Cemeteries
where Hebridean Scots are buried in Quebec

(Listings compiled by the Megantic-Compton Cemetery and Church Association, Bury, PQ)

Bown Cemetery (Bury St-Thomas) (Anglican and Methodist, 1836-) (Chemin Victoria between Bury and Scotstown, Bury, Québec), 1996, 7 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C42).
Online Access

Bury Cemetery (1852-) (Mc Iver Street, Bury, Québec), 1996, 34 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region, including "Brief History of the Bury Cemetery Company," by Nina Rowell (M-CCCA list C40).
Online Access

Bury - Gould Cemetery (1864-) (Route 257 towards Scotstown from Gould), 1996, 6 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C51).
Online Access: See Lingwick Protestant Cemetery (Gould)

Cookshire Community Cemetery (Route 108, Cookshire, Québec), 1996, 41 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region, includes "Beginings" by Bernard G. Hodge, 1996. (M-CCCA list C30).
Online Access

Dell Cemetery (1847-) (Route 214, turnoff near Milan, Dell Road, Milan, Québec), 1996, 9 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C64).
Online Access

Echo Vale Cemetery (1863-) (Route 263, between Route 161 and Marsboro), 1996, 14 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C68).
Online Access

Gisla Cemetery (1864-) (Gisla Road approx. 3 miles from Route 214, Milan, Québec), 1996, 4 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region, includes "Gisla Cemetery," by Isabell MacArthur Beattie, June, 1996. (M-CCCA list C66).
Online Access

Grace United Cemetery (Methodist, 1871-) (Route 255 (chemin Joyce) between Bishopton and Brookbury), 1996, 10 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region, includes the text of five important deeds in the history of the church and cemetery (M-CCCA list C44).
Online Access

Lakeside Cemetery (1839-) (Junction Route 255 and Route 112, Québec), 1996, 20 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region, includes "A brief history of Lakeside Cemetery/Bref historique du cimetière prés du Lac," by L.G. Harrison, 1984 (M-CCCA list C91).
Online Access: none

Lingwick Protestant Cemetery (Gould) (1897-) (Route 257 between Gould and Scotstown), [1996], 19 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C52).
Online Access

Marsboro Mills Cemetery (1871-) (road between Milan and Marsboro, near Lake McKenzie, also known as Portland Cemetery), 1996, [4 p.], cemetery lot plan, map of region, includes "The origin of the Marsboro Mills Cemetery" by M. Ferne Murray, May, 1996 (M-CCCA list C67).
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McAulay Cemetery (1882-1933) (Route 161 between Stornoway and Nantes), [1996], 1 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C63).
Online Access

McIver Cemetery (1880-1947) (Route 214, Milan, Québec), 1996, 1 p. cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C65).
Online Access

Pioneer Cemetery (Anglican, 1837-) (Route 108 out of Gould towards Ste-Marguerite), 1996, 13 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C50).
Online Access

Riverview Cemetery (1871-) (Route 214, Scotstown, Québec), [1996], 12 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C80).
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Sand Hill Cemetery (Whitton) (Route 161 between Stornoway and Nantes), 1996, 2 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C62).
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St. Barnabas Cemetery (1905-) (Dam Road, Lac Mégantic, Québec), 1996, 3 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C69).
Online Access

Tolsta Cemetery (1861-1973) (Route 108 between Ste-Marguerite and Stornoway), 1996, 2 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C61).
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Winslow Cemetery (Stornoway) (1851-) (Route 108 near intersection of Route 161, Stornoway, Québec) [Also called Winslow Cemetery], 1996, 19 p., cemetery lot plan, map of region (M-CCCA list C60).
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Nearby Cemeteries

For a list of other cemeteries nearby where some Hebridean Scots might be buried, see Cemeteries of Compton County, Québec and Cemeteries of Frontenac County, Québec on Interment.com

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These listings can be purchased from the Association (prices range from CN$10-$20):

Megantic-Compton Cemetery and Church Association, Bury, PQ
147, Route 255 N. R.R. 1
Bury, PQ JOB 1J0
(819) 872-3772


Copies of all cemetery listings of the Association have been deposited at the following locations:

Compton County Museum and Historical Society
374 Route 253
Eaton Corner, PQ JOB 1M0
(819) 875-5256 

Eastern Townships Research Centre
Bishop’s University
Lennoxville, PQ J1M 1Z7
(819) 822-9600

Sociètè de Généalogie des Cantons de l’Est Inc.
275 rue Dufferin
Sherbrooke, PQ J1H 4M5
(819) 821-5414

Archives Nationales du Québec
740 Galt Street West
Sherbrooke, PQ J1H 1Z3
(819) 820-3010

Ville de Lac Mégantic
Municipal Library
5086 Frontenac Street
Lac Mégantic, PQ G6B 1H3
(819) 583-0876

Quebec Family History Society
173 Cartier Ave.
P.O. Box 1026
Pointe Claire, PQ H9S 4H9
(514) 695-1502

Boutique Homestead
159 Queen St.
Lennoxville, PQ J1M 1K1
(819) 562-3060

La Maison James Ross
19 Route 108
Gould, PQ JOB 1Z0
(819) 877-3446 

Cemeteries
where Hebridean Scots are buried outside Quebec

Wilson Cemetery, Barre Town, Washington Co., Vermont

Hebridean Scots settled in this area to work in the granite quarries and there are over 400 Scots buried in this cemetery. There is a card index that can be consulted for you by calling the following number. They can give you at least the burial date. Birth and death dates are only found on the grave marker itself.
Tel. 802 479-0722
Online Access

Old Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, Orange Co., Vermont
Hebridean Scots settled in this area to work in the granite quarries and there are many Scots buried in this cemetery.
Online Access: none known of