Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
DenominationNon-denominationalOntario Region:TorontoCity OntarioToronto Web Reference Mount Pleasant Group Web Site 375 Mount Pleasant RoadToronto, ON M4T 2V8(416) 485-9129
Banting, Frederick
Date of Birth 1891-11-14 Place of birth: Alliston, Ontario Date of Death 1941-02-21 Place of death: near Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland Cause of death: Airplane crash Also known as Sir Frederick Grant Banting Frederick Banting was the discoverer of insulin and … Continued
Ballard, Harold
Date of Birth 1903-07-30 Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario Date of Death1990-04-11 Place of death: Toronto, Ontario Also known as Edwin Harold Ballard (at birth)Harold E. Ballard Harold Ballard was the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Hamilton Tiger … Continued
St. James Cemetery, Toronto
DenominationProtestantOntario Region:TorontoCity OntarioToronto St. James Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Toronto still in operation. The cemetery opened in 1844 as the burial ground for St. James Cathedral. The cemetery was necessary as the burial ground around the cathedral itself, … Continued
Baldwin, Robert
Date of Birth1804-05-12Place of birth:York (now Toronto), Upper Canada (now Ontario)Date of Death1858-12-09Place of death:at his home “Spadina”, Yorkville (Toronto), Ontario (Canada West) Robert Baldwin along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, led the first responsible ministry in Canada, regarded … Continued
Arden, Elizabeth
Date of Birth 1884-12-31 Place of birth: Woodbridge, Ontario Date of Death1966-10-18 Place of death: New York City, New York Also known as Florence Nightingale Graham (at birth) Florence Nightingale Graham, who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was … Continued
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, in the presence of the enemy. The Victoria ross was created by Queen Victoria in 1856, … Continued
Algie, Wallace Lloyd VC
Date of Birth 1891-06-10 Place of birth: Alton (Caledon), Ontario Date of Death 1918-10-11 Place of death: Cambrai, France VC Citation: For most conspicuous bravery and self-sacrifice on the 11th October, 1918, north-east of Cambrai, when with attacking troops which … Continued
Frum, Barbara
Date of Birth 1937-09-08 Place of birth: Niagara Falls, New York Date of Death 1992-03-26 Cause of death: leukemia Also known as Barbara Rosberg Claim to fame: Newscaster, journalist and TV Host. Interment Info Barbara Frum was originally interred at … Continued
York Cemetery, Toronto
Denomination: Non-denominational Ontario Region: Toronto Since 1948, York Cemetery has been providing service to North York and its neighbouring communities. A portion of the cemetery office is located in the Michael Shepard House, built in the early 1850s and designated … Continued