Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - Cottonwood Cemetery - Pense, Saskatchewan




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Cottonwood Cemetery
Pense district



R.M. of Pense # 160   NE 32-17-22 W2
GPS   50.482988�N   104.985253�W
First burial in 1885, 240 burials by 2005

Photographed by Terrance B. Sweeney
Additional photos by Herb Barge
(Click on coloured names to view the gravestone photo)


ALEXANDER, Phyllis E. (nee Lowery)  1921 - 2008
ALEXANDER, Wesley Donald  1923 - 12 Feb 2001 son of Sam & Velma (nee Heslop)
ARTHUR, Philip G.  1855 - 1929
ATKINSON, Estella May (nee Martin)  3 Jul 1890 - 25 Aug 1927 wife of R. E.
ATKINSON, Gertrude  1891 - 1982 wife of Robert 
ATKINSON, Robert E.  1882 - 1965 
 
BADLEY, Minnie  30 Aug 1914 age 46 
BADLEY, William  1867 - 1940
BADLEY, William Edward  died 14 Feb 1919 age 39 yrs 7 mos 7 days 
BADLEY, William Edward  (2nd photo)
BELL, William Cyril  died age 1 yr, son of William & Katie
BOWIE, Alexander  9 Oct 1865 - 5 Mar 1915 
BOWIE, Lilian  13 Nov 1917 - 4 Jun 1918 dau of Archie & Marguerite 
BOWIE, Mary Ann (nee McGillvray)  17 Mar 1861 - 20 Aug 1934 dau of Donald & Jane 
BROOKS, Annie M. (nee Nigh)  1874 - 1949
BROOKS, Benjamin  1867 - 1937
BROOKS, Charles Edward  6 May 1899 age 18 yrs 6 mos, son of Edward & Alice 
BROOKS, Ethel Greta  30 Dec 1896 - 27 Jul 1904 dau of Benjamin & Annie
BROOKS, Elizabeth  14 Feb 1921 - 1 Aug 2008
BROOKS, Harold S.  1 Aug 1905 - 29 Mar 1994 
BROOKS, Hazel Welma  16 Mar 1904 - 16 Aug 1904 dau of Benjamin & Annie
BROOKS, Isabella (nee Scott)  1904 - 1939 
BROOKS, John  11 Jul 1864 - 30 Mar 1904 
BROOKS, John G.  1860 - 1939
BROOKS, Mary Ann (nee Guyer)  1882 - 1930 
BROOKS, Willard Garner  1892 - 1950
BURTON, Conrad V.  1895 - 1993

CAIRNS, (baby)  
CAIRNS, Ellen L.  1878 - 1950
CAIRNS, Neil  1869 - 1942
CAIRNS, Walter T.  1908 - 1960
CAMERON, Dorothy Loraine  7 Oct 1915 - 16 Mar 1916
CAMPBELL, Davis  
CARTRIDGE, Ellis  22 Jun 1908 age 37 yrs 6 mos, son of Joseph & Charlotte 
CARTRIDGE, Joseph  30 Nov 1914 age 77 yrs 8 mos
COPEMAN, Wilford C.  1900 - 1926  
COUTTS, Alexander  1895 - 1986
COUTTS, Ida Jean (nee Frew)  7 Dec 1897 - 17 Oct 2000 dau of Hugh & Jean 
COUTTS, Nellie Edwards  2 Apr 1907 - 19 Apr 1907 
 
DEWAR, Beverly  2 Apr 1927 age 15 mos
DEY, George  5 Feb 1915 age 35 son of William & Isabella 
DEY, Henry Thompson  25 Jul 1916 age 27 son of William & Isabella 
DEY, William Gordon  1875 - 1932 son of William & Isabella
DOUGLAS, Shawn Roderick  Aug 2014 age 54 hus of Kim Nuttall, son of Norman & Jean
DUNNING, George I.  24 Jul 1916 - 14 Apr 1996
DUNNING, Jean E.  29 Oct 1919 - 26 Sep 2008
 
ESPLEN, Adam  1860 - 1929 
ESPLEN, Amy  1914 - 1990
ESPLEN, Florence (nee Middleton)  1912 - 21 Sep 2007 dau of Isaac & Olive 
ESPLEN, Henry McLean  1906 - 1986
ESPLEN, Jack  1892 - 1979
ESPLEN, Margaret  1871 - 1940

