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Barnabas Bond tombstone, York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery, York Mills Road, north side, east of Old Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario
Slim gravestone with etched flower above scroll displaying the name Barnabas; followed by the engraved text, Son of Robert and Mary Bond./Died June 5 .1839: AE . 13 yrs & 5 mos.

Barnabas Bond tombstone, York Mills Baptist Church Cemetery, York Mills Road, north side, east of Old Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario

Date6/13/1929
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Original Toronto Star caption: York Mills Baptist Church Celebrates 100th Anniversary. Former pastors and members of York Mills Baptist church gathered yesterday in a happy reunion to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the church.  (1) James Bathgate, Willowdale, clerk of the church since 1896; (2) York Mills Baptist church; (3) Rev. H. B. Comans, the present pastor; (4) the tombstone of Barnabas Bond, the oldest in the churchyard, dated 1839; (5) Miss Sarah Bond, aged 86 years, life-long member of the congregation, and (6) the 100-year-old pewter communion chalice."

Image published in Toronto Star, 13 June 1929, page 40, with article, "York Mills: Church century old former pastors met; happy reunion gathering to mark 100th anniversary at York Mills."

The church was built in 1833. It closed in 1944 and was torn down in 1948.

Tombstone inscribed: "Barnabas/Son of Robert and Mary/Bond./Died/June 5 .1839:/AE . 13 yrs & 5 mos."

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0106997F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:York Mills Road
Neighbourhood:North York
Province or state:Ontario