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THREE ARMS ISLAND

Community Cemetery

Twillingate District

Three Arms Island is located near Little Bay, Green Bay, in Western Notre Dame Bay,
and "...was a thriving community but... after Confederation... many of the buildings were
floated to such places as Harry's Harbour... At one time this was the headquarters of the
merchant James Norris, whose vessels traded throughout the bay... Norris was a
Roman Catholic and had a small chapel built here for the use of his family (still standing in 1992)..."

From "Coastal Cruising Newfoundland" (1993) by Rob Mills

Here follows the inscriptions from the cemetery of
James Norris at Three Arms Island, which I visited in 1996:

:

SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	BORN	DIED	AGE	INSCRIPTION
Norris	Lieut. Stephen C.		Oct. 11, 1916	24 years	who was killed at Gueudecourt, France
Dollard	Catherine		May 17, 1891	76 years	wife of James Norris
Norris	James	(no date)		73 years	a native of Waterford, Ireland
Norris	Walter F.		April 13, 1903	3 yrs. 5 mos.	darling child of James and Mary Norris
Norris,	James		June 11, 1905	10 yrs. & 9 mos.	beloved son of James and Mary Norris died at St. John's
Norris	William T.		July 13, 1906	11-/2 years
Dower	Mary Ann	March 19, 1854	June 21, 1950		wife of James Norris born at Conche died Montreal
Norris	James		Dec. 6, 1924	73 years	Erected by Mary A. Norris in memory of her bleoved husband - Died at St. John's
Norris	Elizabeth		10 June 1887	31 years	wife of David Norris
Norris	David		5th Oct. 1888	47 years
Norris	Helen		24 Oct. 1880	32 years	wife of David Norris
Another cemetery located near that of James Norris, possibly a second R.C. cemetery:
Sexton	Catherine		Apr. 1, 1922	77 years	Erected by James J. Byrne, grandson in loving memory of
Ridout	Ann Lee		Mar. 7, 1927	68 years	beloved wife of Abraham Ridout
From a third cemetery on the island:
Wells	Charlotte		July 23, 1912	65 years	wife of Henry W. Wells
Next to it
Wells	Henry		Mar. 20, 1917	76 years
Ridout	Abraham		Sept. 30, 1938	79 yrs. 9 mos.
And yet another Three Arms Island cemetery:
Strong	Frederick J.		Apr, 4, 1915	64
Strong	Henry J.	born Apr, 8, 1838	Nov. 15, 1908	70 yrs. 7 mos.
Strong	John Henry		1908	16 yrs. & 8 mos.	son of Fred and Rebecca Jane Strong of Three Arms
Strong	Eliza		1938	87 (89?) years Jan. 2nd
Strong	Thomas E.		1929	73 years Apr. 7th	(Both on same stone:)
Knight	Emma		Apr. 11, 1912	22 yrs. 9 mos.	wife of John R. Knight
Also a small heatstone here with initials E.K.
Shearing	Henry	born Aug. 10, 1861	Oct. 5, 1948
Shearing	Martha	born Jan. 8, 1867	Mar. 27, 1944
Hudson	Hedley V.		July 6, 1907	22 yrs. & 5 mos.
Hudson	Kenneth B.		Dec. 24, 1908	26 yrs. & 5 mos.
Moores	John W.	1875-	1966
Wells	Jane	1874-	1959
Wells	John B.	1868-	1952		Erected by the children - (Both on same stone:)
Oxford	Joseph	1833-	1913
Oxford	Elizabeth	1846-	1926		(Both on same stone:
Roberts,	Janet		Sept. 5, 1914	40 years	wife of Frederick C. Roberts - Died in Grand Falls
From an old cemetery at Little Ward's Harbour, near Little Bay, Green Bay (not to be confused with Ward's Harbour, now Beaumont
Saunders	Abel		June 1902	21 years;
Saunders	Charlie		Feb. 1902	2 years;

Contributor: Barbara Penderson

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