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RENCONTRE WEST CEMETERY
NEWFOUNDLAND
John Henry Webb	(d) May 19,1895,	age 14
Matthew Webb	(d) Oct.9,1924,	age 50,h/o Mary A.Webb
Elizabeth         w/o George P. Degruchy	(d)Apr.17,1956,	age 64y.7m.
James Philip s/o George &         Elizabeth Degruchy,		age 23
Susannah w/o George Degruchy	(d)Aug.5,1926,	age64
Gerald c/o Gerald &         Esther Rose	(d)Jan.10,1928,	age 1m.5d.
William Lenton Webb	(d)Sept.6,1935,	age86
Jane Webb	(d)Oct.18,1939,	age 87y.10m.
George h/o Mary Maria         Goodridge Ball	(d)Aug.23,1917	age 65y.8m.
Maria Ball	(d)Oct.10,1937,	age 83
George S. Mills s/o Samuel &         Goodridge Mills	(d)Oct.2,1919	age 18
Sarah Clothier	(d) Mar.21,1894,	age 56
Richard Ball	(d)Apr.24,1897,	age87
Alice Clothier	(d)July 8,1904,	age 11m.
Nellie Genevieve         d/o Mary Jane &         Rupert Green	(d)Oct.1,1945	age 12,also d/ Annie (d)Nov.13,1939, age 2d.
Mary w/o Elias Ford	(d) Mar.30,1924,	age 73
Elias h/o Mary Ford	(d) Sept.15,1904,	age55
Mary Grace w/o Enos Ford	(d)June 12,1924,	age 42y.11m.
Enos h/o Mary Grace Ford	(d)Nov.2,1926,	age 51
George Degruchy	(d)Aug.3,1950,	age 87
Abraham Thomas s/o James &         Harriet Durnford
Mary Skinner	(d)Feb.19,1899,	age 60
Amelia w/o John Durnford	(d) Feby 16,1933
George W.         s/o John & Amelia Durnford	(d)Dec.24,1933,	age 61y.8m
Erected by Matthew & Mary Durnford in memory of sons
James W. Durnford R.N.	killed Apr.8,1941,	age 29
Matthew R. Durnford	(d) July 12,1944,	age 22
George h/o Sarah Green	(d)Dec.18,1917,	age 55
Henry George s/o Frank H. &         Bessie Clothier	(d) Dec.1,1919,	age 11m.
Sarah Elizabeth         w/o Joseph Roberts	(d) June 24,1914,	age 35
Bessie w/o Frank Clothier	(d)Jan.1,1919,	age 20y.4m.
George Clothier	(d) Dec.17,1903,	age 35
Rosanna w/o Richard Clothier	(d)Oct.7,1903,	age 30
William h/o Sarah Clothier	(d)Apr.20,1913,	age87
John Richard         h/o Amelia Durnford	(d) Sept.9,1924,	age 81y.9m.
J.R.S.Durnford         h/o Mary Durnford	(d)Nov.1,1942,	age 72
Mary w/o J.R.S.Durnford	(d)June 28,1931,	age 63
Mary Amelia d/o William &         Phyllis Goodridge	(d)Mar.20,1928	age 17y.3m.
Joseph Marks	(d)Dec.10,1925,	age 57
Elizabeth Jane Maud         w/o Samuel Symes	(d)Feb.29,1936,	age 48
Elizabeth w/o James Chapman	(d)May 21,1945,	age 72
Ethel Jane w/o George Peters	(d)July 24,1944,	age 50
James h/o Elizabeth Chapman         who was fataly injured Feb.23,	(d) Feb.25,1931,	age 58
George Chapman	(d)Sept.1,1905,	age73
w/ Rachel	(d)May 9,1916,	age 76
William         h/o Martha Jane Chapman	(d)Apr.23,1895,	age 30y.
Mamie d/o Wm.& Minnie Syms	(d)Sept.5,1933,	age 1y.2m.
Minnie Agnes w/o George Ball	(d)Feb.12,1933,	age 29
Abram George c/o Norman & Winnie Ball (couldn`t read rest)
Max Ball	(d)Aug.1,1938,	age 10m.
John Edwin s/o Edwin &         Elizabeth Durnford	(d)Apr.20,1913	age 22m.
Edwin h/o Elizabeth Durnford	(d)Nov.5,1934,	age 58
William Ball	(d)Feb.22,1906,	age 63
John Ball	(d)Oct.8,1902,	age 85
Erected by members of L.O.L.#78
Thomas h/o Ann Warren	(d)Dec.15,1921,	age 58
John Joseph         c/o Mary & Wilfred Ball	(d)Dec.7,1926,	age 4y.2m.
