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COMFORT COVE - NEWSTEAD

Old Community Cemetery

Twillingate District

The following Headstone information was recorded in May 1999.
It only contains the factual data, names and dates. Where two people were listed
on one Headstone and it was readily apparent that they were husband and wife, Husband
or Wife of…. was added in such cases. Family information known to the authors appear
in [brackets]. There are many graves in this cemetery with no markers. If anyone has
additional information to that listed below, please contact us. While every attempt
was made to ensure accuracy, if a discrepancy is noted, the actual headstone inscription
shall take precedence.

Gerald Major and Margaret Head Major.

NOTE: Cemetery Updated to 2022 from Wendell Dominey Photos.

SURNAME	GIVEN	BORN	DIED	AGE	INFO
NOTE: # Indicates individuals added from Wendell Dominey photos of 2022. [Information] in red brackets is information provided by the original transcriber and has been carried forward from the original transcription but was not found in the 2022 photos.
ADAMS	Fanny		March 24, 1942	71	[nee WELLS] Wife of William Adams
ADAMS	William		Aug 18, 1949	84 (?)
BRENTON #	Bernice		1944		Infant Daughter of Chesley & Armenia Brenton
BROWN	Janet	July 26, 1892	Sept 7, 1947.		[CONNERS] Beloved Wife of Samuel Brown
BROWN	Samuel	Jan 6, 1887	March 8, 1977
CANNING	Mary	1902	1936
COOPER	Beatrice		June 10th 1918	[18 }	Beloved Wife of Martin Cooper
COOPER,	Stephen		Feb 2, 1929	65	Corps Sergeant Major
COOPER	Elizabeth		Aug 2, 1944	79	[nee FUDGE]
COOPER	William Allen	March 18th 1921.	Feb 15th 1922		Darling Son of Thomas and Carrie Cooper
CULL #	Herbert G.		Aug 2nd 1932	50	Beloved Husband of Elizabeth H. Cull
CULL	Mary Louisa		April 16, 1942	21	Beloved Wife of Nathaniel CULL. [Daughter of Lewis and Clara [Meadus] HEAD]
CULL	Stephen		Dec 16, 1938	59	Beloved Husband of Henrietta Cull
EVELEIGH	Maud				Children of Solomon and Malvina Eveleigh
EVELEIGH	Solomon
EVELEIGH	Owen Garland	1935	1937		Sons of Guy & Martha Eveleigh
EVELEIGH	Royburn Guy	1942	1945
EVELEIGH	Solomon		May 25, 1967	87	[ s/o Joseph John and Phoebe [PECKFORD] EVELEIGH]
EVELEIGH	Malvina Spracklin		Feb 22, 1958	77 Yrs 6 Mos	Daughter of Charles and Elizabeth CAVE of Bay Roberts]
GINN	Joanna	1900	1924.
GINN	William		May 26, 1936	87
GINN	Sarah		April 19, 1933	76	d/o James & Mary [CULL] GODDEN
GREENHAM	Captn Allan		Nov 2nd 1928	27 Yrs 6 Mos	[Husband of Athea Hale]
GREENHAM	William	Jan 15, 1879	April 14, 1959	80	[Husband of Mary Ann CONNORS]
HALE	Ella M.	1891	1974.		[Wife of George Hale]
HALE	Emaline		Dec 1901.		[FUDGE] [Wife of John Hale]
HALE	Wesley		Feb 1911.		[Louis Wesley HALE, Son of John and Emaline [FUDGE] HALE]
HALE	Selina		Aug 1939.		[COOPER] [Wife of John Hale]
HALE	John	[Born 1853]	Oct 1945.
HALE	George F.	1888	1979.		[Son of John Hale]
HALE	Gordon	1916	1918.		Children of Walter and Minnie Hale
HALE	Olive	1922	1941.
HALE	Tryphenia	1926	1928.
HALE	Harold		Nov 1936	16	Son of George Hale
HALE	Clayton		July 1938	3 Yrs.	Brother
HALE	William R.		Dec 27, 1924	39	Beloved Son of John Hale. [Husband of Dina Godden and Annie Miles]
HEAD	Aaron	1874	1950.		[Son of John Head]
HEAD	Mary Ann	1878	1962.		[BROWN]
HEAD	John	1840	1933.		[WATKINS] [s/o William and Ann [WELLS] Head of Joe Batts Arm
HEAD	Jane	1842	1927.		[Elizabeth Jane d/o James and Annie WATKINS of Barr'd Islands]
HEAD	Jane			14	Daughter
HEAD	John		Nov 15th 1955	89	[ s/o John & Elizabeth Jane WATKINS] HEAD
