MUSKOKA PARRY SOUND
GENEALOGY GROUP

Parry Sound District Cemeteries, McDougall Township
Lumsden Cemetery

Location Located just north of Parry Sound on Highway 69, McDougall Township
Status No Longer in Use
Oldest Known Internment 1875
Maps - Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada Parry Sound 41 H/7, Scale 1:50,000
Maps - Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communication Map 600490, Scale 1:100,000
Maps - 1879 Guide Book & Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound Page 78

This is a family burial place of the Lumsden family who were one of the first pioneer settlers on what is now Highway 69.

The earliest death noted is Mrs. Lumsden’s husband in 1875 and that is a long way back in the history of those who settled north of Parry Sound. It must have just been a bush trail in those days. The Corbieres had two lots right next to the Lumsdens.

The 1879 Guide Book and Atlas of Parry Sound District gives the following information.

Name Lot Concession
D. L. Corbiere 3 A
J. Lumsden 4 A
D. B. Corbiere 5 A
Jas. Lumsden 6 A

Elizabeth Corbiere
Died September 24th, 1897
Age 62 years
David Corbiere
Died April 9th, 1886
Age 62 years
James Lumsden
Died February 15, 1875
Age 63 years
Husband of Elizabeth Corbiere

James Lumsden
Son of Elizabeth & James Lumsden
Died July 18, 1875
Age 17 years

“Mother”
Mary E. Wright
Wife of J.D. Lumsden
Born 1861
Died 1948
Amanda Francis
Wife of Bamudy Oswald
A wooden cross, lying flat on the ground

 

McDougall Township Cemeteries