Fernhill Cemetery

Fernhill Cemetery
Photograph of Fernhill Cemetery in 1898
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Established1848
Location
Saint John, New Brunswick
CountryCanada Canada
Coordinates45°17′40″N 66°02′02″W / 45.29435°N 66.03398°W / 45.29435; -66.03398
TypePublic
Owned byFernhill Cemetery Company
(Not-for-profit corporation)
Size125 acres (0.51 km2)
No. of graves37,000+
WebsiteFernhill Cemetery Company
Find a GraveFernhill Cemetery

Fernhill Cemetery, known as the Rural Cemetery when it opened in 1848, is located at 200 Westmorland Road in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Renamed Fernhill in 1899, the 125 acre (0.5 km2) cemetery has a special section for veterans of both World War I and World War II and is the burial site of one of only a few Canadians to ever receive the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.

When the cemetery opened, the Church of England was the established church, and as such, there is a designated area for Church of England members. In the cemetery's Jewishsection, a stone chapel was built in 1950 with the help of the Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer, who grew up in Saint John and whose mother is interred here.

The cemetery contains the war graves of 103 Commonwealth service personnel, 67 of World War I and 36 of World War II.[1]

Fernhill has operated a crematorium onsite since 1939, when it was the first crematorium east of Montreal.

Notable persons interred

References

  1. ^ [1] CWGC Cemetery report, breakdown obtained from casualty record.