Matthew R. Ball	(d)Feb.7,1901,	age 7
William Cake h/o Susan Cake	(d)Nov.21,1924,	age 69
John Ball	(d)Nov.11,1933,	age 81
Edith w/o John Ball	(d)Aug.13,1940,	age 75
Caroline Jessie         w/o George W.Durnford &         d/o Ann & Richard Oxford	(d)July 28,1915,	age 21y.11m.4d.
Broken headstone in church yard reads
James W.Durnford R.N. killed         by enemy action Portsmouth	Apr. 8,1941,	age 27 &
F Roy Goodridge R.N. killed in         traffic accident in London,	(d)Mar.26,1943,	age 26y.6m.
Elsie Mary w/oJohn T.Buffett	(d)Aug.9,1926,	age 29y.
Elizabeth Ball	(d)Feb.22,1914,	age 72y.
Sarah w/o James Alford	(d)Mar.2,1915,	age 80y.
James Alfred	(d)May 26,1919,	age 94y.
Elizabeth Cornish	(d)Nov.30,1919,	age 73y.
Susanna w/o Abraham Ball	(d)Aug.8,1926,	age 61y.
Charles William Neil	(d)Jan.28,1908
Ester Ann Marsden	(d)Mar.9,1955
Martha Jane Marks	(d)Nov.23,1958,	age 85y.
Samuel Symes	(d)Aug.7,1958,	age 73y.9m.
Elizabeth F.Marsden         w/o Emanuel Marsden	(d)Dec.6,1956,	age 45y.
Edith w/o George Green	(d)Apr.8,1959,	age 66y.
George Symes	(d)Nov.26,1964,	age 87y.
Harriet Durnford w/o James	(d)Jan.30,1955,	age 86y.1m.
John William Durnford         h/o Frances	(d)Sept.12,1965,	age 65y.
George Green h/o Edith Green	(d)Dec.24,1967,	age 78y.9m.
Elizabeth Knott	(d)Oct.2,1957,	age 84y.
Samuel Mills	(d)Mar.8,1951,	age 78y. (?)
w/ Rosanna May G.Mills	(d)Mar.3,1951,	age 76y.
Abram Goodwin Courtney	(d)Dec.30,1949,	age 73y.
Benjamin Durnford         h/o Effie Durnford	(d)Mar.25,1961,	age 69y.
Matthew Durnford h/o Mary	(d)Nov.5,1953,	age 74y.
James Durnford h/o Harriet	(d)Jan.9,1955
Norman Ball         Drowned at Frambois C.B.	Feb.16,1949,	age 36y.
Mary M.Thorne         w/o George Thorne	(d)May 25,1946,	age 44y.
Charles Hill	(d)Feb.2,1949,	age 96y.8m.
Garfield Green,	Drowned at Frambois C.B.Feb.16,1949	age 28y
Janet w/o Richard Chapman	(d)Feb.4,1970,	age 61y.6m.
Samuel Beauchamp	(d)Apr.28,1958,	age 71y.
Richard Durnford	(d)Feb.6,1957,	age 80y.
John W.Buffett	(d)Sept.20,1949,	age 82y.
Mary Buffett         w/o John W.Buffett	(d)Dec.5,1943,	age75y.
John T.Buffett	(d)Nov.1,1969,	age 74y.10m.
James A.Short	(d)Sept.11,1967,	age 70y.3m.erected by w/ Hannah
Annie w/o William Marsden	(d)June 3,1968,	age 26y.9m.
Matthew Spencer	(d)Mar.13,1965,	age 55y.11m.
Sarah Spencer         w/o James Spencer	(d)June 17,1962,	age 83y.10m.
Elizabeth Spencer	(d)Jan.9,1955,	age 72y.
John h/o Elizabeth Spencer	(d)Sept.8,1944,	age 70y.
Samuel Oxford h/o Amelia	(d)Dec.21,1953,	age 80y.
Amelia w/o Samuel Oxford	(d)June 22,1944,	age 72y.8m.
Rebecca Jane Roberts	(d)June 8,1954,	age 82y.
Joseph h/o Rebecca Roberts	(d)Mar.10,1952,	age 73y.10m.
John Goosney	(d)May 11,1956(?)	age 80y.
Mary Ellen w/o Arthur Courtney	(d)Feb.22,1943,	age 60y.
