Tombstone Tuesday: VIKLUND, Tekla

Tekla E. Vicklund full grave site.

In Loving Memory

Tekla E. Viklund

1889 - 1931

In Perfect Peace

Wife & Mother

Source: Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Tekla Viklund markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, August 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: JOHNSTON, John

John Joseph

Johnston

25 Dec. 1858

15 March 1936

This bronze marker was crafted by the local Nisse Foundry and Design and was installed in 2009. To learn about the adventure locating Mr Johnston's grave and meeting his grandson go read my old post First Grave Hunt Adventure.

John Joseph Johnston died at age 77 years, 2 months, and 19 days.

Source: Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), John Johnston marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: NELSON, Louis

Louis

Nelson

Source: Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Louis Nelson marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: TAYLOR, John

Child

John

Taylor

Source: Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), John Taylor marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: ANNABLE, John

John
Hannibul¹

Locally compiled history book excerpt from Our Harvest of Memories (1983):

Annable, John
by Charlie Bruce

John Annable came to Canada and to the Sturgeon Valley district about 1906. He filed on his homestead, S.E. 16-51-2-W3, and lived in a cave, dug on the south side of the hill until his death.

He had a fine, well care for, big team of bays. They pulled a wagon (no box) -- just planks on the running gear. For lines he pulled two ropes from the outside of each horse and a short rope from one horse to the other. He would sit on the planks and put his feet against the bolster on the wagon, wrap the rope around each hand and hang onto them.

He had a housekeeper, Mrs. Rosenblade, from England, who stayed for a short while then went to Western Canada.

John had told my dad when he died he wanted to be buried on his own place. Approximately two or three years later [in 1922*], the horses ran away with him, and the pole came down and threw him into the air. He came down and broke his neck. He was laid to rest in the southwest corner of the cemetery, next to his homestead, in Holy Trinity Churchyard, the nearest location possible to being buried on his farm.²

The reason for the misspelling on the Paulhus Funeral Service aluminum plaque marker is that it, along with the others like it in the churchyard, were commissioned and installed years later by the cemetery committee and there was obviously a clear miss-communication regarding John's last name.

*Death year provided by a great-granddaughter in 2016.

Sources:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), John Hannibul[Annable] marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Annable, John." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 509. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: PETERSON, Thomas

Thomas Harold Peterson's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory
Thomas Harold Peterson
1924 - 1998
Rest in Peace¹

Thomas Harold Peterson was born in Chinook, Alberta on 18 January 1924 to Thomas Peterson and Margaret (Skotte) Peterson of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Harold moved to Saskatchewan in 1929 with his parents, originally settling in the village of Holbein.

He married Viola Mae Bruce of Sturgeon Valley, Saskatchewan on 1 November 1946 in Holy Trinity Church. Harold had four children, three of which passed away in infancy and are buried in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery: Patrica, Randall, and Lane.²

Sources:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Viola Peterson markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Peterson, Harold and Viola." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 572-753. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: PETERSON, Viola

Viola Mae Peterson's full grave site.¹

In Loving Memory
Viola Mae Peterson
1920 - 1983
Rest In Peace¹

Viola Mae Bruce was born in Sturgeon Valley, Saskatchewan to Charles Bruce and Christina (LaPlante) Bruce in 1920. She married Thomas Harold Peterson of Chinook, Alberta on November 1, 1946 in Holy Trinity Church. Viola had four children, three of which passed away in infancy and are buried in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery: Patrica, Randall, and Lane.²

Sources:
[1]Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery (Sturgeon Valley, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in NE Section 16, Township 51, Range 2, West of the 3rd Meridian), Viola Peterson markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Peterson, Harold and Viola." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 572-753. Print.