Camp Hill Cemetery was opened August 15, 1844 on 16 acres of land. The public cemetery was divided into sections for different groups (e.g., St. George's Parish - Division 6, the Coloured Section). Management of the cemetery was first under a committee of aldermen called the Committee of the Cemetery, who were responsible for the sale of lots. Dating back to 1851, and perhaps earlier, this committee worked under city council and with a keeper of the cemetery who kept records of the lots sold. The Committee of the Cemetery was renamed the Commissioners of Camp Hill Cemetery by 1906.The Commission was charged with managing and controlling the Camp Hill Cemetery and worked with a Superintendent appointed by council. The Commission was originally comprised of 4 aldermen and 3 citizens appointed annually by Council for 2 year terms. The Commission was led by a chairman who was elected by the board from its amongst its members.By 1924 the commission was renamed the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery and had become a standing committee. Charged with managing and controlling Camp Hill Cemetery, the six members of the board were appointed by the mayor, approved by council, and chose their own chairman. The committee was dissolved in 1941 when the Committee of Works became responsible for managing city cemeteries. Apparently records of interrments in the Cemetery are vague prior to 1929, as the early burial register did not list the lots.
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Series consists of materials created and accumulated by the Committee of the Cemetery, the Commissioners of Camp Hill Cemetery, the Committee of Camp Hill Cemetery, and the keeper of the cemetery during the course of managing the Camp Hill Cemetery. Included are records of burials and lot ownership, accounting information, burial permits, correspondence, committee minutes, and graves under perpetual care.
Bulk of series was transferred from NSARM to HRM in 1997 and 2004; the 1891-1923 minutebook was transferred from the Clerk's Office in 2006. Burial permits, correspondence, perpetual care, burial lists, burial record cards and books, and charge sheets were transferred from Transportation and Public Works and the Records Centre in 2010.
Housed in the Fairview Cemetery records series are account books which include Camp Hill information (102-32-11) and two index books for which the cemetery is not determined (102-32-12). Other items are noted at lower levels in the description.
Includes a brief history of Camp Hill Cemetery and some deed stubs. Map dated Jan. 26, 1932 showing divisions 2, JJ, and XX of the cemetery has been separated and is available with 102-39P City Engineer's Office Plans #M-3-6753. Scale 1:240,
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File consists of correspondence mostly related to deed transfers and lot ownership.
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File consists of lists identifying the grave locations of soldiers and sailors buried at Camp Hill Cemetery. Those compiled by the Imperial War Graves Commission include the name, rank, unit and date of death, as well as the cemetery lot number. Other lists compiled by the Cemetery Commission also include birth and death years, the date of burial, type of grave-marker. List appears to have been compiled by the Cemetery Commission for the Imperial War Graves Commission, in part to indicate which cemetery lots would be cared for by the Commission.
Includes lists of graves under care.
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File consists of correspondence with the Imperial War Graves Commission and its successor the Commonwealth War Graves Commission re. the identification and care of the graves of soldiers and sailors in Camp Hill Cemetery.
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Item consists of one map showing lot locations and names of owners in divisions 1, AA, BB, and CC.
Other plans of the cemetery are in 102-39P Engineering and Works plans.
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Item consists of a list of mariners who died in Camp Hill Hospital, the Halifax Infirmary, the Nova Scotia Hospital, the Nova Scotia Sanatorium (tuberculosis), and were buried at Camp Hill Cemetery. The list of deaths includes mariner's ship, home-port (eg. China, India, Sweden, England) and cause of death. Also includes a list of mariners buried at Camp Hill Cemetery and Saint John Cemetery, with the location of the lot for some seamen.
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File consists of minute-books of the Committee on Camp Hill Cemetery, as well as the 1939-1940 Annual Report.
Nova Scotia Archives have one hand-written volume of Camp Hill Cemetery Committee records, including minutes for the meetings of the Cemetery Commissioners, later the Cemetery Committee, 1835-1890. See NSARM MG 5 vol. 4 microfilm no. 15074.
