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HANT'S HARBOUR BURIALS
Methodist Church

1878 - 1883


Source: The Rooms Parish Records
# NAME ABODE WHEN BURIED AGE BY WHOM BURIED
335 Harriet Pynn Russells Cove Feb 10 1878 28 yrs TH James
336 No First Name Whiteway Seal Cove Jan 29 1878 Blank TH James
337 James Rogers Russells Cove Mar 3 1878 Blank Moses Button
338 Stephen ?Esqiries? Sibleys Cove Mar 9 1878 18 yrs TH James
339 William ?Esquiries? Sibleys Cove Mar 9 1878 16 yrs TH James
340 Martha Francis Little Islands Apr 7 1878 10 yrs TH James
341 Edwin Tuck Hants Harbour May 3 1878 4 mo RH Parsons
342 No First Name Reed Russells Cove May 3 1878 Blank TH James
343 William King Scilly Cove June 10 1877 Blank ?T Swordon?
344 Margaret Price Hants Harbour July 2 1878 81 yrs TH James
345 Samuel Short Hants Harbour July 9 1878 92 yrs ?RR Parlonl?
346 William ?Tuck? Hants Harbour Sept 16 1878 5 yrs C Myers
347 John Pelly Hants Harbour Sept 19 1878 72 yrs C Myers
348 Amos Pelly Hants Harbour Oct 11 1878 20 yrs C Myers
Entry 348 & 349 both appear to be labelled 1877, not 78. But likely an error given the dates fall perfectly in line with expected.
349 Elizabeth Husson Hants Harbour Oct 25 1878 23 yrs C Myers
350 John Panley Hants Harbour Oct 29 1878 72 yrs C Myers
351 Alfret John Husson Hants Harbour Oct 30 1878 1 mo C Myers
352 John Gulliford Short Hants Harbour Oct 30 1878 ?7? yrs C Myers
353 Frances Poole Hants Harbour Nov 14 1878 18 yrs C Myers
354 ?Wm Tuck Hants Harbour Dec 15 1878 30 yrs C Myers
355 George Rowe Hants Harbour Jan 9 1879 27 yrs C Myers
356 Absolom Bursey Hants Harbour Jan 12 1879 3 yrs C Myers
357 Lavena Head Lance Cove Jan 16 1879 30 yrs C Myers
358 Johannah Pelley Hants Harbour Jan 19 1879 82 yrs ?Jesse Heyfield?
359 Bazil Taylor Head Lance Cove Jan 19 1879 Jan 5 /79 Reader
Age: Not a mistake, that is how it was written. Guessing it might be his date of birth.
360 George Whiteway Seal Cove Jan 23 1879 25 ½ yrs C Myers
C ?Paine?
361 Emma Ann Green Hants Harbour Mar 7 1879 8 yrs Charles Myers
362 Elizabeth Bailey Seal Cove Mar 13 1879 47 yrs C Myers
363 Minnie ?Jane? Bensey Hants Harbour Apr 6 1879 13 mo C Myers
364 Jane Ann Durdle Russells Cove Apr 22 1879 1 yr 7 mo C Myers
365 Bertha Ellis Hants Harbour May 2 1879 1 yr C Myers
366 Patience Read Sibleys Cove Apr 29 1879 3 yrs A March
367 Absolom John Bursey Russell Cove May 13 1879 9 mo C Myers
368 Blank Blank Blank
369 Rachel Gulliford Hants Harbour July 19 1879 65 yrs C Myers
370 Charles Myers Button Russells Cove July June 16 1879 1 day Reader
Date: Not a mistake, July was clearly written but crossed out and replaced with June.
371 John Thomas Bailey Seal Cove Sept 24 1879 7 mo C Myers
Age: Number poorly written, but based on other handwriting, I'm fairly confident it is 7.
372 Sarah Harris Seal Cove Oct 15 1879 80 yrs C Myers
373 Adam ?Tright? Travers Hants Harbour Oct 17 1879 2 mo C Myers
374 Gilbert Green Hants Harbour Nov ?11? 1879 Born Oct 11 1879 C Myers
375 Alfrida Pynn Seal Cove Nov 14 1879 2 yrs C Myers
