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SHOE COVE CEMETERIES, GREEN BAY, NOTRE DAME BAY: collected 1990 by PAUL COOMBS
Research Notes by Jill Marshall 2002
PART ONE: ANGLICAN CEMETERY
NAME	DATE OF BIRTH IF GIVEN	DATE OF DEATH	AGE AT DEATH	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from headstone	RESEARCH NOTES
Elizabeth WELSHMAN		d 19 Sept 1923	91 yrs	widow of Thomas WELSHMAN	nee Elizabeth NEWBURY (married 1856)
Elias WELSHMAN		d 9 Mar 1922	70 yrs	husband of Priscilla WELSHMAN	bapt Aug 15 1852 Shoe Cove, age 7 months, son of John & Elizabeth
Eleazar WELSHMAN		d 1929?	37 yrs	widow of Bessie	Married Bessie HARDING; named as son of JOHN at marriage, but may be son of Elias & Priscilla, b Jan 4 1892
Joseph HARDING		d 7 June 1918	37 yrs		Bapt Jul 10 1887 Shoe Cove, son of John HARDING & Mary Ann WELSHMAN; md 1911 to Minnie Louisa TOMS (dau of William A. TOMS & Emma WINSOR)
Alberta HODDINOTT		d 5 Mar 1928	not given		b Sep 9 1889 Shoe Cove Brook, dau of John HARDING & Mary Ann WELSHMAN: married George Hoddinott of Greenspond BB
Sarah Ann LUSCOMBE		d 9 Sept 1922	67 yrs	wife of Samuel LUSCOMBE	bap Aug 26 1853 Shoe Cove, age 3 months, dau of John FOSTER & Elizabeth GRAY; first md to Ebenezer EDGECOMBE. Md (2) Samuel Luscombe bap Nov 1 1863 Clarks Cove, Herring Neck, son of Thomas Luscombe & Kezia Loder.
Samuel LUSCOMBE		d 15 Oct 1939	79 yrs	husband of Minnie	bap Nov 1 1863 Clarks Cove, Herring Neck, son of Thomas LUSCOMBE & Kezia LODER; md first to Saran Ann FOSTER; md (2) to Minnie Louisa (TOMS) Harding.
Thomas WELSHMAN		d 5 May 1911	80 yrs		Son of John Welshman Sr (of Christchurch) & Elizabeth UNK; married Elizabeth NEWBURY
Sophia SAUNDERS		d 10 Sept 1911	50 yrs	wife of Thomas Saunders	She was first married to James Robert Major GRAY; 2nd married Thomas Saunders III (b 1855, son of Thomas & Mary)
Samuel HEWLETT		d 26 Dec 1872	23 yrs		Bapt Aug 26 1850 Shoe Cove age 14 months, son of John & Elizabeth.
Henry HEWLETT		d 18 Jan 1877	40 yrs		Md (1) Elizabeth COOMBS. Md (2) Jane WELSHMAN. Likely the son of John & Elizabeth HEWLETT.
John WELSHMAN		d 5 Feb 1890	88 yrs	Native of Christchurch, England	Married Elizabeth UNKNOWN.
Ebenezer EDGECOMBE		d 1 Oct 1881	34 yrs		Married Sarah Ann FOSTER, dau of John FOSTER & Elizabeth GRAY
Jonathan GRAY		d 22 Nov 1878	14 yrs	Son of John & Maria Ann GRAY	Born Nov 1 1864 Shoe Cove; mother was NEE Maria Ann TOMS, dau of Robert TOMS & Susan ADAMS
James Robert GRAY		d 30 Jan 1889*	26 yrs	Erected by wife Sophia	Born Dec 27 1862 Shoe Cove, bap James Robert Major Gray, son of John GRAY & Maria Ann TOMS; *headstone transcribed as 1880; but was buried, from church records, Feb 1 1889 age 27 yrs.
Maria Ann GRAY		d 25 Jan 1908	77 yrs	Wife of John GRAY	Nee Maria Ann TOMS, daughter of Robert TOMS & Susan ADAMS; granddaughter of John & Emma ADAMS of Indian Burying Place.
