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Forest Road Anglican Cemetery
St. John's
St. John's East District

SECTION "DB"

Complete Listing of Visible Headstones as of 2008

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A	B	C	D1-D3	DA	DB	DC	DD
DE-DF	DG	DH	DI	DJ-DL	DM	DN	DO
DP	DQ-DR	DS	E	F	G	H	J
K	L	N	O	P	Empire Ave	Cremation	Columbariums
Miscellaneous

SURNAME	GIVEN	BORN	DIED	AGE	SPOUSE	OTHER
Alexander	George		December 18th 1851	24 Years		son of William Alexander of Campbelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland
Andrews	John Charles		Sep. 13, 1881	21 Years		children of John & Mary Ann
	Emiline ???????			5 Years		children of John & Mary Ann
	Sophie ??????			3 Years		children of John & Mary Ann
	Sophie Emiline			2 weeks		children of John & Mary Ann
Angel	Jane		June 15th[?] 1857	?? Years	Samuel	erected by Jane Bolt in memory of her mother
Angel	[Unknown]					erected by Sarah Angel [white marble slab]
	[Unknown]					erected by Sarah Angel [white marble slab]
Barrington	T. H.		December 21, 1851	36 Years		Rector of St. John's
	Elizabeth
	Mary
Batson	John		Aug. 7th 1907	72 Years	Charlotte	erected by Charlotte
Bendell	Bessie
Bond	Elizabeth		??? ??th 1853			erected by John ????? Bond
Bursell	Sydney		Feb. 20th 1955	73 Years	Janet
	Janet		Sept. 17th 1967	70 Years	Sydney
Burton	Jane Edwards		Nov. 2, 1872	70 Years	George Bollard Burton	[only daughter of John Keith; married 1844]
Burton	Elizabeth Frances		December 1861[?]	64 Years		[second] daughter of the late George Burton; [married John DeGrave Ryland in 1828] [same headstone as John Degrave Ryalnd]
C	C. J. F.					[small stone cross]
C	E. D.					[small stone cross]
C	M. S. E.					[small stone cross]
Carter	Emily Charlotte		??? ?? 18??	12[?] Years		daughter of Joseph & Mary Ann
Carter	F. J.Weston	??? ?? ????	??? ?? ????	?? Years		barrister at law
Carter	Peter Weston		Feby 11, 1871	65 Years		for many years Chief Stipendiary Magistrate St. John's
Carter	Sarah		Feb. 15th 1874[?]	67 Years	Robert	[white marble slab]
Carter	Sarah Jessie		??? 5, 1860	2 years
Carter	Sidney S.		5th Nov. 185?	60 Years	Peter W.	Chief ????? Majistrate, St. John's
	Catherine A. S.		22 Dec. 1864[?]	42[?] Years		eldest daughter of above
Chafe	Eliza		March 29th 1908	58 Years	Charles
Chafe	George Elliott		June 18th 1908	15 Years & 6 Mo's		son of Levi and Lizzie
Chafe	Henry		June 22, 1868	61 Years
	Edward		March 26th 18??	13 Mos		his children
	Elizabeth		Feb. 16th 1860	1 year & 8 Mos		his children
	Samuel		Jan. 6th 1852	2 Years & 6Mos		his children
Chaplin						[single grave outlined in concrete]
Chaplin						[double grave outlined in concrete]
Clayton	James		June 18[?], 1890	38 Years	Mary Jane	native of West Bromwich, England
	Mary Jane		Aug. ?? 1886[?]	33[?] Years	James
Cochrane	Elizabeth J.		April 20, 1865	29 Years		second daughter of Mrs. G. Clarke
Combden	Clara E.					[white cross]
	Julia E.					[white cross]
