The Waskatenau Old-Timer's Cemetery is located at 54 degrees 03.917 minutes North 112 degrees 45.053 minutes West. You can get to the cemetery by driving south to the end of the main street at Waskatenau (off highway 28) and turning left (east). Proceed one and one half miles east and one and one half miles right (south) of Waskatenau (past the Pine Creek Cemetery on the left). The cemetery is located on the right.
The cemetery was established as early as 1908 if we can judge by the grave of Sidney Mackay. It appears to have become the Anglican Cemetery upon the creation of an Anglican Church in Waskatenau known as All Saints. Originally Waskatenau had a United Church established in 19XX. In 1928(?) an endowment from an estate in England was used by the Anglican Bishop of Edmonton to create the All Saints Church in Waskatenau.
The cemetery was neglected for many years but in recent years has been restored through efforts coordinated by Mr. Elmer Carefoot of Waskatenau.
This page contains links to photographs of the cemetery, headstones and the entries to the register of burials that have occurred there.
The Cemetery Site Photos
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On the left is the sign at the entrance to the cemetery. The two photographs below give a view of the left and right sides of the cemetary respectively when viewed from just inside the gate. |
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Headstone Photos
This selection of photos covers all of the headstones which had legible inscriptions. There are a number of other (generally irregularly shaped) stones, which likely indicate other graves, which are not included in this collection.
| Name | Dates | Inscription | Burial Registry Entry |
| Ramsay Gourlay | 1885 - 1954 | Father | Ramsay Gourlay |
| Helen Gourlay | 1885 - 1959 | Mother | |
| David Gourlay | 1928 - 1940 | Son | David Gourlay |
| Mary Louise McRoberts | 1861 - 1944 | In Loving Memory of
She lives with us in Memory |
Mary Louise McRoberts |
| McRoberts | none | none | |
| William Brewer Farnham | 1858 - 1932 |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF |
Rev. William Brewer Farnham |
| John Smith | 1866 - 1914 | ---ver one | |
| Emily Whitson | 1885 - 1930 | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN | Emily Whitson |
| Henry | 1879 - 1965 1876 - 1944 |
Francis J. Susan E. |
Francis Jack Henry Susie Elizabeth Henry |
| William Warr Watt | LOVING HUSBAND AND FATHER AT REST |
William Warr Watt | |
| Sidney Mackay | 1905 - 1908 |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
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| Asher Henry Warr | 1885 - 1939 |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF ASHER HENRY WARR
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Asher Henry Warr |
Burial Register Photos
Note: The burial register is known to be incomplete. The register is currently in the possession of Mr. Leonard Scott of Waskatenau.
Cover Page: The cover of the burial register identifies the cemetery as the Pine Creek cemetery. Inside the register the cemetery is identified as that of All Saints, the Anglican Church in Waskatenau. Another cemetery known as the Pine Creek Cemetery (established in 1913) is located about 1/2 mile north and on the other side of the road from the Old Timer's cemetery. The burials registered in this book are all in the Old Timer's cemetery.
Burial Entries:
It was intended that each burial be entered in the register. It also seems that on a quarterly basis the burials were reported to a provincial office. The first burial recorded was in 1930 and the last in 1965. Only those pages which had burial entries were photographed. There were other pages that indicated nil burials in particular quarters. There were also many many years/quarters for which no entries are made. It is known that many burials were not recorded in this register.
| Name | Sex | Residence of Deceased | Date of Interment | Location of Grave | Burial Permit Issued by |
| Emily Whitson |
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Waskatenau | 5 June 1930 | L.A. Ulsraw, B.A. | |
| (Mrs.) Rita Bragge |
F |
Sprucefield, Waskatenau | 6 June 1931 | C.A. Edie, Waskatenau | |
| Rev. William Brewer Farnham |
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Waskatenau | 15 July 1932 | C.A. Edie | |
| Lanki. Lyyli Rauha Alida | Waskatenau | 9 May 1936 | (see note 1) photo
of grave marker |
C.A. Edie | |
| William Warr Watt | M | Waskatenau | 25 Mar 1937 | R.E. Harrison, Lamont | |
| Annie Helen Bibby | F | Waskatenau | 6 Mar 1939 | C.A. Edie, Waskateanu | |
| Asher Henry Warr | M | Waskatenau | 16 May 1939 | C.A. Edie, Waskatenau | |
| Jane Dyson | F | Waskatenau | 19 May 1940 | C.A. Edie, Waskatenau | |
| Victoria Mortson | F | Waskatenau | 4 November 1940 | Lot 1 Block VIII | C.A. Edie |
| David Gourlay | M | Warspite | 12 October 1940 | Lot 8 Block I | C.A. Edie |
| Frederick Granger Cockroft | M | Waskatenau | 5 March 1941 | C.A. Edie, Waskatenau | |
| Marjorie Mortson | F | 11 September 1942 | Lot 2 Block VIII | ||
| Mary Louise McRoberts | F | Waskatenau | 29 January 1944 | Lot 1 Block I | Thelma Tanner, Waskatenau |
| Susie Elizabeth Henry | F | Waskatenau | 5 April 1944 | (not aruveyed)West of Drive on road between Lot 1 Block I | Thelma Tanner, Waskatenau |
| Ramsay Gourlay | M | Waskatenau | 17 May 1944 | Lot 5&6 Block 2 | Elsie Scott. 1954 |
| Francis Jack Henry | M | Innisfail | 22 September 1965 |
Note 1: Carol (nee Lanki) Kehler provided
corrections to the spelling of her aunt's name and the photograph
of the marker that was installed by her brother, Ian Lanki, and
her in 2006.
Acknowledgements:
Access to the burial register for the cemetery was granted by Mr. Leonard Scott. Mr. Elmer Carefoot has done much of the restoration of the cemetery which allowed the cemetery photographs to be easily taken.
© Kenneth Scott and others, 2001, 2013
modified 12 November 2013
Permission for accredited, non-commercial use is granted