376 Mary Ann Sandsford ?Whales? Brook Nov 19 1879 90 yrs C Myers
Name: Thought at first it was Lundsford, but convinced first letters are 'Sa'
377 ?Almeria? Read Seal Cove Nov 29 1879 26 ½ yrs Charles Myers
378 Edward John Belben Seal Cove Dec 24 1879 Born Aug ?11? 1879 Charles Myers
379 Catherine Poole Hants Harbour Dec 28 1879 25 yrs C Myers
380 Thomas Harris Seal Cove Feb 11 1880 ??1 ½ C Myers
381 Benjamin Price Hants Cove Feb 17 1880 90 yrs C Myers
382 Rachel Harris Russells Cove Mar 9 1880 20 yrs Chs Myers
383 Jane Poole Seal Cove Apl 20 1880 29 yrs C Myers
384 Mary Ellis Hants Harbour Aprl 29 1880 73 yrs C Myers
385 Phebe Francis Little Island Hants Harbour May 27 1880 16 yrs C Myers
386 Louisa Hart Seal Cove May 16 1880 43 yrs G Paine
387 Emma Thomas Hants Harb Coster's Head Aug 17 1880 22 yrs George Story
388 Samuel Soper Hants Harb Aug 17 1880 5 yrs George Story
389 Emily Bent Trim Seal Cove Sept 14 1880 1 yr Robt Belben
390 Sarah Jane Belben
John Belben
Seal Cove Sept 21 1880 21 yrs
1 day
George Story
391 Amelia Charlotte Ellis Caplin Cove Oct 11 1880 8 mo R Parsons
392 Asenath King Brook Cove Nov 7 1880 34 yrs G Story
393 Alice J Pelly
(of Sam)
Hants H Nov 10 1880 1 yr 1 mo George Story
394 Alexandr Pelly " " Nov 27 1880 3 16 yrs Tho James
Odd way of writing the age. But that is how it was written.
395 Mary Ann Bursey " " Dec 16 1880 1 yr George Story
396 Magdalen Reed Sibleys Cove Jan 3 1881 3 ½ months James Head
Lay Reader
397 Christopher Harris Seal Cove Jan 26 1881 97 ½ yrs George Story
398 Illegitimate child adopted by Peter Cummins Lance Cove February 1881 Blank James Head
Lay Reader
399 Alexander Strickland Hants Hr Mar 4 1881 3 ¾ mths George Story
400 Edith A Janes Hants Hr Apr 13 1881 11 months George Story
401 Herbert J Pelley
(of Sam)
Hants Harbour May 1 1881 4 yrs George Story
402 Adelaide Pelley
(of Aaron)
Hants Harbour May 4th 1881 2 yr 8 mo George Story
403 Anna J Pelley
(of Sam)
Hants Harbour May 11 1881 8 yrs George Story
404 Amanda Belben Seal Cove May 29 1881 1 ½ yr George Story
405 Josiah Pynn Seal Cove June 1 1881 82 ½ yrs George Story
406 Anna J Tuck Hants Harbour June 5 1881 2 yrs George Story
407 John G Critch Hants Harbour June 30 1881 1 ½ yrs RH Parsons
408 Rachel Sarah Pelly
(of Sam)
Hants Harbour July 13 1881 6 yrs George Story
409 Ernest Strong Lance Cove June 22 1881 9 mo Az March
410 James Mitchell Hants Harbour July 28 1881 85 yrs George Story
411 John Francis Little Islands
buried at Seal Cove
Aug 16 1881 9 yrs George Story
412 William Francis Little Islands Aug 19 1881 3 yrs George Story
413 Lucy Jane Hart Hants Harbour Aug 23 1881 10 mo George Story
414 Elizth Jane Bursey Seal Cove Sept 23 1881 1 yr 8 mo George Story
415 Lilas Loder Hants Harbour Oct 2 1881 21 yrs George Story
416 Rachel Strickland Hants Harbour Oct 13 1881 26 yrs George Story
417 Amy Francis Hants Harbour Oct 14 1881 3 mo George Story
418 Dinah Eliz Short Hants Harbour Oct 16 1881 2 days George Story
419 John Dabbler Short Hants Harbour Nov 6 1881 68 yrs George Story
420 Honor Pelley Hants Harbour Nov 14 1881 77 yrs George Story
