Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Birch Hills Cemetery - Birch Hills, Saskatchewan




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Birch Hills Cemetery
R.M. of Birch Hills # 460   NW 22-46-24 W2
GPS   52.986698�N   105.410902�W
First burial in 1906, 889 burials by 2008

Photos contributed by Elaine Pain
(Partial listing - Click on coloured names to view the gravestone photo)


Aadland, Helen (nee Njaa)  died Apr 23, 2005 wife of Leonard, dau of Peder & Bertha
Abrams, Kenneth  Sep 4, 1916 - Aug 8, 1995
Adams, Norma May (nee Meng)  Nov 13, 1926 - Aug 25, 2014 wife of Kenneth,dau of Clarence & Elsie
Alexander, Florence Annabelle (nee Bird)  Mar 13, 1906 - Dec 25, 1981 wife of William
Alexander, William  Sep 22, 1901 - Sep 17, 1964
Alie, Joseph  Apr 28, 1948 - May 26, 2014
Allen, George A.  1924 - 1985
Allen, Phyllis B.  1929 - 1993 wife of George
Amanson, Helen  1941 - 1943
Amanson, Tone  1891 - 1975
Amanson, Violet  1915 - 1945
Amonson, Henry Lynn  10 May 1954 - 8 Jul 2013 son of Orville & Pearl
Amonson, Henry M.  May 25, 1911 - Jun 26, 1911
Amonson, Judith Marlene  1949 - 1977 dau of Orville & Pearl
Amonson, Orville B.  Apr 7, 1919 - Nov 20, 2003
Amonson, Pearl L.  Dec 20, 1923 - Nov 21, 2007
Amonson, William Geroy �May 5, 1913 - Jul 20, 1914
Armstrong, Christopher  1850 - 1941
Armstrong, George Wilbert  Aug 3, 1888 - Nov 11, 1949 son of Christopher
Armstrong, James Edward  �Jan 28, 1881 - Apr 6, 1962 son of Christopher
Armstrong, Mary  Mar 26, 1852 - Nov 19, 1927
Armstrong, Mary Cathern Willamine (nee Hunt)  1903 - 1973 wife of James
Ash, Gerald Charles  Jul 12, 1931 - Jun 11, 2011
Austin, Dora Eva (nee Banks)  Sep 10, 2007 age 74
Ayles, Edith May (nee Fowler)  1893 - May 30, 1967
Ayles, Usher B.  1881 - 1963
Ayles, Usher & Edith  (2nd photo)

Baker, Bessie Alena (nee Pyott)  Jul 27, 1886 - Mar 31, 1921 wife of Charles
Baker, Charles Wesley  Feb 27, 1882 - Sep 1931
Baker, Rowena (nee Cummings)  1849 - ???? dau of Levi & Nancy
Banks, Marjorie (nee Stobbs) Stewart  Oct 8, 1927 - Feb 14, 2010 dau of Oswald & Ann
Bellamy, John J.  1912 - 1966
Bellamy, Margaret E.  1913 - 1946 wife of John
Berg, Kenneth Arvid �Jan 6, 1954 - Oct 23, 1983
Berry, Walter  1879 - 1956
Bird, Gilbert R.  Aug 30, 1974 age 70
Bird, Herbert J.  Dec 15, 1968 age 73
Boyle, Janet Laughlin (nee Forbes)  Feb 9, 2005 age 87 wife of William, dau of Arthur & Helen
Braaten, Ada K.  1911 - 1977 wife of Louis
Braaten, Agnes  1912 - 1994 wife of Albert
Braaten, Albert  1903 - 1995
Braaten, Anna  1861 - 1938
Braaten, Carl Edward  Sep 11, 1903 - Jun 14, 1983 hus of Gertrude
Braaten, Cory Dean  Jun 28, 1977 - Jun 2007 hus of Christie Snow, son of Darryl & Carol
Braaten, Edwin Albert  Oct 25, 1917 - Oct 26, 1917 son of Syver & Amelia
Braaten, Florence Isabell (nee Pettigrew)  Dec 7, 1924 - Feb 23, 2011 dau of Wilbert & Isabell
Braaten, Frances E.  1903 - 1987 wife of Martin
Braaten, Gary Lynn  Apr 11, 1955 - Aug 25, 2012
Braaten, Gertrude Lavina (nee Whelen) �Feb 28, 1906 - Aug 25, 1994 dau of Luke & Hannah
Braaten, Harold Martin  1928 - Nov 29, 2012
Braaten, Ida (nee Halvorson)  1895 - 1992 wife of Olaf
Braaten, Inger  1867 - 1932
Braaten, Karine (nee Pladsen)  Sep 20, 1878 - Oct 21, 1915 wife of S. E.
Braaten, Lars  1858 - 1948
Braaten, Lorna Elaine (nee Mattice)  Mar 9, 1934 - Oct 31, 2015 wife of Mervin
Braaten, Louis  1906 - 1979
Braaten, Martin  1900 - 1974
Braaten, Mervin Gerald  Jun 26, 1930 - Feb 29, 2016
Braaten, Olaf  1889 - 1979
Braaten, Orvin H. died Jan 4, 2008
Braaten, Ray A.  1935 - 2003
Braaten, Selmer  Sep 26, 1922 - Oct 15, 1922 son of Syver & Amelia
Braaten, Sofia Amelia  Aug 14, 1919 - Aug 20, 1919 dau of Syver & Amelia
Broadfoot, Doris (nee Sinclair) Lewis  Sep 22, 2004 age 73 wife of Herb, dau of Jim & Mae
Broadfoot, Gordon  died 1993 hus of Nina
Broadfoot, Nina Gladys (nee Wilson)  Oct 21, 1915 - May 11, 2010 dau of Sherwood & Margaret

