Virtual Cemeteries by Darren Arndt

Desjardines Canal Disaster Victims and Survivors

A Virtual Cemetery created by Darren Arndt

25 memorials

Victims and survivors of the train disaster when the swing bridge over the Desjardines Canal in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada collapsed on Mar. 12, 1857 due to a broken front axle on the engine.

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Joseph Barr

unknown – 12 Mar 1857

victim of the Des Jardins canal tragedy

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Rev Alfred Booker

14 Mar 1800 – 12 Mar 1857

Founder and first minister of Park Street Baptist...

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: A5 B5 Lot 46

John Bradfield

1814 – 1857

Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Mary Ann Bradfield

1827 – 1857

Next to John Bradfield

Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Colin Campbell

Dec 1828 – 12 Mar 1857

Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Robert Crawford

1823 – 12 Mar 1857

DIED. At Hamilton, on the 12th instant, from the...

Stoney Creek, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Ellen Divine

1836 – 12 Mar 1857

daughter of Michael DIVINE & Rose DOWNIE ...

Oakville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: St Mary's Roman Catholic Section

Mary Divine

1841 – 12 Mar 1857

daughter of Michael DIVINE & Rose DOWNIE ...

Oakville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: St Mary's Roman Catholic Section

James Forbes

unknown – 12 Mar 1857

Burlington, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Erastus W. Green

unknown – 12 Mar 1857

Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

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Rev Frederick Theodore Heise

1819 – 12 Mar 1857

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: CC-A

John Charles Henderson

12 Sep 1825 – 12 Mar 1857

John Henderson was a victim of the Desjardins...

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: CC-A

George Knight

1839 – 12 Mar 1857

Fireman on the engine that crashed through the...

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

John Morley

Nov 1821 – 12 Mar 1857

Spouse: Isabella Bailey ca1828 Ireland - November...

St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: Old Cemetery, Section F

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John Sharpe

1813 – 12 Mar 1857

John Sharpe Scotland ae 44 Date of Death: March...

Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Plot info: A3 – D3, E3, F3

Jacob C. Snider Jr

12 Jan 1822 – 12 Mar 1857

Son of Jacob C. Schneider and Elizabeth Cressman,...

Waterloo, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada