Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Highland Cemetery - Birsay, Saskatchewan




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Highland Cemetery
Birsay district
R.M. of Coteau # 255   SW 3-26-9 W3
GPS   51.184166�N   107.179115�W
First burial in 1912, 120 burials by 1981

Compiled by Rod Beattie


      Last number is the Source (see bottom of page)

Alm, (baby)  bur. 1948  1
Alm, Edla �Rena� (nee Paavo)  bur. 10 Feb 1952 wife of Frank  3
Alm, Frank  1885 - bur. 7 Nov 1968 age 83  3
Alto, (baby)  bur. 1924 child of Matt & Annie  3
Alto, Annie  1890 - bur. Jul 1978 age 87  3
Alto, Martha  bur. 1924 dau of Matt & Annie  3
Alto, Matt  1889 - bur. 1972  3
Alto, Wayne  1930 - bur. 1960 age 30 son of Matt & Annie  3
Alto, Wiljo  bur. 1919 son of Matt & Annie  3
Alto, William �Willie�  1922 - bur. 1972 age 50 son of Matt & Annie  3

Eloranta, (baby)  bur. 1917  1

Freestone, William  16 Dec 1894 - bur. 15 Jul 1975 age 80 yrs 6 mos 29 days, hus of Hanna  3
Fullerton, Archie  bur. 1937  1

Hankala, Aatto  bur. 1917  1
Hanson, (twin 1)  1
Hanson, (twin 2)  1
Hanson, Isaac  bur. 1963 son of Peter & Selma  3
Hanson, Selma  1871~ - bur. 1923 age 52 wife of Peter  3
Hanson, Werner  bur. 1979 son of Peter & Selma  3
Hietala, Henry Arthur  1901 - bur. May 1921 age 20 son of Adolf & Briita  3
Hill, Julie  bur. 1920  1
Hill, Kaisa Mrs.  bur. 1923  1
Hill, Roy  bur. 1918  1
Hill, Vieno  bur. 1916  1
Holmstrom, (baby)  bur. 1912  1
Holmstrom, Elmer  bur. 1912  1
Holmstrom, John Fred  bur. 1971 hus of Mary  3
Holmstrom, Mary  bur. 1978 wife of John  3
Holmstrom, Reino  bur. 1914  1
Honkala, Aino  bur. 1919  1
Honkala, Fiija Mrs.  bur. 1937  1
Honkala, Helmi  bur. 1927  1
Honkala, Henry  bur. 1918  1
Honkala, John  bur. 1933  1
Honkala, Laila  bur. 1917  1
Honkala, Martha  bur. 1917  1
Honkala, Minnie  bur. 1922  1
Honkala, Tyyne  bur. 1915  1
Honkala, Vieno  bur. 1927  1

Jarvenpaa, Clarence  bur. 1927  1
Jarvenpaa, George  bur. 1934  1
Jarvenpaa, Maria Mrs.  bur. 1914  1
Jarvenpaa, Siivert  bur. 1921  1
Jaskela, Kaisa �Katie� (nee Karkkola)  bur. 1926  3
Jaskela, Veikko  bur. 1935 son of Vaino & Katie  3
Jaskela, Vaino  bur. 1959  3
Johnson, Alfred  25 Dec 1934 - 1937 age 3 son of Neil & Hilda   3
Johnson, Hilda (nee Linden)  bur. 7 Apr 1977 wife of Neil  3
Jokela, Charles  bur. 1959  3

Karvonen, Henry  bur. 1948  1
Karvonen, John  bur. 1924 hus of Kate  3
Karvonen, Kaisa Mrs.  bur. 1919  3
Kemppainen, Eli  bur. 1933  3
Kemppainen, Hilma  bur. 1951 wife of  Eli  3
Knuttila, Jacob  2 Aug 1888 - bur. 1967 age 79  3
Knuttila, Hilja (nee Tikkala)  13 Mar 1897 - bur. Apr 1948 age 51 yrs 1 mon  3
Knuttila, Hugo  1923~ - bur. 1942 age 19 son of Jacob & Hilja   3
Knuttila, Raymond  1941~ - bur. 1943 age 2 son of Jacob & Hilja  3
Koivisto, (baby)  bur. 1935  1
Koivisto, Elma  bur. 1921  1
Korpi, Kaisa Mrs.  bur. 1915  1
Korpi, Matt  bur. 1950  1
Koski, Ahti  bur. 1916  1

Lindross, Fred  1901~ - bur. 1918 age 17 son of John & Alvina (nee Abrahamson)   3
Lindross, Walter  bur. 1963 son of John & Alvina (nee Abrahamson)    3
Luukinen (Logan), Andru �Andrew�  bur. 21 May 1927 hus of Catherine  3
Luukinen (Logan), Mary  bur. 1923 dau of Andrew & Catherine Logan  3