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File 102-5A.219 contains documentation of the transfer of Camp Hill cemetery plotsNova Scotia Archives holds Camp Hill administrative records as well: MG 5 microfilm no. 12028-12048 – Camp Hill Cemetery records: Registers of burials 1844-1890, 1917-1918, 1920-1942; deed books and lot owners – 1844-1950; military interments 1917-1940; list of interred infants of soldiers and wives, 1920-1921; Chinese interments, 1941-1941; master resident cards; alphabetical index to interments completed by 1989; and miscellaneous records, including Camp Hill Cemetery inscriptions (NSARM MG1 vol. 2854 no. 9).
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File consists of lists of grave sites to receive perpetual care, including name of owner and lot location. Includes one reproduction of a perpetual care certificate.
Alphabetical by surname of lot-owner, within a yearly list
An additional record of perpetual care (1982) for Camp Hill Cemetery is found in the Fairview Cemetery series (reference # 102-32-18). Earlier perpetual care arrangements are documented in 102-60-B.8 to B.10 Perpetual care fund Capital Accounts books
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File consists of lists of deceased, including name, age, date of burial, grave location, and various remarks (typically name of the funeral home).
Filed in original chronological order. Note that the first few entries in a folder may be for the previous year.
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File consists of burial cards (4 x 6 inch) of lot owners. The cards record location of lot, date of deed, names of those interred, often along with their age at death and date of interment. Occasionally includes date of birth and death.
The cards are alphabetically arranged by surname of lot owner .
Another burial-record card system exists (102-60-11) but is less extensive than this batch, and usually has less information recorded per card. It is uncertain how or if these two files complement one another.
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File consists of a card index (4 x 6 inch) of lot owners. The cards also record deed date and lot location.
The cards are alphabetically arranged by surname of lot-owner.
A more extensive burial-record card index is available(102-60-10, and usually has more information recorded per card. It is uncertain how or if these two files complement one another.
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File consists of a card index (8-1/8 x 7-9/16 inch) of burial lot locations. The cards identify lot owner, those interred, and dates of burial, and notes on location of plot (e.g. "coloured section"). They often include age at death and, occasionally, date of deed. Later cards may indicate if lot has perpetual care.
The cards are arranged by division, section, and lot (original order), with two rows of cards in each container.
Burial lot registers (102-60-13) give similar information but also provide an address for the lot-owner and the amount paid.
The Camp Hill site plan, including divisions and sections, can be found here: https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/recreation/parks-trails-gardens/Cemeteries%20Camp%20Hill%20Site%20Plan.pdf
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File consists of ledgers recording the lot owner for each cemetery lot. Entry indicates lot-owner's name and address and may mention another name, perhaps the interred. The larger notebook appears to have more entries, but the smaller also indicates amounts paid and a date.
The burial lot cards (102-60-12) give the names and dates of all the interred; however these volumes give an address for the lot-owner, which may be useful.
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File consists of record stubs from the deeds of burial lots in Camp Hill Cemetery. Stubs give the location of the lot, date of the sale and amount
Chronological order by date of sale.
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File consists of an account of monies received for plots at Camp Hill Cemetery. Entries include name and address of plot owner, dates of debits and credits, and lot number.
In alpahbetical order by surname of plot owner.
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File consists of ledger books recording income and expenses for the perpetual care of lots in Camp Hill Cemetery. Entries include name of trust (deceased), name of person receipt issued to, location of lot, receipt #, form#, and the particulars of each account. Volume 102-60B.12 records accounts receivable for perpetual care of plots from the Department of Pensions and National Health, the Imperial War Graves Commission for the care of war graves. These entries are similar to the other accounts, but also have the name and rank of the deceased, and date of death. This volume also holds accounts for the seasonal care of graves in trust by the Eastern Trust Co., and Royal Trust Co. Significant graves include Enos Collins, William Young, J.B. Symons, W.A. Black, W. Chearnley,
Entries are alphabetical by name of trust (deceased).
Later perpetual care arrangements are documented in 102-60-5 Perpetual Care file
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File consists of ledgers recording charges and payments received for Camp Hill Cemetery plots. Entries include name and address of lot owner, date lot was deeded, lot number and details of charges and payments.
Entries are alphabetical by surname of lot owner.