Cook	John		May 12th 1863	66 Years	Hannah	erected by their daughter M. Taylor
	Hannah		Sep. 7th 1878	74 Years	John	erected by their daughter M. Taylor
Cook	Mary Janet		Sept. 19, 1872	3 Months		children of William & Anna
	John Douglas		May 19, 1873	2 Years		children of William & Anna
Coyell	Thomas		Jan. 16, 1862	73 Years	Elizabeth	[captain]; native of Stokeinteion[?] Head, Devonshire, England; [died at home on the Southside]
	Elizabeth		Jany 29 1880	91 Years	Thomas
Crane	Julia Ann		Sep. 30th 1934	86 Yrs 4 Mos	Archibald
Crossman	Aaron	[Oct. 19, 1863]	Nov. 10, 1864			children of W. [William] S. & E. [Eliza] D. Crossman
	Amelia	[Aug. 3, 1866]	June 10, 1867			children of W. [William] S. & E. [Eliza] D. Crossman
	Aaron		Jan. 14, 1880	[8 years & 9 months]		children of W. [William] S. & E. [Eliza] D. Crossman
Crowdy	Charles James Frederic		June 24th 1852	1 Year		[celtic cross]
Crowdy	Edward DeSuarres		Nov. 17, 1845	2 years and 4 months
	William Morse		January 23rd 1857	25[?] Years		Lieiu in the 32nd Regt., died at Licknow E. F.
Dambrill	Jane		March 1st 1852	85 Years	John	[same headstone as Miriam Elizabeth Withycombe]
Down	Roger		Sep. 10, 1863	70 Years		erected by Roger Down in memory of his father
	William Samuel Peckford		Nov. 26, 1863[?]	14 Years		his son
Drover	Mary J.		April 20, 1937	87 Years and 7 Months	Archibald
	Archibald		1910	69 Years	Mary J.
Ebsary	William		Jan. 11, 1855	57[?] Years
	Selina Julia		1862	?? yrs		daughter of William & Belinda; erected by John H. Ebsary
	?????					children of John & Eliz. who died in infancy
Edward	Charles		Dec. ?? 1871[?]	?? Years
	?????		??? ?? ????	?? Years
English	Elizabeth		?? December 1849	? Years
Field	P					[single grave outlined in concrete]
Ford	Elizabeth Eliza	Sept 30th 1804	Decr 11th 1891		John
Ford	William Hartery		Sept. 29 1871	20 Years
Garland	Harriett		23rd Dec. 1897	75 Years		Mother
	Sophia Bartlett		June 11, 1924	77 Years
	Thomas P.		22nd March 1894	62 Years	Sophia Withycombe
Godley	William Thomas		Apr. 27, 1910	64 Years		[from London, England.  First married Sarah Ann Murrain.   Later married Selina Randell/Rendell from Heart's Content. A son from his second marriage was Frederick George and he died 26 Oct 1913.]
	Frederick George		Oct. 26, 1913	20 Years		[his son]
Gosse	Elsie Rose	July 11, 1896[?]	June 22, 1914			daughter of James & Mary Gosse [small broken white marble slab]
Graham	Thomas		Sept. 23 1855	26 Years
	Peter		Aug. 13th 1850	16 Years
	Dougald Alex		Dec. 6th 1854	2 Months
Grant	John F. C.	Jan. 15, 1913	July 13, 1963			[John Frederick Collier Grant, son of laura & Frederick] [married Florella Elsie Bursey]; [same grave as J. Flora White]
Grant	Laura W.	Decr 1st 1880	Novr 5th 1933			[maiden name Laura Wilkie Collier]
	Frederick G.	Decr 11th 1873	July 11th 1936
Grimstead	William		September 9th 1855	62 Years
	Charlotte		11th Novr 1861	77 Years
Groves	Guy		May 31, 1912	2 Years		youngest son of William & Ellen
