Born in Glasgow (or nearby Paisley, Renfrewshire), Scotland. His wife died in Scotland and he emigrated to Lower Canada with son Thomas and daughter Janet
John Renfrew died aged aged 86 years, of cholera during an outbreak in the summer of 1834 and was buried on the same day as his death. His son died in the same epidemic, about ten days later. The interments were recorded by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Quebec City
NOTE: From 1771 through 1860 (when it was closed), this cemetery was known as the "Protestant Burying Ground"; individuals from many of the Protestant denominations in the City of Quebec were interred here, including Methodists, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Free Church, Baptists, and others, as well as the Anglicans whose chapel, St Matthew, was later built on the property
John Renfrew died aged aged 86 years, of cholera during an outbreak in the summer of 1834 and was buried on the same day as his death. His son died in the same epidemic, about ten days later. The interments were recorded by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Quebec City
NOTE: From 1771 through 1860 (when it was closed), this cemetery was known as the "Protestant Burying Ground"; individuals from many of the Protestant denominations in the City of Quebec were interred here, including Methodists, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Free Church, Baptists, and others, as well as the Anglicans whose chapel, St Matthew, was later built on the property
Born in Glasgow (or nearby Paisley, Renfrewshire), Scotland. His wife died in Scotland and he emigrated to Lower Canada with son Thomas and daughter Janet
John Renfrew died aged aged 86 years, of cholera during an outbreak in the summer of 1834 and was buried on the same day as his death. His son died in the same epidemic, about ten days later. The interments were recorded by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Quebec City
NOTE: From 1771 through 1860 (when it was closed), this cemetery was known as the "Protestant Burying Ground"; individuals from many of the Protestant denominations in the City of Quebec were interred here, including Methodists, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Free Church, Baptists, and others, as well as the Anglicans whose chapel, St Matthew, was later built on the property
John Renfrew died aged aged 86 years, of cholera during an outbreak in the summer of 1834 and was buried on the same day as his death. His son died in the same epidemic, about ten days later. The interments were recorded by the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Quebec City
NOTE: From 1771 through 1860 (when it was closed), this cemetery was known as the "Protestant Burying Ground"; individuals from many of the Protestant denominations in the City of Quebec were interred here, including Methodists, Wesleyans, Presbyterians, Free Church, Baptists, and others, as well as the Anglicans whose chapel, St Matthew, was later built on the property
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