Crow Island Cemetery, Back Bay, NB
BACK BAY COMMUNITY CEMETERY

OR

CROW ISLAND CEMETERY

Back Bay, Charlotte Co. NB

Updated July 4, 2011


 
All pictures taken by C. Beney, July 26, 2001
Upper area of graveyard looking down to water.

   

South                                                                            North


Located approx. ½ mile from corner where Pentecostal Church is situated off Rt. 772.
 

Fall of 1989 the bushes were cut away from around and in the cemetery, although some stones at the top are still not in their rightful place. There are very few burials being performed here now.
 
 


Researched & recorded May 5, 1990 by Gloria [Curran] Stewart

Drawn Map of Location of Graves

Converted to html by Charlene Beney


  The numbers have been recorded from the bottom of the cemetery working the way up to the top.

1. (No stone only 4 posts, one in each corner to mark graves)

Jane (COOK) HOOPER; wife of George HOOPER Sr. --d. Nov. 15, 1947

George, her son and his wife Ella ( HUESTON) HOOPER

Seymour, her son and his wife Arrivella 'Ninnie' (LESLIE) HOOPER


2. Infant daughter of Bill and Joyce LYNCH--Trudy

(Grave has boards surrounding it--No stone)


3. Approx. 12 feet from #2--two small graves with boards around them.


4. George A. LESLIE/1880-1967

(Stone on left grave, no stone on right grave)


5. (No stone or markings for these graves)

Angus James COOK b. June 1875 on Dugas Island by Fry's Island, d. Nov. 21, 1945, s. of James and Isabella COOK

Raymond COOK, d. Aug. 11, 1947, age 12 of heart problem (son of Angus)

James COOK b. Apr. 3, 1924, drowned May 22, 1963 (son of Angus)

Wilfred SEARLES b. approx. 1921/1922 d. 1957 (age 36/37)

Infant son of Wilfred & Darlene (COOK) SEARLES, Dec. 1957


6. LESLIE / Frances Lena / 1926-1970


7. MOTHER / Dora K. DOAK / 1927-1954

(Flat stone in upper left corner lying on ground, also three other burials, but no stones)


8. In Loving Memory of / Catherine HOOPER / 1872-1945

William F. HOOPER / 1870-1954

(large stone in upper left hand corner of fenced graves)
 

Mabbery M. HOOPER / 1903-1946

(Below Catherine and William next to fence)

Pte. Carroll HOOPER / 1933-1956 / R.C.A.S.C. C.A. / Lest We Forget

(Located to right of Mabbery)


9. (Small grave-no stone)


10. (No stone--grave sinking)


 11. (Small grave--no stone)


12. HANLEY / Boynton E. / 1881-1950 / His Wife / Mamie A. / 1894-1974


13. HOOPER /In Loving Memory Of/ 1884 Ottie E. 1961 / His Wife/ 1894 Blanche M. --/

(Stone in the middle of three graves)


14. (No stone)


15. (No stone)


16. COOKE / Jesse H. / 1885-1973/ His Wife/ Pansy Mae/ 1896-1967

(Two small foot markers--Father and Mother)
 

COOKE / Thelma COOKE / 1926-1944 / Eldon COOKE / 1936-1944
 (Each grave enclosed by boards)

(These two sets of graves are fenced in)


17. (Grave covered with crushed rock)


18. Tena (Small marker at head of grave) Edward Leavitt/ wife Tena Etta Kent

(Mother of Edward Judson Leavitt)


19. (Small head marker with no writing)


20. (No stone--six feet from #19)


21. LEAVITT / 1873 Addison 1951 / His Wife / 1879 Alice 1978

Alice LEAVITT / 1878-1978 (Small foot marker)

Addison LEAVITT / 1873-1951 (Small foot marker)

(Graves enclosed in cement)
 


22. LEAVITT / 1909 Addison / His Wife / 1914 Alice A. 1984

Forever in Our Hearts/ Mom (small marker)

(Graves enclosed in cement)


23. (No stone)


24. (No stone)


25. FRENCH / In Memory Of / Albion M. / 1879-1953 / Wife / Lena M. / 1879-


26. (No stone)


27. (No stone)


28. (No stone)


29. (No stone)


30. FRENCH / In Memory Of / Clinton A. / 1875-1961 / His Wife / Hannah / 1877-1965

(Parents of Lucy Hilda COOKE)


31. In Memory of/ Lucy Hilda (FRENCH)(HOWARD)/ COOKE / 1902-1949 / She died as she lived / trusting God/

Ashes buried here of son / Clinton Murch HOWARD b. November 23, 1928-d. December 19, 1991 / of Florida/ (no marker)


32. COOKE / Gratis P./Mar 19, 1879-Mar. 14, 1969/-- Emma E./May 3, 1870-Apr. 3, 1951 / Ever Remembered Ever Loved
 MOTHER (small foot marker)


33. GOULD / Edna Dakin/ 1896-1972 / I Have Fought A Good Fight / I Have Finished My Course / I Have Kept The Faith


34. ( Two graves with crushed rock--No stone)

Warden McLEESE d. Mar. 27, 1953

Ethel McLEESE d. May 16, 1941


35. (No stone)


36. HANLEY/ 1882 Austin E. 1962 / His Wife / 1897 Ina G. / son/ 1917 Philmore R. 1985/ Great Granddaughter / 1964 Kimberly A. SPOFFORD 1964 /

Father and Son (Two small foot markers)

(Graves enclosed in cement)


37. (No stone)


38. Emily H. McLEESE / Died / Aug. 19, 1888 / Aged 30 Yrs & 10 Mos / And Infant Son / George
 


39. (No stone)


40. (No stone)


41. (No stone)


42. Archie McLEESE / Born March 15, 1823 / Died Nov. 3, 1892 / Aged 69 Yrs/ Blessed Are The Dead / Which Died In The Lord


 43. In Memory Of / Capt. / Robert Wilson / Born At / Wilsons Beach / Oct. 21, 1829 / Drowned At / Cardiff Wales / Feb. 9, 1874 / His Wife / Caroline W. MUNROE / Born at Pennfield / Jan. 8, 1833 / Died At Back Bay / Sept. 28, 1914


44. (No stone)


45. (No Stone)


46. (No Stone)


47. HANLEY/ 1914 Trueman J. 1966/ His Wife/ 1919-1993 I. Belle 

(Across the road--has cement stones enclosing grave)


Burials after 1990-Location unknown

Edward Judson Leavitt-August 4, 1915-August 12-2004

Hilda Leta (Harris) Leavitt-May 24, 1914-December 6-2004

LEAVITT, MARINER BERNARD- 1938-2001

HOOPER, Harvey -1937-2010

Blois Cooke-1932-2011

HANLEY - Lloyd Osborne-1938-2013

Also has many other unmarked graves that cannot be found by a mound above the ground, mostly at upper part of cemetery.
South North

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