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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Oliphant Gravestones in Everton Cemetery, Wellington County, Ontario, and in London, Ontario





Everton Cemetery, Ontario, Canada.

William is the son of David Oliphant Sr. and Sophia Watt, and the brother of our ancestor Mary Oliphant (who married William Elliot).  His inscription reads:
Oliphant
William Oliphant 
Born At
St. Andrews, Scotland, 1814
Died at Everton 1856
Ann Stewart His Wife
Born At
Dundee Scotland 1818
Died At Guelph 1908
The Memory of the Just Is Blessed



And here is his obituary, in his brother David Oliphant's monthly paper The Christian Banner. It doesn't tell us a lot about him, but it does express a lot of love, in a formal Victorian manner.

The Christian Banner, Vol. 10, No. 10, October 1856. 

His parents and brother share a grave in the same graveyard.


The inscription reads:

In Memory Of 
David Oliphant
1778-1841
His Wife Sophia
1782-1857
Their Son Alexander
1810-1834

Here is Sophia's obituary, written by her son David Oliphant Jr.  Unfortunately it does not give the names of her parents or any siblings.  The fact that David and Sophia had seven children in total was new information for me;  they only brought five to Canada.  The other two must have died young.   
The Christian Banner, Volume 11, Number 4, April 1857, p. 130.



David Oliphant Jr. is buried, along with his two wives and at least one child, in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Ontario, in Section N.  The following photographs are different views of the family gravestone. 


The inscription reads:
Elder D. Oliphant
Died Mar. 18, 1886, Aged 63 Years.
Eusebia B. His Wife
Died Dec. 3, 1916 Aged 84 Years
OLIPHANT 

David and Eusebia's daughter Mary Elizabeth is remembered on the other side:



Mary Elizabeth, Daughter of David & Eusebia, Sept. 4, 1875-May 30, 1964.

Cynthia Mason,  David Oliphant Jr.'s first wife, is commemorated on the top part of the second side:



Cynthia M. Mason, Wife of D. Oliphant, Died Sept. 16, 1864
My Soul Doth Magnify The Lord. 

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