St Joseph Pioneer Catholic Cemetery
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St Joseph Pioneer Catholic Cemetery

Also known as Dublin Roman Catholic Cemetery

Acton, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

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NE Lot 25, Concession 1, Esquesing Township

Roman Catholics emigrating from Ireland in the mid 1830s settled around First Line and 25th Sideroad. Later many other Catholics came to the area, particularly after the railway, built by Irish labourers, came through in 1856.

From 1852 to 1857, infrequent masses were held at the home of Matthew McCann. One day the floor gave way, sliding some of the parishioners into the cellar. As a result, McCann and his neighbour John Mulholland decided to donate two acres of land for a proper church and cemetery.

Construction began in March of 1857 and by August of 1858 the Sacrament of Confirmation was administered for the first time in the new Dublin Roman Catholic Church. Burials took place around the church, thus forming the present cemetery.

By 1887 the congregation had outgrown this church and they purchased another church building in Acton. The new church was renamed St Joseph's. The old church building was torn down and rebuilt as a private home elsewhere.

The original cemetery is still maintained. Records of births, marriages and deaths from 1854 to 1956 are kept at St Joseph's Church.









NE Lot 25, Concession 1, Esquesing Township

Roman Catholics emigrating from Ireland in the mid 1830s settled around First Line and 25th Sideroad. Later many other Catholics came to the area, particularly after the railway, built by Irish labourers, came through in 1856.

From 1852 to 1857, infrequent masses were held at the home of Matthew McCann. One day the floor gave way, sliding some of the parishioners into the cellar. As a result, McCann and his neighbour John Mulholland decided to donate two acres of land for a proper church and cemetery.

Construction began in March of 1857 and by August of 1858 the Sacrament of Confirmation was administered for the first time in the new Dublin Roman Catholic Church. Burials took place around the church, thus forming the present cemetery.

By 1887 the congregation had outgrown this church and they purchased another church building in Acton. The new church was renamed St Joseph's. The old church building was torn down and rebuilt as a private home elsewhere.

The original cemetery is still maintained. Records of births, marriages and deaths from 1854 to 1956 are kept at St Joseph's Church.









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