Lewisporte - Old United Cemetery

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Lewisporte - Old United Cemetery

This cemetery listing is approximately 90% complete. The headstones are old, often broken and difficult to read.

The headstone information was collected and compiled by PETER HOLMES, formatted by BEVERLY WARFORD. While we have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors

Surname	Given Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Comments Remarks with * were added by Peter Holmes
Bennett	George G.		Jun 25, 1942	21 yrs	*A Gunner in the R.C.A., Regimental # G13216. His mother was Nettie from N.B and he was married to Annie May ?

Boone	Edgar William		Jan 21, 1950	69 yrs	*May have come from Moreton's Hr.

Boone	Nathaniel		????
Boone	Laura	1877	1923

Boone	Priscilla		Jun 9, 1938	52 yrs	Wife of Edgar *Came from Botwood. Surname possibly Carpenter.

Boone	Elizabeth		Feb 22, 1902	55 yrs

Bradley	W.W.		Feb 24, 1937	73 yrs	*William Wallace Bradley, Customs Officer, married Helena A. Lilley at Exploits on July 12 1888. He was probably the Son of John & Jane Bradley, and died one day short of his 73rd birthday. Helena, was the daughter of William Henry Lilley of Christchurch, and Jane Hannah Sceviour of Exploits.
Bradley	Helena		Oct 28, 1953	91 yrs 8 mos
Bradley	Alex		Nov 2, 1914	18 yrs

Budden	Lubert		Nov 1, 1964	60 yrs	*Appears on census data, as from Michael's Harbour.
Budden	Elizabeth Grace		Jun 29, 1948	45 yrs

Bulgin	Norman		Feb 28, 1954	63 yrs	*Probably the Son of George & Emma Bulgin of Cottles Island.

Bursey	Ann		Dec 26, 1934	60 yrs	*Probably the Wife of Joseph Bursey of Tizzard's Harbour

Bursey	Edward A.	1901	1950

Burt	Susan		Oct 25, 1924	87 yrs

Burt	Thomas W.		Aug 18, 1961	87 yrs	*Thomas W. appears to hail from Tizzard's Harbour and his wife Lydia, from Seldom, although listed as from Tizzard's Harbour as well. I believe she may be a Penney, the daughter of Richard & Jane (Rowsell).
Burt	Lydia M.		May 3, 1946

Dart	Thomas G.	1876	1949

Day	Viola Flossie	1930	1950

Downton	William R.		Aug 2, 1929	53 yrs	*William Robert Downton was born in Scissor's Cove Exploits. He was the Son of Joseph Downton & Mary Chaulk. Mary married three times, which accounts for her being buried @ Barr'd Islands. Robert's Wife Amelia, was the Daughter of James Jones & Dorcas Manuel.
Downton	Amelia		Aug 11, 1938

Forward	Obediah		Dec 3, 1948	86 yrs	*Obediah hailed from Tizzard's Harbour. Wife Priscilla is a mystery, as on census data, his Wife was named Emma. Maybe married twice?
Forward	Priscilla		Jan 18, 1945	79 yrs

Freake	Elijah		Nov 12, 1910	73 yrs

Freake	Harvey		Aug 3, 1927	16 yrs	*Harvey was the Son of Parmenas Freake and Winnifred Elsie Manuel.

Freake	James		Apr 21, 1893

Freake	Simon Peter		Apr 21, 1893	26 yrs

Freake	Vera Jenetta		Dec 22, 1918	3 mos 13 days

Freake	Wilson		Oct 15, 1938

Hann	George		Feb 14, 1929	74 yrs	*Possibly son of Solomon Hann & Elizabeth Ball
Hann	Selina		Feb 7, 1908	54 yrs	*Nee Bennett. Married Nov 22, 1876.

Hann	Isaiah		Jan 17, 1926	70 yrs	*Brother of George
Hann	Mary Ann	1858	1900		*nee Brown. Married Nov 23, 1880.

