Find A Grave - Toronto

Abbott, Anderson Ruffin b. April 6, 1837 d. December 29, 1913
Medical Pioneer. When he graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto at the age of 23, he became the first Canadian-born African-American surgeon. During the Civil War, he was one of the only eight Black Doctors involved with the Union Army, serving from 1863 to 1866 as a civilian contract surgeon. His work in the soldier's hospitals in Washington, DC endeared him to President Abraham Lincoln, and First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln made a gift to him of the Shepard Plaid shawl that President...[Read More]
Cause of death: Stroke
Toronto Necropolis and Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: VNG-75
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
Allen, William Randall b. June 30, 1919 d. October 1, 1985
Toronto Mayor. He served as the second “Super Mayor” or Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto (Toronto, North York, Scarborough, East York, Etobicoke, and York) from 1962 to 1969. The Metro Chairman was the leader of Metropolitan Toronto and the most senior municipal political figure in Canada. Allen is the namesake of the Allen Expressway. His father was Robert Allen, a Toronto City Councillor and the first Riverdale Member of Provincial Parliament elected in Ontario history as a Liberal in 1934...[Read More] (Bio by: barry)
Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anglin-Hull, Margaret b. 1876 d. January 7, 1958
Stage Actress. At the peak of her career, she was one of the leading stage actresses in the world. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, her father was T.W. Anglin, speaker of the House of Commons for Canada. His career and her upper-class upbringing had her moving frequently as a child, attending schools in Montreal, Moncton, and ultimately Toronto. In her teens she travelled to New York to study at a dramatic arts school - not to become an actress, but to become a reader of Shakespeare. Charles...[Read More] (Bio by: Patrick R)
Mount Hope Catholic 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
Baldwin, Robert b. May 12, 1804 d. December 9, 1858
Canadian Statesman. Premier of Canada West. The son of William Warren Baldwin, he pursued a career in the law and was admitted to the bar in 1825. That same year he fell in love with his first cousin Augusta Elizabeth Sullivan. The families discouraged the match initially, but on May 31, 1827 they were married. They had four children. Baldwin became involved in politics in 1828, and in 1829 had his first election victory. He dropped from the political scene in 1830. Not only did he dislike...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Spadina (Baldwin family cemetery), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Baldwin, Robert [cenotaph] b. May 12, 1804 d. December 9, 1858
Canadian Statesman. Premier of Canada West. The son of William Warren Baldwin, he pursued a career in the law and was admitted to the bar in 1825. That same year he fell in love with his first cousin Augusta Elizabeth Sullivan. The families discouraged the match initially, but on May 31, 1827 they were married. They had four children. Baldwin became involved in politics in 1828, and in 1829 had his first election...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Saint James Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ballard, Harold b. July 30, 1903 d. April 11, 1990
Hockey Hall of Fame Team Owner. In 1940, he became a member of the Maple Leafs Hockey Team organization, was a senior executive in 1957, became part-owner of the team in 1961 and was majority owner from February 1972 until his death at age 86. Many fans consider the Ballard era to be the darkest period in team history, even after winning four Stanley Cups in the 1960s. However, the Maple Leafs under Ballard were one of the league's most financially successful teams. Although the Leafs were...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Park Lawn 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
Barron, Colin Fraser b. September 20, 1895 d. August 15, 1959
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Beaty Jr., James b. November 10, 1831 d. March 15, 1899
Mayor of Toronto, Canada, 1879-1880. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
Toronto Necropolis and Crematorium, 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)
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Boyd, Sir John Alexander b. 1837 d. November 23, 1916
President of the High Court of Justice and the last Chancellor of Ontario.
Toronto Necropolis and Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: O-23
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
Brown, George b. November 29, 1818 d. May 9, 1880
Canadian Statesman, Journalist. In 1837 he emigrated from his native Scotland to New York City, New York, where after a five year stay he settled in Toronto, Ontario. In 1844 he founded The Toronto "Globe" and used the newspaper to promote his strong beliefs in representation based on population, and the separation of church and state. In 1851 after being elected to the Legislative Assembly he began to develop a plan that what unite the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Toronto Necropolis and Crematorium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Plot: E-85

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