necropolis Christian was a Baptist minister, born around 1776, probably in Virginia. Leaving an itinerant ministry in New England, Christian moved in 1825 to York (Toronto) in Upper Canada, where he ministered to a small congr

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section E, Lot 100 Toronto Necropolis Thornton and Lucie Blackburn were Kentucky slaves who attempted to escape slavery, but were arrested in Detroit in 1831. An uprising in Detroit by black supporters helped the Blackburns flee to Canada. They settled in Toron

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section L, Lot 27 Toronto Necropolis Hubbard was born in Toronto on January 27, 1842, the son of freed slaves from Virginia, and trained as a baker, which trade he plied for almost 20 years during which time he invented a revolutionary type of stove. In 1894

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section H, Lot 137 Toronto Necropolis Isaac Hutchinson and his wife, the daughter of John Charlton of Cumberland, England, came to York in 1818, where he opened a blacksmith’s shop on the corner of Duke and Ontario Streets (150 Duke Street), and also bought a p

p { line-height: 1.5; } Section K, Lot 68 Toronto Necropolis Peter arrived in Toronto in 1834. In 1848 he established the P. R. Lamb Manufactory at the east end of Amelia Street. The first major industry to establish west of the Don River between Queen and Bloor Streets, Lamb’s produ