Hann	Solomon		Jan 6, 1891		*Solomon and Elizabeth (Ball) were married at Moreton's Hr. Oct 12, 1853
Hann	Elizabeth

Hodder	Abraham, Bertha & Annie				"All Gone But Not Forgotten"

Hodder	Allan	1874	1933		*The 1921 Census suggests the Hodder family are from Joe Batt's Arm
Hodder	Melina	1885	1928

Hodder	Stephen	1879	1953
Hodder	Elsie	1892	1939
Hodder	Mary	1912	1933
Hodder	Roland		1912		Baby

Hynes	Archibald		?? Mar 25, 1913	?? 27 yrs 11 mos

Jewer	Flora		Jan 30, 1908	23 yrs	*1st wife of Murdock Jewer

Jewer	Thomas W.		Sept 1926	68 yrs 10 mos	*Son of George & Elizabeth. He married Emma Sheppard bc Mar 1859 Cupids

Jones	Henry F.		May 13, 1944	71 yrs	*Son of James Jones & Dorcas Manuel. Married Mary Jane Saint of Musgravetown.
Jones	Mary Jane		May 8, 1953	82 yrs

Jones	Vera Maud		Jun 12, 1940	12 yrs 6 mos	"*Daughter of John Jones & Gladys May Milley. "

Jure	Cecilia		1896	21 yrs

King	Matthew		1934	92 yrs	*He was from Fogo according to the 1921 Census. "Phoebe", his wife, is described as Ruby from Joe Batt's Arm on the same census, but the dates seem close.
King	Pheobe		1929	78 yrs

King	Parmenas		Sept 20, 1906		*Son of Matthew & Pheobe. Unable to determine age.

Layte	Albert W.	1878	1927		*Possibly son of Son of James Alfred Layte & Elizabeth Ann Peckford. Wife Lily is the Daughter of John Woolfrey & Hannah Osmond.
Layte	Lily	1884	1968?

Layte	Gilbert		Sept 26, 1923	13 yrs	*Possibly son of Alfred Layte & Tamar Downton

Layte	Tamar		Dec 31, 1946	68 yrs 3 mos

Manuel	Edwin	1909	1971		*Son of Henry/Harry Manuel & Delilah

Manuel	Ford		Feb 28, 1931	55 yrs	*Ford Manuel was born February 24, 1876 to George Manuel & Mahala Manuel.

Manuel	Henry W.	1873	1957		Master Mariner *Possibly from Loon Bay and his Wife Delilah from Greenspond
Manuel	Delilah	1875	1947

Manuel	George		Feb 24, 1924	78 yrs	*Born October 25 1845, the son of Joseph Manuel & Elizabeth Milley.

Manuel	Mabel		Jun 29, 1901	2 yrs 7 mos	Daughter of Caleb & Winnifred

Manuel	Malaha		Oct 19, 1940	90 yrs	*MAHALA Manuel is described on her headstone, as MALAHA. Born September 28 1850, the Daughter of Andrew Manuel & Elizabeth Lacey.
Howe	David		Jul 9, 1901		"Native of Dundee". *This would be Mahala's Son-In-Law, the husband of Julia Dalton Manuel. He was born I believe, in 1862. The graves of Mahala and David are surrounded by a wrought iron fence

Manuel	R. Gwenith	1916	1958		*Rosalind Gwynneth Manuel (nee Jefferies) was born Sept 25, 1916 and died May 21, 1958. She married Alonzo Archibald Nelson Manuel. Her parents were Stewart Frances (Rimmer) Jefferies.

Manuel	Una Mae		1950	9 mos	*A very difficult stone to read. Parents ?? George and Maud.

Martin	Lydia		Apr 13, 1940	80 yrs	*Possibly from Twillingate and may be the wife of Frederick Moyles of Black Island.

