St. Anthony's -- commonly known as Church of Windham -- was the pioneer Roman Catholic church and cemetery at LaSalette. (A subsequent circuit minister called it St. Mary's at LaSalette. It was later known as Our Lady of LaSalette, circa a new church and cemetery being established 
in LaSalette.) 

The monument photographed (below) is the result of recent research by a group seeking to document residents of Norfolk and Oxford counties buried in this pioneer cemetery over a century ago. Entries in the old Dundas Mission Register were supplemented by data on the original stones, some original records were found and supplemented with a lot of research of vital statistics, and other resources.

In 2014, a member of the group, Marcia McLean Parker of Portland Oregon, compiled a book -- Church of Windham Monument List -- listing known burials, names, dates, parents if known, and where the information was found (church records, cemetery list, family history, OVS, census, etc.). OGS/Norfolk's copy of that book is on file at the public library in Simcoe. Parker is currently updating this book as more information has been found. 

An earlier book, The Rise and Fall of A Parish in the Wildness: The Story of Our Lady of LaSalette by Dan Walker, is also on file in the same collection. It provides a history of the church, some early pioneer families' baptisms and marriages.

This two-sided monument was erected at the site of the original cemetery last week. 
The research effort continues.
 

  
St. Anthony's Church of Windham
Pioneer Roman Catholic Cemetery 1846-1888
  

 
St. Anthony's Church of Windham
Pioneer Roman Catholic Cemetery 1846-1888