Groves	James Cyril		Feby 19, 1919	20 Years		eldest son of Wm J. and Ellen
Harris	Nickola ???		18??			erected by Mary Ann Harris
	Mary Ann		1865[?]	?? Years
Harvey	Douglas Roy	1947	2007
Hoyles	Newman Wright		February 1840	63[?] Years		for 30 years a resident mercchant of St. John's and Colonial Treasurer of Newfoundland
	Newman Wright		1899	19 Years		his son who perished in the Western Ocean
	Anna Brown					his daughter wife of John ???Cooke
	Catherine					his daughter
	?a?e?aie		1855	4 Years
	Lucretia Jean		September 25th 1862	15 Years
	Anne Row		October 25th 1861	43 Years
	Lucretia		January 21st 1862	85 Years
J	F. T. I.					[small stone cross]
Jennings	Bertha					died in infancy, children of Geo. and Mary J. Jennings
	Henry					died in infancy, children of Geo. and Mary J. Jennings
	Effie					died in infancy, children of Geo. and Mary J. Jennings
Jennings	Terrence G.	Oct. 23rd 1891	June 23d 1903	12 Years		youngest son of George & Mary
Johnson	Frances Maria		June 17th 1860	37[?] Years	Rev. G. M. Johnson
Johnson	George Magness	1853	1935			for 25 years judge in the Supreme Court
Jones	Mariam		August 6, 1908	42 Years
Kent	James Robert		Dec. 23, 1860	3Yrs & 8 Mos		[son of] William & Charlotte Kent [William J. Kent was age 40 in 1867. Charlotte Kent nee Martin died May 5, 1916 at age 85, buried in section DG, Their son William James is buried in section E]
	Sarah Jane		Jan. 7[?] 1861			his sister
Knight	Ann	May 25th 1820	May 2nd 1906			born Exeter, England
Knight	James Luke		Aug. 18th 1875	48 Years		native of Exeter, Devonshire, England
Lamzed	John			88 Years	Elizabeth	Cap.
	Elizabeth		15 Nov.	84 Years	John	his widow
Langley	Richard		?? August 1859[?]
	Samuel		20th August 1850	31[?] Years		eldest son of the above
Legallais	Alice Maud		11 Feb 1854	16 Years
Lewis	John Brinklow	Feb. 13, 1921
	Joan Elizabeth	July 10, 1922	Dec. 31, 2006
Long[?]	Marion		May 13, 1889	3 Months		daughter of W. J. & Mimmie ????
Mar??????d	Mary		Junw 2nd 1892	87 Years	Rev. William	[small white marble slab with celetic cross]
Marshall	John		April 27th 1902	48 Years		husband
	Thomas		Dec. 2nd 1904	25 Years		his brother
Menchinton	Anthony		March 22nd 1866	75 Years		native of Somersetshire, England
Menchinton	Grace		Jan. 26th 1882	84th year
Menchinton	William		June 10, 1866	69 Years		native of Somersetshire, England
Morris	Sern			3		[double grave outlined in concrete]
	Joan			2		[double grave outlined in concrete]
Motty	Nicholas		Feby[?] 15[?] 18??	[45 years]	[Sarah Stone]	Sarah; [Deceased was a native of Dartmouth, Devon, England, the widow of the late Capt. Nicholas Motty]
Mugford	Elizabeth Sarah Batten		Feby 13th 18??	?? Years	Charles	born Bareneed, died at St. John's
Murray	Denny		8th August 1861	6 Years and 4 Months		son of Capt T. A. L. Murray
Noonan	Mary Ann		Feby 7th 1870	36 Years	J. L. Noonan	[Married at the Anglican Cathedral, Sep 22, 1853]
Noseworthy	Nina Gertrude		Aug. ?2, 18??
