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KING'S COVE
St. James Anglican Churchyard Cemetery
Bonavista Bay District
In September of 2001, we visited this cemetery and found it to be poorly maintained, the grass Of the 10 headstones transcribed by Wayne in 1990 only one remains to be seen and it has fallen over Following is a complete transcription of the headstones, as of September 2001, that we were able to read, Bill & Martha Warren (October 2001) |
Partial Listing (68 of 73) with Some Photos
Click here for Photo of Cemetery and a second View and a third View
SURNAME | GIVEN | BORN | DIED | AGE | SPOUSE | OTHER |
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BROWN | Ann | May 11, 1861 | 11 years 6 months. | Fallen and difficult to read: Daughters of George and Mary Brown | ||
Rebecca | May 11, 1861 | 5 years 3 months. | Fallen and difficult to read: Daughters of George and Mary Brown | |||
BROWN | Elizabeth | Nov. 14, 1887 | 78 years. | Thomas | of this place | |
BROWN | Elizabeth | April 13, 1861 | ||||
BROWN | Elizabeth | William | Very large headstone --standing but in poor condition. The inscription had been traced with some type of white substance to make the names legible--nothing other than the names had been traced and no other data could be read: | |||
BROWN | George | Jan. 6, 1897 | 8? years. | Possibly 82 years. | ||
BROWN | James | June 7, 1892 | 86 Years | Sarah | ||
BROWN | Johanna | Aug. 1868 | 51 years 7 months 4 days. | Fallen headstone: Blessed are the dead which in the Lord. | ||
BROWN | John | Aug. 1, 1881 | 18 years. | son of Joseph & Mary | ||
BROWN | John | Nov.8, 1897 | 65 years. | Ruth | ||
Ruth | Nov. 12, 1897 | 62 years. | John | |||
BROWN | Joseph Saunders | June 14, 1861 | 19 years 4 months. | |||
Stephen | June 19, 1861 | 11 years 8 months. | ||||
BROWN | Laura | Sept. 21, 1897 | 27 years. | |||
Mary Kate | March 17, 1878 | 12 years 5 months. | ||||
BROWN | Mary | Aug. 3, 1894 | 51 years. | Joseph | ||
BROWN | Mary | Dec. 17, 1874 | 67 years. | George | ||
BROWN | Mary Jane | May 30th 1861 | 15 years 6 months. | Daughter of George and Mary Brown. | ||
BROWN | Stephen R. | Sept 19, 1905 | 27 years. | Ornate pillar marker surrounded by a wrought iron fence: | ||
BROWN | Sarah | Dec. 10, 1889 | 85 Years | James | ||
BROWN | Sarah | Nov. 22, 1856 | 46 years 2 months. | |||
BROWN | Susanah | Dec. 11, 1859 | 3 years. | Fallen headstone: Daughter of James & Sarah Brown. | ||
BROWN | Thomas | Sept. 13, 1894 | 96 years. | Farewell Dear Father We Now Turn Away, No More To Meet Till The Great Judgement Day,Though Absent In Body We're With You In Prayer,And Will Meet You In Heaven, There's No Parting There, Blessed Are The Dead Which Die In The Lord. | ||
BROWN | Thomas Henry | March 23, 1872 | 6 years. | son of Joseph & Mary | ||
BROWN | William | June 3, 1891 | 54 years. | of Thomas | ||
BROWN | William | Feb. 17, 1858 | 87 years. | |||
BROWN | William | June 20, 1861 | 15 years 11 months. | |||
Elizabeth | April 13, 1861 | 6 years 10 months. | ||||
BROWN | William S. | March 11, 1903 | 46 years. | Jessie | ||
BROWN | [?????] | June 22, 1861 | 9 years 6 months. | Fallen headstone: | ||
COFFIN | Jane | May 6, 1881 | 55 years. | Samuel | Pillar marker: | |
COFFIN | John | May 18, 1894 | 73 years. | Pillar marker: | ||
COFFIN | Samuel | June 15, 1899 | 76 years. | |||
CURTIS | Elizabeth | April 20, 1889 | 58 years 2 months. | Henry | ||
CURTIS | Elizabeth | Nov. 27, 1855 | 61 years. | Fallen & partially overgrown: The Righteous Shall Have Everlasting Remembrance. | ||
CURTIS | Henry | Feb. 19, 1904 | Age 73 years 2 months. | |||
CURTIS | Susanna | June 3, 1901. | 35 years 6 months. | |||
George | Nov. 12, 1901 | 34 years. | ||||