FISHER, J. H.  18?? - 1978
FREW, Hugh Smyllie  14 Dec 1909 age 53 yrs 11 mos
FREW, Irvine Hugh  24 Mar 1913 age 13 yrs 4 mos, son of H. S. & J.
FREW, Jean Waddell  24 Jul 1856 - 19 Aug 1950 wife of Hugh 
FREW, John Waddell  25 Dec 1891 age 12 mos, son of H. S. & J.
FREW, Pearl  1917 - 1990 
FREW, Wilbert A.  1889 - 1993 son of Hugh & Jean
FREW, Willis  1941 - 1987 
 
GARVEN Family Headstone  
GARVEN, Agnes Christie (nee Grahame)  18 Aug 1887 - Jul 1975 wife of James
GARVEN, Bruce  1927 - 21 Dec 1945 son of James & Agnes
GARVEN, Donald Alva  30 Mar 1929 - 31 Mar 2005 son of Bill & Ivy (nee Hunter)
GARVEN, Edna Gladys  31 Jul 1926 - 10 Jul 2008
GARVEN, Grahame  1913 - 1936 son of James & Agnes 
GARVEN, James  18 Dec 1878 - Oct 1938
GARVEN, Munroe  1915 - 21 Dec 1945 son of James & Agnes 
GARVEN, William  3 Feb 1921 - 19 Jun 1921 son of James & Agnes 
GOOD, Stuart E.  1944 - 2044 
GRAHAM, (baby)   died 1913 
GRAHAM, Harriet  1891 - 1957
GRAHAM, Joseph  1879 - 1929
GRANT, Cecil Earnest  17 Apr 1908 - 6 Sep 1910 son of Ernest & Myrtle 
 
HAGERTY, Sarah Elizabeth  1889 - 1933
HAGERTY, Stanley J. T.  died 31 Aug 1899 age 7 yrs 9 mos 16 days, son of Andrew & Ann 
HAMILTON, Bessie Bell  13 May 1894 - 28 Jan 1971 dau of Joseph & Floria 
HAMILTON, Donald Gregor  1 Feb 1897 - 27 Sep 1897 son of Joseph & Flora
Hamilton, Donald Gregor  (2nd photo)
HAMILTON, Flora Isabella (nee McGillivray)  3 May 1866 - 17 Feb 1957 dau of Donald & Jane 
HAMILTON, Joseph Alexander  18 Apr 1864 - 10 Sep 1925
HANNA, Ennis F.  23 Oct 1912 age 39
HANNA, George  1875 - 1954
HANNA, Maggie M.  5 Dec 1901 age 24 
HANNA, Rachel Ida  1880 - 1970
HART, Roger Edwin  1864 - 1937
HENRY, John Robert  12 Nov 1909 - 21 Nov 1910
HENRY, Joseph  
HEPWORTH, Sarah Ann  1841 - 1927
HOUSE, Anne Jane (nee Holmes)  1 Dec 1919 age 81 yrs 2 mos 15 days 
HOUSE, Richard J.  1842 - 1915 hus of Anne 
HUNT, Agnes Evelyn  29 Nov 1892 - 6 Jan 1943

JOHNSTON, Gail J. E.  1944 - 1997

KAY, Joseph  27 May 1913 age 53 yrs 10 mos 24 days, hus of Helen McGillvray
KERR, Esther Jean Isabella  23 Jul 1909 - 27 Apr 1913
KERR, Jean  died 27 Aug 1915 age 46 
KEYS Family Headstone  
KEYS, Adora F.  1908 - 1984
KEYS, Cecil Wm.  12 Jul 1908 - 16 Nov 1913
KEYS, David L.  1901 - 1976
KEYS, Elizabeth Isabella (nee Sutherland)  14 Mar 1878 - 19 Sep 1957 dau of Alexander & Isabella (nee McLeod)
KEYS, Hugh  17 Aug 1834 - 24 May 1885
KEYS, Hugh & Mary  (2nd photo)
KEYS, Joseph  7 Oct 1867 - 11 Dec 1940 hus of Elizabeth
KEYS, Mabel L.  14 Aug 1912 - 4 Jul 1913 dau of A. & L. 
KEYS, Mary (nee Armstrong)  17 Sep 1837 - 8 Feb 1924
KEYS, Mary E.  17 Mar 1909 - 15 Oct 1909 dau of A. & L. 
KRUMM, Kenneth Warren  12 Oct 1926 - 27 Sep 1993 
KRUMM, Mildred Alice (nee Graham)  27 Jun 1926 - 17 Aug 2005 dau of Ellis & Barbara

