Stephenville Crossing - Old Roman Catholic Cemetery

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Stephenville Crossing - Old Roman Catholic Cemetery

This cemetery is located in Stephenville Crossing on the banks of St George River and looks across the river to Mattis Point. There are many unmarked graves, also lots of plain white crosses and a number of markers that were unreadable or had no information on them.

Headstone inscriptions were transcribed by CYRIL DUBOURDIEU, August 12, 1999. While I have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there could be some typographical errors.

* See Errata Table below for additions to this transcription

Name	Birth	Death	Age	Inscriptions / Comments
ALEXANDER,-Florance-A.	Oct 18 1941	Feb 21 1942
ALEXANDER, William R	Dec 7 1944	Dec 24 1944
ALEXANDER, Raymond	July-17,-1926	Aug 3 1947
ALEXANDER, Claude	July 16 1954	Aug 11 1955
BARRY, Baby	Aug 16 1954	Aug 16 1954		*wood cross
BENNETT, Credelia	June 15 1885	Dec 10 1951
BENNETT, Mary Margaret	Feb 1 1922	Dec 29 1954		(LEE)
BENNETT, Margaret Rose	July 28 1945	Oct 6 1945		D/O Mr & Mrs Ceicl Bennett (Sr)
BENNOITT, Oliver		June-26,-1924	69 yrs
BENOIT?, -es-ie	Mar 8 1899	Feb 19 1937	38 yrs	*letters missing of cross
BENO, Alen	1885	1949		*Concrete cross
BENO, Frederick	1874	1940		*Concrete cross
BLANCHARD, Mary C	May 16 1963	Jan 1 1964		Beloved D/O Theresa Blanchard
BLACHARD, Margaret R	May 9 1947	Aug 22 1968		*same marker as Corey W Blanchard
BLANCHARD, Corey W	Aug 22 1968	Aug 22 1968		*same marker as Margaret Blanchard
BRAKE, Edward A	June 22 1891	Mar 22 1956
BRUMSEY, William S	1908	1967		"Father" H/O Blanche Brumsey
BRUMSEY, Blanche P	1920	1960		"Mother" W/O William S Brumsey
BRUMSEY, Pearl	Oct 5 1960	Jan 15 1961		*next to William and Blanche
BRUMSEY, Alexander Baby		Mar 6 1968		*next to William and Blanche
BYRAN, Selina		Aug 4 1921	29 yrs	W/O George W Young
CAMPBELL, John				*unreadable, Cement cross
CAMPBELL, Marcelin?				* no info , Cement cross
CASHIN, Annie Mary		(no dates)		Darling D/O David & Theresa
CASHIN, John E	1878	1952		H/O Florance A Schumph
CHAFFEY,Douglas		July 30 1933	18 yrs
CORMIER, Francis M	Aug 11 1910	Aug 20 1963		by wife & family
CORMIER, Baby		Sept 22 1963		Remembered by her mother & father
CURNEW, John H	1898	1952		A/B, Royal Navy
CURNEW, Charles			59 yrs
DELANEY, Gerald V		May 21 1959	35 yrs	"Our Dear Son"
DEVINE, John V		Sept 16 1929	52 yrs
DOWNEY, Joseph Frank	1882	1957		H/O Margaret Hawkins
DOWNEY, Patrick R	1918	1947		S/O Joseph Downey & Margaret Hawkins
DOWNEY, Francis	1922	1942		S/O Joseph Downey & Margaret Hawkins
DOWNEY, Baby Theresa	1935	1935		D/O Joseph Downey & Margaret Hawkins
DOWNEY, Anthony Francis		July 4 1951	7 m.	Child of Anthony & VERA
DUVAL, Jane				*no info, wood cross
DUVAL, Edward	1883	May 16 1966		Beloved H/O Clara
DUVAL, Marie				*no info
DUVAL, Ambrose	July 25 1898	May 11 1960		Remembered & Loved by Daughter Betty
DUVAL, Albert	(no dates)			* next to Ambrose
DUVAL, Elizabeth	Dec 1 1850	Aug 2 1948	92 yrs	* Hard to read
DUVAL, Fred	1885	Mar 22 1959	74 yrs
FLEET, Mary		Apr 12 1952	75 yrs	Beloved W/O John Fleet
FLEET, John		Mar 28 1946	76 yrs	Beloved H/O Mary Fleet
FLEET, Arthur John	Dec 5 1904	Nov 28 1967		Deeply mourned by Cora & Karl
GALLANT, Lawrence	1881	1928		H/O Mariah Gallant
GALLANT, Mariah	1879	1953		W/O Lawrence Gallant
GALLANT, Mary	1906	1924		D/O Lawrence & Mariah
GALLANT, Andrew	1907	1969		D/O Lawrence & Mariah
GALLANT, Theresa	1911	1924		D/O Lawrence & Mariah
GAULTOIS, Michael	1915	1962
GAULTOIS, Francis A		Feb 13 1955
GORNER, Arthur Howard		Mar 27 1933	74 yrs
HAWKINS, Margaret	1895	1966		W/O Joseph Frank Downey
HAWKINS, Wallace	1897	1966		Royal Navy WW1
HAWKINS, Oswald H	1907	1965
HAWKINS, Andrew	1888	1965		*Hard to read
HAWKINS, Patrica Ann	Dec - 1958	Mar 7 1959?		*small cross
KEATING, Michael	Feb 18 1927	Jan 2 1988
KEATING, Lillian		Feb 25 1952	46 yrs	W/O John Keating
KENT, Julia		Oct 26 1953		Beloved W/O William Kent
KING, Edward	1897	1962		"Seaman" Nfld Royal Naval Reserve
LUCAS, Irene	Sept 26 1891	Feb 23 1958		errected by her children
LUCAS, Irene	Sept 26 1992	Feb 23 1958		"Mother" *same marker as Abraham Lucas
LUCAS, Abraham	Dec 29 1882	Mar 6 1967		"Father"
LUCAS, Elizabeth	1897	1945		*wood cross
LUCAS, Berthine	Aug 16 1954	Aug 16 1954		*wood cross
LUCAS, Leo	(no dates)			Beloved S/O Jean & William Lucas
LUCAS, Irene	(no dates)			Beloved D/O Jean & William Lucas
LUCAS, David	(no dates)			Beloved S/O Jean & William Lucas
LUCAS, Matilda	1889	1944		"Mother', by sons Carl & Edward
LUCAS, Alexander(Sr)	Mar 14 1866	Feb 3 1956
LUCAS, Alcid	Apr 10 1926	June 24 1963		Remembered by Brothers & Sisters
LUCAS, Evelyn	(no dates)			Beloved D/O Jean & William Lucas
LUCAS, Eugene (DUBIE)	July 2 1889	Apr 16 1952
LUCAS, John Ambrose	Feb 18 1952	Nov 18 1961
MacDONALD, Mary	LUCAS	June 20 1914	Feb 27 1968
MacISAAC, Richard	1883	1951
MARKADAY, Pauline	(no dates)			*Concrete cross
MARCHE, Anastasia	Jan 17 1915	Feb 19 1969	52 yrs
MOORES, Adam		Jan 24 1952	20 yrs	"Drowned"
NARDINI, Rapael A	1897	1939		Pte. Royal NFLD Regt. WW1
O'KEEFE, Joseph		June 10 1961	87 yrs
PARSONS, Mathilda	1900	1951		Loving W/O Israel Parsons
PARSONS, Israel	1892	1964
PAYNE, Kenneth	Mar 2 1945	Nov 4 1968
PIEROWAY, George	Apr 21 1871	May 7 1951		"Father" H/O Florance
PIEROWAY, Florance Ann	Jan 28 1898	Aug 18 1963		W/O George Pieroway
RETIEFF, Robert	1887	1950
RETIEFF, Walter		July 22 1967	45 yrs	*stone broken
SCHUMPH, Florance A	1891	1954		W/O John E Cashin
SHARPE, Roderick	Aug 17 1940	June 22 1945
SIMON, Angilina	Feb 29 1892	Sept 10 1987
SWYERS, Michael	May 1913	Apr 1967
TOBIN, Joseph A	Dec 5 1950	May 8 1951
WEBB, Gladys		Aug 16 1948	44 yrs	W/O Frank Webb
WHITE, David Wm.	July 4 1891	Apr 6 1953
WHITE, Brenda	Sept 13 1951	Jan 7 1952		*wooden cross
WHITE, Stan				*Unreadable, next to Credelia Bennett
WHITE, David William	July 4 1891	Apr 6 1953
WHITE, Daphne	Feb 6 1949	July 15 1949		* same marker as Paul White
WHITE, Paul		Mar 15 1962		* same marker as Daphne White
WHITE, Theresa	Jan 9 1940	May 15 1964	24 yrs
YOUNG, George	Jan 20 1882	Dec 2 1969		"Father" H/O Frances Young
YOUNG, John	June? 1931	Feb 28 1965		* Hard to read
YOUNG?, Baby ?Hugie				*no info, tiny wood cross
YOUNG, Dora				*on same tiny cross as above
YOUNG, Mary J	1898	1966
YOUNG, Albert	(no dates)			*concret cross
YOUNG, John Henry	(no dates)			White cement marker, unreadable next to Wallace Hawkins