John HARDING		d 15 Jan 1937	85 yrs		From Greenspond BB, married 1878 to Mary Ann WELSHMAN
wife Mary Ann HARDING		d 18 Jan 1937	80 yrs	wife of John HARDING	Bap Sep 4 1857 Shoe Cove age 8 months, dau of Thomas WELSHMAN & Elizabeth NEWBURY
Elizabeth GREY	b May 8 1881	d 16 Jan 1916		wife of John A. GREY	Born May 31 1881 per church records, dau of Jesse FOSTER & Maria Ann ANDREWS
Sarah GREY		d Dec 1868? *		wife of James GREY	Same person as Ann GRAY, buried Dec 10 1878 Shoe Cove age 69 yrs
James GREY		d 8 Sept 1880?	age 78 yrs	husband of Sarah GREY
Jesse GREY		d 6 May 1877	33 yrs	husband of Margaret Ann GREY (actually Maria Ann)	Bap Sep 3 1846 Shoe Cove age 2 yrs, son of James & Sarah GREY; md 1871 to MARIA ANN ANDREWS of Nippers Hr, dau of William Andrews & Ada Mitchell
Dorcas MORGAN		d 26 Nov 1875	24 yrs	wife of George MORGAN	Bap Aug 15 1852 Shoe Cove age 3 months, dau of James & Sarah GRAY
John WELSHMAN		d 23 Dec 1912	74 yrs	Son of John Welshman Sr (of Christchurch) & Elizabeth UNKNOWN. Md (1) Jane GRAY, dau of James & Sarah GRAY. Md (2) Jemima Jane RANDELL, dau of Samuel & Mary Ann Randell of Nippers Hr.
William WHITCHER		died at Shoe Cove 18 May 1870	57 yrs	A Native of England	Married 1848 to Mary GRAY, dau of James & Sarah GRAY.
Violet WELSHMAN		d 9 Nov 1908	15 yrs	Daughter of Charles & Martha WELSHMAN	Born Jan 10 1894 Shoe Cove, dau of Charles Henry WELSHMAN & Martha Ann ANDREWS
Maria Ann NOSEWORTHY		d 22 Jan 1939	88 yrs	wife of George K. NOSEWORTHY	bap/admitted Sep 1 1850 Nippers Hr, dau of William ANDREWS & Ada MITCHELL; she was first married to Jesse GRAY.
George K. NOSEWORTHY		d 6 May 1947	94 yrs	husband of Maria Ann	Born Harbour Grace, the son of Nathaniel NOSEWORTHY & Mary UMBERSOME; md Maria Ann ANDREWS, widow of Jesse GRAY, & dau of William Andrews & Ada Mitchell.
Charles Henry WELSHMAN		d 30 Aug 1901	52 yrs		Bap Sep 16 1849 Shoe Cove age 4 wks, son of John Welshman of Christchurch & Elizabeth UNKNOWN; md Martha Ann Andrews of Twillingate, dau of William Andrews.
William WELSHMAN		d 25 Aug 1900	59 yrs		Son of John Welshman Sr (of Christchurch) & Elizabeth UNK; married widow Margaret Ann Newbury (widow of Elias Newbury).
Emmeline WELSHMAN		d 8 May 1894	19 yrs	Daughter of William & Margaret Welshman	Born Oct 13 1875 Shoe Cove
Jane HARDING		d 18 July 1892	34 yrs	Wife of William HARDING	CANDIDATE: may be nee Jane WELSHMAN b Dec 13 1858 Shoe Cove, dau of Thomas Welshman & Elizabeth Newbury.
William SHEPPARD		d 10 Nov 1815	30 yrs	BURIED WITH NEXT ENTRY:
Also MARY MORGAN		d 20 July 1838	75 yrs	BURIED WITH PREVIOUS ENTRY
James R GRAY	b 1 May 1853	d 12 Aug 1860			Son of John GRAY & Maria Ann TOMS; grandson of Robert TOMS & Susan ADAMS
Emily GRAY	b 4 Mar 1850 (1859)	d 14 Aug 1860			Dau of John GRAY & Maria Ann TOMS; granddau of Robert TOMS & Susan ADAMS. Emily Rachel GRAY was born 4 March 1859 per church records, not 1850.
