BELMONT CEMETERY

BELMONT CEMETERY

This little cemetery is located near the railway tracks in Belmont, Colchester County, Nova Scotia.

Cemetery has been vandalized over the years and some stones are missing.

The following are said to be buried in this cemetery, and have no headstones to mark their graves:

HIGGINS,James

McKINNON, Hugh; Anthony; Margaret and Bertha

WILSON, Eva, age 13 ½ months,d/o John and Esther

WILSON, Gardiner [twin children of]

CARMICHAEL, Mrs. _______

WILSON, Mary (Chisholm), wife of Hugh

ROOD, James

DOWNING, Sandy

CURRIE, Alexander

LANGILLE, Leroy, 1910-1936

________, Roy Webb, age 2 years (this child is included with the CUTTLE &

STEPHENS names on Stone# 4.

JOHNSON,Gardiner, d. 3 March 1911 (no age given)

BARNHILL, Esther, b. 6 July 1834, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth M. (Davison)

Above info courtesy of Mrs. Arnold Wilson, Belmont, 21 June 1982

Compiled June 1982, by William T. Hill [email protected]

1. DAVIDSON, Joseph A. 1866 – 1957

wife, Rebecca C. 1869 – 1954 [nee McKinley]

2. DUCKWORTH, Elizabeth 1863 - 1947

3. DUCKWORTH, Harry, Lance Corporal, 85th Bn. C.E.F. d. 22 Sept.1957, age 76

4. CUTTLE, Ezra, d. 23 Sept.1900, ae 46 years

STEPHENS, Joseph H., d. 1896, ae 55 years Also infant son

5. LIGHTBODY, John M., d. 29 April 1898, ae 24 years

6. LANGILLE, Ida barbara, w/o Sedgewick 1879 – 1920

7. CURRIE, William L., d. 28 March 1887, age 40 years

8. HIGGINS, Philip, d. 2 May 1893, ae 76 years

Wife, Rachel S., d. 3 April 1893, ae 62 years

9. GUNN, Lilla B., 1 Feb. 1881 – 19 Nov.1908

  • , John M. 1855 – 1937

    , Alice, wife 1857 – 1935

  • 10. McKAY, Seldon Dimock, s/o J. P. & Lillie, d. 5 July 1898, ae 4 mos.

    STEVENS, James C., b.14 Jan. 1826 – d.11 Apr.1893

    Wife, Mary Ann , 22 Oct. 1826 – 20 Apr. 1910

    11. HIGGINS, Abner J. 1849 – 1938

    wife, Maria 1844 – 1909

    12. HIGGINS, John, 2nd, d.19 July 1894, ae 79 years

    wife, Mary C., d. 12 Sept.1875, ae 65 years, 6 mos.

    Children – Rebecca, d. 19 March 1861, ae 1 year, 2 mos.

    James D., d. 22 Mar. 1861, ae 7 years, 4 mos.

    Harriet M., d. 3 Apr. 1861, ae 1 year, 3 mos.

    13. JOHNSON, Charles T. 1822 – 1900

    wife, Nancy 1835 – 1917

    , Mary Elizabeth 1864 – 1888

    , Janie P. 1865 - 1884

    14. CROWE, John B. 1832 – 1873

    wife, Robina ROOD 1839 – 1882

    , Catherine, w/o D. C. SLACK 1834 - 1906

    15. ROODE, Lucilla, wife of James, d.27 May 1879, ae 44 years

    16. ROOD, Alex. W., d. 4 June 1877, age 15 years

    17. BURNETT, Joanna, wife of Wm. ADAMS, d.15 Dec.1921,ae 80 yrs.

    18. BURNETT, Henry, d.24 Dec.1905, ae 71 years

    19. CROWE, Robert 1836 – 1916

    , Harriet, wife 1848 – 1925

    children: Tryphina 1870 – 1889

    Georgie 1871 – 1872

    20. ANTHONY, Mary Jane, d. 16 Sept.1887, ae 40 years

    21. WILSON, Ebenezer M. 1861 – 1944

    wife, Josephine L. KEITH 1861 - 1939

    1. WILSON, Hugh, d. 5 Dec.1877, age 57 years

    23. JOHNSON, Gardiner G. 1827 – 1886

    , Artemas B. 1859 – 1913

    , Eliza P., wife of Gardiner G., d. 3 March 1911, ae 81 years

    [Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are said to have come from Great Village]

    24. Carl [no further information]

    25. marker: Eva, daughter of John and Esther WILSON, d. March 1860, age 18 ½ (?) mos.

    26. WILSON, John C.[utten] , d. 3 June 1900, aged 74 years

  • Wife, Esther [nee BARNHILL], d. 9 July 1902, ae 66 years

    , Thomas D. 1855 - 1916

    , Fred S. 1872 – 1956

    wife, Annie Mae FRIZZLE 1881 – 1953

    [she is said to have been born Brook Village, C.B.]

    , Cst. Carl F., R.C.M.P. 1910 – 1948

    , Ruth Eileen, infant daughter of Fred & Annie, d. 5 July 192_ [no age given]

  • 27. McCULLOCH, Alex. W. 1855 - 1949 [marker]

    28. (McCULLOCH) Margaret 1859 – 1956 [marker]

    29. McCULLOCH, Alex. W. 1855 - 1949

    wife, Margaret 1859 – 1956

    , Emma B., d.13 June 1860, age 6 years, 8 mos.

    , Mary Ann, d.20 Feb.1865, ae 4 years, 5 mos., daughters of Hugh and Oliviia

    , Olivia WILSON, w/o Hugh, d.17 June 1888, ae 71 yrs.

    , Hugh , d. 20 Aug. 1908, ae 82 years

    , Gertrude Olivia, daughter of Alex. & Maggie, d. 8 Jan. 1886, age 5 years, 6 mos.

    , Wilbert, d. 14 Dec.1902, age 3 mos.

    30. RUDE, Solomon, d.20 June 1871, age 60 years.

     

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