Mount Hope Cemetery
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Mount Hope Cemetery

Richardson, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada

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    Coordinates: 44.99840, -66.95540
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Mount Hope Cemetery is located near the community of Richardson on the island of Deer Island. While being established as early as 1851, it wasn't until 1903 that James M. Lord and his wife Caroline sold a little more than a half-acre to the Christian Church of Lord's Cove for a public cemetery. Part of the original 1805 deed to Thomas Farrell, in 1880 Mr. James M. Lord received lands from the estate of Thomas B. Wilson via Mr. Wilson's widow, Georgana. In 1914, James' son, J. Stevenson Lord, sold property to the Christian Church of Lord's Cove for the Mount Hope Christian Church Cemetery. A few years later, in 1919 and in 1921, Mr. J. Stevenson Lord sold additional land to the church allowing for cemetery expansion. Today, the cemetery property is slightly larger than 1.8 acres however burials have been made outside of official cemetery grounds. The cemetery is the most active cemetery on the island with many of the smaller cemeteries no longer receiving interments. The cemetery is far from having a patterned lay out; the hilly land has burial plots scattered around with retaining walls constructed to bring stability to some plots. Many of the older markers have disappeared and a number of transcription/surveys were done in order to capture good index of the cemetery with the most recent being done by the New Brunswick Genealogical Society in October 2019. The cemetery is resting place for over 700 known burials. (source: Charlotte County Interments Index - New Brunswick Genealogical Society, ISBN: 978-0-9916887-1-5 )
Mount Hope Cemetery is located near the community of Richardson on the island of Deer Island. While being established as early as 1851, it wasn't until 1903 that James M. Lord and his wife Caroline sold a little more than a half-acre to the Christian Church of Lord's Cove for a public cemetery. Part of the original 1805 deed to Thomas Farrell, in 1880 Mr. James M. Lord received lands from the estate of Thomas B. Wilson via Mr. Wilson's widow, Georgana. In 1914, James' son, J. Stevenson Lord, sold property to the Christian Church of Lord's Cove for the Mount Hope Christian Church Cemetery. A few years later, in 1919 and in 1921, Mr. J. Stevenson Lord sold additional land to the church allowing for cemetery expansion. Today, the cemetery property is slightly larger than 1.8 acres however burials have been made outside of official cemetery grounds. The cemetery is the most active cemetery on the island with many of the smaller cemeteries no longer receiving interments. The cemetery is far from having a patterned lay out; the hilly land has burial plots scattered around with retaining walls constructed to bring stability to some plots. Many of the older markers have disappeared and a number of transcription/surveys were done in order to capture good index of the cemetery with the most recent being done by the New Brunswick Genealogical Society in October 2019. The cemetery is resting place for over 700 known burials. (source: Charlotte County Interments Index - New Brunswick Genealogical Society, ISBN: 978-0-9916887-1-5 )

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