Captain Daniel Rapelje - St. Thomas, Ontario
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Keldar5
N 42° 46.611 W 081° 12.424
17T E 483061 N 4736055
A founder of St. Thomas.
Waymark Code: WMRD15
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/11/2016
Views: 5
Daniel Rapelje was the founder of St. Thomas and he donated the land the church and cemetery reside on. His son George is the oldest grave in the cemetery (1819) and he is supposedly buried close to George and another son. Capt. Rapelje served in the War of 1812 (Lundy's Lane and other battles). He became a Captain in the 1st Middlesex Militia. In 1814 he built a log grist mill and divided a portion of his land into town lots. The settlement that Rapelje established formed the nucleus of the city of St. Thomas.
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Date of birth: 11/08/1775
Date of death: 10/01/1828
Area of notoriety: Historical Figure
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Dawn to Dusk
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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