Martin	Ralph	1905	1949		*May be the son of Eli & Charlotte.
Martin	Blanche H.	1911	1966		*Possibly a Moyles

Meisner	Bernard H.		Jun 27, 1942		*A gunner in the R.C.A. Service # F/16743. He was the Son of Roland Ellis & Irene Maude Meisner, of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

Minty	Joseph	1855	1947		*Possibly the Son of George & Rachel of Twillingate
Minty	Amelia	1881	1960		*Probably the Daughter of Reuben & Martha Woolfrey

Moore	Chester		Jan 1, 1919	11 mos	Son of W.T. & May

Moyles	Elizabeth		Oct 28, 1919	31 yrs	*Wife of Charles Bennett Moyles, and possibly daughter of Joseph "Josiah" Woolfrey & Patience.

Moyles	Lillian	1912	1932		*Possibly born in Grand Falls, the daughter of John J.& Louisa

Moyles	Louisa		Jan 21, 1954	70 yrs	*Possibly wife of John J. Moyles. 1921 Census suggests bc Oct 1885 Red Bay.

Newbury	Maud		May 31, 1915	31 yrs	Beloved wife of James. *Died in Boston MA

Northcott	David George		Aug 26, 1944	21 yrs

Northcott	Harry A.	1899	1942
Northcott	Mary		Oct 8, 1958	88 yrs	*Mother of Harry. Cenus states she married Henry from Carbonear and that she was from Joe Batts Arm.

Northcott	???	Jan 20, 1887	Dec 25, 1923

Noseworthy	Mary Jane		May 14, 1909	47 yrs	*Wife of John. Possibly Mary Jane Woolfrey who was married to Albert Crabbe.

Osmond	Naomi		Dec 12,1956	92 yrs	*Probably wife of Joseph.

Pelley	Hannah??		Dec 6, 1903	39 yrs

Pelley	Herbert	1864	1940
Pelley	Catherine	1867	1955

Pelley	Mary E.		Dec 17, 1919	23 yrs 9 mos	*Wife of Walter B. Pelley.

Rendell	Laura Belle	1880	1952

Rideout	Jabez	Oct 1, 1868	Dec 2, 1947		"*Probably the son of Adam Rideout & Mary Jane Fudge. "

Rideout	Emma		Mar 1942

Rideout	Minnie		Oct 29, 1909	20 yrs 10 mos	*Wife of Alexander Hardy Rideout and Daughter of Aquilla & Rachel Woolfrey.

Roberts	??	1893	1954		*May be Clara, Wife of Walter.

Rowe	Eli		Jul 24, 1944	80 yrs
Rowe	Pheobe		Aug 29, 1961	87 yrs

Rowe	Gladys Isabella		Jan 1924	10 yrs	*Daughter of Eli & Phoebe.

Russell	William	1853	1932
Russell	Amelia	1860	1942		*Daughter of Solomon Hann & Elizabeth Ball.

Seward	Jean Frances		Sept 2, 1921		Darling child of Joseph and Margaret

Simmons	Sarah		Oct 26, 1951	71 yrs	*Wife of Simmon

Small	Althea		Oct 16, 1948	52 yrs	*Wife of Fred and census indicates she was a King by birth.

Small	Ernest H.		Mar 1931??		*Son of Robert Jabez & Amelia Small

Small	Robert Jabez	1862	1936
Small	Amelia	1866	1946		*Daughter of William & Alice Mills of Moreton's Harbour

Smith	Isaac John	Mar 20, 1880	Mar 28, 1946
Smith	Janet		May 24, 1953	64 yrs

Snelgrove	Eli		Jun 29, 1938	74 yrs	*Came from Exploits Island

Snelgrove	Julia P.		Nov 6, 1947	73 yrs	*Possibly the daughter of George & Mary Ann Gillett of Exploits

Snelgrove	Peter	1862	1952		*Came from Exploits Island
Snelgrove	Isabella Ann	1879	1943		*Annie may be Isabella Ann Freake

Snelgrove	Reginald		May 28, 1924	5 yrs	*Son of Peter & Annie

Snow	Bernard George		Jun 17, 1944	20 mos	Infant Son of Pearce & Gertrude

Snow	William John		Oct 1, 1936	75 yrs
Snow	Susannah	1865	1950

Vineham	Deborah		Apr 7, 1908	19 yrs	*May be the daughter of Isaiah Hann

Walker	John F.		Jun 25, 1942	20 yrs	*John F (Fairweather) Walker was a gunner in the R.C.A. His service # is G13127. He was a Lance Bombadier. His Parents were Alexander & Mary Walker of Medutic, N.B.