LAWTON, Christina  
LAWTON, Jesse  1857 - 1929
LAWTON, Jessie Bell  18 Jun 1903 age 17 yrs 8 mos, dau of Jesse & Christina
LAWTON, Jessie Bell  (2nd photo)
LAWTON, Randall B.  25 Dec 1900 - 23 Nov 1913
LAWTON, Randall B.  (2nd photo)
LEACH, Henrietta  2 Feb 1828 - 10 Sep 1905
LESLIE, Douglas A.  16 May 1885 - 5 Mar 1904
LOVELL, John 'Jack'  1919 - 1985

MARQUETTE, A. A.  21 Nov 1883 - 20 Feb 1934
MARQUETTE, (unknown)  1911 - 1958
McBRIDE, Trevor E.   died 7 Aug 1934
McDONALD, Bertha  1899 - 1911
McDONALD, Jack  1903 - 1922
McDONALD, John  8 Apr 1898 age 68 
McDONALD, William  1862 - 1916
McEWEN, John Douglas  22 Jun 1944 - 17 Oct 2001 son of Duncan & Florence 
McGILLIVRAY, A.  1860 - 1928
McGILLIVRAY, Barrie  1938 - 1988
McGILLIVRAY, Catherine  1858 - 1931 wife of John
McGILLIVRAY, Catherine (nee McDonald)  7 Feb 1919 age 56 wife of John 
McGILLIVRAY, Catherine Ann  22 Sep 1876 - 10 Apr 1967
McGILLIVRAY, Donald  14 Mar 1912 age 42 
McGILLIVRAY, Donald A.  1913 - 1999
McGILLIVRAY, Donald Gregor  16 Sep 1905 age 92 son of Malcolm & Jean
McGILLIVRAY, Donald  (2nd photo)
McGILLIVRAY, Doreen (Minto)  1931 - 1985
McGILLIVRAY, Doug  died 1932  
McGILLIVRAY, Ethel  1910 - 2000
McGILLIVRAY, Evelyn A.  1914 - 2006
McGILLIVRAY, Gordon  23 Dec 1903 age 4 son of Hector & Phoebe 
McGILLIVRAY, Gordon  (2nd photo)
McGILLIVRAY, Isabelle  11 Aug 1934 age 25 wife of Hugh 
McGILLIVRAY, Jane (nee Wilke)  22 Jan 1912 age 85 yrs 7 mos, wife of Donald G. 
McGILLIVRAY, John W.  28 Nov 1918 age 66 yrs 10 mos
McGILLIVRAY, Joyce  1934 - 2002
McGILLIVRAY, Penny (Gremonprez)  1943 - 2011
McGILLIVRAY, Scotty  1908 - 1995
McGILLIVRAY, (unknown)  16 Feb 1909 - 28 Feb 1909 son of Donald & Catherine 
McGILLIVRAY, (unknown)  
McINTYRE, Jessie Frances (nee Frew)  8 Dec 1888 - 13 Feb 1988
McINTYRE, Robert Donald Cameron  3 Aug 1914 - 18 Dec 1915 son of Robert & Jessie 
McLAREN, John  15 Feb 1834 - 24 Jun 1915
McLAREN, Mary Agnes  8 Jan 1915 age 37 yrs 4 mos 24 days, wife of Alexander
McLAREN, Sarah Jane  22 Oct 1919 age 81 wife of John
McLEAN, Jane  28 Sep 1858 - 12 Aug 1924
McLEAN, John James  3 Mar 1843 - 12 Aug 1916
McMILLAN, Walter Gordon  31 Aug 1906 age 1 yr 6 mos
McRAE, John  19 Oct 1904 age 77
McRAE, Sarah A. (nee McGillivray)  12 Sep 1918 age 46 wife of Archie
MIDDLETON, (baby)   
MIDDLETON, Edith Ilene   3 Sep 1919 age 2 dau of Isaac & Olive
MIDDLETON, Mary (nee Digby)  25 Dec 1841 - 2 May 1925 dau of James & Julia
MIDDLETON, Robert  5 Sep 1837 - 18 Jan 1923 
MORTIMER, Grace Margaret  1908 - 1993
MORTIMER, Richard 'Dick'  17 Apr 1942 - 28 Jan 2014
MUIR, John  1867 - 1922

