Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill, Ontario

Holy Cross Cemetery

Holy Cross Cemetery Plaque
Details
Established 1954
Location Thornhill, Ontario
Country Canada
Type Roman Catholic
Owned by Archdiocese of Toronto
Size 145 acres
Website http://www.catholic-cemeteries.com/Holy_Cross_Cemetery_1186584.html
Find a Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=639402


Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery is a 145 acres (58 hectares) cemetery in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada north of Toronto.

Located east side of Yonge Street south of Highway 407, it was created in 1954 by the Archdiocese of Toronto as an alternate burial grounds for Catholics in Toronto as Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery and St. Michael’s Cemetery in Toronto were reaching capacity.[1]

There are two sections due to presence of the Canadian National Railway tracks:

West The main entrance is from Yonge Street with most of the burial sites along with other structures:

Pomona Mills Creek runs through this section of the cemetery.

East

Accessed from Langstaff Road via Bayview Avenue this section of cemetery is partially developed and home to the Holy Family Mausoleum. The Holy Family Mausoleum is a three storey brick structure with Doric columns.

The cemetery was built on the Lots 33 and 32 belonging to settlers William Parsons (postmaster of the Village of Thornhill and Henry Miller).

Unlike Mount Hope and St. Michael's Cemeteries, Holy Cross was established with additional capacity with a larger property.

Notable burials

Notables buried here include:

Other Catholic Cemeteries in the Greater Toronto Area

Major properties in the GTA include:

There are a list of smaller cemeteries as well:

Other burial sites not within cemeteries include:

References

Coordinates: 43°49′54″N 79°25′21″W / 43.8317°N 79.4226°W