421 Elizabeth Smith Hants Harbour Nov 20 1881 37 yrs George Story
422 Mary Ann Adey Hants Harbour Dec 11 1881 15 yrs George Story
423 Albert Whiteaway Seal Cove Dec 15 1881 3 ½ yrs George Story
424 Joseph Pelley Hants Harbour Jan 15 1882 70 yrs George Story
425 Eve Ellis Hants Harbour Jan 19 1882 35 yrs George Story
426 Janet Short Hants Harbour Feb 18 1882 24 yrs George Story
427 William Green
for nearly 60 yrs a consistent member
Hants Harbour Feb 19 1882 95 yrs George Story
428 James Critch Hants Harbour Mar 6 1882 45 yrs George Story
429 Abner Belben Seal Cove Apr 11 1882 4 ½ yrs George Story
430 Archibald Tuck Hants Harbour May 5 1882 7 yrs George Story
431 William Rogers Hants Harbour May 12 1882 23 yrs George Story
432 Phebe Ann Cummins Whales Brook May 28 1882 1 yr George Story
433 John Timothy Cox Hants Harbour June 14 1882 2 days George Story
434 Pleman Harris Russell Cove Aug 5 1882 16 mo Moses Button
435 Rebecca Mitchell Hants Harbour Aug 23 1882 5 mo George Story
436 Jemima Green Hants Harbour Aug 29 1882 28 yrs George Story
437 Charles Collins Lance Cove
(Sibley's)
Sept 24 1882 4 ½ mo George Story
438 George Eddy Sibleys Cove Sept 26 1882 2 days Lay Reader
439 Henry Hopkins
died on the Labrador (Sept 6)
Hants Harbour Oct 15 1882 64 yrs George Story
440 Isabel Ann Eddy Hants Harbour Nov 17 1882 19 yrs George Story
441 Bridget Soper Hants Harbour Dec 11 1882 4 mo George Story
442 Jessie Soper Hants Harbour Dec 14 1882 28 yrs George Story
443 Thomas Pynn Russell Cove Jan 20 1883 2 yr 2 mo Moses Button
444 Elizabeth Bailey Seal Cove Jan 28 1883 3 mo Robert Belben
445 Martha Critch Hants Harbour Feb 9 1883 40 yrs George Story
446 Amanda Garland Seal Cove Feb 10 1883 1 yr George Story
447 Henry Poole Hants Harbour Feb 20 1883 88 yrs George Story
448 Edward Bryant Seal Cove Feb 21 1883 79 yrs George Story
449 Eliza Ash Hants Harbour Apr 3 1883 57 yrs RH Parsons
450 William Thorn Lance Cove May 8 1883 49 yrs Jas Head
Reader
451 Thomas Soper Hants Harbour May 13 1883 79 yrs George Story
452 James Champion Hants Harbour May 17 1883 40 yrs George Story
453 Eliza Ann Green Hants Harbour Jun 9 1883 8 mo George Story
454 Phoebe Pelly Hants Harbour June 11 1883 13 yrs RH Parsons
455 Robert Driscoll Russells Cove June 12 1883 61 yrs George Story
456 Edmund Reuben King Seal Cove July 8 1883 8 mo Robert Belben
457 Eliza Ann Sparks Sibleys Cove July 6 1883 45 yrs Blank
Age: 2nd digit unclear. But does appear to be a 5
458 Grace Diamond Russells Cove Aug 28 1883 J Parkins
459 Charles Green Hants Harbour July 1 1883 54 yrs H Lewis
460 Catherine Pelley Hants Harbour Sept 30 1883 3 yrs J Parkins
461 George D Pelley Hants Harbour Sept 28 1883 1 mo J Parkins
462 Edgar Bursey Russells Cove Oct 31 1883 9 mo J Parkins
463 Arnold G Pelley Hants Harbour Oct 31 1883 1 yr J Parkins
464 George Short Hants Harbour Dec 10 1883 4 mo J Parkins
465 Lionel Harris Seal Cove Dec 22 1883 54 yrs J Parkins

Transcribed by MICHAEL COOPER (2026)

Page Last Modified: Sunday May 10, 2026 ADT

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