Woolfrey	Abner		Mar 26, 1902	22 yrs	*Son of Reuben and Martha

Woolfrey	Abner Thomas		Sept 2, 1947	70 yrs	*Son of James and Elizabeth (French) Woolfrey of Moreton's Harbour.
Woolfrey	Minetta		Aug 17, 1964	75 yrs	*Daughter of John and Mary Ann (Pike) Moors of New Bay.

Woolfrey	Carrie		Dec 2, 1912	13 yrs	*Possibly Violet Carrie, the daughter of William George & Kate Woolfrey.

Woolfrey	Cecilia Dulcie		Mar 15, 1919	20 yrs 3 mos	*Daughter of Robert Edgar Woolfrey & Mary Jane Osbourne.

Woolfrey	James		1889	51 yrs	*Son of Samuel (Jr.) & Julia Woolfrey

Woolfrey	Janet		Jul 21, 1904	23 yrs	*Possibly the daughter of William George Woolfrey and Selina Linfield.

Woolfrey	Jessie Melinda		Jan 13, 1918	34 yrs	*First wife of Abner T. Woolfrey. Daughter of Elijah and Elizabeth (Bennett) Freake of Joe Batts Arm.

Woolfrey	John		Aug 8, 1920	76 yrs	*Son of Robert Woolfrey & Elizabeth Small.
Woolfrey	Hannah		Oct 23, 1919	75 yrs	*Probably the Daughter of George & Priscilla Osmond.

Woolfrey	Josiah		Feb 22, 1904	68 yrs	*Possibly Joseph Josiah, son of Robert Woolfrey and Elizabeth Small.
Woolfrey	Patience		Nov 2, 1882	41 yrs	*Daughter of Stephen and Mary Osmond of Moreton's Harbour.

Woolfrey	Julia A.		Feb 15, 1911	25 yrs	*Possibly first wife of Stanley Woolfrey.

Woolfrey	Louis		Aug 16, 1917	24 yrs 2 mos	*Louis Woolfrey's burial place is actually the Artillery Wood Cemetery on the outskirts of Boezinge, Belgium. 2707 Pte Woolfrey, 1st. Battalion RNR.

Woolfrey	Mary		Mar 14, 1907	26 yrs	Wife of Alphaeus. *Nee Mary Ann Antle, father James. First wife of Alphaeus.

Woolfrey	Mary Jane		Mar 17, 1943	73 yrs	*Possibly wife of Robert Edgar Woolfrey. May be Mary Jane Osbourne of Morteon's Harbour.

Woolfrey	Robert F.		???	???3 yrs 7 mos

Woolfrey	Ruth Mildred		Feb 1, 1922		*Daughter of Abner T and Manetta Woolfrey

Woolfrey	Samuel		Feb 28, 1951	64 yrs	*Son of Joseph Josiah Woolfrey and Eliza Lee.

Woolfrey	Margaret Louise		Aug 19, 1932	18 yrs	*Daughter of Samuel and Emily (Ford) Woolfrey.

Woolfrey	Selina		Feb 25, 1918	65 yrs	*Husband of William George Woolfrey. Daughter of Alfred and Maria Ann (Woolfrey) Linfield.

Woolfrey	Theresa		Mar 28, 1939	69 yrs	*Possibly the daughter of John Woolfrey & Hannah Osmond. Theresa was married to Ephraim Woolfrey, the son of James Woolfrey & Elizabeth French.

E R R A T A

Name in Record Description of error / additional information My Name

Simmons, Sarah She was the wife of Samuel Simmons who is buried in the new cemetery. They were my maternal grandparents Christine Small

E R R A T A
Name in Record	Description of error / additional information	My Name
Simmons, Sarah	She was the wife of Samuel Simmons who is buried in the new cemetery. They were my maternal grandparents	Christine Small