Campbell, Charles Forbes  1882 - 1943
Campbell, Earl Leslie  Oct 1, 1921 - Nov 27, 1946 son of Charles & Lillian
Campbell, Lillian Clara (nee Barrs)  1889 - 1984
Card, Agnes Henrietta (nee Wilson)  Dec 30, 1856 - Jun 25, 1936
Christopherson, Clifford Thoralf  Apr 1, 1918 - Oct 26, 1942
Clouston, James Alfred  1917 - Jan 3, 1972
Cook, Edgar L.  1918 - 2008
Cook, Nellie Edwards (nee Park)  1908 - 1986
Cook, Robert Lawson  �Jul 7, 1954 - Jul 22, 2008
Cox, Anna B. (nee Stewart)  1880 - 1971
Cox, Daniel Laurentice  1873 - Oct 13, 1957
Cox, Eliza Jane (nee Stewart)  Feb 8, 1877 - Apr 26, 1946
Cox, G R. M.  Dec 14, 1973 age 66
Cox, Thomas Havlock  Mar 18, 1864 - Dec 21, 1943

Davidson, (baby)  
Dodwell, Horace Dyson  1871 - 1935
Dodwell, Ivy Phyllis  1921 - 1937
Dodwell, Leonard A.  1890 - 1978
Dodwell, Mary E.  1894 - 1986 wife of Leonard

Erickson, Hans  1875 - 1946
Erikson, Hazel Mary (nee Johnstone)  Sep 21, 1931 - Oct 6, 2016 wife of Einar, dau of William & Annabelle

Folster, Lawrence E.  died Jan 26, 1975
Foster, Jacob  1868 - 1935
Foster, P. Edith  1883 - 1960 wife of Jacob
Foster, Peggy (nee Stockbridge)  �Aug 27, 1928 - Dec 6, 2016 dau of Samuel & Consey
Foster, Thomas George  Jul 19, 1913 - Feb 26, 2012
Foster, William �Bill�  died Sep 30, 2006 hus of Peggy
Franklin, Lester Raymond  Dec 25, 1919 - Aug 2010 hus of Alice Banks, son of Edgar & Bertha

Getz, Merrill Blair  Jan 4, 1937 - May 17, 1939
Gjesdal, K.  Aug 19, 1910 - Nov 29, 1914
Grambo, John Olaf  1888 - 1950
Graupe, Trina  1966 - 1969

