Town of Aurora Cemeteries, Erie, New York

*Updated: 18 July 2005

Town of Aurora Cemeteries
including the Village of East Aurora, the Hamlets of
Griffith Mills, Jewettville, West Falls and a portion of South Wales
Erie County, New York

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Town of Aurora

1827 Cemetery see East Aurora Cemetery
Baptist Church Cemetery see Pioneer Cemetery
There is a cemetery in East Aurora that used to be known as the Baptist Church Cemetery.The Baptist Church has now moved, but the little cemetery is still there. Is it now known as the Pioneer Cemetery. It contains the graves of James Fairbank, d. 1851; his wife Eunity Moore Fairbank; his son Willard Fairbank; his daughter Laura Fairbank Blood; probably also Mary Blood Fairbank and Mahala Valerie Blood Fairbank, sisters and 1st and 2nd wives of Willard Fairbank. James and his son Willard were pioneer settlers
in Elma Township, in the Milestrip.
Thanks to Doris Ward for the above information
Blakeley Cemetery
Catholic Cemetery - (Immaculate Conception Cemetery) (1893)
Located on the north side of Bowen Road near Seneca Street.
Contact : W. Heidel (716) 652 - 6509
Carpenter Cemetery - Strykersville Road 14169 Private, located on the James Miller property. Located in the Town of Wales
Cole Cemetery
East Aurora Cemetery (Upper Cemetery) [1834 - 1957 MF]
Located between Oakwood Avenue and Millard Fillmore Place, at the end of Temple Place (off Main Street). A large, well kept cemetery, with 251 lots originally planned, September, 1873, there are many burials prior to this date.
East Aurora Pioneer Cemetery
East End Cemetery see East Aurora Cemetery
Griffith Mills Cemetery
Located on the west side of Westfalls Road near Mill Road behind the Lutheran Church.
Griffith Mills Cemetery is believed to be the first burial plot in the Town of Aurora. Records disclose the plot was used as early as 1818. Earlier know as West Aurora Cemetery, consists of two parts, the older of from three to four acres on the north side. A few stones are dated 1818 and one 1811. It is believed that some removals from the Phelps plot and the Luther Road lots are in Griffith Mills Cemetery. Records indicate that soldiers of 1812 were removed to GMC. Those prior to 1820, probably were moved from other areas.
Immaculate Conception Cemetery see Catholic Cemetery
Lower Oakwood Cemetery [1836 - 1968 MF] ~
210 Oakwood Avenue [Office] (716) 652 - 0454
Located at the western end of Oakwood Avenue between Hamburg and South Willow Street
Luther Road Cemetery
Maple Road near Main Street
Mill Street Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery Association - 696 Main Street, East Aurora, 14052-2406 (716) 652-0454
Old Cemetery on Cole Road - Located just pass Ward Road on the east side.
Phelps Plot
Sweet Road Cemetery
Pioneer Cemetery see East Aurora Cemetery
Temple Place Cemetery (1827) see East Aurora Cemetery
Research leads us to believe that another small plot preceded the Upper town cemetery
[1873 - 1874] as death dated of 1862 and 1870 are found on markers on the Calkins lot ?
Upper Oakwood Cemetery see East Aurora Cemetery.
West Aurora Cemetery see Griffith Mills Cemetery

Town of Aurora Cemetery History Early burial site located on: Blakeley Road Maple near Main Street [Moved about 1885 to lower Oakwood Cemetery] Main just east of Olean-Pine, Mill Street Cole Cemetery Davis Cemetery [Elma] Luther Road see Griffith Mills Cemetery Phelps Plot see Griffith Mills Cemetery Sweet Road Village of East Aurora Cemeteries The first cemetery in East Aurora is believed to have been located on Upper Main Street. A larger cemetery was on Maple Road at the end of Fillmore Avenue. It was later moved to the lower Oakwood Avenue Cemetery which was started in 1841. There were many other early cemeteries, mostly small, which were moved or abandoned through the years. The Upper Cemetery was opened in 1826. This cemetery extended from Main Street to Oakwood Avenue. Today this street is Temple Avenue.

Town Information Formed from Batavia, as "Willink" in 1804, with a name change to Aurora in 1818, Clarence was taken off in 1808, Buffalo in 1810, Concord, Hamburgh, and Eden in 1812, Holland and Wales in 1818, and a part of Elma in 1857. It occupies nearly a central position in the county includes Village of East Aurora and the Hamlets of Griffith Mills, Jewettville, and West Falls. Town of Aurora Official Web site Village of East Aurora Official Web site Assessor Town of Aurora Assessor's Office 5 South Grove Street East Aurora, New York 14052 (716) 652-0011 Chamber of Commerce The Greater East Aurora Chamber of Commerce 431 Main Street, East Aurora, NY 14052-1783 (716) 652-8444 (1-800-441-2881) Clerk's Office Town of Aurora Clerk's Office (including Village of East Aurora) Aurora Town Hall 5 South Grove St. East Aurora, NY 14052 (716) 652-3280 Fax: 716 652-3507 Email townclerk@townofaurora.com Vital Statistics Birth 1889 - Present Death 1882 - 1903; 1914 - Present Marriages 1904 - Present, etc. Historian Town of Aurora Historian Donald Dayer 5 South Grove Street East Aurora, NY 14052 (716) 652 - 3280 / 652 - 4286 652-8854/652-7944 Wednesdays 1-4 p.m. Email historian@townofaurora.co Village of East Aurora Historian Warren C. Moffett 404 Oakwood Ave. East Aurora, NY 14052 Historical Museum & Society Aurora Historical Society 5 South Grove Street East Aurora, NY 14052 (716) 652 - 8854 Newsletter - Aurora Historical Courier Town Links Land Owners on the Aurora Part of Elma Local areas, Maps & zip codes Map showing Aurora Township Blakeley - Located in the southeastern part of the town. East Aurora Located in the northeast part of the town. Griffin Mills - Located in the southwestern part of the town; Jewettville - Located in the southwest corner of the town. South Wales - A hamlet shared between Aurora and the Town of Wales. West Falls Located in the southwest corner of the town. Newspaper The East Aurora Adbertiser Local researchers Veterans Cemetery Records Of The War Veterans Veterans buried in the Town of Aurora Many Thanks to all who have contributed to this page Donald Dayer, Town of Aurora Historian Doris Ward Etc. Source Gazetteer of the State of New York, author, J.H. French, (R. Pearsall Smith, 1860, Syracuse, New York) Talking Phone Book United State Postal Service < Amherst Boston>

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