Tombstone Tuesday: WALL, Mary

Mary Wall's full grave site.*

In Loving Memory
Mary Wall
1900 - 1970
Rest In Peace

Wife & Mother

*Not the best for a full grave shot, but it was the best I could do considering my leg is holding back the plant at the foot of the grave.

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Mary Wall markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: GUNN, George

In Loving Memory
George D.          F. Patricia "Pat"
1923 - 1975            1930 -              
Gunn
Together Forever¹

In Our Harvest of Memories (1983)²:

George Donald Gunn was born on 22 October 1923 to George Gordon and Mabel (--?--) Gunn in Foxdale. He has two elder siblings and one younger sibling.

Gorge married Frances Patricia Coles on 5 November 1951 in the town of Shellbrook; together they had two sons and one daughter.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), George Gunn marker, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.>
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "George and Patrica Gunn." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 70-71. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: ALMER, Kenneth & Marie

Kenneth and Marie Almer's full grave site.

Kenneth Almer
1930 - 1990
In Loving Memory

Marie Almer
Sept 28, 1930  Sept 13, 2007
Gray's Funeral Chapel

Marie (--?--) Almer died at age 76 years, 11 months, 16 days.

Source: Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Kenneth Almer and Marie Almer markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.

Tombstone Tuesday: LOVGREN, Reinhart

Reinhart Lovgren's full grave site.¹

Lovgren
In Memory Of 
Reinhart            Martha 
1911 - 1978        1914 -         

From Our Harvest of Memories (1983)²:

Reinhart Lovgren was born on 17 September 1911 in Kongsberg, Norway. He came to the Foxdale district in 1930, was employed to clear land, and "having been raised in the city he had to learn everything the hard way."

Reinhart met Martha Anna (--?--) at the local dances and picnics and were married on 16 October 1937; together they had two daughters.

For the first four years Reinhart and Martha lived in Sturgeon Valley district before moving back to Foxdale district to take over Martha uncle Emil Schmidt's farm. In 1948 they took over "Dad's" farm as well. When Reinhart's health failed they sold out in 1974 and moved to the town of Shelbrook.

The entry has some other interesting life stuff, but as it is written by Martha and more about her life and the children and grandchildren I will leave the rest in the book.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Reinhart Lovgren markers, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Reinhart and Martha Lovgren." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 109-111. Print.

Tombstone Tuesday: SMART, William

William Smart
1919 - 2009¹

These are some facts gleaned from Our Harvest of Memories (1983)²:

William Smart was born in the Brightholm district to George Smart of Midlem, Roxburgshire, Scotland and widow Marjorie (--?--) Danger Smart of Iowa, United States. William had four elder half siblings from his mother's previous marriage and three younger full sibling.

William met Mary Wall at Hague, SK, and they were married at Parkside on 16 December 1941. While cattle and grain farming in the Foxdale district they had three sons and two daughters.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), William Smart burial mound, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "The Smart Family." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 130-131. Print.

Holy Trinity Mystery: Lot 4 and Lot 10, Part II

The solution to the confusion can be puzzled out with the help of the local history book, Our Harvest of Memories.

Grace Featherstone and Rose Robarts were sisters¹, the daughters of Algernon Holmes I.² Puzzling over the history entries has lead me to the tentative conclusion that Algernon II (1884-1935), Rose (1897-1975), and Grace (1906-1928) are siblings. It is explicitly stated in Algernon II's entry that "Algernon" was the first name give to each first born son in the Holmes family.³

Grace married Walter Featherstone and they had four children, two sons, Dennis and Lawrence, and two daughters, Rosalie and Gladys, who died in infancy.¹

The daughters are not named in the history book entry, but it is reasonable to assume that Rosalie and Gladys are Grace and Walter's daughters as they are the only Featherstone in the area. This is also an example of information error on tombstones because they were commissioned and installed at a much later; Rosalie's dates are "1906 - 1906" and Grace's dates are "1906 -1928."

Rose married Ernest Robarts and they had two sons, Leslie and Bernard, that died in infancy.²

As for the "Niece" on Rosalie and Gladys, the "son" on Leslie and Bernard, and "Sister" on Grace, "Mother" on Rose's inscriptions on the foot of the wolf stones of respectively, it was most likely the Rose that commissioned/purchased the grave markers. Resulting in some very confused cemetery enthusiasts years later!

Algernon II married Clara J. and we have our second information error on a marker. Clara J's marker reads "Clara J. Wells (nee Holmes)" but that is definitely incorrect as she was not born a Holmes but married one. I am uncertain about the Wells surname in relation to Clara J's. In the book her maiden surname is never stated and it is not stated that she remarried after Algernon II's death.³

The "Father" of Algernon II and "Mother" of Clara J's foot epitaphs reflects that it was their children, Algernon III, Clifford, Connie (Holmes) Ash, and Ronald, that decided upon the marker inscriptions.

Sources:
[1]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Featherstone, Walter and Grace." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook, Sask.: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 531-532.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Robarts, Rose." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook, Sask.: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 579.
[3]Coles, Cathy, ed. "Algernon and Clara Holmes." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 644.

Tombstone Tuesday: SMART, Mary

Mary Smart
1[???] - 2006

Two facts about Mary from Our Harvest of Memories (1983)²:

Mary Wall met William Smart at Hague, SK, and was married on 16 December 1941 at Parkside, SK. Together they had three sons and two daughters.

Sources:
[1]Foxdale Cemetery (Foxdale, R.M. of Shellbrook no. 493, Saskatchewan, Canada; in SW Section 26, Township 51, Range 3, West of the 3rd Meridian), Mary Smart burial mound, photographed by Alanna Carswell, September 2009.
[2]Coles, Cathy, ed. "The Smart Family." Our Harvest of Memories: Foxdale, Sturgeon Valley, Silver Cliff, Three Creeks, Rayside, Rich Valley. Shellbrook: Shell River North Book Committee, 1983. pp. 130. Print.