Springville Cemetery, Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Springville Cemetery
Pictou County, Nova Scotia GenWeb
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Many thanks to Victoria Fraser for providing transcriptions of the following
gravestones in Springville Cemetery. The transcriptions are as they
appeared on each stone and may not include all those present.

1.Fraser   Jessie Margaret  1854 - 1926
               John Albert  1856 - 1927
               Simon Isaac  1860 - 1933

2.Fraser    R. Clifford  1905 - 1976
               his wife Marjorie Campbell  1904 - 1971

3.Fraser    Alexander  1896 - 1970
               his wife Elsie Calder  1889 - 1966

4.Fraser    John H.  1866 - 1928
               his wife Mary Jane Fraser  1870 - 1948

5. A. Fraser MacIntosh  1892 - 1969
 his wife Anna F. Busby  1900 - ………….
 Their son Robert Sheldon  1929 - 1929

6. Nellie Hester Ross  wife of James P. Grant  1892 - 1925
 James Prescott Grant  1885 - 1948

7. In memory of William McKay  died May 2nd 1872  aged 75 years. 
 Also his wife Mary Fraser died May the 28 1871 aged 65 years.

8.Smith   John T. Smith  1861 - 1927
 Mary Ann Fraser wife of John T. Smith  1859 - 1925

 William Smith  1822 - 1901
 His wife Anna Baldry  1821 - 1900

 Harold G. Smith  1895 - 1958

9. William Fraser  died Feb. 11, 1860 aged 51 years
 his wife Jennet Grant died June 29, 1860 age 53

10. Margaret Fraser wife of Alexander McLean
 born in Invernesshire Scotland 
 died Sept. 29, 1858 aged 84 years
 Alexander McLean  native of Inverness shire
 Parish of Urquhart  emigrated to America 1801
 Departed this life Feb. 20, 1831 age 81 years

11. James Grant  died March 1, 1873 aged 78 years
 his wife Jannet Fraser  died Jan. 4, 1886, aged 83 years

 12. James Grant  1806 - 1884
his wife Mary Fraser 1810 - 1887
Jessie Ellen Grant (Mother)
 Wife of Samuel C. Fraser  1835 - 1871

13. Donald McKay  of Iron Ore died Apr. 26, 1900 aged 70 years
 his wife Mary B. Fraser  1831 - 1922

14. Louisa daughter of Alex & Annie Fraser died Feb. 2, 1864 aged 5 years & 9 months

15. Robert D. McLean died Oct. 19, 1903 aged 73 years
 his  wife Nancy Fraser died Aug. 20, 1912 aged 86 years
 John S. McLean died Sept. 15, 1867 aged 2 years
 David McLean killed at Washington  Nov. 20, 1891  aged 34 years

16. Thomas McLean died Mar. 18, 1892 aged 76 years
 also Nancy Fraser wife of Thomas McLean
 died May 28, 1884 aged 66 years

17. Finlay Fraser died May 13, 1906 aged 62 years
 his wife Annie Ross died Aug. 30, 1909 aged 62 years
 their children:
 Alexander died Mar. 9, 1880 aged 5 years
 Annie G. died Mar. 11, 1880 aged 3 years

18. Donald Fraser died Sept. 1, 1897 aged 73 years (Geologist)
 his wife Catherine Helen died Nov. 30, 1905 aged 70 years
 John died Mar. 10, 1868 aged 1 year
 Silas died June 24, 1881 aged 10 years
 Ethel died July 3, 1892 aged 19 years
 Margaret died Mar. 20, 1888 aged 32 years
 Jessie died Aug. 12, 1883 aged 25 years
 James Tho's died Dec. 7, 1885 aged 35 years

19.Fraser  Douglas E.  1926 - 1981

Gravestones 20, 21, 22 are all in the same plot
20. Simon W. Fraser  1841 - 1922
 his wife Janet Smith  1848 - 1929
 their children:
 Tena May  1886 - 1890
 Frederick M.  1878 - 1891
 Edward H. 1890 - 1918

21. Fred D. Fraser  1892 - 1948

22. Alfreda  1928 - 1937


23. Fielding Smith  Dec. 12, 1896 - Jul. 18, 1974
 his wife Annie F.  June 16, 1901 - ………….

24. William R. McKay  1897 - 1976
 his wife Kathleen Moss  1899 - 1978
 son Wm. C.D. McKay  1922 - 1945  killed in action in France

25. Rev. Angus McGillivray
 born in Invernesshire, Scotland  Dec. 25, 1792
 ordained & inducted Pastor of the East River congregation
 by the Presb'y of Pictou in the P.C. of Nova Scotia
 Sept. 1, 1824
 Died July 20, 1869 aged 77 years

 Annie Matheson wife of Rev. Angus McGillivray
 Born July 15, 1806  died Sept. 18, 1888

 William M.  McGillivray Died Feb. 23, 1902 aged 74 years
 Also his wife Jessie Duff Died  Oct. 21, 1896  aged 49 years

26. Interred are the remains of
 James Thomas McGillivray
 Student in theology who departed this life
 In the hope of blessed immortality
 On the 31 Oct. A.D. 1856
 In the 24th year of his age

27. John McMillan     Irish Mountain
 died Aug. 13, 1872  aged 59 years

 Mary A. McMillan  died Oct. 17, 1876  aged 24 years

 Alexander McMillan  died May 1, 1883  aged 26 years
 Andrew McG. McMillan  died Apr. 21, 1897  aged 32 years

28. John MacMillan   Finners Mountain
 a native of Urquhart  Invernesshire N.B.
 immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1802.
 He was an elder in the first session of the Church of Scotland in Pictou
 Died July 11, 1849  aged 80 years

 Catherine his wife died Mar. 11, 1858  aged 86 years
 Elizabeth his daughter  died Jan. 29, 1864  aged 52 years

29. Mary A. MacDonald  wife of John MacDonald  1844 - 1915
 John MacDonald  1841 - 1933

The following two burials were noted in the Chronicle Herald.
Please search the Pictou County Message Board for obituaries.
Cooke (Buck), Ada Isabel: May 1, 1994
Cooke, Roland Lea: April 11, 1994



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