Finding Island Cemeteries
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Genealogy: Finding Island Cemeteries by J. Dale A he cemetery ramble is that most numbers and locations. At the Heritage enjoyable of genealogical necessities Foundation is a large wall-map of the and it is not an uncommon summer Island on which all these burial sites are sight to see the family historians of the pinpointed. Province on all fours deciphering and Although we have confidence that recording in Island burial grounds. For nearly all Island cemeteries appear on there, in a weathering inscription on a this map, we will continue to rely on the sinking headstone may be the last word cooperative spirit of Islanders to make on long-silent forebears. necessary corrections or additions. Information on Island gravestones ranges from scanty initialing to detailed accounts and eulogies and the materials in which that information has been worked vary in durability from soft slates to virtually indestructible granite. Yet cemetery monuments, despite their great importance, are both more exposed to the elements and more For these reasons, the Heritage geographically scattered than any other Foundation has had a special concern in single genealogical source (excepting locating our cemeteries and in preserv- living people and their oral traditions). ing the gravestone inscriptions therein. This work of transcribing approximately 300 Prince Edward Island cemeteries has now, with the help of many willing staff and volunteers, been almost com- pleted and the information gathered is in the Genealogy Room of the Founda- tion. So that genealogists may easily de- termine just which cemeteries exist in the areas in which their ancestors lived, we present a chart listing the names of Island cemeteries identified by code 32 Cemetery Name & Cemetery Name & Denomination Area Lot Code Denomination Area Lot Code Church of the Nazarene (NT.) Mt. Pleasant Anglo Roman Catholic Tignish 12 1 Ellerslie St Simon & St. Jude 12 2 St. John's Anglican Roman Catholic Tignish 12 3 Bideford United Bideford Tignish United Church Tignish 13 Victoria West Victoria West Immaculate Conception United/Presbyterian (NT.) Roman Catholic Palmer Road 13 Tyne Valley Presbyterian Tyne Valley Greenmount Church of Christ Greenmount 13 St. James Anglican Port Hill 13 St. Ann's Roman Catholic Lennox Island Tyne Valley Miminegash United 13 Tyne Valley United (Presbyterian) Miminegash 13 Low Point (No Stones) Port Hill 3 2 Alma United Baptist Church Alma Holy Trinity Anglican Church Alma 14 Birch Hill United 3 3 & Presbyterian Birch Hill 4 Montrose United/Presbyterian Montrose 3 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Grand River 5 Christ Church Anglican Kildare Capes 14 3 Immaculate Conception 6 Montrose Gordon Plot Montrose 14 3 Roman Catholic Richmond 4 1 Nazarene and United Church Elmsdale Union Corner United Union Corner 4 2 St. Peter's Anglican Alberton 15 Old Dock Cemetery - 15 Notre Dame de Mont Carmel 4 3 Mont Carmel Presbyterian Alberton Roman Catholic St. Philip and St. James 4 4 Hillcrest United/Presbyterian Alberton 15 Roman Catholic Egmont Bay 4 5 Woodlawn Methodist Alberton 6 Campbellton United/Presbyterian Campbellton 4 Central Lot 16 Protestant Central Lot 16 , 4 7 Rowe Family Plot Alberton Area 16 1 Belmont Baptist Belmont 4 Gillespie Family Plot Alberton Area 16 2 Lot 16 United Rosehill 4 Jehovah Witness (NT.)