DURNING CEMETERY
Economy Point Road
Economy, Colchester County, Nova Scotia
Located on right side of road going in; above river; hidden in trees and undergrowth, it cannot be seen from the road; a cleared field on the South side.
Compiled by W.T. Hill & Genealogy Group, July 5, 1980
[info in brackets added by W.T.H. from own records]
SKILLIN,Clarence W.H. 1878 – 1956
Charlotte C. DURNING 1833 – 1925 [Charlotte’s data may have to be rechecked?]
DURNING, Hugh A., s/o James and Martha, died May 14, 1858, aged 8 ½ months.
Also their infant daughter.
DURNING, William, died 26 Dec.1862, aged 80 years.
DURNING, Elizabeth (CLARK), w/o William, died 19 Aug. 1845, aged 55 years.
DURNING, Hamilton, died 2 May 1883, aged 60 years.
DURNING, Sarah (SOLEY), w/o Samuel W. H., died Feb. 20, 1850, aged 22 years, 5 months.
DURNING, Ernest, died Sept.12, 1881, aged 5 years.
DURNING, Theodore, born Jan.2, 1856; d. Sept.14, 1893.
DICKEY, Ella, w/o A. E., died at New Whatcom, Washington, 22 May 1892, aged 33 years. Footstone, marked R.D. [no data]
GRAHAM, Thomas R. S., s/o J. S. and Elizabeth, died June 16, 1890, aged 3 years, 7 months.
DURNING, Thomas 1778 – 1858 [original owner of land where cemetery is located]
DURNING, Ann Lewis 1808 – 1880 [nee: LEWIS – married 1842 – 2nd wife of Thomas ?]
DURNING, Rebecca 1847 – 1859 [last name not given on stone]
SKILLIN, Selina [DURNING], died June 10, 1923, ae 70 years
SKILLIN, George E., June 29, 1880 – Oct.14, 1929
DURNING, Samuel, d.Dec.7, 1898, aged 72 years. Wife, Elizabeth [MARSH], died March 12,1901, aged 69 years.
DURNING, Enos S., s/o Samuel and Elizabeth, died May 24, 1861, aged 4 ½ years
DURNING, James R., s/o Samuel and Elizabeth, died March 11, 1861, in his 9th year.
DURNING, Sarah E., d. Nov.11,1879, age 24 years.
DURNING, Adelaide, died Feb.21, 1890, age 36 years.
DURNING, Robert, died at Malden, Mass., April 12, 1890, age 60 years. Wife, Rachel, died at Malden, Mass., Aug. 27, 1894, age 62 years
DURNING, Emma, died Nov.25, 1880, aged 16 years.
GRAHAM, A. K., died April 28, 1891, aged 70 years, 8 months.
DURNING, Agnes, his wife, died March 25, 1847, aged 26 years, 2 months.
DURNING, Margaret [COOK], w/o Thomas, died March 31, 1856 [ year poss. 1836 ? as he remarried in 1842]
DURNING, Margaret, b.Dec.24, 1837; d. at Andover, Mass., May 17, 1899, aged 61 years; 5 months and 2 days.
DURNING, Wilbert E., s/o Andrew and Margaret A., d. March 12, 1860, aged 2 years and 6 months. Also their infant daughter.
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