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From: Mary Stewart Kyritsis <>
Subject: Re: Margaret Stewart-Porteous - DISINTER/REINTER PERMIT
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 22:10:49 +0200
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Hello Doug,

An interesting question. I wouldn't discount the idea that she was born
in Ontario yet, though. She might have died while on vacation somewhere
and they buried her there, planning to rebury her back home when they
could. Also, maybe you should check to see if any cemeteries in the
area were closed because the city nearby was expanding -- this happened
in New York City and Utica, for instance -- I have some ancestors in
both places who had to be reburied for that reason). Did Toronto have
that problem?

Best wishes,
Mary
Kifissia, Greece

Doug Porteous wrote:
>
> I'm continuing to search for information about my gg-grandmother, Margaret
> PORTEOUS (nee STEWART or STUART).
>
> Margaret STEWART was born somewhere in the US (how's that for precision!)
> ca. 1823. Margaret's family moved to Upper Canada (near what is now Port
> Perry, Ontario, north-east of Toronto) at least long enough for Margaret to
> meet my gg-grandfather, George PORTEOUS (1818-1898), "tie the knot" ca. 1845
> and remain in Ontario until at least the 1891 census.
>
> I've never been able to find an Ontario death registration entry for
> Margaret PORTEOUS, whose tombstone indicates she died in 1892. Now I'm not
> so sure she died in Ontario. What I have recently learned is that her oldest
> daughter, Amy (is that name in itself a clue to Margaret's background - I
> haven't found any Amy's on the Porteous side) arranged to have her body
> moved from an unknown location to the Pine Grove Cemetery in Port Perry,
> Ontario. The reinterment happened in 1894 according to information from the
> Pine Grove Cemetery.
>
> I found the following information at a provincial government Web site:
> "Disinter / reinter permits are required to disinter or remove the remains
> of a deceased person from their place of interment, usually for the purpose
> of cremation or burial in a new location. A cemetery will not consent to the
> opening of a grave site and/or removal of a body without a disinter /
> reinter permit from Vital Statistics."
>
> Anyone have any clues? Would such a certificate have been required in 1894?
> If so, would these certificates be stored in a central location in each
> state and/or province???
>
> Thanks for any info!
> --Doug
>
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