|
 ZINC – Boucher, Brockville, Ontario Posted by:  Falach-fead
N 44° 34.223 W 075° 43.054
18T E 443023 N 4935477
A zinc headstone in the Old Protestant Cemetery, County Road 2, Brockville, Ontario. The headstone is located on the left side of the lane just off the main road.
Waymark Code: WMBJ2Z
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/24/2011
Views: 17
A zinc spire, mounted on two zinc plinths and topped with a vase. This headstone measures approximately 6 feet in height.
The lower zinc plinth panels are simulated stone with one panel including the name "White Bronze Co St Thomas, Ont." This company had obtained the sole Canadian franchise for the products of the Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The upper zinc plinth contains four panels. Panels are dedicated to Michael Wilson Boucher, William Robert Boucher, William Boucher and Olive Eliza Boucher. The spire panels are in memory of Jeannie Cassels Ferguson, Harriet Hutchison, Harriet Boucher and Robert Thompson. It is interesting to note that the panel in memory of Jeannie Ferguson was added afterwards and is bolted over the top of the original spire side panel.
The spire panels are topped with draped curtains on all four sides. The vase shows some signs of damage and cracks perhaps from water and ice.
Additional research on the snowslide that killed Michael Wilson Boucher indicates that On February 19 shortly before 6 p.m., a snowslide at Downie, B.C. turned over a boxcar, instantly killing two CPR employees: division master mechanic M.W. Boucher and conductor Charles Treat.
Headstone text (optional):
LOWER PANELS:
In Memory Of
Michael Wilson
Beloved Son Of
William & Harriet
Killed By Snowslide
At Downie, B.C.
Feb. 19, 1930
Aged 54 Years
William Robert
Boucher
Loving Husband Of
Jeannie Cassels
Ferguson
1862 – 1934
William Boucher
Died Octr 16th 1910
Aged 75 Years
In Memory Of
Olive Eliza
Beloved Daughter Of
William and Harriet
Boucher
Died Sept. 11, 1927 Aged 54 Yrs
UPPER PANELS
Jeannie Cassels
Ferguson
Loving Wife Of
Wm. R. Boucher
1869 – 1947
In Memory Of
Harriet
Hutchinson
Beloved Wife Of
David
Robertson,
Died May 31, 1879
Aged 68 Years.
In Memory Of
Harriet
Beloved Wife Of
Wm Boucher
Died Dec. 20, 1888
Aged 45 Years.
In Memory Of
Robert Thompson
Beloved Son Of
William and Harriet
Boucher,
Died June 30, 1871,
Aged 3 Yrs, & 9 Mos
Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed
Date of birth (optional): Not listed
Date of death (optional): Not listed
Website: Not listed
|
Visit Instructions:
To log a visit to a Waymark in the category, just log a visit. If you wish to include photos of the marker, you're more than welcome, but it's not required.
|