Arthur William Courtney	Drowned Nov.13,1951	age 71y.
Fred Beauchamp s/o Samuel &         Elizabeth Durnford	(d)Jan.5,1942	age 24y.
Sarah Spencer	(d)July 7,1940,	age 75y.
Elizabeth Knott	(d)Jan.6,1943,	age 77y.
Frank Allan Cox         R.N.#LT/JX299568	(d)Nov.11,1944,	age 27y.
Edward R.Cox h/o Sarah E.Cox	(d)Dec.12,1954,	age 62y.
Ann Oxford	(d)Sept.7,1952,	age 84y.4m.
Richard Oxford h/o Ann Oxford	(d)Sept.9,1940,	age 74y.
James Spencer	(d)Jan.15,1917,	age 55y.
his wife Mary Spencer	(d)June 30,1898,	age 39y.
John Thomas s/o Reid &         Emily Durnford	(d)Jan.27,1911,	age 13m.
George Durnford	(d)Nov.12,1898,	age 58y.
his wife Elizabeth	(d)  Aug.29,1902,	age 64y.
Charles c/o Arthur &         Mary Courtney	(d)Dec.16,1910,	age 1y.5m.
Susan J.w/o Abraham Spencer	(d)Mar.13,1924,	age 43y.
W.Thomas h/o Gertrude Green	(d)Mar.22,1924,	age 30y.
Fannie J.Childs         d/o Joseph & MaryAnn	(d)Aug.13,1916(?)	age 22y.
Monica d/o James &         Sarah Spencer	(d)June 21,1921,	age 16y.8m.
Mary w/o Samuel Beauchamp	(d)July 6,1926,	age 38y.
Elizabeth Beauchamp	(d)Apr.22,1927,	age 68y.10m.
Elizabeth Spencer	(d)Feb.4,1910,	age 77y.
Richard Durnford	(d)Feb.19,1914,	age 35y.
Rachel d/o Matthew &         Elizabeth Spencer	(d)Nov.22,1938,	age 82y.
John Philip s/o James &         Louisa Beauchamp	(d)? 26,1919(?)	age2y.
Reuben Ball loved &         respected by many friends	(d)Dec.11,1912,	age 83y.9m.
William Ball	(d)Sept.15,1937,	age 77y.6m.
James Wormald	(d)Nov.10,1920,	age 77y.
John Jos. J.Buffett         s/o Geo.Benjamin &         Charlotte A. Buffett	(d)May 28,1914,	age 17y.10m.
George Benj.Buffett	(d)May 21,1902,	age 32y.
Abram John Ball h/o Rhoda Ball	(d)July 20,1956,	age 73y.10m.
Rhoda w/o Abram John Ball	(d)Jan.6,1960,	age 73y.
Susanna Harriet         w/o Abraham Courtney	(d)July 5,1924,	age 45y7m.
Arthur Lynton s/o Abram &         Susanna Courtney	(d)Dec.17,1922,	age 21y.9m.
George Henry Ball h/o Jane Ball	(d)Nov.27,1950,	age 71y.5m.
Elizabeth Degruchy	(d)June 19,1945,	age 91y.
John Philip F.         h/o Elizabeth Degruchy	(d)Oct.5,1927,	age 69y.
EDith w/o Joseph Earle	(d)June 10,1917,	age 90y.
Joseph Earle	(d)Feb.10,1910,	age 86y.
Edith J.Degruchy	(d)Jan.7,1942,	age 45y.
Emily Hilda May         w/o George Peters	(d)Oct.9,1924,	age 21y.2m.
Elizabeth w/o William Ball	(d)May 1,1901,	age 59y.
John Alfred Cornish         of Poole Dorset Eng.	(d)May 20,1917,	age 74
Rebecca Cornish	(d)Dec.23,1907,	age28y.
OLD CEMETERY by MOODYS COVE
Jane Ball w/o John Ball	(d)Apr.15,1860,	age 59y.
James MacDonald	drowned Aug.11,1861,	age 7
Elizabeth w/o Ruben Ball	(d)June 30,1888,	age 62
Matthew Spencer	(d)Dec.9,1880(?)	age 57

Transcribed by Maxine Staples & Trina Hire on July 8,2002.
Please allow for errors as we had to dig up many of the stones.
No doubt we missed some,but hopefully not many.
A special thanks to Gerald & Annie Courtney
for making our trip to Rencontre West possible.

Page Revised: August 2002 (Don Tate)

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