Pearcey						[single grave outlined in concrete]
Pearcey						[single grave outlined in concrete]
Penny	Albert		July 2nd 1912	65 Years	Susannah	erected by Susannah
Phillips	Mabel Edna		Sept. 18, 1915	2 Years 2 1/2 Mo's		child of Ernest and Ethel
Pike	William S.		Aug. 27th 1908	83[?] Years		husband
Pope	Henry		March 2nd 1895	60 Years
	Sarah		Decr 20th 1935	92 Years
Prowse	D. W.	Sep. 17, 1834	Jan. 27, 1914		[Sarah Ann Edleston]
Prowse	Jane Woodley		18th April 1858	26 Years		of Robert & Jane Prowse; [sister to D. W. Prowse]
Prowse	S. A. E.	Jan. 15, 1832	Feb. 21, 1914
Pynn	George		??? ? ????
	George		??? ? ????
Rendell	Elias		Feb. 22 nd 1862	61 Years		native of Saldon, Devon
	Emma Elizabeth		Aug. 15th 1859	12[?] Years		youngest daughter of Elias Rendell
Rendell[?]	Elizabeth[?]		Dec. 15th 1866[?]	60  Years		[white marble marker with engraved cross]
Robe	Alexander Watt		April 1849	56 Years		Lieut Colonel Royal Engineers, erected by his sorrowing sisters XVII July MDCCCXLIX
Rowe	Samuel William Bickford		Sep. 9th 1849	? yr & 8 Months		son of Thomas and Anne Rowe
Ryall	Ann		Jan. 9th 1880	56 Years	Thomas
Ryland	John DeGrave		May ?2 18??	61[?] Years		third son of ; [same headstone as Elizabeth Burton]
Sheppard	Annie Evelyn		Sept. 23, 1914	18 Months		child of Kenneth & Jennie
Simms	James Junr		June 12[?], 1855	37[?] Years
Smale	Elizabeth		Feby 22nd 1861	60 Years		erected by William Smale in memory of his mother
Snow	Thomas F.		Sept. 8, 1876	14 Years
Stabb	Anne Carter		19 May 1868	72 Years	Ewen
Stabb	Catherine Sparkes		2  April 1886	57 Years		sixth daughter of Ewen & A. C. Stabb
Stabb	Charles George		24th Jany 1862	29 Years		third son of Ewen & Anne C.
Stabb	Ewen	Nov. 20th 1797	3rd April 1872			born Torquay, Devonshire; died St. John's, Newfld.
Stabb	Henry John		1892			died at St. John's [casket style granite gravemarker on the ground]
Stidstone	Thomas		May 7[?] 1861	62 Years	Ann Roberts	native of Devonshire, England
	Ann Roberts		Nov. 6th  1859	62 Years	Thomas
	James		Jan. 4th 1864	24 Years		their son
Stone						[single grave outlined in concrete]
T.	M. B.					[small stone cross]
Taylor	Elizabeth Ann		Feby 3rd 1860	83[?] Years	William H.
Taylor	James		Feb. ?? 1889	58		Cap. [white marble slab] [masonic symbol]
Thompson	Jessie Eliza	6[?] July 1786	17 July 1869		George Theodore	youngest daughter of the late Thomas Covell
Thorn	James					erected by Ann Thorn ...... husband [white marble slab]
Tunbridge	Mary Blakeney		February 3rd 1861	48 Years
Vail	Mary Alice		September 28, 1863			infant daughter of N. R. Vail [casket style gravemarker on the ground]
Warren	Ann		6 Jan. 1885	81		[casket style gravemarker on the ground]
Warren	Jane E.		May 4th 1890			[large cross]
Warren	Louisa Jane		April 10th 1881		John H. Warren	wife of the Hon. John H. Warren, died at St. John's., Newfoundland [casket style gravemarker on the ground]
	John. P. (sic) Hon.		28th April 1885			died at Torquay, England
Warren	Louisa Jane		April 1842	8 yrs 3 Mths		erected by John & Louisa in memory of their children
	John Henry Charles		Jan. 1859	8[?] Years		erected by John & Louisa in memory of their children
	Reginald Sydney		Sept. 1860	8[?] Years		erected by John & Louisa in memory of their children
	Flora Emeline Caroline		May 1861	12[?] Years		erected by John & Louisa in memory of their children
