Jane Young - Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
N 44° 19.827 W 079° 39.127
17T E 607463 N 4909459
A pioneer grave that can be found just of Pricilla's Place (new development) not far of the corner of Lockhart Road and Huronia Road in Innisfil, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM80P5
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/04/2010
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Text from the grave:
JANE YOUNG
WIFE OF
DAVID GIBBINS
DIED - 1836
Text from the rock:
JANE (YOUNG) GIBBINS. DAVID GIBBINS AND FAMILY ARRIVED FROM COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND IN 1836. DAVID WALKED FROM MARKHAM TO INNISFIL TO LOCATE LAND, BRINNING BACK FOUR SAMPLES OF SOIL TIED IN A CLOTH FOR JANE TO CHOOSE FROM. DAVID, A CARPENTER, BUILT A SHELTER AND THE FAMILY MOVED, MOSTLY BY OXTRAIL. A FEW MILES FROM THEIR LAND, NIGHT FELL AND THE CATTLE WOULD GO NO FURTHER. TYING A CALF TO A SAPLING WITH HER SCARF, TO KEEP THE COW NEARBY, JANE SENT THE CHILDREN ON WITH DAVID. SHE KEPT THEIR TWO DOGS WITH HERTO FRIGHTEN BEARS, AND SPENT THE NIGHT IN THE FOREST. THE NEXT DAY SHE ARRIVED AT THE SHELTER. PREPAIRED FOOD FOR THE FAMILY, THEN LAY DOWN AND DIED OF EXHAUSTION AND EXPOSURE. THERE BEING NO LOCAL CEMETERY SHE WAS LAID TO REST HERE IN THE SE CORNER OF THE LAND SHE HAD CHOSEN.
First Name: Jane
Last Name: Young
Died: 01/01/1836
Born: Not listed
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