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ST. LUKE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY, is first
left off Church Lane. Until 1954 this was the only Catholic burying
ground between Toronto and Newmarket.
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St. Luke's Cemetery
The Roman Catholic parish of St. Luke's was established in
1846 to serve Thornhill and surrounding area. Many parishioners
travelled over thirteen miles by horse and buggy to attend Sunday
services. The cemetery, started in 1847, was the only Catholic
burial ground in the area. It served as the resting place for
families from as far away as Woodbridge to the west, Markham to the
east and Newmarket to the north.
One of the earlier stones in the cemetery is that of founding
member Edward Seager (1809-1879), who married Catherine Cain, and
converted to Catholicism.
In 1972 the church building was sold to St. Volodymyr's, a
Ukrainian Catholic church.
Erected by the Society for the Preservation of Historic Thornhill,
2000 A.D.
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