Warren	William		May 14th 1856	65 Years	Jane
	Jane		Nov. 6th 1951	56[?] Years	William
	Jane Neck		Oct. 31st 1838			their daughter
White	J. Flora E. (Grant)	1913	1995			[same grave as John F. C. Grant]
Williams	Annie Florence Gribble	Oct. 17th 1874	April 14th 1956		Robert
Williams	Philip Owen	November 26, 1912	May 16 1932
Williams	Robert		Sept. 15th 1941	72 Years
Willis	Richard		Feb. 25, 1866
Winsor	Elizabeth		?? Sep. 1869	56[?] Years
	[Unknown]
Winter	George		? April 1859	87[?] Years		[large slab on the ground]
	Mary		??? 11, 1859	82 Years		[large slab on the ground]
Wishart	Isabella		5th May 1850	42 Years	Robert
Withycombe	Miriam Elizabeth		January 31st 1852[?]	?? Years		daughter of John Dambrill Withycombe, [same headstone as Jane Dambrill]
Wood	Mary		June 2nd 1892	87 Years	Rev. Thomas Martyn Wood
Wood	Thomas M.		August 16th 1881	74th Year		Missionary of the ?? Rector of St. Thomas's this City and for several years Bishop's Commissionary and Rural Dean of Avalon; 50th year of his Ministry in this Diocese
[Unknown 1]	?e???e ???a?????e
	[Unknown]
	Harriet		July 8, 18??	73 Yrs
	Mary Jane		??? 8, 1886
[Unknown 2]	?????		Dec 8 18??			[white marble slab]
[Unknown 3]	[Unknown]					[single grave outlined in concrete]
[Unknown 4]	[Unknown]					[small metal tub with flowers]
[Unknown 5]	[Unknown]					[casket style gravemarker on the ground with engraved cross]
[Unknown 6]	[Unknown]			? Months
	[Unknown]		Feb ? ????	12[?] Years
[Unknown 7]	[Unknown]					[single grave outlined in concrete]
[Unknown 8]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
[Unknown 9]	Georgina		June 28th[?]  1886[?]	37[?] Years		[white marble slab]
[Unknown 10]	[Unknown]					[single grave outlined in concrete]
[Unknown 11	????? Anne		??? 22 18?0	7 Years		[small stone cross]
[Unknown 12]	Percy	Dec. 26, 1873	Jan. 29, 1874			son of Lieu ??riton [small stone cross]
[Unknown 13]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
[Unknown 14]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
[Unknown 15]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
[Unknown 16]	[Unknown]					[small white marble slab]
[Unknown 17]	[Unknown]					[broken white marble slab]
[Unknown 18]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab]
[Unknown 19]	[Unknown]					[single grave outlined in concrete]
[Unknown 20]	[Unknown]					[slab lying on ground]
[Unknown 21]	[Unknown]					[white marble slab with engraved cross]
[Unknown 22]	[Unknown]					[small white marble slab]
[Unknown 23]	[Unknown]					[broken small white marble slab]
[Unknown 24]	[Unknown]					[top of broken slab]
[Unknown 25]	[Unknown]					[slab lying on ground by fence]
[Unknown 26]	Mary[?]			? Years		[slab on the ground]
	William[?]					[slab on the ground]
[Unknown 27]	[Unknown]		1883[?]	50 Years		erected by D??? Abraham[?] wife of [white marble slab]
	[Unknown]			7 Years		[white marble slab]
[Unknown 28]	[Unknown]		Sept. 27, 18??
[Unknown 29]	[Unknown]					[white cylindrical pillar]

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
This section of the cemetery has many unreadable headstones and unmarked graves.

Transcribed by Craig Peterman (September 2010) from
photos taken by Don Tate & Craig Peterman (2008)
with some notes from Geoff Martin (2010)

Page Revised by Craig Peterman (November 18, 2019)

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