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De Grau - De Grau Cemetery

Cemetery is located behind Our Lady of the Cape School, looking out over Bay St. George. Headstone inscriptions were collected by CYRIL DUBOURDIEU, July 2001 and prepared for the Internet by CATHERINE FIGUARY. Updated August 2008 by Laverne (Perrier) Cormier & Randy Young. While we have endeavored to be as correct as humanly possible, there may be typographical errors.

Surname	Given Names	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Relation	Comments
BENOIT	Isobel		Aug 6 1914	Nov 17, 1997		Wooden Cross
BENOIT	Ignatius			1963		Father and Son
BENOIT	Isaac	Son of Ignatius		1975		Same stone as Ignatius
BENOIT	Adolph					No Info--Concrete Marker
BENOIT	Rose A.		Nov 6, 1909	Mar 21, 1988
BENOIT	Mary Jane Jesso		Feb 16, 1885	Nov 17, 1977
BENOIT	Annie V.		Jan 26, 1900	Mar 24, 1967
BENOIT	John Edward		1899	1988
BENOIT	Anney May					No Info--Concrete Cross
BENOIT	Joseph M.	Beloved Husband of Annie Benoit		Apr 12, 1969	96 yrs
BENOIT	Annie M.	Beloved Wife of Joseph Benoit		June 27, 1972	97 yrs
BENOIT	Calist J.		Apr 11, 1911	June 5, 1975
BENOIT	Thaddeus		May 2, 1929	Aug 2, 1967
BENOIT	Philomenia		Mar 13, 1907	Mar 23, 1977		Wood Cross
BENOIT	Edward		May 30, 1907	Mar 9, 1986		Wood Cross
BENOIT	William J.		July 8, 1907	June 9, 1982
BENOIT	Darrell	S/O Felix & Danelle	1972	1980
BENOIT	Ronald		Mar 25, 1967	July 8, 1988
BENOIT	Terrance		May 24, 1993	May 24, 1993
BENOIT	Jean M.	W/O Columbus J.	1939	1988
BENOIT	John Alfred		Sept 27, 1903	Mar 10, 1988
BENOIT	Millie E.			Mar 7, 1985	74 yrs
BENOIT	Joseph Glenn			May 12, 1982	24 yrs	Corp. Canadian Forces
CARVILLE	Edith		Jan 20, 1959	Mar 27, 1987		Same plot as Barry Carville
CARVILLE	Barry		July 24, 1984	Mar 25, 1987		Same plot as Edith
CHAISON	John E.	S/O Fredrick & Eva	1947	1969
CHAISSON	Lawrence			July 28, 1963	66 yrs	Private 26th Battn. CEF
CHAISSON	Margaret			Oct 10, 1969	61 yrs
CHAISSON	John P.			Jan 15, 1982	86 yrs	Ptv. R.N.R. WW1
CHAISSON	Edna Ann		1958	1978
CHAISSON	M. Lorretta		Sept 5	Dec 13, 1958
CHAISSON	Thomas		Aug 12, 1918	Aug 11, 1985		Beloved Husband and Father
CHAISSON	Wayne		Mar 31, 1977	Mar 31, 1977
CHAISSON	Hubert P.		1932	1983		Father
CHAISSON	Timothy	Son of Hubert	1966	1982		Same Stone as Hubert
CHAISSON	Mary M.			Mar 19, 1985	77 yrs
CHRISTIAN	Harry					No Info, RIP
CHRISTIAN	Eugene		Jan 13, 1936	Sept 15, 1986
CORMIER						White Stone Marker
CORMIER	Dawn Marie	D/O Donna Cormier	Jan 21, 1976	July 2, 1976
CORMIER						White Stone Marker
CORNECT	Maisie		1923	1964
CORNECT	John E.			Mar 1, 1967	80 yrs	From Son Wallace
CORNECT	Martin			Dec 3, 1966	20 yrs
CORNECT	Margaret		1912	1976		Same marker as John Jim
CORNECT	John Jim		Dec 23, 1909	Mar 25, 1988		Same as Margaret
CORNECT	Lawrence		Apr 10, 1966	Apr 22, 1981		Same stone as Gerald
CORNECT	Gerald		Dec 25, 1957	Nov 13, 1969		Same stone as Lawrence
CORNECT	Cecilia		Feb 28, 1958	Sept 17, 1976
CORNECT	Eugene			Dec 13, 1977	84 yrs	Same plot as Annie
