Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick

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Get directions 1650 Manawagonish Road
Saint John, Saint John County, New Brunswick E2M 3Y3 Canada

Coordinates: 45.23535, -66.12398
(506) 672-4309
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Situated on Manawagonish Road in the western part of Saint John City, the Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery continues in operation today. The Old Cedar Hill Cemetery is located at the corner of Lancaster Avenue and Havelock Street in the lower West side of Saint John City. The Old Cedar Hill Cemetery is still in use today. Both cemeteries are administered by the Cedar Hill Cemetery office presently located at 1650 Manawagonish Road, Saint John, New Brunswick. Circa 1912, the burial records of Cedar Hill were destroyed in a fire. The Cedar Hill Cemetery office also administers Greenwood Cemetery situated near Sand Point, Lancaster Parish (St. John County). These three cemeteries are non-denominational, but the majority of those buried there adhered to the Protestant faith. It is worthy to note that the many of those buried at Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery are descendants from the old Saint John families of the West Side. A significant number of cemetery inhabitants are descended from families which settled along the lower reaches of the Saint John River, particularly Kings and Queens Counties, New Brunswick. Many had come from rural parishes of Hampstead, Petersville, Cambridge, Westfield and Greenwich to seek employment in Saint John in the 1800's. (source: "Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery" by Dan Johnson, 1989)
In 1989, the late historian/genealogist Daniel Johnson produced a book "Cedar Hill Extension Cemetery". The 233-page book cataloged burials in the cemetery and apart from the records of the Cedar Hill-Greenwood Cemetery Company, is viewed as one of the best single reference sources for the cemetery. In 2020, the New Brunswick Genealogical Society obtain rights to reproduce the book.