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Trinity Bay Region ~ Trinity South

Grates Cove - Old Anglican Cemetery

I had been to Grates Cove several times, and was totally unaware of this cemetery until a local resident pointed it out to me. There is nothing marking it, and since it is so overgrown, it merely looks like a grassy field in amongst some houses. It is situated near the Old United Cemetery, on the side of a hill below the “Back Road”. Only 2 headstones are visible amongst the very long grasses. I was told by the resident that the denomination was Anglican. The following is a transcript of the stones found by me and my young friend, Victoria Doyle, resident of Grates Cove, when we waded for over an hour, waist deep in the grass and brambles in July 2000.
I have an addendum to the cemetery posting I did last year. I went back on this trip and re-walked the cemetery. The grass is up to your thighs, so you literally have to stumble across a stone to know it's there. I found 4 more headstones which are located at the end of the listing here.
The headstones were read, recorded and transcribed by SUSAN SNELGROVE, July 2000 with 4 additions made in August 2001. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be errors.

#	SURNAME	GIVEN	RELATION	DEATH	AGE
1	[Hodder]	Elizabeth	beloved wife of Charles Hodder	Jany 26, 1925	72
2	[Hodder]	Charles	(Beside Elizabeth)	May 10, 1933	82
3	[Hodder]	Simeon	beloved son of John Hodder	Dec. 24, 1908	21
4		Patience	his sister	March 11, 1910	28
5	[Meadus]	Ethel Ann	beloved child of Thomas & Rebecca Meadus	May 24, 1927	6
6	[Meadus]	George	Erected by Louise Meadus In memory of her beloved husband	Sept 2, 1917	39 years
7	Hodder	Joseph	Beloved husband of Eliza	May 2, 1919	80 years
The following stone which was lying flat on the ground near Joseph’s, overgrown with moss and grass; We uncovered it by hand, but had to leave it flat as it was too heavy to lift.
8	[Hodder]	Eliza Hodder	wife of Joseph	September 9, 1938	93
9	[Meadus]	Elizabeth	daughter of William & Jane Meadus	April 5, 1868
10	Meadus	Elizabeth Ann Meadus		July 9, 1919	69 years
11	Benson	Rachel	wife of the late Edward Benson	April 18?, 1928	84 years
12	[Avery]	Miriam	daughter of Wm. T. and M.J. Avery	22nd November 1896	19 1/2 years.
Being May 2002, it was a good time to revisit the cemeteries in Grates Cove which had been overgrown the summer before. I was able to find some more headstones that were invisible before due to long grass and raspberry bushes. Here are additional headstones to be added to the cemetery transcription at GenWeb Trinity Bay South, Old Anglican Cemetery, Grates Cove. These stones were scattered around the field, so I can't make any associations for you between these people, although I will say that I believe #13, 14 & 15 are all the same family.
13	[Avery]	Benjamin	beloved son of T & Mary Jane Avery	died Oct 27, 1918	age 30
14	Avery	In memory of William T. Avery		died Jan. 12, 1906	age 62 years
15	Avery	Mary Jane		died March 21, 1922	age 77
16	Meadus	William		who departed this life July 25, 1885	aged 86 (Note: Fragment of stone)
17	Meadus	In memory of Joseph		January 16, ??	age 31 (Note: (according to Old Perlican Parish burial records, Joseph Meadus was buried Jan 17, 1883 age 31, being insane for 13 years before his death)
18	Norris	Susannah	Erected by the children of Susannah Norris	died July 4, 1884	aged 54
19	[Hodder]	Mahalah	beloved wife of John Hodder	died Aug 29, 1915	aged 67 years
20	[Hodder]	Sarah Ann	beloved wife of Joseph Hodder	who fell asleep in Christ June 19, 1918	age 40
21	Atkins	James		March 13, 1894	aged 69

E R R A T A

Name in Record Description of error / additional information My Name

COOPER Reuben Cooper. Hard to read, but there was a date 1892 or 1893, which I presume is his year of death; Frank had the transcription for his wife Mary Ann - this headstone was what I call the 'spire' shape; writing on all four sides. I think it's likely that Mary Ann and Reuben are inscribed on 2 sides of this stone, and someone came along and rolled it (it's lying flat) since Frank transcribed it. Wouldn't be surprised if there's people noted on other 2 sides as well. Susan Snelgrove

MEADUS William Meadus was born in Canford Magna (near Poole) Dorset England on May 26th. 1799. He was the son of Henry Meadus and Jean Kimble. He married Jane Waldon on June 26th. 1842. He was Justice of the Peace and lay reader for the C of E in Grate's Cove for over 40 years. Joseph Meadus was his son. Derrick Bishop

E R R A T A
Name in Record	Description of error / additional information	My Name
COOPER	Reuben Cooper. Hard to read, but there was a date 1892 or 1893, which I presume is his year of death; Frank had the transcription for his wife Mary Ann - this headstone was what I call the 'spire' shape; writing on all four sides. I think it's likely that Mary Ann and Reuben are inscribed on 2 sides of this stone, and someone came along and rolled it (it's lying flat) since Frank transcribed it. Wouldn't be surprised if there's people noted on other 2 sides as well.	Susan Snelgrove
MEADUS	William Meadus was born in Canford Magna (near Poole) Dorset England on May 26th. 1799. He was the son of Henry Meadus and Jean Kimble. He married Jane Waldon on June 26th. 1842. He was Justice of the Peace and lay reader for the C of E in Grate's Cove for over 40 years. Joseph Meadus was his son.	Derrick Bishop