NLGenWeb Headstone InscriptionsNotre Dame Bay ~ NDB West DistrictLittle Bay - Old Anglican CemeteryWell, this one wasn't so easy to find. After being told of the approximate area, up the hill we went again on yet another lovely sunny day, passing by the old R.C. Cemetery and heading further on. Nothing was to be seen anywhere, so down the hill we went again, stopping to talk to a couple of strangers who confirmed that yes, there was an Anglican Cemetery up there; maybe we didn't go far enough. Being satisfied that at least it's up there somewhere, my beloved husband (oops, sorry - been reading too many headstones I guess) decides to wait for another day and heads for the car to go home. It only took the tiniest amount of persuasion and up we went again, this time to find the little graveyard almost hidden from view in the dense growth of brush and trees. The early cemetery inscriptions I have submitted for the Little Bay Old Anglican consist of all the gravestones I found there.Headstone inscriptions were transcribed by BARBARA PEDERSON, June 1998. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors. |
| NAME | RELATION | BIRTH | DEATH | AGE/INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Lind | born at Port De Grave, N.F. 1832 | died at Little Bay Feb. 29, 1908 | aged 76 years. | |
| Note: This stone had fallen on the ground.I thought I should include a little note here from "Decks Awash" (I have no date) on the Bay Roberts area: "The first school in Mercer's Cove was opened by the Newfoundland School Society... in 1820 with a Mr. Birknett from England as teacher, and a Henry and Caroline Lind were in charge after 1829." | ||||
| Ernest [Lind] | beloved son of Henry and Elizabeth Lind | March 19, 1910 | aged 25 years | |
| Elizabeth Lind | Jan. 31, 1935 | aged 88 years | ||
| Jane E. [Lind] | daughter of Henry and E. Lind | March 27, 1889 | aged 13 months | |
| Mabel [Lind] | daughter of Henry and E. Lind | died at Little Bay June 20, 1907 | aged 26 years | |
| John Bemister Wells | son of Mary J. and T.E. Wells | May 25, 1894 | June 28, 1915 | |
| Note: "We miss thee from our home Jack / We miss thee from thy place / A shadow o'er our life is cast / We miss the sunshine of thy face." | ||||
| Mary Jane Wells | beloved wife of Thomas E. Wells | Dec. 10, 1923 | aged 66 years | |
| Thomas E. Wells | Erected by his children | Nov. 3, 1935 | aged 89 years | |
| Fan S. Wells | 1887 | 1953 | ||
| Augustus-James-Wells | In memory of our beloved father | May 11, 1897 | Nov. 8, 1979 | |
| Bessie [Walker] | beloved child of William and Elizabeth Walker | Oct. 2, 1898 | aged 4 years | |
| Alice Jane Benson | beloved child of Benjamin and Jemima Boyles | Aug. 8, 1889 | aged 5 months | |
| Mary Thoms | my mother | who died at Little Bay 26th Feb. 1917 | aged 87 years | |
| Thomas Parker Rennie | A native of South Shields, England | Drowned at Little Bay, Nfld. Aug. 1892 | aged 59 years; Erected by his sons William and Thomas | |
| Mary Ann [Diem] | beloved wife of Jacob P. Diem, Accountant, born at Denston, Suffolk Co. | 20 April 1853 | died at Little Bay 3rd January 1888 | (This is a small plot with an iron fence.) |
© 1998 Barbara Pederson and NL GenWeb