CORNECT	Annie Germaine		1897	1985		Same plot as Eugene
COSTARD	Ralph		Apr 2, 1858	July 30, 1950
COSTARD	Josephine		1904	1982
FITZGERALD	William		Oct 1896	Mar 1986
FLEMING?	Mary V.			June 2, 1953	74 yrs	Broken Stone
HINKS	Augustus		July 2, 1912	Oct 6, 1963
JESSO	Perry		Nov 1891	Feb 1973?		Very hard to read
JESSO	John Israel Jr.	son of Mr and Mrs John Jesso	Jan 4, 1960	Dec 3, 1972
JESSO*	Joseph		Oct 16, 1973	Oct 18, 1973		*See below
JESSO	Linsay Joseph		Oct 23, 1967	Nov 7, 1971
JESSO	Alfred		Oct 1965	Aug 5, 1972
JESSO	Philomina		Sept 12, 1952	Nov 10, 1973
JESSO	Gordon	B/O Philomina	Feb 14, 1956	Aug 1, 1986
JESSO	Jerome D.					No Info, wooden cross
JESSO	Baby		June 1997	June 1997		Wooden Cross
JESSO	Oswald R.			Jan 25, 1969	4 yrs
JESSO	Jack (John)		Feb 14, 1904	Dec 11, 1966	62 yrs	Age 62
JESSO	Angela		Jan 24, 1904	Feb 11, 1980	76 yrs	Age 76
JESSO	Anthony		1909	1981
JESSO	Rita		1924	1979		Same plot as Stanley
JESSO	Stanley H.		Aug 21, 1920	Oct 14, 2000		Same plot as Rita
JESSO	Henry J.		Mar 2, 1929	Dec 9, 1981
JESSO	Victor					No Info, Cement marker only
JESSO	Annie F.		Apr 9, 1921	Oct 18, 1982
JESSO	Alvin J.		Aug 8, 1939	Dec 24, 1998?		Hard to read
JESSO	Margaret			Jan 1, 1987	55 yrs
JESSO	Mark	S/O Margaret Jesso		Apr 4, 1964
JESSO	Walter		1891	1985		Gunner RC WW1
JESSO	Bernard		Feb 6, 1941	Mar 14, 1985
JESSO	Anastatia		Jan 9, 1923	Feb 28, 1983
KENDALL	Berntina		1925	1978
KERFONT	John M.		Feb 11, 1903	Dec 11, 1987
KERFONT	Emmaneal Yves				59 yrs	Wooden Cross
KERFONT	Yve		1874	1952
KERFONT	Mary			Aug 21, 1962	72 yrs
KERFONT	William		Sept 3, 1917	Sept 5, 1966
KERFONT	William		Sept 4, 1917	Aug 24, 1966		"Willie" Wooden Cross
KERFONT	Maurice		Sept 1, 1943	Aug 13, 1969
KERFONT	Joseph		1901	1955		Royal Nfld. Regt.
KERFONT	Thomas Victor		1918	1981
KERFONT	Peter J.					No Info., Wooden Cross
KERFONT	Geraldine	W/O Thomas	1922	1982
KERFONT	Lloyd J.		1944	1967
KERFONT	Dulcie		1931	1987		Wife and Mother
LAGADU?	Hayward?			Unreadable		Faded Cement Marker
LAGATDU	Mary		Apr 24, 1907	May 12, 1967?
LAGATDU	Wanita		May 17, 1962	July 20, 1977
LANEY	Joseph		Mar 1894	Sept 2, 1968
LANEY	M.M.		1891	????		Unable to read
LANEY	Peter?		May 21, ????	July 9, 1967?		Hard to read
LANEY	Celestine		Mar 11, 1910	Oct 1, 1981		Wood Cross
LeMOINE	Melina			Aug 19, 1971	72 yrs
LeMOINE	Joseph			Aug 1984		Pt. Canadian Army
LeMOINE	Allan			Mar 4, 1969	68 yrs
LeMOINE	Annman?		May 22, 1917	Dec 21, 1972
LeMOINE	Matthias		1931	1985
LOUVELLE	John Francis		1918	1990
LOUVELLE	Adeline		1926	1987
MARCH	Simon		May 24, 1959	Jan 25, 1969		Wooden Cross
MARCHE	Edward		1919	1981
MARCHE	Olive		Dec 1904	Sept 1981
MARCHE	Adolph		Apr 28, 1898	June 21, 1977
MARCHE	Zita	D/O Kathleen	Sept 1, 1932	July 5, 1983
MARTIN	Cherilyn Marie		Aug 19, 1975	Nov 1, 1975
NORM						No other info
OZON	Blanche		1908	1983
PHILLIPS	Wilfred Jr.		1926	1944
PHILLIPS	Anita		1930	1948
PHILLIPS	Wilfred Sr.		1901	1941
PHILLIPS	Oscar		1928	1989
RENOUF	Josephine		Jan 8, 1917	July 12,1966
RENOUF	Adolph			July 22, 1945	41 yrs
RENOUF	Adolph		Dec 1, 1916	July 22, 1957
