CEMETERY INFORMATION
McDONALD MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Licence #3280887
Location
The cemetery is located at 406 Broadway Street. It is
approximately one-half mile from the St. Clair River on Lambton County # 1 (Lambton
Line) just east of the Village of Port Lambton. It is open year round and has
grave sites available to all.
Contact Information
For further information please contact:
George or Bev Bradley: 519-677-4445
Blake Davis: 519-677-5336
George or Bev Bradley: 519-677-4445
Blake Davis: 519-677-5336
Bereavement Authority of Ontario
(BAO)-A Guide to Death Care in Ontario
One can access the BAO’s Consumer Information Guide: A Guide to Death Care in
Ontario from the Bereavement Authority of Ontario's website at www.thebao.ca.
This guide is free of charge in print or digitally online to support informed
choices related to prearranging and arranging a funeral, burial or cremation
service.
Fees
The fee list can be downloaded for
printing as a word document or a pdf file by clicking the required file below:
Fee list as a Microsoft Word file.
Fee list as an Adobe acrobat pdf file.
Current Prices as of August 10, 2023 (subject to change)
Sale of Interment Rights
1 Grave ($660) and Care & Maintenance Fee ($440):
$ 1100.00
Interments - Full Burial
Open & Close Grave:
$1100.00
Additional fee for burial in over-size casket:
$350.00
Additional fee for funerals reaching the cemetery after 4:00 p.m.:
$350.00
Additional fee for weekend/holiday burials:
$350.00
Interments - Cremation
Open & Close Grave (overall outside dimensions of container including
handles, etc.)
Up to and including 16” x 16”:
$500.00
Over 16” x 16”:
$1100.00
Markers
Marking for Marker placement:
$150.00
Marker Care & Maintenance Fee (according to size as set by the BAO):
$100.00 - $400.00
Administrative Fees
Transfer/Resale of Interment Rights:
$100.00
Transfer Interment Rights (transfer by will):
$50.00
Reissue/Replace Interment Rights Certificate:
$10.00
Copy of By-Laws:
$5.00
Returned Cheque:
$25.00
Burial in Veterans’ Plot
Interment Right:
$0.00
Excavation Fee:
Applicable fee as listed above
Prior to 1918 the front portion of the cemetery was
used to inter members and friends of the McDonald family. With the passing of
Mr. John Duncan McDonald on the thirteenth of November, 1918, approximately
seven acres of land described as:
"All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises
situate, lying and being in the Township of Sombra, in the County of Lambton
and Province of Ontario and being composed of Part of Lot "E" in the
Seventh Concession of the said Township of Sombra, described as follows:
Commencing at the South East corner of said Lot "E", thence West four
chains, thence North sixteen chains and six links, thence East four chains,
thence South sixteen chains and six links to the place of beginning and containing
six and one-half acres for Cemetery purposes reserving all Lots sold or
occupied and also reserving sufficient ground therein for myself and my family,
referring to the family of the said John Duncan McDonald."
This was deeded by will to Port Lambton Methodist Church for use as a cemetery.
In 1925, with the creation of the United Church of Canada (by the union of the
Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches), the cemetery became the
responsibility of Port Lambton United Church.
The Cemetery has a Board of Trustees as well as a Secretary and Treasurer and
has operated under this structure since 1929. The cemetery minutes read much
like a log of the local families containing the names of many well known
residents of this area of Sombra Township. A tour of the cemetery and reading
of the headstones provides a glimpse back into history of many families no
longer in this area as well as many present families.
The cemetery is run as a non-denominational cemetery and accepts people of all
faiths as well as no faith. Many of the old traditions are still practiced
unless requested otherwise by the family. The husband is usually buried to the
right (South) of his wife (to defend his mate in time of trouble by freeing his
right arm) and all heads are placed in the West end of the grave (when Christ
returns he is to come from the East so the spiritual body will rise facing
Him).
Currently three and one-half acres are being used for burials and this area
will suffice for some time into the future. Four acres at the rear are leased
yearly to a local farmer for crops.
"All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Sombra, in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario and being composed of Part of Lot "E" in the Seventh Concession of the said Township of Sombra, described as follows: Commencing at the South East corner of said Lot "E", thence West four chains, thence North sixteen chains and six links, thence East four chains, thence South sixteen chains and six links to the place of beginning and containing six and one-half acres for Cemetery purposes reserving all Lots sold or occupied and also reserving sufficient ground therein for myself and my family, referring to the family of the said John Duncan McDonald."
This was deeded by will to Port Lambton Methodist Church for use as a cemetery. In 1925, with the creation of the United Church of Canada (by the union of the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregational Churches), the cemetery became the responsibility of Port Lambton United Church.
The Cemetery has a Board of Trustees as well as a Secretary and Treasurer and has operated under this structure since 1929. The cemetery minutes read much like a log of the local families containing the names of many well known residents of this area of Sombra Township. A tour of the cemetery and reading of the headstones provides a glimpse back into history of many families no longer in this area as well as many present families.
The cemetery is run as a non-denominational cemetery and accepts people of all faiths as well as no faith. Many of the old traditions are still practiced unless requested otherwise by the family. The husband is usually buried to the right (South) of his wife (to defend his mate in time of trouble by freeing his right arm) and all heads are placed in the West end of the grave (when Christ returns he is to come from the East so the spiritual body will rise facing Him).
Currently three and one-half acres are being used for burials and this area will suffice for some time into the future. Four acres at the rear are leased yearly to a local farmer for crops.
BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE McDONALD MEMORIAL CEMETERY
406 BROADWAY STREET
PORT LAMBTON, ONTARIO
Approved by Board of Trustees
April 23, 2018
Approved by Registrar,
Bereavement Authority of Ontario
Registrar, Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002 (FBCSA),
Bereavement Authority of Ontario (BAO)
May 31, 2018
The McDonald Memorial Cemetery By-law is available as a word document or
a pdf file by clicking the required file below:
Cemetery by-law as a Microsoft Word
file.
Cemetery by-law as an Adobe acrobat
pdf file.