SHOE COVE UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY (1): Collected by PAUL COOMBS 1990
Research Notes 2002 by Jill Marshall
John Foster GRAY		d 5 Apr 1975	73 yrs	Erected by wife Bessie, stepdau Vera, & foster son Claude	Born June 14 1902 Shoe Cove, son of John Albert GRAY & Elizabeth FOSTER; married widow Bessie (HARDING) WELSHMAN, dau of John HARDING & Mary Ann WELSHMAN, widow of Eleazar Welshman.
Bessie GRAY	b 1893	d 1977		By Vera and Claude	Born Aug 22 1893, dau of John HARDING & Mary Ann WELSHMAN. Md (1) Eleazar Welshman and (2) John Foster Gray.
Pearl Marie BOUNDS	b 1918	d 1985		Wife of Willis
George HODDINOTT	b 11 June 1886	d 5 June 1968		By wife Sarah & family	Born Greenspond, BB, son of John Hoddinott; Md (1) Alberta Harding, dau of John Harding & Mary Ann Welshman. Md (2) Sarah UNKNOWN.
Sarah HODDINOTT	b 16 July 1900	d 4 Feb 1979			Second wife of George Hoddinott
Daisy L. HODDINOTT	b 23 Dec 1913	d 2 Aug 1977		By husband & family	Dau of George Hoddinott & Alberta Harding; married 1937 to Pleman/Philemon DICKS, son of George William Dicks & Rosanna May.
Margaret GRAY		not given	71 yrs		Believed to be the wife of Thomas George Gray (b 1888 Shoe Cove, son of James Robert Major Gray & Sophia UNK). From 1935 Census, Margaret was born circa 1902.
Arthur W. BISHOP	b 6 Mar 1914	d 2 Sept 1975		By wife Lily, 3 sons, 2 daughters, and grandchildren.	Listed in 1921 Census as nephew of, and living with, at Shoe Cove Bight, William & Elizabeth (Newbury) Mitchell; in 1935 Census, Elizabeth (Newbury) Mitchell was listed as his cousin.
Dorman GRAY SENIOR	b 27 Nov 1898	d 1 June 1986			Believed to be the son of George GRAY & Elizabeth Ann (?nee Welshman)
Maxwell NEWBURY		d 1 Feb 1977	69 yrs	By wife & family.	Son of Richard NEWBURY & Eleanor Jane WIMBLETON.
George WIMBLETON		d 27 Nov 1968	58 yrs	By wife Josephine, son Henry, daughters Pearl & Daisy, & grandchildren.	Likely Wesley George Wimbleton, son of Samuel James Wimbleton.
Jacob WIMBLETON	b 18 Sept 1914	d 29 Mar 1978		By wife.	Son of Samuel James Wimbleton.
Leander GRAY	b 22 Nov 1912	d 23 July 1988		By wife Lucy, 3 sons, 2 daughters.	Son of Thomas George & Margaret Gray.
Alfreda NOSEWORTHY	b 1886	d 1975			Born Nov 12 1886 Shoe Cove, dau of George Kenneth NOSEWORTHY & Maria Ann ANDREWS.
Norman WELSHMAN		d 28 July 1975	77 yrs		Born June 29 1989 Shoe Cove, son of Charles Henry WELSHMAN & Martha Ann ANDREWS
Susie WELSHMAN		d 10 Mar 1975	77 yrs
Meta Mabel FOSTER		d 6 Feb 1965	39 yrs	By husband & family
SHOE COVE UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY (2): collected by PAUL COOMBS 1993
Research Notes by Jill Marshall 2002
Pheobe GRAY		d 9 Apr 1948	41 yrs	Wife of James GRAY
James GRAY		d 21 June 1941	69 yrs	by son Harold	Bap Oct 20 1872 Shoe Cove, son of Jesse GRAY & Maria Ann ANDREWS. Md 1899 to Mary Ann CURRY.
Wife Mary Ann GRAY		d 21 Jan 1950	68 yrs	by son Harold	Born Mar 29 1885 Little Bay, dau of William H. & Elizabeth CURRY.

Contributed by Jill Marshall and collected 1990 by PAUL COOMBS

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