The Ontario Genealogical Society Niagara Peninsula Branch has completed the Morse & Sons Funeral Home Index. On Facebook, they wrote: “We currently sit at 19,709 funeral records and they now encompass 1828 to 1965. Check these great records out along with other searchable indexes we have.”
The branch received permission to scan and index all funeral records from the Morse & Sons Funeral Home, Canada’s first funeral home from 1828 to 1965, containing 19,709 records.
You can search the funeral home index by name. If you find a name and want to see the funeral record, the cost is $5 for the first record and $1 per page for additional record.
Yes, I immediately searched for “Dever” and found three. No immediate connection, but all Devers think they are related to each other, so I may order at least one of the record. (Yes, I know it will cost me the price of a Starbucks coffee.)
Austin Morse from Nobelton, New York, was the founder of Morse & Son. Shortly after his birth in 1800, his family moved to Detroit. In 1821, Morse relocated to Niagara County, Upper Canada, and settled in the then unnamed community developing at the junction of Portage Road and Lundy’s Lane. In 1831, this village boasted a “thriving” population of 130 and was officially named Drummondville.
Morse began his career in Niagara County as a cabinet maker and then moved into coffin making.
You can learn more and search the index here. You may also want to read about this funeral home’s interesting history.
Bravo, Niagara Peninsula Branch! Great project.
Thanks Gail for your comments about the Morse and Sons collection. It is a wonderful collection and full of information.
Great Blog keep up the excellent work!!
Steve Fulton UE
Chair
Niagara Peninsula Branch OGS
Serving genealogists in order to promote and preserve family history in the Old Lincoln/Welland Counties