Hablichek, Margaret Clara (nee Hunter)  Sep 12, 1915 - Oct 18, 1999
Halstead, Arthur  1855 - 1932
Halverson, Amalia 1879 - 1917 wife of Henry
Halverson, Henry O.  1869 - 1956
Halvorson, Delia Hazel  Aug 15, 1913 - Feb 2, 1914 dau of O.
Hansen, August  1867 - 1949
Hansen, Gina  1867 - 1947
Hansen, Henry  Jul 26, 1900 - Jan 6, 1991
Hansen, Magdalena A.  Nov 27, 1892 - Nov 29, 1911
Hanson, Albert  1895 - 1906
Hanson, (baby)  Sep 16, 1974 - Sep 16, 1974
Hanson, Christian  1899 - 1910
Hanson, Cory Allen  Dec 24, 1972 - Jan 16, 1973
Hanson, Hans Sigurd  1883 - 1946
Hanson, Henry  1887 - 1911
Hanson, Martha  1890 - 1973
Hanson, Roy F.  Feb 6, 1978 age 58
Hanson, Sophie  1859 - 1934
Hanson, Verner M.  1918 - 1934
Harkness, Isadore  1862 - 1949
Harstad, Albert J.  1939 - 1948
Hartgerink, Fanny  1887 - 1936
Head, Arthur Donald  Nov 22, 1909 - Apr 4, 1991
Head, John Donaldson  Jan 12, 1874 - Jul 15, 1960 hus of Kate Taylor, son of Robert & Isabella
Head, Lorelee Joan  May 15, 1959 - Feb 26, 1967 dau of Arthur & Zelma
Head, Zelma Ruth (nee Whelen)  Jul 13, 1908 - Jun 23, 1999
Hendricks, Pearl Isabele  1909 - 1977
Hoknes, Albert S.  Mar 7, 1912 - Mar 20, 1912
Hoknes, Alfred  1905 - 1979
Hoknes, Andrew  1869 - 1929
Hoknes, (baby)  �
Hoknes, Clara  1885 - 1933 wife of Andrew
Hoknes, Ella N.  May 14, 1910 - Apr 24, 1911
Hoknes, Leona Ruth  Oct 16, 1931 - Jul 19, 1951
Hoknes, Sophia  1912 - 1993
Homer, Joseph Leonard  died Dec 1, 1964
Hornibrook, Albert E. �Bert�  1898 - 1997
Hornibrook, Marian  Mar 24, 1912 - Nov 25, 2009 wife of Albert
Hovde, Christine (nee Alldrin)  1867 - 1949 wife of Halvor
Hovde, Edgar T.  1907 - 1968
Hovde, Halvor  1858 - 1929

Isaacson, Roy Kenneth  Apr 4, 1993 age 67

Jackson, Mabel  Sep 25, 1926 - Sep 12, 2005 wife of Robert
Jackson, Robert John  Jul 30, 1974 age 55
Jakobsen, Mary (nee Almer)  Feb 16, 1920 - Jun 23, 2014 dau of Frank & Nancy
Jakobsen, Torbjorn 'Tony'  hus of Mary
Jamieson, Laura Jane  1878 - 1928
Johnston, Bertha  Jul 22, 1886 - Oct 5, 1934
Johnston, Ellen Louise  Apr 8, 1944 - Oct 8, 2012 dau of Jack & Joy
Johnston, Hannah Polly (nee Taylor)  Oct 15, 1884 - Aug 13, 1969 wife of William
Johnston, Jack R.  1913 - 1980
Johnston, Joy A.  1915 - 1997
Johnston, Thomas L.  Feb 2, 1877 - Nov 25, 1943
Johnston, William James  Nov 20, 1873 - Mar 10, 1965
Johnstone, Hector Alexander  Sep 7, 1928 - Dec 28, 1994
Johnstone, Thomas Percy �Mar 31, 1934 - Jun 23, 1995

Krzemkowski, Bernard  Sep 24, 1909 - Feb 26, 1989

Leland, Elise Marie  1873 - 1952
Leland, Gotfred Ingvald  Mar 4, 1873 - Sep 27, 1938
Lewis, Joseph  Aug 19, 1961 age 64