Mahla, Richard  bur. 1971  1
Maki, Oskar  bur. 1964  3
Markkula, Kasvi �Elsie� (n. Laukkanen)  bur. 1962 wife of Frank  3
Markkula, Frank �Victor'  10 Apr 1901 - bur. 1957 age 56 son of Victor & Wilhelmina; hus of Elsie  3
Markkula, Wihtor �Victor�  bur. 2 Feb 1935 hus of  Wilhelmina  3
Markkula, Wilhelmina (nee Vailila)  bur. Feb 1957 wife of Victor  3
Matson, Elma  bur. 1919  1
Matson, Hans  bur. 1917  1
Matson, Leonard  bur. 1918  1

Nevala, Otto  bur. 1918  1
Niskala, Alma  1893~- bur. Jul 1971 age 78 wife of Jakko  3
Niskala, Jakko  1884~- bur. Oct 1955 age 71 hus of Alma  3

Paananen, Matti  bur. 1943  1
Pajunen, Einar  8 Jan 1900 - bur. 7 Jul 1981 age 81 yrs 5 mos 29 days, hus of Verna Ylioja  3
Pekkala, Katri Mrs.  bur. 1917  1
Pekkala, William  bur. 1926  1
Pirness, Liisa (nee Laukka)  Jan 1883 - bur. Apr 1970 age 87 yrs 3 mos  3
Pirness, Matti  Oct 1880 - bur. Aug 1948 age 69 yrs 10 mos  3
Pirness, William  1905~ - bur. Aug 1914 age 9 son of Matti & Liisa  3
Powell, (baby)  bur. 1938  1
Pukari, Axel  bur. 1940 hus of Olga Lohvansuu  3
Pukari, Bruno  bur. 1979 son of Axel & Olga  3
Pukari, George  bur. 1958 son of Axel & Olga  3

Raappana, Peter  bur. 1935 son of Hjalmer  3
Raisanen, Johan  bur. 1932  1
Raisanen, Ina �Mary� (nee Sallenen)  bur. 1964 wife of Salmon  3
Raisanen, Matleena Mrs.  bur. 1928  1
Raisanen, Sakris  bur. 1918  1
Raisanen, Salmo �Salmon�  1865 - bur. 1940 age 75 hus of Mary  3
Raisanen, William  bur. 1948 son of Rueben & Adalyne  3
Roanen, Alfred  1874 - bur. 1945 age 71  3
Roanen, Alvina (nee Abrahamson) Lindross  1874 - bur. 1961 age 87 wife of Alfred  3

Sukanen, Alvina (nee Joki)  19 Nov 1883 - bur. 17 Apr 1963 age 79 yrs 4 mos 28 days, wife of Svante  3
Sukanen, Erland (baby)  bur. 1958 son of Wilmer & Helen  3
Sukanen, Sylvia  Jul 1910 - bur. 1919 age 9 dau of Svante & Alvina  3

Tikkala, Salmo  bur. 1923  1
Tikkala, Tiina Mrs.  bur. 1929  1
Tikkala, Walter  bur. 1918  1
Touminen, Serafiija Mrs.  bur. 1931  1
Tuikkanen, Kosta  bur. 1942  3
Tuomi, (baby)  bur. 1934  1
Tuomi, Thelma  bur. 1948  1
Tupila, Mike  bur. 1934  1

Walls, (baby)  bur. 1955  1
Wilson (baby)  bur. 1932  1

Ylioja, (baby)  bur. 1917  1
Ylioja, (baby)  bur. 1950  1
Ylioja, Adela Mrs.  bur. 1979  1
Ylioja, Denis  bur. 1965  1
Ylioja, Helen Mrs.  bur. 1975  1
Ylioja, Hjalmer  bur. 1961  1
Ylioja, Jacob  1879 - bur. 1946 age 67 hus of Kaisa  3
Ylioja, Joyce  bur. 1937  1
Ylioja, Kaisa Liisa  1879 - bur. 1952 age 72 wife of Jacob  3

NOTES from Rod Beattie
- The information for this submission is based on the local history book �Echoes of Coteau� published in 1981. The information on this cemetery was submitted by Willmar Ylioja. 
- Notes on marriages, offspring - child, son, or daughter, have been based on written documents found and reviewed. 
- When there are date conflicts or inconsistencies, a cedilla �~� has been used to indicate my �present best guess� based on sources reviewed. When calculation of age is possible�I�ve done so. 
- In the future I hope to be able to supply photographs and additional information, but in the meantime the �source� of information category is as follows... 
1. Represents the information from Willmar Ylioja�s cemetery list in Echoes of Coteau (1981). 
2. Represents information gleaned from the text of the Family Histories in Echoes of Coteau (1981). 
3. Represents information from both 1� the cemetery list and 2- the Family Histories. 





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