NESBITT, Annie M.  1902 - 1996
NESBITT, Edward (baby)  died 1934 son of William & Annie 
NESBITT, William S.  1894 - 1967
NUTTALL, Eldon Manford  7 Oct 1930 - 7 Jul 2012 hus of Hilda, son of Herbert & Thelma
NUTTALL, Gerald R.  2 Jun 1934 - 30 Dec 2007 son of Herbert & Thelma
NUTTALL, Herbert M.  1892 - 1968 son of Isaac & Margaret
NUTTALL, Isaac M.  1858 - 1919
NUTTALL, Joan A.  1953 - 1988
NUTTALL, Margaret A. (nee Green)  1869 - 1931
NUTTALL, Ronald H.  11 Mar 1933 - 15 Jun 2003 son of Herbert & Thelma
NUTTALL, Sylvia M.  24 Dec 1935 -
NUTTALL, Thelma B. (nee Johnston)  1900 - 1994 wife of Herbert
 
PINNOW, Amy V.  1930 - 2003
PINNOW, Fredrick W.  2 Jul 1872 - 6 Sep 1949 son of Carl & Augusta 
PINNOW, John W.  1927 -

ROBBINS, Thomas  6 Jan 1849 - 16 Feb 1906
ROBINSON, Charlotte (nee Ogden)  10 Aug 1865 - 19 Mar 1922 wife of Edmund 
ROGNE, Lillian Marguerite  30 Oct 1909 - 23 Feb 2002 dau of Thomas & Marie
ROGNE, Lloyd David  30 Oct 1909 - 1993 son of Thomas & Marie
ROGNE, Minnie Bernice  1901 - 1984 dau of Thomas & Marie
RYLANCE, Ida May (nee Middleton)  22 Jun 1890 - 9 Oct 1918 wife of Joseph, dau of Isaac & Mary

SANDSTRA, Joshua Robert  6 Jul 2001
SAUNDERS, Bruce  1915 - 1996 son of Nellie 
SAUNDERS, Jean  dau of John & Phoebe
SAUNDERS, John Timothy  7 Jun 1872 - 24 Jan 1921 son of George & Mary 
SAUNDERS, Lillian Jean  1902 - 1998 
SAUNDERS, Nellie (nee Hussey)  1889 - 1937
SAUNDERS, Phoebe Ann (nee Campbell)  1873 - 9 Nov 1934 
SAUNDERS, William George  1900 - 1975 son of John & Phoebe 
SCOTT, Jean Helen  1864 - 1919
SHARP, (unknown)  
SITLER, Jacob B.  12 Jan 1939 age 86 son of John & Sarah
SITLER, Susannah (nee Bechtel)  29 Aug 1916 age 62 yrs 1 mon 20 days, wife of Jacob 
SITLER, Susannah & Jacob  (2nd photo)
STANLEY, Harry  1900 - 1970
STANLEY, Maude Frances (nee Persson)  4 Dec 1914 - 29 Oct 2003 dau of Godfrey & Annie 
STEWART, William R.  1889 - 1945
SWAYN, D. Archibald  1885 - 1932 son of Isabella
SWAYN, Isabella  1850 - 1915 
 
THOMSON, George Elston  18 Sep 1905 age 6 mos
TURNER, George J.  1869 - 1936
TURNER, Jeremiah  24 Nov 1874 - 2 Sep 1909 hus of Lily Cosford
TURNER, Jeremiah  (2nd photo)

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unknown 4   
unknown 5  
unknown 6    
USHERWOOD, Birdie  11 Mar 1891 - 8 Dec 1895 dau of William & Sarah 
USHERWOOD, William  5 Jun 1853 - 10 Nov 1912 
 
VANDERSTOEL, Elisabeth W. M. 'Betty'  7 Jan 1959 - 7 Apr 1975 dau of Simon & Jane
VANDERSTOEL, Simon  5 Oct 1930 - 21 Mar 2013 son of Simon & Elisabeth

WATSON, R. A.  16 May 1872 - 13 Mar 1913
WILSON, Eliza Adeline  29 Apr 1846 - 16 Mar 1900
WILSON, Eliza & William  (2nd photo)
WILSON, George Sidney  1879 - 1947 hus of Jennie
WILSON, Mary I.  1905 - 1995
WILSON, Sadie  8 Aug 1908 - 13 Dec 1908 dau of George & Jennie  
WILSON, Sidney S.  1905 - 1984
WILSON, William  16 Feb 1910 age 77
WRIGHT, Elsie Clair  30 Sep 1889 - 7 Nov 1918

YEOWARD, Isabel T. (nee Kerr)  1873 - 1920 wife of T. Carlyle
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