* Alberton 16 3 16 4 Wellington Protestant Wellington Alberton Baptist or St. John the Baptist Union Baptist Alberton 17 Roman Catholic Miscouche 2 Cascumpeque United/Methodist Cascumpeque 5 St. John's Anglican St. Eleanors 5 3 St. Anthony Roman Catholic Bloomfield 17 St. Paul's Roman Catholic Summerside 5 4 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Alberton 17 People's Protestant Summerside 5 5 Old Roman Catholic Cascumpeque Cascumpeque 17 Linkletter Family Plot Linklerter Beach 5 6 Meggison Family Plot Cascumpeque 17 St. Mary's Roman Catholic Indian River 6 1 Bloomfield United Bloomfield 18 Princetown United and 2 St. Luke's Anglican Woodstock/O' Leary 18 6 Presbyterian Malpeque 3 Mount Royal People's Mount Royal 6 Indian River Pioneer Indian River 6 4 Hardy Family Plot Cascumpeque 18 Margate United Margate 7 Cape Wolf United Cape Wolf 19 1 Kensington West Cape United West Cape 19 St. Mark's Anglican 7 2 Kensington West Cape Presbyterian West Cape 19 Kensington People's 7 3 LeFurgy's Field (No Stones) Wilmot Springfield West United Baptist Springfield West 19 7 4 Unnamed (No Stones) Wilmot Valley 7 5 St. Mark's Roman Catholic Burton 19 St. Stephen's Anglican Irishtown 1 Glenwood Field Cemetery Glenwood 20 Milburn West United Church Milburn West 2 St. Thomas Anglican Springbrook 3 West Point Presbyterian West Point 21 Geddie Memorial New London 4 Bethel United Bethel 21 New London Protestant New London 5 Knutsford Methodist Knutsford 21 North Granville United Granville 6 Glenwood United Glenwood 21 South Granville Presbyterian Granville 7 Young Monument Glenwood 21 21 Pleasant Valley United/Methodist Pleasant Valley 1 Brae United Brae Horal Hills (NT.) Pleasant Valley 2 Immaculate Conception or 21 St. Mary's Roman Catholic Derby-Brae 21 Yankee Hill Pioneer/Presbyterian French River Milo Free Church of Scotland Milo 21 9 Townsend Cemetery at Campbell's Pond (No Stones) Park Corner 10 1 West Devon United West Devon 21 10 Simm's Field Pioneer French River 10 2 Church of God West Devon St. Ann's Roman Catholic Hope River St. Bridgit's Roman Catholic Foxley River 22 1 11 1 Hartsville Presbyterian Hartsville 2 St. Peter's Anglican Foxley River 22 2 11 Stanley Bridge United Stanley Bridge 3 Freeland Presbyterian Freeland 22 3 11 St. Ann's Roman 4 Foxley River Roman Catholic Foxley River 22 4 11 Catholic Pioneer Hope River 11 5 Freeland United Freeland 22 Fyfe Family Plot Stanley Bridge * N.T. means "not transcribed." 33 Cemetery Name & Cemetery Name & Lot Code Denomination Area Lot Code Denomination Area 23 1 Cavendish United/Presbyterian Cavendish 32 4 Warren Grove Restored Pioneer Warren Grove 23 2 New Glasgow United New Glasgow 32 5 Milton Anglican Milton 23 3 Presbyterian Church (NT.) Hunter River 32 6 Newson Restored Pioneer Ferry Road, Cornwall 23 4 Brimacomb Cemetery or Hunter 32 7 Princetown Road United Springvale River Greenvale Cemetery Hunter River 32 8 Hyde & Crosby Pioneer Meadowbank 23 5 St. Mary's Roman Catholic Hunter River 33 1 Winsloe North United Winsloe 24 1 Fairview United Baptist North Milton 33 2 Portage Restored Pioneer Brackley 24 2 North Milton Rustico Road 33 3 Highfield or St. Anthony 24 3 Wheatley River United Wheatley River Burial Ground Highfield 24 4 Glasgow Road Ebenezer 33 4 Sherwood Sherwood 24 5 Brookfield Presbyterian Brookfield 33 5 Winsloe South