Better Place Death and Burial in Nineteenth-Century Ontario

Name: Better Place Death and Burial in Nineteenth-Century Ontario
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ISBN: 9781554888993

ISBN-10: 1554888999

ISBN-13: 9781554888993

Edition: 2011

Authors: Susan Smart

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List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 4/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.748



Prologue



Death and Burial


Introduction



Death and Attitudes



Pioneer Death and Burial


ï¿½the body was washed and laid outï¿½


ï¿½the coffin was always home-madeï¿½


ï¿½preparation was made for the wakeï¿½


ï¿½neighbours and friends, old and young, begin to assembleï¿½


ï¿½there was in the morning a service of more than ordinary solemnityï¿½


ï¿½Then the coffin was placed upon the bier and covered with the morteclothï¿½


ï¿½the 'old log church cemetery'ï¿½



Elaboration is the Norm


The Funeral Cortege


The Hearse


The Coffin


The Wake


Women and Funerals


Newspapers



Victorian Customs, the Civil War, and the Rise of Funeral Homes


The Death of Prince Albert


The Civil War


The Rise of the Funeral Home



The Beginnings of Cemeteries


Cemeteries in the Countryside


Cemeteries in Towns and Villages


Winter Burials


Tombstones



The Establishment of Cemeteries in Three Towns


Niagara-on-the-Lake


Kingston


Peterborough



The Establishment of Cemeteries in Toronto



Differences According to Religion


Anglican


Jewish


Mennonite


Quaker (The Religious Society of Friends)


Roman Catholic



Origins of Funeral Customs


The Wake


Coffins


Wearing of Black


Flowers and Food


Tombstones and Epitaphs


Mementoes of the Dead


Conclusion



Genealogical Implications


Introduction



Death and Attitudes


Finding Local Histories


Nineteenth-Century Diseases


Consolation Literature



Pioneer Death and Burial


Church Records


Estate Files


Coroners' Reports


Other Sources for Pre-1869 Death Records



Elaboration is the Norm


Official Death Registrations


Newspapers



Victorian Customs, the Civil War, and the Rise of Funeral Homes


Family History Sources at Home


Funeral Homes



The Beginnings of Cemeteries


Finding Burial Records



Differences According to Religion


Anglican


Jewish


Mennonite


Quaker (The Religious Society of Friends)


Roman Catholic


United Church of Canada


Timeline


Glossary


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography








Acknowledgements