Pioneer Cemetery, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

PIONEER CEMETERY

     11865 Peggys Cove Road
  Rte 333  French Village, Halifax County, N.S.

PIONEER CEMETERY HERITAGE SOCIETY

Headstone Inscription include the following surnames as of Nov. 21, 2002.

AWALT, BOUTILIER, COLP, CORNEY, DAUPHINEE, DEAL, DOREY, DRISCOLL,
 HAMILTON, HUBLEY, JOHNSON, LAING, LONGARD, McDONALD, McGOWAN,
 MASON, MOORE?, SCHWIENHEIMER? and SMITH.


BOUTILIER  Elizabeth      d Oct 15, 1901  79 yrs    wife of Benjamin

BOUTILIER  Benjamin       d Dec  5, 1898  50 yrs 

BOUTILIER  Louisa M.      d Mar 28, 1911  48 yrs
             dau of Isaac J. & Louisa

BOUTILIER   Peter G.       1832 - April 16, 1916 Father
                       Agnes          1854 - 1901 Mother
                       Florence       1883 - 1893 Sister

BOUTILIER  Reuel Wellington   b. Sep 18, 1888 
            inf baby, son of William Albert & Francis Lomina 

DOREY      Edith May      d Apr  8, 1897  6 yrs
             dau of Nehemiah & Fannie

DRISCOLL   Harriet        d Feb 16, 1889  33 yrs

DAUPHINEE  Joseph Christopher
                       d Jan 19, 1828  25 yrs  2mos  18 das
             son of Christopher & Sarah

DAUPHINEE  Peter Christopher  d Jan 22, 1828  16 yrs  2 mos 
             son of Christopher & Sarah

DAUPHINEE James C.  Died 12 Jan. 1828 age 22 yr.10 mos.
            son of Christopher & Sarah

DAUPHINEE  Stephen          1833 - 1889
             wife  Sarah A.             1839 - 1922
              Samuel J.                   1875 - 1910
              Stanley M.                 1877 - 1895
              Angus                         1883 - 1883

DAUPHINEE  Susan M.     (nee Boutilier)   1829 - 1914
             wife of Adolphus    d. Mar 31, 1914  85y   Tantallon

JOHNSON    J. Edward             d Aug 1, 1920  80 yrs
HAMILTON   his wife Georgina       1851 - 1935
COLP       Frederick R.          d Apr 1914  17 yrs

HUBLEY     Daniel           d Dec  7, 1883  66 yrs 
             his wife Maria  d Mar 19, 1876  45 yrs

HUBLEY     Gordon F.        d Jan  3, 1921  34 yrs  husband

HUBLEY     Levy             d Oct 25, 1920  67 yrs

LONGARD    Edward R.                   1891 - 1956
             his wife Edith F.          1894 - 1963

McDONALD   Allen                       1820 - Apr 18, 1886
             his wife Lucy      Oct 31, 1841 - Feb 25, 1896

McDONALD   Archibald           d Mar 15, 1851  64 yrs

McDONALD  Archibald   Nov 24, 1821 - Feb 25, 1875 
LAING      Jessie           d: Mar 4, 1911  82 yrs    (wife) 
[she was born in Scotland (abt 1829) & was the wife of Archibald McDONALD (11 Nov.1821-25 Feb. 1875) 
the s/o Archibald & Elizabeth (Betsy) Catherine (BOUTILIER) McDONALD who m. 18 May 1816 at SPAH.]

McDONALD   Harold             inf son of George & Maude

McDONALD   Henry          d Dec 25, 1895  21 yrs 2 mos

McGOWAN    Sarah Jane     d Jun 6, 1901  68 yrs       wife of James

MASON      A. Edward                   1887 - 1955 
            his mother Hannah           1867 - 1964

MASON      George T.                   1900 - 1944

MASON      Hannah                      1867 - 1964
             son A. Edward              1897 - 1955

MASON      J. Edward                   1862 - 1919
            Isaac                       1909 - 1913

MASON      Lillian                      d May 30, 1891  1 da
            Neil A.                      d Nov  5, 1911  3 mo
             children of Edward & Hannah

MASON      Stanley L.        1898 - 1944 

SMITH      Benjamin           d Apr 9, 1916  43 yrs

SMITH      Margaret           d Feb 17, 1911  37 yrs
             wife of Benjamin

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MOORE?  John D.      of Woodins River   1887  82 yrs

SCHWIENHEIMER?   Willis   of Peggys     1887  24 yrs

(these 2 may be buried in St Pauls Ang Cemetery - French Village)


   These 4 graves are out near the front of the cemetery, on the left, just inside the olde gate site.

AWALT    Tilley   date unknown ?     I presume this is Adeline "Matilda" AWALT  (age 86) of Seabright who d. 25 Feb. 1947 & was buried in the Pioneer cemetery on 27 Feb. 1947. She was the sister of Alice (AWALT) DEAL.  
 
DEAL     Willis    d: May 7,  1932

DEAL     Robert     d: April 14, 1934
             his wife Alice AWALT  d: March 30, 1937


THOSE WITHOUT STONES

AWALT, BOUTILIER, CONRAD, CONROD, DAUPHINEE, JOHNSON, 
MacDONALD, MOORE, MORASH, SEALS, SLAUENWHITE & SMITH.

AWALT, Henry    Glen Haven      62y 1m 16d      Jul 12, 1928 
AWALT,Matilda   Seabright       86y             Feb 27, 1947 
AWALT, Susan    French Village  78y             Dec 30, 1915 

BOUTILIER, Joseph       French Village  54y     Oct 21, 1916 
BOUTILIER, Mrs. Stanley (Kathaline CORNEY)  Mar 10, 1928 16 yrs - dau of Leah

CONRAD, Francis Halifax         02y             Feb 20, 1916 
CONRAD, Thomas  Halifax         01y             Dec 14, 1921 
CONROD, Elsie Lavena    Halifax 01y             Aug 30, 1909

DAUPHINEE, David Meldrum Indian Point   05y     Jan 03, 1895 
DAUPHINEE, William      Seabright       82y     Jan 26, 1933 

JOHNSON, Mrs. Georgina  Glen Haven      85y     Jan 31, 1935 

MacDONALD, William H    Eastern Passage 79y  3m  Feb 15, 1945 
MOORE, Stephen  Old Halifax Rd  19y             Mar 26, 1870 
MORASH, Martha  West Dover    85 years, 8 months and 22 days           Dec 20, 1932 
[MORASH, Martha nee-Burgoyne [Martha Morash of West Dover died 17 December, buried on the 20th by  
Rev. William Knickle at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 22 days 
1) wife of James McDonald, and 2) Michael Morash, widower of Dover] 

SEALS, George Joseph    Halifax    03y             July 27, 1898 
SLAUENWHITE, infant     Head Harbour    09hrs   Jan 03, 1895  c/o Arabella and James H. 
SLAUENWHITE, John Jacob Head Harbour    78y     Feb 12, 1897 
SMITH, Benjamin                    Apr 05, 1916 
 

NOTE:  It was noted in the church records that the above people were
buried at the Old Burial Ground. 

 

This listing and photo kindly provided by George Newbury
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