The cemetery is located on the south west corner of Snyder’s Road East and Notre Dame Drive. I did not find any grave markers of veterans. There is a relatively large area of markers for those who died quite young > 1834, 1894, 1907, 1929.
Childhood was a risky period of time in the era before medical knowledge and public communication of strategies to avoid, prevent and deal with illness. Vaccines were a major development to prevent wide spread deaths, when one was available, and if people were able to or chose to get vaccinated. After vaccinations, the number of grave markers for young children has decreased it appears after any walk-through of a cemetery.
It is the law in Ontario that children between the ages of 4 and 17 be vaccinated for the protection of themselves and others for the following: Age 4-6= tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox; Grade 7 = meningococcal conjugate (Men-C-ACYW), hepatitis b, human papilloma virus (HPV); between 14 and 16 = tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis. Any child attending a public primary or secondary school must be vaccinated against: diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, whooping cough, chicken pox (if born in 2010 or later). It is recommended that children receive the seasonal flu vaccine as well. There are some limited exceptions. Any exemptions do put others at some increased risk.
There was a cholera outbreak in 1834 in Galt that spread through the Townships, but any victims would have died between July 28 and Aug. 6, 1834. However, there was a province-wide cholera epidemic that lasted approximately 4 months during the summer and fall.
