People of Carleton County, New Brunswick
Orser Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Notes:
Located at Orser Street, Hartland, Carleton County. Cemetery includes some 58 memorials. Hartland is located on the east side of the St. John River across from Somerville, 3.92 km SSE of Simonds, Brighton Parish, Carleton County. William Francis Ganong identified the Maliseet name for this area as Abekaguim'ek or "salmon bed". Post Office name was Becaguimic 1852-1868. In 1866 Becaguimic was a farming community with about 80 families. It was renamed Hartland in 1868 for James R. Hartley (1833-1868), a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Carleton County. The Post Office has been identified as Hartland from 1868. In 1871 Hartland had a population of 400; in 1898 Hartland was the commercial centre of an extensive agricultural district, a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway and a village with 1 post office, 12 stores, 3 hotels, 1 sawmill, 1 woodworking factory, 1 cheese factory, 4 churches and a population of 400. Hartland was incorporated as a town in 1918, and is known as the site of the longest covered bridge in the world.
Photo copyright Aaron Gullison, used with permission.
Latitude: 46.3, Longitude: -67.5167Matches 1 to 3 of 3
Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Burial  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  BLAKE, Mary Anna "Polly" | May 1856 | Orser Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada | I20587 |
| 2 | CRAIG, Mary | 1800 | Orser Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada | I20586 |
| 3 | ORSER, William | Dec 1844 | Orser Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada | I20585 |