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Cemeteries of Wellesley Township

NEW! see the link below for Rushes Cemetery to see many articles written about the cryptogram tombstone.

There are 27 cemeteries in Wellesley Township some of which are still active while others have been abandoned. To view a map of where the cemeteries are located, click here.

The Waterloo Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has done extensive work in transcribing the grave stones of most of the cemeteries. A CD of the Wellesley cemeteries is available in the Historical Room during visiting hours on the last Saturday of every month except December. 

​The township is bisected east and west by Hutchison Road. The E and W in the location below indicates eastern section or western section.
NAME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
Cedar Grove Amish Mennonite Cemetery ​
W Concession III, Lot 12 ​
4831 Deborah Glaister Line      ​
Conservative Mennonite Cemetery
E Concession IX, Lot 1​
3200 Boomer Line
Crosshill Old Order Mennonite Cemetery           ​
W Concession VII, Lot 10 ​
5161 William Hastings Line
Faith Mennonite Cemetery       
W Concession II, Lot 4​
1216 Chalmers Forrest Road
First St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery 
E Concession I, Lot 13 ​
3620 Nafziger Road, Wellesley
Freeborn Private Cemetery  
W Concession III , Lot 7 ​
​1711 Lichty Road
Hawkesville Cemetery     
E Concession XII, Lot 1           ​
​17 Chapel St., Hawkesville
Hillside United Cemetery  
E Concession IX, Lot 1             ​
3210 Boomer Line    ​
Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Cemetery
W Concession III, Lot 3
6141 Deborah Glaister Line
Linwood Mennonite Cemetery       
W Concession X, Lot 12          ​
4840 Ament Line
Linwood Union Cemetery               
W Concession X, Lot 10         ​
3673 Manser Road
Maple View Amish Cemetery           
W Concession II, Lot 11        ​
5074 Deborah Glaister Line
Martin’s Mennonite Cemetery       
E Concession XII, Lot 7         ​
​4401 Ament Line
Martin’s Orthodox Mennonite Cemetery 
E Concession XIV, Lot 6        ​
4010 Moser Young Road
Riser/Reschly Amish Cemetery   
W Concession III, Lot 2           ​
Beside 6141 Deborah Glaister Line
Rushes Cemetery
E Concession IV, Lot 13         ​
1915 Hutchison Road
Schmetzer Farm  Cemetery            
W Concession X, Lot 7
3790 Lichty Road
St. Clements Roman Catholic Cemetery              ​
E Concession VIII, Lot 2
2828 Herrgott Road, St. Clements
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery     
E Concession VI, Lot 6
4260 Hessen Strasse
St. Mark’s Lutheran Cemetery   
E Concession II, Lot 13  
3855 Nafziger Road, Wellesley
St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery      
E Concession A, Lot 5​
2050 Kressler Road
​St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery
W Concession XI, Lot 11    
5025 Ament Line ​
Weaverland Old Order Mennonite 
W Concession XII, Lot 2       ​
​6252 Buehler Line
Wellesley Abandoned Cemetery;
Pioneer Abandoned Cemetery
E Concession VII, Lot 8      
4639 Hackbart Road
Wellesley Amish Mennonite Cemetery
 W Concession VI, Lot 3  
​6092 William Hastings Line
Wellesley Mennonite Cemetery
W Concession XIV, Lot 21  ​
7188 Line 86
Zion/Freeborn Presbyterian Cemetery
W Concession III, Lot 10
5191 Deborah Glaister Line ​