Jim and Barbara's Genealogy Trip Day Seven-Eight September 14/15

On Day Seven, we headed out early to Toronto. On the previous day we had gathered lots of information about the archives and how to get there. The number one rule after you have gathered information about a destination is to take that information with you. Needless, to say I do not have to go into details. The day was pretty much a bust other than we rode the subway and walked in downtown Toronto when we got off at the wrong subway station and made absolutely no progress at the archives. We did have a nice dinner in Barrie when we returned and so went day seven.

On Day eight we departed Barrie for Niagara Falls. We picked up Billy Burjoski and then went on to Diane's house. Diane had already scouted out several cemeteries for us and was not having any luck. I remembered that I had my grandmother's obituary on a memory stick in my brief case and we were able to retrieve it and locate the cemetery. When Diane called the cemetery and asked if they had a Mary Buchowski, we hit pay dirt. Grandmother Mary Buchowski aka Burjoski is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Thorold Ontario Canada. We were also able to locate the gravesites of Bernice Dale and her brother Joseph Davis not too far from Grandmother's gravesite.

A few words about Bernice Dale. Bernice and Joseph were the children of Michael Dubiniewicz. Michael was the brother of Mary Dubiniewicz Buchowski our grandmother. Bernice then would be a first cousin to all the siblings of Mary Buchowski and would be Billy's, Diane's and my second cousin. I have heard her called Aunt Bernice, but I believe that was out of respect.

The pictures below are of the gravesites.

After we visited the gravesite, we traveled to Fort Erie and had wonderful dinner at the Green Acres Restaurant. Diane tricked me and hosted us for the evening much to my chagrin. Anyway, thanks again Diane!

Map of old Lakeview Cemetery in Thorold. Mary Buchowski is buried in F.

Gravesites of Joseph Davis and Bernice Dale in old Lakeview Cemetery in Thorold. They are buried in D.

The gang of three cousins stand behind Bernice and Joseph's grave site. From left to right, Billy Burjoski, oldest son of William Burjoski; Diana Berketa, oldest daughter of Peter Burjoski; and Jim Henderson, oldest son of Mary Burjoski Henderson.

What a thrill it was to find the gravesite of our grandmother. It really puts some closure on the genealogical work we are doing. Grandmother Mary was born in 1894 and died in 1958. Notice that Dubinewieicz is spelled different here. When I get back there, we need to clean the grave marker.

Here I am behind my grandmother's grave site in Thorold Ontario Canada!

Here I am taking a picture of Diane taking a picture.

It was getting late in the day and the shadows were long when Barbara, Billy, and Diane were taking a last look at the gravesite.