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This cemetery is abandoned & is located in the corner of a farmers field. There appears to be no road in or out of this cemetery
so were only able to see from the roadside. The names of the buried were obtained from the book "History of Oliver Township 1879 - 1979"
& from the cemetery records at the Brodie Resource Library, Thunder Bay, Ont by the Thunder Bay District Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society.
From the Oliver Township book in brief it says "The land was originally owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ryde and they buried 2 of their young children there
and eventually allowed the Baptist Church to bury other people there and it was then called a cemetery. It is understood that there may be at least
30 - 40 people buried there.

There are only 2 headstones visible and what appears to be the base of one of them but it is a short distance from the spire headstone belonging to the Hoskins.
It appears that the stone had been moved at some time. It lies next to the stone for Peter Beveridge. We talked to a very nice gentleman who lives near the cemetery
and he indicated at one time there were wooden crosses but a search turned up none due to all the over growth.

Ryde - 2 children

Same Side of Headstone Top to Bottom Mary Hoskins w/o Leonard Hiller June 14, 1853 Died Sept 18, 1897 Martha Hoskins Born Dec 8, 1859 Died Oct 10, 1877

Right Side of the above stone Jno Hoskins Born May 22, 1818 Died June 6, 1899 Grace (Allen) Hoskins Born Aug 16?, 1819 Died Sept 8, 1900

From Newspaper account dated Oct 2, 1900

Hoskins, Mrs. On Monday last the funeral of one of the oldest residents of the Township of Oliver took place, that of the late Mrs. Hoskins. The aged lady has been suffering for some time with a tumor which ultimately caused her death at the advanced age of 75.

In Memory of Peter Beveridge Died June 10, 1882

John Wright
Jan 20, 1815-Jan 2, 1892

Elizabeth Wright
Aug 4, 1818 - May 15, 1891

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From death registrations & burial of family members,
this is the most likely place of burial for the following

Christina Wright Hoskins
Jan 22, 1846 - 12 Sept 1909

John Hoskins
May 1848 - May 8, 1916

Duncan Johnson//Johnston
d Jan 10, 1878 age 35 yrs
4th Con Oliver Burying Ground