Hi Janet, There are/were several cemeteries /burial grounds in New Westminster Fraser Cemetery was established 1869/70 see the New Westminster Heritage site at www.nwheritage.org/heritagesite/genealogy/library.htm#introduction The New Westminster Archives at Irving House may be able to provide information on early burial grounds Moody's group and the Sappers are the same. Colonel R. C. Moody was the Officer Commanding the "Columbia Detachment" Royal Engineers [Sappers], this detachment came to BC in 1859 and established the City of New Westminster. The area of [what is now New Westminster] where they established the Camp and Barracks is called "Sapperton" The Royal Engineers built St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church, 121 East Columbia in Sapperton. The original church was built in 1865. You may find some information in the church records or at the archives You might also check the records for "Holy Trinity Cathedral" New Westminster, the first Holy Trinity, designed by Capt. Lempriere, R.E. Holy was built in 1860. It was later destroyed by fire [twice] the present day church is the third on the site Moody's Camp and Sappers camp would likely be a reference to the same general area The New Westminster Public Library has extensive holdings, card indexes and microfilm of early papers and some maps, well worth a visit. The reference section has several books/articles that have been written about the period, ask the reference librarian about works by Beth Hill, Lillian Cope, Winnifred Hall, Frances Woodward, Frederick Howay and others Regards David On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 13:22:17 -0800, Janet White wrote: >My ggggrandfather, William WOODMAN (1791-1863) was buried somewhere in New >Westminster and when my ggggrandmother, Mary Ann (Pugh) WOODMAN (1799-1870) >died, she had $50 put aside to have his body moved to the Anglican Cemetery >"beyond the camp". As their daughter (Sophia) Jane, married a Methodist >Missionary, Rev. Edward WHITE, it didn't surprise me to find their bodies >(moved once again) to Fraser Cemetery when it was developed. > >My questions are: Where would the first cemetery/burial area have been? >Near Moody's "camp"? Near the Sapper's "camp"? Were the Sappers and Moody's >group one and the same? When was the Fraser Cemetery opened? > >Thanks for the help. > >Janet WHITE > > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at >http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes >These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. >