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North Tonawanda & Wheatfield

The town of Wheatfield formed in 1836. The city of North Tonawanda was formed later in 1897. There are sixteen known cemeteries located in North Tonawanda & Wheatfield. 

NameEstablished DateWeblinks
1Ward Cemetery1838Find a Grave
2Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery1853Find a Grave
3Fairmount Cemetery1889Find a Grave
4Saint Mark Lutheran Cemetery (aka Sawyer Creek Cemetery)Find a Grave
5Friedens Cemetery1911Find a Grave
6Saint Matthew Lutheran Cemetery1879Find a Grave
7Saint Martin Lutheran Church Cemetery1844Find a Grave
8Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery1887Find a Grave
9Saint Peter Cemetery (Walck Rd.) (aka Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery)Find a Grave
10Sweeney Cemetery (aka Colonel John Sweeney Rural Cemetery, City Cemetery, Sweeney St Cemetery, Tonawanda Rural)1819Find a Grave
11Saint Peter Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (Walmore Rd.) (aka Saint Peter Lutheran Cemetery)1844Find a Grave
12Holy Ghost Cemetery1843Find a Grave
13Saint Jacobis Lutheran Cemetery (aka Saint James Lutheran Cemetery)1876Find a Grave
14Saint James Lutheran Church Cemetery1889Find a Grave
15Wheatfield Cemetery (aka Shawnee Cemetery)1840Find a Grave
16McNitt Worden Family Plot1812Find a Grave
17Jagow Road
18NT Potter's Field
19Saint Paul Lutheran Church Cemetery1861Find a Grave
20Burying Grounds
River Cemetery
Saint Joseph Roman Catholic1967
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Columbarium1989

North Tonawanda & Wheatfield Blog

1890 Saint Mark Cemetery Map, North Tonawanda
The following digitized map was found on searchiqs.com. Info Quick Solutions, Inc. (IQS) …
1896 Advertising for Fairmount Park, Wheatfield
"The New Cemetery. The Fairmount Cemetery Association have provided North Tonawanda with …
1845 Wheatfield Cemetery Map, Wheatfield
The following digitized map was found on searchiqs.com. Info Quick Solutions, Inc. (IQS) …
DAR Unpublished Cemetery Records of Niagara County 1969
Since the 1910s, the Daughters of the American Revolution have been transcribing …
A Dedication for Saint Mark Cemetery (1929), North Tonawanda
Though it was initially established decades before as Sawyer Creek Cemetery, St. …
Niagara River Cemetery Removed to Sweeney Cemetery, North Tonawanda
I have seen a few different notations concerning an old burying ground …
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Burials, North Tonawanda
One of the FamilySearch microfilms that has been digitized is the St. …
Cleaning Up Family Graves at Acacia, North Tonawanda
Mom and I visited Acacia Cemetery to work on cleaning off lichen …
Wheatfield Cemetery 2005 Map, Wheatfield
The Niagara County Historian’s Office contains many books and vertical files on …
Niagara County, New York Cemeteries Booklet by Grapes, Clements, and Alder (1977)
The following booklet has been digitized on FamilySearch at: http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/790934. The booklet includes …
Sweeney Cemetery Book, North Tonawanda
The Niagara County Historian’s Office has a spiral-bound book for Sweeney Cemetery. …
An Act to Incorporate the Wheatfield Cemetery Association 1844, Wheatfield
The Wheatfield Cemetery Association was incorporated on 29 March 1844. You can …
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, North Tonawanda
The St. Peter’s cemetery located on Walck Rd. near Erie Ave. in …