Le colonel Stephen Jarvis a participé à la guerre de l’Indépendance américaine et à la guerre de 1812. Une quarantaine de ses descendants ont servi pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Inscription
Sacred to the Memory of
Colonel Stephen Jarvis, U.E.L.
A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER IN THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR 1776
AND QUARTERMASTER 17TH LIGHT DRAGOONS
ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE FORCES IN UPPER CANADA 1812
GENTLEMAN USHER OF THE BLACK ROD PARLIAMENT OF CANADA
Died April 12th 1840 Aged 84 Years
ALSO OF
Amelia Glover, his Wife
Died Dec. 2nd 1819 Aged 63 Years.
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED AT THE CLOSE OF THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE SPIRIT OF ARDENT PATRIOTISM
BEQUEATHED BY COL. JARVIS: TWO SCORE OF HIS DESCENDANTS
VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE SERVICE IN THIS WAR,
AND MANY OTHERS HAVE SERVED THE EMPIRE
ON FORMER OCCASIONS AT THE CALL OF DUTY.
THE MORTAL REMAINS ARE INTERRED AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY
OF THE CEMETERY ADJOINING THIS CATHEDRAL CHURCH
Informations pour les visiteurs
Plaque du colonel Stephen Jarvis
59, rue Church
Toronto
Ontario
Lat. 43.6502765
Long. -79.3745711