HEAD	Mary Elizabeth	Oct 20th 1870	Oct 11th 1952.		[ Daughter of Charles and Sarah Jane [WHITE] CANNINGS]
HEAD	Lewis	Sept 26th 1894	Nov 5th 1969.	75	[Son of John]
HEAD	Clara Jane	1895	1989.		[MEADUS]
HEAD	Willis W[illiam] A[dolphus]	[July 9,] 1922	[April 19,] 2010		[Son of Lewis Sr Died in England (Willis's ashes were broght back to Comfort Cove by his wife to be buried with his mother and father in the old combined Cemetery at Comfort Cove. A well attended memorial service was held at the United Church on June 27, 2010. Service by Rev Betty Robbins. Willis was a veteran (Sgt Royal Artillery) of WW 2. He remained in England after the War.] M H M
HEAD #	Marie	April 28, 1932	May 18, 1937		Daughter of Hedley & Martha Head
HEAD #	Peter	Aug 30, 1898	Jan 27, 1902		Son of John & Mary head
HEAD	Walter	July 16, 1899	Feb 22, 1969	70	Beloved Husband of Sarah Head [Nee Lambert]. [son of Aaron and Mary Ann HEAD nee BROWN]
HEAL	Dina		Feb 2nd 1917	26	Beloved Wife of Wm R Heal. [HALE] [d/o Simon and Mary [COMBDEN] GODDEN.]
MILLS #	Lily				Beloved wife of Henry Mills Mother of Beaton, Hazel, Elenia & Baby Mills
PRYOR	George		April 12th 1963	86
PRYOR	Jane		Aug 20th 1936	57	[Mary Jane WATKINS d/o Henry and Helen Randell ]
PRYOR	Harold	1946	1948.		Brother of Nellie.
PRYOR	Nellie	1941	1942.
PRYOR	Gilbert		Feb 25, 2003		[Nellie and Gilbert are children of Gilbert and Ethel PRYOR Gilbert PRYOR died 25 Feb. 2003 and is buried in the Salvation Army Cemetery , Comfort Cove. ]
SNIDER	Lovelette	Feb 26, 1940	Nov 12, 1990		(HALE) [Daughter of George and Ella [Wells] HALE]
UNKNOWN	Unknown				Un-Named Memorial
WATKINS	Elizabeth J.	1887	1920.		[ Elizabeth J POPE wife of James WATKINS 1885 - 1961.]
WATKINS	James	1885	1961.		[ Husband of Elizabeth J POPE and Annie B GREENHAM ]
WATKINS	Annie B	1907	1988.		[Wife of James WATKINS , nee GREENHAM ]
WATKINS #	Emma		May 7th 1944	87	[nee BURT][ Wife of Sampson Stuckless and George WATKINS ]
WATKINS	George	Oct 2, 1850 (?)	June 8, 1917.		[Husband of Eliza CULL and Emma BURT STUCKLESS ]
WATKINS	Roland		April 1, 1922	22 Yrs 4 Mos	Beloved Son of Emma Watkins
WATKINS #	Samuel				Sons of James & Annie Watkins
WATKINS #	Wilson
WATKINS #	Roland
WELLS	Matilda	1895	1965.		[Wife of William Wells] nee Matilda COLEBORNE
WELLS	William G.	1886	1974.		[Husband of Miltilda COLEBORNE]
WHITE **	Chesley Raymond	1906	1930.
WHITE **	Christina	1912	1931.
WHITE **	Nina Gladys	1914	1934.
WHITE **	Lemuel Charles	1910	1935.
WHITE,	Jonas	1871	1934.
WHITE	Elizabeth	1872	1942.		[Elizabeth Ann CANNINGS d/o John and Elizabeth [CULL] CANNINGS]
WHITE	Eli	1908	1927.		Sons of Jonas and Elizabeth
WHITE	Joe	1945			[On same stone as Jonas, Elizabeth and Eli]
WHITE	Ralph	1909	1998		[Son of Stephen White]
WHITE	Althea	1901	1996.		[Wife of Ralph White and Capt Allan Greenham][HALE]
WHITE	Stephen		July 23rd 1960	79	[Husband of Elizabeth and Johanna] [Elizabeth is burried in the UC cemetery]
WHITE	Johanna		Feb 2nd 1929	44 Yrs 4 Mos	Wife of Stephen WHITE [Johanna Godden GINN d/o William and Sarah [GODDEN] GINN]
WHITE,	Wilfred Stephen		July 13, 1945	17 Yrs 4 Mos	Accidentlly Drowned at Baie Verte Son of Stephen and the Late Johanna White

Originally Transcribed by: Gerald Major and Margaret Head Major

Updated with additional Information by Margaret Head Major 17 July 2006]
Updated with additional Information by Gerald Major and Margaret Head Major 7 Dec 2013]
Updated to 2022 from Wendell Dominey Photos Jan 2023

Page Last Modified: Wednesday January 18, 2023 (Don Tate)

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