ZINC – GILLIS, Sydney, Nova Scotia
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Falach-fead
N 46° 07.577 W 060° 11.114
20T E 717454 N 5111930
A zinc headstone in the Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney, Nova Scotia. This one is dedicated to the GILLIS family.
Waymark Code: WMF915
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/12/2012
Views: 3
A zinc spire mounted on four zinc plinths on a large concrete base. The lower plinth is simulated stone. The upper three plinths contain symbols, epitaphs and the family name. Two of the removable plates are missing and likely contained the details of family member(s) buried at the site . The obelisk spire is decorated along the top and bottom with a symbols depicted on one face. The spire is topped with a pyramid. The headstone is about 8 feet high.
Side 1:
GILLIS
(missing plate)
AT REST
Side 2:
1887
Symbol – Rose
Side 3:
Symbol – Lady with Anchor
GILLIS
Symbol – Crown
GOD IS LOVE.
Side 4:
Symbol – Anchor and Chain
(missing plate)
THERE IS SWEET REST IN
HEAVEN.
Additional Research:
A stone next to the zinc headstone at ground level simply states MARY GILLIS 1826 – 1909 and it is assumed that the zinc headstone is that of her husband and/or children. The only reference matching the family was the death register for 1909, Book 3, page, 62, Number 368 for Mary GILLIS, died 3 Mar 1909 in Sydney, Cape Breton County at age 81. She is listed as a widow. Place of birth was Scotland. No other family details were found to-date.
Hardwood Hill Cemetery:
It is the largest cemetery in Sydney. It opened in 1882 when eight acres of land was purchased from the Parish of St. George in Sydney. This land was part of the Glebe lands granted to the Parish by King George III. The Cemetery has now spread over fourteen acres of land and has over 14,000 graves and burial plots. Those from many denominations are buried here: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican, and Catholic. It is still referred to as the "Church of England Cemetery" because of its early connection with St. George's Church.
Hardwood Hills Cemetery contains the graves of paupers and industrialists, entertainers and victims of industrial accidents in the coal mines and the steel plant. It is a microcosm of Cape Breton's multicultural history, and is a historic site.
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