Nancy <I>Montgomery</I> Kinnear

Nancy Montgomery Kinnear

Birth
Death
28 Jul 1843
Richmond Hill, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Richmond Hill, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.873, Longitude: -79.44
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It is speculated that they were buried in the South West part of the cemetery. The picture shows this. It is a fairly blank part of the cemetery so it is likely somewhere within this space that they are buried. One news story indicates that her name was Hannah but people called her Nancy. There is considerable information online regarding this tragic incident. One being written in 2024 with the title "The Enigma of Grace Marks: Crime, Punishment, and Disappearance" by J Allen. Also a book "Alias Grace"  a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize


It is speculated that they were buried in the South West part of the cemetery. The picture shows this. It is a fairly blank part of the cemetery so it is likely somewhere within this space that they are buried. One news story indicates that her name was Hannah but people called her Nancy. There is considerable information online regarding this tragic incident. One being written in 2024 with the title "The Enigma of Grace Marks: Crime, Punishment, and Disappearance" by J Allen. Also a book "Alias Grace"  a historical fiction novel by Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. First published in 1996 by McClelland & Stewart, it won the Giller Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize


Gravesite Details

Tom and Nancy were subsequently buried in the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery in the far southwest or "Potter's Field" section in an unmarked grave.

If you read the documents there had been markers but over time have been removed.


Family Members


  • Created by: chanceychelsey
  • Added: 4 Jul 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166443006/nancy-kinnear: accessed ), memorial page for Nancy Montgomery Kinnear (unknown–28 Jul 1843), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166443006, citing Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery, Richmond Hill, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by chanceychelsey (contributor 47964923).