United/Bible 24 6 St. Mark's Anglican South Rustico Christian (N.T.) Winsloe South 24 7 St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Rustico 33 6 Brackley Restored Pioneer Brackley 24 8 Stella Maris Roman Catholic Rustico 33 7 Harrington Restored Pioneer Harrington 24 9 Rustico Pioneer St. Augustine's 33 8 Union Road Cemetery Union Road 33 9 MacCallum's or Brackley 25 1 Freetown United/Methodist Freetown Beach Community Brackley Point 25 2 Freetown People's Cemetery Freetown 33 10 Elm Avenue - St. Paul's Anglican Charlottetown 25 3 North Bedeque United/Presbyterian North Bedeque 33 11 Longworth Avenue Roman 25 4 Wilmot Valley Catholic Pioneer Charlottetown Church of Scotland Wilmot Valley 33 12 People's Cemetery Charlottetown 33 13 St. Peter's Anglican Sherwood 26 1 Lower Bedeque United Lower Bedeque 33 14 Roman Catholic (N.T.) Charlottetown 26 2 Central Bedeque United Baptist Central Bedeque 33 15 Smith Family Cemetery 26 3 Augustine Cove Pioneer (No Stones) Winsloe Road Acadian (No Stones) Augustine Cove 26 4 Lower Bedeque Pioneer Acadian (No Stones) Lower Bedeque 26 5 St. Peter's Roman Catholic Seven Mile Bay 26 6 Coles Cemetery (N.T.) Bedeque 27 1 St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Kinkora 27 2 Searletown United Searletown 27 3 North Carleton Pioneer North Carleton 27 4 Albany Zion Baptist (No Stones) Albany 28 1 North Tryon Presbyterian North Tryon 28 2 Cape Traverse United Cape Traverse 28 3 Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cape Traverse 28 4 Tryon People's Tryon 28 5 Tryon Pioneer Baptist (No Stones) Tryon 29 1 Westmoreland Baptist Westmoreland 29 2 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Kelly's Cross 29 3 St. John's Anglican Crapaud 34 1 Stanhope Protestant Stanhope 29\ 4 Crapaud People's Crapaud 34 2 St. James United West Covehead 29 5 Crapaud United Crapaud 34 3 The MacMillan Cemetery West Covehead 34 4 St. Columba Presbyterian Marshfield 30 1 Appin Road United Appin Road 34 5 Shaw Cemetery Stanhope 30 2 Argyle Shore Cemetery Argyle Shore 34 6 Marshfield Restored Pioneer Marshfield 30 3 Bonshaw Pioneer Bonshaw 34 7 Long Pond Stanhope 30 4 Strathgartney - 34 8 York United York Stewart Family Plot Strathgartney 34 9 St. Eugene's Roman Catholic West Covehead 34 10 Central United Dunstaffnage 31 1 Hampshire United/Methodist Hampshire 34 11 Covehead Road Covehead Road 31 2 North Wiltshire United/Methodist North Wiltshire 35 1 Mt. Ryan Hill Roman Catholic Johnston's River 31 3 Clyde River Presbyterian Clyde River 35 2 St. Michael's Corran Ban 31 4 Kingston Rd. Restored Pioneer Kingston Road 35 3 Donaldston United Methodist Donaldston 31 5 Kingston United/Methodist Kingston 31 6 Clyde River United Baptist Clyde River 36 1 St. Bonaventure's 31 7 Clyde River Road Roman Catholic Tracadie Restored Pioneer Clyde River 36 2 St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Fort Augustus 36 3 St. Louis du Nord 32 1 East Wiltshire Cemetery East Wiltshire Roman Catholic Scotchfort 32 2 Cornwall United/Methodist Cornwall 36 Early French & Scottish 32 3 Dockendorff Restored Pioneer York Point Cemetery (No Stones) Scotchfort 34 LotMapofPEI 20 30 40 50 60 va 60 'sCALE INKILOMETRES ECHELLE EN KILOMETRES ^ ^ \ ^/*^*™n/ I30 40 10 0 10 I20 ^~~" 62 \ 64 J SCALE IN MILES ECHELLE EN MILLES Cemeterv Name & Cemetery Name & Lot Code Denomination Area Lot Code Denomination Area 37 1 St.