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St John's Cemetery, Gordon
1867-2017 — 150 years
Read Pioneers at Peace: The Story of St John's Cemetery, Gordon by Jill Lyons
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Before the opening of St
Johns Cemetery in 1867, if a person died in the vicinity of Gordon,
New South Wales, it was necessary for the burial to take place on
private property or at a cemetery at North Sydney, Ryde or
Parramatta. Since the opening, more than 1,200 people have been
interred at St Johns. The ashes of another 1,000 people are located
in niches in the columbarium walls.
The first burial, on 8 May 1867, was that of Mary Ann Britton of
Lane Cove. Mary Ann was just twenty-seven years old and left behind a
husband, John, and three children under seven years old — two
daughters, Alice and Sarah, and a son, William. John Britton later
remarried. Of the children, the girls both married and seem to have
died in the Mullumbimby area in the 1930s, with William staying in
Sydney. The story of Mary Ann Britton and her family is but one of
the many stories of those whose final resting place is St John's
Cemetery.
A number of the people buried at St Johns were widely known,
including Joseph Henry Maiden, Director of the Sydney Botanical
Gardens and Government Botanist; and John Bradfield, designer of
the Sydney harbour bridge. Naturally, many of the pioneering
families in the Gordon district are represented, including members
of the Pymble, Wall, McIntosh and Britton families. However, most
of those buried at St Johns led unheralded lives as they
contributed to the development of the Gordon area and formed part
of the rich social tapestry of the area.
From the menu at the top of this page you can access a
list of names of people believed to have been buried in the
cemetery and of people whose ashes have been placed in niches in
the columbarium walls. This list covers the period from 1867 to
2015. In compiling the list, the St Johns burial register from 1867
to 1950 has been consulted. For the rest, details have been taken
from monuments and plaques in the cemetery and on the columbarium
walls and from a list of names prepared by Jill Lyons, held at the
Mt Kuring-gai library. Online records at the
NSW
Births Deaths and Marriages internet site and newspaper records at the Trove internet site have provided
additional information.
Please note that we have no other information about any of the
people named on the list of burials and cremations. If you have
further particulars or wish to advise of possible errors in the
information provided here, please contact us.