HART | Elizabeth Mary | Dec. 7, 1894 | 38 years 3 months. | |||
HART | Percival H.C. | June 12, 1901 | 17 ½ years. | Drowned in Franey's Pond , Sons of John C. and Elizabeth M. Hart | ||
Ernest Reginald | May 2, 1901 | 14 years | Also his brother Sons of John C. and Elizabeth M. Hart | |||
HILL | James Jay | May 30, 1909 | Oct 4, 1911 | (Date of death could be wrong). | ||
HANCOCK | Ann | Sep. 1857 | 52 Years | Henry | Widow of the late Henry of King's Cove | |
HANCOCK | Ann | Feb 2, 1852 | 70 Years | James | ||
HANCOCK | Elizabeth | Dec. 23, 1911 | 42 years 5 months. | Levi | ||
HANCOCK | James | Apr. 30, 1884 | 52 Years | |||
HANCOCK | John | Oct. 22, 1876 | 48 Years | |||
HANCOCK | Richard | June 8, 1855 | 20 Years | |||
HANCOCK | Richard | July 11, 1809 | 5 weeks | son of Henry & Elizabeth | ||
HANCOCK | Thomas | May 14, 1896 | 58 Years | |||
HANCOCK | Vera Jean (Brown) | July 22, 1896 | 80 Years | R. Hepditch | ||
KIRBY | Amelia[?] or Andrew[?] | Jan. 23, 1878 | either 36 or 86 years. | This headstone was fallen, broken and very difficult to read: | ||
KIRBY | Ellen Stevens | May 16, 1909 | 64 Years | |||
KIRBY | William | April 7, 1908 | 75 Years | Priest of this mission nealry 50 years | ||
MONKS | John | Nov. 5, 1906 | 71 years 9 months. | Fallen and broken: | ||
MORETON | John | Oct. 10, 1859 | 55 years. | Six years pastor of this flock | ||
NOBLE | Adelaide | Nov. 23, 1910. | 36 years. | Frederick | She is gone but not forgotten, Never shall her memory fade, Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger, Round the grave where she is laid. | |
PARSONS | Ann | May 11, 1851 | 85 years. | John Aaron Parsons of this place | ||
SAMSON | Edward | Feb. 12, 1859 | 25 years 10 months 24 days. | This erected by her dutiful son William Samson. Son of William and Mary Samson. | ||
SAMSON | Mary | Nov. 11, 1872 | 73 years 4 days. | William | of King's Cove, daughter of Joseph and Martha | |
SAMSON | William | Dec. 29, 1827 | 78 Years. | |||
SAUNDERS | Joseph | ????, 1847 | 74 years. | Standing but barely legible: | ||
SAUNDERS | Martha | Nov. 7, 1852 | in the 73 year of her age. | Joseph of this place | ||
STEWART | James Esq. | 11th day of March 1857 | 52 years. | This large headstone was standing but some earlier visitor had traced over the inscription with a white substance to make it legible. Otherwise it could not have been read. | ||
STUCKEY | Edward | May 11, 1848 | 11 Years | drowned at sea with father and twin | ||
STUCKEY | Joseph Sen. | May 11, 1848 | 67 Years | of Herring Neck; drowned at sea with twin sons | ||
STUCKEY | William | May 11, 1848 | 11 Years | drowned at sea with father and twin | ||
WHITE | John Hart | Aug. 16, 1899 | 12 years 2 months. | Fallen and almost overgrown: son of Andrew and Maria White. |
In St.James Church there are beautiful stained glass windows, some of which were placed in memory of loved ones. Following is a list of those memorial windows: |
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Placed by Thomas Brown in memory of: My wife Clara Brown April 26, 1926 Son Andrew June 27, 1926 Daughter Mrs. Rebecca White March 31, 1927. |
In memory of: Jane Coffin May 6, 1881, 55 years Samuel Coffin June 15, 1889, 76 years. |
In memory of: Samuel Brown by wife Ann Brown. |
In memory of : Edward Field D.D. Sometime Bishop of this Diocese Erected by the teachers and children. |
Placed by Alfred H. Hart in memory of: My mother Elizabeth Mary Hart 1894 And my brothers Percival H. drowned 1901 And Ernest R. 1901. |
Originally in part, transcribed by Wayne Pike (October 20, 1990)
and updated by Bill and Martha Warren (October 2001)
and Keith Brown (2007)
Page Last UpdatedMonday September 07, 2020 (Don Tate)
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