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Our Board is responsible for the care and maintenance of Anglican cemeteries in South Dundas.

07/29/2026

Many thanks to Councillor Tom Smyth, Municipality of South Dundas, for his prompt action in removing a dead tree beside our cemetery fence. It was located on municipal property and was about to fall on the cemetery which would have broken the fence as well as a few gravestones.

Councillor Smyth is the Chair of the South Dundas Cemetery Advisory Committee so we notified him and he immediately had the problem addressed.

Thanks Tom!

- South Dundas Anglican Cemetery Board

07/01/2026

Happy Canada Day! Or as us older folks once said..Happy Dominion Day!

06/19/2026

TODAY IS LOYALIST DAY IN ONTARIO and we salute all of the Loyallists interred within our three cemeteries: Old St. James, New St. James, both in Morrisburg, and St. John-the-Baptist in Iroquois.

During the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) thousands of citizens in the British Colonies decided to remain loyal to the Crown rather than embark on a republican form of government.

These people are referred to as Loyalists and many of the men served in Loyalist army regiments. These regiments fought in many battles against the rebel forces.

After the long and arduous war, in a losing cause, many Loyalists suffered persecution and eventually made their way to Upper Canada where they cleared the land and established farms and villages.

Loyalist soldiers of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York moved to this area. Twelve of these soldiers are interred within the St. John The Baptist Anglican Cemetery in Iroquois, Ontario.

These twelve are:
Pte Peter BROUSE (1766-1809)
Capt Michael CARMAN (1743-1824)
Pte Jacob CARNS Sr (1737-)
Pte Lucas FADER Sr (1724-1786)
Pte Lucas FADER Jr (1757-1842)
Pte Lodowyck FREDERICK (1734-)
Pte Philip SHAVER (1731-1805)
Capt John Simon STRADER (1756-1846)
Pte Simon STRADER (1721-1800)
Pte Anthony WALLISER (1730-1800)
Sgt John WALLISER (1761-)
Pte Martin WALTER (1724-)

Some of these men went on to serve in the Dundas Regiment during the War of 1812-1814 to successfully defend Upper Canada.

Maybe YOU are a descendant?

- South Dundas Anglican Cemetery Board

06/10/2026

Are you searching your ancestors?

Our St.John-the-Baptist Anglican Cemetery is an excellent resource. It has 726 memorials going back to 1790s. Drop by.

We are fortunate in this area to have another excellent resource - Dundas County Archives located in Iroquois.

If you want to look at old newspaper articles check out the SDQ & Cornwall Newspaper Phot Digitization Project website at https://archive.sdgcounties.ca/

If you're searching for veterans we've profiled 35 veterans who are interred in our cemetery.

Lastly, a really neat website called FIND A GRAVE (it's free) has detailed info on almost all grave yards in Canada. It's super easy to use.

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06/08/2026

The rain heldoff for DECORATION DAY 2026.

Many thanks to our wonderful volunteers who made this happen:
Stephen L.
Diane L.
Brian L.
Lise P.
Doug B.
Stephen McD
Laurie McD

Many thanks to Reverend Mark Lewis for leading our prayer services.

Also we want to thank South Dundas Municipal Councillor Tom Smythe for attending the event to give us an update on the South Dundas Cemetery Advisory Committee which Tom leads.

Lastly, a big thanks to Kevin Allen of Eastern Ontario Cemetery Memorials for his presentation about the recent innovation of having urns embedded in tombstones. A very good option for family plots.

We look forward to Decoration Day 2027!

- Anglican Parish of South Dundas Cemetery Board

06/06/2026

TODAY IS A SPECIAL DAY THAT CHANGED HISTORY.

D DAY - JUNE 6th 1944

It's a good day to honour all of our 35 War Veterans interred at St. John-the-Baptist Anglican Cemetery in Iroquois.

On June 6th 1944 over 14,000 Canadian soldiers landed or parachuted on to the coast of France. Of those Canadians, 381 were killed, 584 were wounded, and 131 were captured.

These brave soldiers went on to defeat a ruthless fascist dictator...Adolph Hi**er.

We owe them a lot.

Pictured: German soldiers who surrendered on Juno Beach (our landing zone). Men of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles on a landing craft just before hitting the beach.

06/05/2026

You're invited to Decoration Day this coming Sunday at 1:00pm to 3:00pm.
St. John-the-Baptist Anglican Cemetery in IROQUOIS
Located on Dr Miller Rd.
EVENTS:
• Welcome and prayers by Reverend Mark
Lewis
• Kevin Allen of Eastern Ontario Cemetery
Memorials will speak about "cremation
monuments" in which cremation urns are
put into headstones. 24” and 30” hold
two urns.
• Tom Smyth, Councillor, Municipality of
South Dundas, and Chair, South Dundas
Cemetery Advisory Committee
will speak about the committee’s
ongoing work.
• An update by the Board on our work
to maintain our three cemeteries.
• Participants are encouraged to clean
and decorate their family’s headstones.
Cleaning tools (rags, water, brushes and
D-2 cleaner) and assistance will be
available.
• Cookies and refreshments

05/27/2026

A tree just fell down in St. James Cemetery in Morriburg and we have begun work to remove it. Many thanks to the folks who posted the initial post on Facebook.

05/08/2026

TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY. Why?

It's the 85th Anniversary of VE DAY - Victory in Europe Day. When the N***s surrendered to Allied Forces.

We salute all of the 21 World War 2 Veterans interred at St.John-the-Baptist Cemetery in Iroquois. We are forever indebted to each Veteran.

Pictured is Sir Winston Churchill waving to the crowds in London on May 8th 1945 - VE DAY.

Address

Iroquois, Morrisburg, Township Of South Dundas
Dundas, ON
K0E1K0

Website

https://www.southdundasanglicans.ca/

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