Waskatenau Old-Timer's (All Saints) Cemetery

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
PIONEER RECTOR OF PINE
CREEK ANGLICAN CHURCH
BORN MARCH 15 1858
DIED JULY 14 1932

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
SIDNEY
SON OF
W.J. & MAUDE
MACKAY
BORN MAY 1 1905
DIED SEPT. 13 1908
Their angels do always behold
the face of my Father which
                       is in heaven

 

 
Asher Henry Warr 1885 - 1939

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

ASHER HENRY WARR
1885 - 1939
AT REST

 

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

F

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

M

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