RENOUF	Donie?		Nov 3, 197?	Mar 25, 1974?		Hard to read
RENOUF	Danny		Mar 11, 1932	Aug 20, 1971?		Hard to read
RENOUF	Kayla Ann		Sept 1982	Sept 1982
ROBAT	John Albert			May 13, 1971	25 yrs	Canadian Forces ?Robia
ROBERTS	Leita		Aug 27, 1954	Oct 28, 1980
ROBIA	Albert J.		June 4, 1913	Aug 26, 1974		Same plot as John Robat
ROBIA	Lodwick		1951	1965	14	Same plot as Albert Robia
ROBIA	William		Oct 8, 1902	July 30, 1984
ROBIA?	Glen		1968	1988		White Cross
ROUZES	Emmanuel			Dec 9, 1945	63 yrs	Beloved Husband
ROUZES	Cornelius		1926	1981
ROUZES	Mary		1883	1972
ROUZES	John B.		June 12, 1912	Jan 15, 1971
ROUZES	Josephine		May 11, 1916	July 19, 2000
ROUZES	Emmanual		1903	1969		Same stone as Philomena
ROUZES	Philomenia		1913	1986		Same Stone as Emmanual
ROUZES	Lawrence		May 28, 1924	Jan 19, 1987
ROUZES	Stanley		Feb 4, 1943	June 15, 1987
ROUZES	Alex		1922	1985	63 yrs
ROWE	Adell			Sept 5, 1952	42 yrs
SIMON	Joe E.		1887	1953	66 yrs
SIMON	Paul Marie		Sept 10, 1889	Dec 3, 1966
SIMON	Narcis		Jan 25, 1887	May 27, 1975
SIMON	Benjamin		Feb 25, 1950	May 7, 1950
SIMON	Adolph		July 3, 1901	Sept 24, 1960		From Daughters Lucy & Agnes
SIMON	James			Dec 1960	76 yrs
SIMON	Veta		July 6, 1929	Mar 29, 1965
SIMON	Elizabeth		1888	1965
SIMON	Lenoa		1909	1977
SIMON	Yeves Marie		1880	1957
SIMON	Mary E.		Dec 4, 1895	Dec 24, 1988
SIMON	Albert F.		1880	Jan 25, 1967?		Plaque broken
SIMON	Phillip		1891	1941		Royal Navy WW1
SIMON	Leo Paul					No Dates, wooden cross
SIMON	Francis Joseph		Aug 5, 1923	Dec 31, 1988
SIMON	Arthur		1932	1977		A Dear Brother
SIMON	John		1897	1977		Royal Navy WW1
SIMON	Elizabeth		Apr 29, 1907	Feb 28, 1977
SIMON	Philomena		Nov 16, 1890	Nov 13, 1980
SIMON	Octave		Apr 24, 1922	Oct 1, 1980
SIMON	Victoria		1893	1980
SIMON	Vencent		1934	1981
SIMON	Elizabeth A.		Feb 16, 1960	Feb 9, 1978
SIMON	Cecilia		June 17, 1903	Jan 6, 1977
SIMON	Laurena		1914	1991
SIMON	Genevieve Rouzes	W/O Harold	1920	1984
SIMON	Harold	H/O Genevieve	1919	1988
SIMON	Joseph A.		1911	1988
SIMON	Edward		Sept 18, 1916	Feb 16, 1997
SIMON	John A.		Dec 2, 1920	May 5, 1992
SIMON	Mary Valeta		1956	1991
SIMON	Paul		1929	1990		Ptv. RCASC
SIMON	Henry		1918	1983
SIMON	Josephine I.		Oct 15, 1920	Jan 31, 2000		Benoit
SIMON	Joseph		Aug 4, 1905	Dec 29, 1984
SIMON?	Harvey		Dec 10, 1962	July 23, 1963
SKINNER	Keith		1954	1983
TALLACK	Mary M.			Oct 2, 1965	22 yrs
TALLACK	Harold		1942	1967
WITE?	Agiz?			Apr 15, 1962	8-? Yrs	Cement Marker, hard to read
YOUNG	Andrew		Dec 16, 1907	Aug 1973
YOUNG	Mike?					No Info
YOUNG	Matilda		May 20, 1911	Feb 18, 1987
YOUNG	Richard			Sept 13, 1988	89 yrs	Ptv R.N.R.
Notes: *One stone was worn down very vadly and two names seemed to appear Harold? Cornect and Haward Lagatdu? with the dates May 18, 1920? And Jan 20, 1920?, very hard to read! 47 - Wooden Crosses--Many broken 7 Cement Markers -- Unreadable 2 Cement Markers --Plaque missing Large Cement Marker -- Insert missing Cement Marker -- White cross insert Cement Marker -- With red cross Wood Cross -- Plate missing