E R R A T A

Name on Headstone Description of error / additional information My Name
Addition to Transcription DOWNEY, Diana. Daughter of Joseph Francis Downey and Margaret Hawkins. Stillborn
CARTER, Jane. Dies abt. 1936 Dawn Marie Harvey Horn

HYNES, Bernard F Age 2 years. Parents names: John and Kathleen Hynes. Bernard died June 28, 1960. There is no marker in the cemetery Anne Wells

BENNETT There are 2 missing that I know of - my grandmother, Clara Mae Bennett, born June 24, 1900, died Oct 27, 1957 and her son Garvis Bennett, died Feb 14, 1970, age 42. He was the last person buried in this graveyard. Nicole Ann Nolan

BYRNE BYRAN, Selina is misspelled. The actual inscription is BYRNE, Selina. Curtis Abbott

© Cyril DuBourdieu and NL GenWeb
Bay St. George District

E R R A T A
Name on Headstone	Description of error / additional information	My Name
Addition to Transcription	DOWNEY, Diana. Daughter of Joseph Francis Downey and Margaret Hawkins. Stillborn CARTER, Jane. Dies abt. 1936	Dawn Marie Harvey Horn
HYNES, Bernard F	Age 2 years. Parents names: John and Kathleen Hynes. Bernard died June 28, 1960. There is no marker in the cemetery	Anne Wells
BENNETT	There are 2 missing that I know of - my grandmother, Clara Mae Bennett, born June 24, 1900, died Oct 27, 1957 and her son Garvis Bennett, died Feb 14, 1970, age 42. He was the last person buried in this graveyard.	Nicole Ann Nolan
BYRNE	BYRAN, Selina is misspelled. The actual inscription is BYRNE, Selina.	Curtis Abbott