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Aikins, James Cox b. March 30, 1823 d. August 6, 1904
Canadian Politician. He served as the Secretary of State for Canada from 1867 to 1873, and 1878 to 1880, and as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Manitoba from 1882 to 1888. (Bio by: K)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ayres, Thomas Vernon 'Vern' b. April 27, 1909 d. February 18, 1968
Professional Hockey Player. He played for such teams as the New York Americans (1930 to 1933), Montreal Maroons (1934 to 1935), St. Louis Eagles (1935), New York Rangers (1935), Philadelphia Ramblers (1935 to 1936), Pittsburgh Hornets (1939 to 1940), and St. Louis Flyers (1940 to 1941). (Bio by: K)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Banting, Sir. Frederick b. November 14, 1891 d. February 21, 1941
Born the youngest of five children in Alliston Ontario. Studied medicine at the University of Toronto. After graduating in 1916, he joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps during WWI. In 1918 he was wounded at the battle of Cambrai and in 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross for heroism under fire. After the war, he returned to medical practise. He was awarded a Gold Medal in 1922 from his peers in recognition of his medical achievements. During working in a childrens hospital, that he became...[Read More]
Cause of death: Plane Crash
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barker, William George 'Billy' b. November 3, 1894 d. March 12, 1930
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dauphin, Canada, he served as a Major flight commander in the Royal Canadian Air Force. On the morning of the October 27, 1918, Major Barker observed an enemy two-seater over the Foret de Mormal, France. He attacked this plane, shot it down and at the same time a German Fokker biplane attacked him. He was wounded but managed to shoot it down also. He then found himself in the middle of a large formation of Fokkers which attacked him from all...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Best, Charles Herbert b. February 27, 1899 d. March 31, 1978
Medical Pioneer. He was the co-discoverer of insulin. Born in West Pembroke, Maine, of Canadian parents, while studying medicine at the University of Toronto, he came to meet and become the assistant to Sir Frederick Banting in 1921, who was working on the extract of insulin, which controls the detrimental affects of diabetes. For Charles Best's work, Banting shared half of the credit and monies from his Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine. During World War II, he was influential in starting...[Read More]
Cause of death: Natural causes
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bickell, John Paris 'J.P.' b. September 26, 1884 d. August 22, 1951
Business Magnate, Canadian Sports Benefactor. Bickell was a popular Toronto, Ontario, businessman who had a great contribution to the benefit of professional hockey. Bickell had successful career in business thanks to the success of the teams of the Toronto St. Pats and the Toronto Maple Leafs as well as many other causes. Bickell who was born in Toronto, Ontario, on September 26, 1884, became an industrialist, mining executive and financier. By the the age of 23 Bickell had started his own...[Read More]
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: Mausoleum
Bigelow, Dr. Wilfred Gordon b. June 18, 1913 d. March 27, 2005
Medical Pioneer. As a young surgeon at the University of Toronto in the 1940s, he created a path breaking technique of cooling the body to allow open-heart surgery. In 1950, working with an electrical engineer, he created a radio-size unit that was used to restart a patient's heart after cooling. The hypothermia technique was supplanted by the heart-lung machine in the 1960's and in the course of his work with hypothermia, he created the theories that contributed to the development of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Billes, A.J. b. December 1, 1902 d. April 3, 1995
Entrepreneur, Business Magnate. Founder of the Canadian Tire company.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Bond, Greg b. January 31, 1954 d. April 10, 1989
Actor, writer, musician. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Bond became a fixture in the Toronto musical theatre scene, particularly after he got rave reviews for his performance as Rum Tum Tugger in CATS. Prior to that, he appeared on stage all over Canada and in Sydney, Australia, in productions such as Oklahoma, Carousel, and Anne of Green Gables, The Musical, of which, the latter enjoyed a successful run at the Charlottetown Festival. His television credits included small parts in Judge and...[Read More] (Bio by: Patrick R)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Boylen, Matthew James d. July 7, 1970