DeGrau - Roman Catholic Cemetery updates

Updated August 2008 by Laverne (Perrier) Cormier & Randy Young

Surname	Given Names	Birth Date	Death Date	Age	Inscriptions
Benoit	Sylvester J.	h/o Edna Benoit	May 7, 1929	Oct. 2, 2003
Phillips	Sophie		1903	1989
Robia	Margaret		1915	2007
Simon	Joseph D.	Dec. 3, 1948	May 31, 2003		Always in our hearts
Simon	Josephine I.	nee Benoit	Oct. 15, 1920	Jan. 31, 2000	Our love one sleeps here

E R R A T A

Name in Record Description of error / additional information My Name

BENOIT Adolph Benoit born Dec 26. 1905 and died April 16, 1961. Jasen

JESSO Jesso, Mary Jane. Born 1884. Died August 14, 1977. I know for a fact she was buried in the Degrau Cemetery. Marlena

CHAISSON Chaisson, John P. died Jan. 15th, 1985 the same year as his wife Mary M. Chaisson. Marlena

ROBIA William Robia was born Oct. 1901 not 1902 and died July 27, 1984 and buried on July 30, 1984. Howard Robia

JESSO, Joseph Should be Joseph BENOIT. I personally made the cross and installed it. This was my wife's brother, we installed the cross aprox 17 years ago His parents are Finton & Irene Benoit,living in Truro,NS. Joseph (died 1969) and Annie Benoit (died 1972) are his grandparents and are also buried at that cemetery Jeff Whitehead

E R R A T A
Name in Record	Description of error / additional information	My Name
BENOIT	Adolph Benoit born Dec 26. 1905 and died April 16, 1961.	Jasen
JESSO	Jesso, Mary Jane. Born 1884. Died August 14, 1977. I know for a fact she was buried in the Degrau Cemetery.	Marlena
CHAISSON	Chaisson, John P. died Jan. 15th, 1985 the same year as his wife Mary M. Chaisson.	Marlena
ROBIA	William Robia was born Oct. 1901 not 1902 and died July 27, 1984 and buried on July 30, 1984.	Howard Robia
JESSO, Joseph	Should be Joseph BENOIT. I personally made the cross and installed it. This was my wife's brother, we installed the cross aprox 17 years ago His parents are Finton & Irene Benoit,living in Truro,NS. Joseph (died 1969) and Annie Benoit (died 1972) are his grandparents and are also buried at that cemetery	Jeff Whitehead