Buildings & Structures Archives | Page 2 of 5 | Living in the Cemetery – The Treggett Family Life on the Mount Hermon Cemetery Grounds

James Douglas

James Douglas was a renowned surgeon and medical school teacher. In 1824, James Douglas settled in Utica, New York and started his medical career. Following the cholera epidemics […]

Kilgore Funeral

A horse-drawn hearse entering the cemetery gates for the funeral of Mr. Kilgore who was a bellhop at the famous Chateau Frontenac in Quebec.

Brian with workers

Summer staff around 1970 posing for Pearl Treggett. Graham Simons (against tractor), Brian Treggett (middle, yellow) and Robbie Wetmore (blue)

Winter at the Cemetery

For years, it was a local custom for everyone to go cross country skiing and to snowshoe on the grounds.

Willis Russell

Willis Russell was a successful politician and businessman from Quebec City. He devoted his life to the maintenance and management of the leading hotel establishments in the old […]

Lieut. Henry Edward Baines

Lieutenant Henry Edward Baines was a member of the Royal Artillery and died in the great fire of 1866, which destroyed 3,000 homes leaving 15,000 people homeless. He […]

Lieutenant General Richard Ernest William Turner

Lieutenant General Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for the Battle of Leliefontein during the second Boer War. At the age of 43 years old, he enlisted to […]

Ladies Protestant Home

The Ladies Protestant Home was founded in 1859 as a temporary shelter for poor and destitute Protestant immigrant women. The shelter took care of many women over 100 […]

Judge Edward Bowen

In 1803, Justice Edward Bowen was chosen by the governor as the Attorney General of Lower Canada. In 1812, he was appointed judge of the Court of King’s […]

John T. Ross

He was president of the cemetery for over 30 years, organized vital fundraising in 1880 and was responsible for setting up a special endowment fund to finance the […]

Dr. Daniel Wilkie

Daniel Wilkie was an exceptional teacher, author, Presbyterian clergyman, and newspaperman. He believed that higher education was the key to success. He was a founder of the High […]

Joseph Morrin M.D.

Joseph Morrin was the founder of the first School of Medicine in Quebec, which was later integrated with the faculty of medicine at Laval University in 1852. He […]