Prospector. Although never having completed grade school, he was awarded three honorary degrees including a Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of New Brunswick. He established Brunswick Mining and Smeltering Corporation and Advocate Mines. He was also a renowned thoroughbred raiser.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burch, William 'Billy' b. November 20, 1900 d. November 30, 1950
Hall of Fame Professional NHL Hockey Player. He played from 1925 to 1933 for the New York Americans, Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974. (Bio by: K)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Conacher, Charles 'The Big Bomber' b. December 10, 1909 d. January 30, 1967
Professional Hockey Player. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Conacher was the brother of hockey players, Lionel and Roy Conacher. At 6'00", and 210lbs, Conacher played the position of Right Wing for teams in the NHL, OHAJR, OHASR, and the M-Cup hockey leagues. Conacher played for the North Toronto Juniors from 1926 to 1927, North Toronto Seniors from 1926 to 1927, Toronto Marlboros from 1927 to 1928, Toronto Maple Leafs from 1929 to 1938, Detroit Red Wings from 1938 to 1939, and the New York...[Read More]
Cause of death: Throat cancer
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: 41-351
Davis, Frederick Charles 'Fred' b. 1921 d. July 5, 1996
Television Show Host. He hosted the Canadian television game show "Front Page Challenge" during its remarkable near 30 year run. The show featured journalists guessing the identity of a mystery guest who had ties to current news stories. Once the person's identity was revealed, the journalists then interview the person in regard to the news story they were involved in. People such has hockey star Godire Howe, political Pierre Trudeau and civil rights crusader Malcolm X appeared on the program...[Read More]
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Dennett, Jack b. May 30, 1916 d. August 27, 1975
Broadcaster. Dennett began his career at the age of 15 while still going to school. His first job was at CFAC Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, where he worked at filing records and other odd jobs. At the age of 16 Dennett became an announcer at the station when he had a chance to fill in for the regular announcer when he never showed up for work. In 1935, Dennett began doing hockey interviews. In 1940 he enlisted in the Armed Forces for five months before he was discharged due to stomach ulcers...[Read More]
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dickins, C.H. 'Punch' b. January 12, 1899 d. August 3, 1995
Aviator, World War I Flying Ace. A native of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, he was born Clennell Haggerston Dickins. Known as �Tingmashuk' which means �birdman' by the Inuits, he was one of Canada's most famous bush pilots and early Arctic explorers by air. He moved with his family to Edmonton, Alberta, at the age of 10. At 17, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, nad then the Royal Flying Corps, where he was trained as a pilot. During World War I he became a superb airman participating...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: Cremation Gardens
Eaton, Nancy Alice b. May 28, 1961 d. January 21, 1985
Heiress. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Timothy Eaton, founder of Eaton's department stores. Eaton was murdered at 23 by a childhood friend, Andrew Leyshon-Hughes, who was later found not guilty by reason of insanity. A movie was made of her life, "The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton" (2003), based on the book, "A Question of Guilt" by William Scoular. (Bio by: Elizabeth Reed)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: Section S, Lot 250
Eaton, Timothy d. January 31, 1907
He founded the T. Eaton Company in 1869 which, by 1907, had become the most important and influential department store in the Dominion of Canada.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: 2-4
Empress of Ireland Memorial [memorial]
Memorial to the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Editor's note: Find a Grave lists five additional burial and/or memorial locations for the Empress of Ireland disaster. They are as follows: Mass Grave - Remaining With Ship, Pointe-au-Pere, Quebec, Canada (the site of...[Read More]
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ferguson, George Howard b. June 18, 1870 d. February 21, 1946
Premier of Ontario, Canada.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: 4-1
Foster, Harry 'Red' b. March 1, 1905 d. January 18, 1985
Athlete. Broadcaster. Businessman. Began his career in sports, as half-back on the Grey Cup-winning, Balmy Beach football team in 1930, and later got his start in radio by selling advertising time for sports programs. His voice was soon heard across Canada, as one of the first to master the art of play-by-play broadcasting, covering everything from hockey to baseball, from swimming to wrestling. He delivered the first national broadcast of a Canadian football game from Molson Stadium in...[Read More] (Bio by: Patrick R)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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