MacDonald, Fred W.  died Nov 11, 1962
Matheson, Verna Lenore (nee Swenson)  �Mar 20, 1920 - Jun 27, 2006 wife of Cliff, dau of Edward & Carrie
McDonald, Margaret E.  1886 - 1953 wife of Fred
McIntosh, Norman Howard  1914 - 1968
McMahon, Caroline M.  1921 - 2014
McMahon, Chester S.  1920 - 2002
Mitchell, Alfhild (nee Gjesdal)  Nov 2, 1913 - Sep 27, 2009 wife of Hanley, dau of Knute & Amanda
Mohn, Edith Lois Smith (nee Ayles)  1920 - 2006 dau of Usher & Edith
Mohn, Oscar Helmar  Oct 13, 1914 - Apr 14, 1964

Nevland, Kristopher Andrew  May 31, 1976 - Jan 25, 2017
Newhouse, Thelma R.  1920 - 2008 wife of Wilfred
Newhouse, Wilfred L.  1914 - 1995
Nicholls, Samuel  1882 - 1947
Nicholls, Sarah J.  1870 - 1945
Njaa, Bertha  1883 - 1950 wife of Peder
Njaa, Ingvald  1879 - 1928
Njaa, Peder  1872 - 1967
Njaa, Ralph Thoren  Apr 7, 1913 age 16 wks, son of Rev. N
Nordland, Jane  Mar 5, 1911 age 75

Ober, Etta (nee Hartgerink)  1914 - 2003 dau of Fanny
Olsen, Dale Gerald  1964 - 1964 son  of Gerald & Maxine
Olsen, Gerald  Jul 5, 1935 -
Olsen, Gunder  1904 - 1984
Olsen, Maxine  Sep 10, 1934 - Feb 11, 2014
Olsen, Stella  1905 - 1997 wife of Gunder
Opseth, Elmer Joseph  Jul 11, 1924 - May 11, 2013 son of Trygve & Sophie
Orton, Arthur Edward  1930 - 1947

Park, Elizabeth  1873 - 1945 wife of James
Park, James  1858 - 1926
Perry, Donald Maxwell Vernon  Dec 27, 1935 -
Perry, Margaret Lillian (nee Lewis)  Mar 23, 1932 - Dec 15, 2013 wife of Donald
Peterson, Elizabeth Martha  1888 - 1981 wife of William
Peterson, William  1880 - 1949
Pratt, Harvey E.  Apr 28, 1971 age 62

Robinson, Arthur  1881 - 1939
Robinson, Mary E.  1881 - 1939 wife of Arthur
Rolf, (unknown)  died 1913
Royer, Muriel  1930 - 2003
Rude, Alvin Norman  died Oct 24, 2004 hus of Beth Warder, dau of Erick & Marie

Sampson, Hugh Paget  Sep 27, 1913 - Nov 10, 2009 hus of Lenora, son of Hugh & Florence 
Sampson, Lenora Victoria Heisler  Feb 10, 1927 - Oct 13, 2010 dau of Wedelin & Theresa
Sanderson, Ralph  Mar 9, 1963 age 66
Sandvold, Bertha Gurina (nee Wareberg)  Jul 17, 1879 - Aug 28, 1966 wife of Anders
Savage, Gordon Trotter  Jul 26, 1921 - Nov 11, 2007
Schafer, Robert J.  died Sep 8, 1948
Skrudland, Hazel Elizabeth  1915 - 1988
Skrudland, Palmer Olaus 1 1905 - 1969
Sorensen, Svend  May 14, 1980 age 73
Spiker, Gordon  died May 2005 hus of Linda
Spiker, Linda Hope (nee Franklin)  Aug 7, 1947 - Oct 16, 2008 dau of William & Goldie
Stamnes, Olav A.  Dec 21, 1907 - Apr 25, 1990
Stevenson, Frances Pearl (nee Sandvold)  Aug 27, 1911 - May 4, 2009 dau of Anders & Bertha
Stewart, Gerda Svanhild (nee Christiansen)  Jan 1, 1925 - Oct 27, 2010 wife of Bob, dau of Martin & Dagny
Stewart, Lindsay F.  Dec 6, 1919 - Jul 31, 1996
Stewart, Nelson H.  1923 - 1957
Stroklund, Anna  �Aug 1867 - Oct 1921 wife of Lars
Stroklund, Lars Eric  Jul 1869 - Mar 1922
Stroklund, Olaf  Dec 1828 - Mar 1917
Swanson, Edna M.  Feb 25, 1910 - Nov 25, 1910 dau of Nels & Hilma
Swanson, Ernest Gustaf  1891 - 1987
Swanson, Grace Edna (nee Jackson)  Feb 9, 1914 - Aug 16, 1995
Swanson, Hilma  1890 - 1957
Swanson, Matilda  1860 - 1941 wife of Thomas
Swanson, Muriel Noreen (nee Whelen)  Sep 30, 1910 - Aug 15, 1999 wife of Tom, dau of Luke& Hannah
Swanson, Nels  1884 - 1966
Swanson, Thomas  1868 - 1944
Swanson, Willie S.  Jan 20, 1908 - Mar 21, 1908 son of Nels & Hilma

