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St john’s cemetery on the humber, corporate member pages
Welcome to the pages for the corporate members of St John’s Cemetery on the Humber – the historical burial ground of the Denison Family of Toronto.
Your membership reflects your support of the financial well being of the cemetery and your interest in preserving the history of the family. Thank you for that.
The right-hand section of this page consists of content that are of interest to corporate members. These are provided uniquely for corporate members. Some are available through other channels such as our Facebook group, but this page pulls them all together in one spot.
On this page, we’ll also post news about the cemetery that are uniquely of interest to the corporate members. We won’t duplicate news such as Clean Up day notifications that will continue to be issued via email list and the Facebook group.
If you’d like to join the Facebook group, please search Facebook for “Denison Family of Toronto”, click on “Join” and answer the two questions.
News
Oct 19, 2024 – Board of Directors submits legal documents to update our filings to conform to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (2010). Also known as ONCA.
This activity required a lot of effort by your board and especially a small group of dedicated directors led by the corporate president – Denny Edwards.
Member only services:
Family History (Chronicles)
Read about the history of the family written by family members in a collection of Chronicles written over the period of 100 years.
Family History (misc documents)
Read about this history of the Denison family from the perspective of people outside the family and family members.
Corporate documents
In 2024, members of the corporation have approved updates to the documents that govern how the cemetery is organized. That includes updates to the original 1929 Letters Patent as well as the corporate by-laws.
Operational documents
The cemetery itself is operated and run following a set of operational by-laws. These are different from the corporate by-laws referenced above. There are also other operational documents that might be of interest to the membership.
Digital survey/map
View the cemetery from overhead using this map of the property. You can search for the graves of individuals and zoom in to locate the graves. As well as details about the individual you can also link to FindAGrave to see a photo of the stone and to the family tree to learn about the individuals position in the family.