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SALVAGE

CEMETERY,

BONAVISTA BAY DISTRICT,
NEWFOUNDLAND

One of the oldest communities in Bonavista Bay, Salvage has five graveyards.
The oldest of these is on Burden's Point, just inside of Salvage Harbour,
and it has eleven readable (or partially readable) headstones.

#	SURNAME	GIVEN	BORN	DIED	AGE	INFO
1.	DYKE	Edward		Feb. 1, 1865	56? years
2.	DYKE	????				(Actually only KE visible)
3	DYKE	.William
4.	BROWN	John				son of Thomas and Caroline BROWN d. Dec.29, 1860
5.	TRIM	Mary		29 Dec., 1859	66 years	In memory of
6.	BROWN	Jane		who departed this life Nov. 6, 1837?	32 years	Sacred to the memory of beloved wife of Joseph BROWN
NOTE: 7, 8 and 9 all contained within a two-foot high iron fence.
7.	BURDEN	David		March 26, 1861	7 mo.	In memory of son of James & Elizabeth BURDEN
7	BURDEN	Hannah		Sept. 29, 1865	11	their daughter
8.	BURDEN	Joseph		1852		Sacred to the memory of son of James & Elizabeth BURDEN
9.	BURDEN	Susanna		Sept. 2, 1886	3 mo.	daughter of James & Elizabeth BURDEN
10.	KELLEGREW	Mary		March ,1866	19	daughter of Edward KELLEGREW teacher under the c & c? Church society Sacred to the memory of
11.	Sacred to the memory of J___?)__ _______ ________ Native of ________ shire
(This may be James R. Sheldon, Salvage=s first teacher, who died here about 1830. A local retired NF Power employee says he saw Sheldon=s headstone here in 1970.)

Submitted by: W. Roy Babstock
(June 15th, 2000)

Page Last Modified: Monday September 07, 2020 (Don Tate)

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