Terlson, Samuel  Apr 24, 1872 - Sep 1927
Terlson, Samuel J. G.  Feb 25, 1925 - Jul 24, 1937
Tice, Mary Katherine(nee  Bender)  1870 - 1956 wife of William
Tice, William Ellsworth  1866 - Jan 24, 1937 son of Martin & Elizabeth
Tomtene, Margaret  1911 - 1985 wife of Trond
Tomtene, Trond K.  1906 - 1999

Undem, Ane Marie  1869 - 1930

Vinnell, Corinne E.  1907 - 1981
Vinnell, Gordon F.  1929 - 2009
Vinnell, John F.  1899 - 1948
Vinnell, Les  Nov 21, 1936 - Feb 11, 2010
Vinnell, R.  E.  1914 - 1918

Wait, Clarence Benjamin  Dec 3, 1866 - Nov 4, 1945
Wait, Cordelia (nee Fish)  Jun 16, 1844 - May 5, 1924
Wait, Finlay Benjamin  Nov 11, 1844 - Aug 8, 1925
Wait, Rebecca (nee Wilson)  Nov 1, 1864 - Jul 1945
Wareberg, Dorthe Kristine (nee Mortenson)  Sep 17, 1840 - Feb 26, 1912 wife of Hendrick
Wareberg, Henrick Ommundsen  Aug 9, 1840 - Oct 5, 1912
Whelen, Ardinal R.  Nov 15, 1912 - Jun 8, 1992
Whelen, Bessie Edna (nee Foster)  May 25, 1908 - Nov 26, 2008 wife of Harvey
Whelen, Edith Wendela (nee Stahl)  Jun 20, 1912 - May 23, 1972 wife of Ardinal
Whelen, George Edward  Dec 20, 1919 - Jun 10, 1994
Whelen, Hannah Mary (nee Armstrong)  May 25, 1885 - Feb 24, 1955
Whelen, Harold Edward  Apr 3, 1945 - Apr 23, 1993
Whelen, Harvey Hume �May 5, 1904 - Nov 26, 1986
Whelen, Kenneth Arnor  Dec 24, 1934 - Jul 4, 1948 son of Wilbert & Mary
Whelen, Luke  May 4, 1883 - Jul 22, 1957 son of Christopher & Hannah
Whelen, Mary (nee Taylor)  Nov 29, 1895 - Jan 17, 1992 wife of Wilbert
Whelen, Mary Jane (nee Bole)  Oct 29, 1862 - Apr 29, 1939 wife of Peter
Whelen, Peter �Apr 16, 1855 - Feb 23, 1935
Whelen, Wilbert Erd  Oct 12, 1890 - 1957 son of Peter & Mary
Wildey, Allan Peter  Dec 23, 1915 - Mar 31, 1995
Wilson, Harry A.  Mar 25, 1885 - Sep 23, 1964
Wilson, Margaret Jane (nee Whelen)  Mar 22, 1886 - Oct 5, 1958 wife of Harry
Wudrick-Zachow, Mary E.  1907 - 1986

Zachow, Caroline  1873 - 1949 wife of Charles
Zachow, Charles  1876 - 1945
Zachow, Edward Henry  1909 - 1986




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