ST. LAWRENCE ANGLICAN CEMETERY

BUCTOUCHE, KENT COUNTY, NB

Transcribed by

Wendy Fisher Donnahee

& Sherman Fisher

April 2004

On December 18, 1865 the first worship service of the newly built St. Lawrence Anglican Church was held. The church was built on land donated by Robert Douglass. Bishop Medley of Fredericton, NB consecrated the church on September 24, 1870. The bell of St. Lawrence Anglican Church is from the eighteenth century British ship, the S.S. Helena. St. Lawrence Anglican Church and St. Albans Anglican Church of Cocagne, Kent County, NB were each at one time missions of Saint Martins in the Woods. Saint Martins in the Woods Anglican Church is located in Shediac, Westmorland County, NB. The following text is recorded verbatim from a plaque, which is attached to the front of the church:

Province of New Brunswick

St. Lawrence Anglican church

C. 1865

This well crafted Gothic Revival building is an

Excellent example of a church built to the

Design principles expressed by

Fredericton’s first

Anglican Bishop, John Medley

Provincial Historical Site

Located on Route 134 and on the south side of the Bouctouche River, St. Lawrence Anglican Cemetery contains at least thirty-six interments. The earliest burial date found on the existing monuments within the cemetery is 1892. The cemetery has been used for burials for at least the one hundred and twelve years. It is likely that there were burials between 1865 and 1892, but there are no monuments to indicate this. Likewise, there appear to be particular areas of the cemetery, which are burial sites, however there are no monuments or markers indicating that these areas hold interments.

(The historical background, description and the bracketed text is additional information provided by Wendy Fisher Donnahee)

Barnes, Corbett, Douglass, Hicks, Keith, Newcombe, Porter, Rice, Robinson, Smith, Trigg, Wry

(Note - If your ancestors lived in the Notre Dame, Cocagne, Grand Digue or Shediac area, be sure to check the following:

St. Martin's in the Woods Anglican Cemetery, Shediac, Shediac Parish, Westmorland County, NB at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Enbwestmo/cem-stmartins.htm

St. Albans Anglican Cemetery, Cocagne, Dundas Parish, Kent County, NB at

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/Cemeteries.html

Notre Dame Union Church Cemetery, South Cocagne Rd, Notre Dame, Dundas Parish, Kent County, NB at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbken/CemNotreDame.html)

 

BARNES

Julia E. Smith

Wife of

James Barnes

Born

May11, 1845

Died Dec. 4, 1929

Jas Barnes Jr.

1875 – 1954

(Front side)

Edward D. Barnes

Born 1873

Died March

15^th 1958

(back side)

 

CORBETT

Dorothy E. Corbett

1920 – 1992

L. Douglas Corbett

1920 – 2001

(Both of the Corbett interments are within the Douglass family plot. They are flat granite markers. A small metal veterans cross & poppy is beside the marker of L. Douglas Corbett.)

 

DOUGLASS

Robert Douglass

1813 – 1906

Betsey N.

His wife

1809 – 1892

(front side)

Robert G. S. Douglass

1915 – 1987

(left side)

R. William Douglass

1889 – 1963

wife

Mary Ann Keith

1896 – 1953

Gertrude S. Douglass Trigg

1898 – 1975

(right side)

Charles K. S. Douglass

1850 – 1929

His wife

Mary Ann Porter

1862 – 1939

Matilda O. 1845 – 1933

C. Ann 1846 – 1908

Henrietta C. 1847 – 1923

Eliza P. 1848 – 1935

Bertha 1877 – 1927

Frederick C. 1899 – 1951

Burwell Douglass

1893 – 1974

His wife

Katheryn 1893 – 1978

p / o Charles K. Douglass

R.C.A.F.

1923 – 1944 Buried in Burma

(back side)

(Within this family plot are fifteen flat markers identifying the burial site of each family member. Their names are inscribed on the markers. Charles K. Douglass, the sixteenth family member, is buried in Burma as indicated on the family monument. The large Douglass monument is in the centre of the family plot, which is directly behind the church.)

 

HICKS

Hicks, Francis – see Edward J. Smith

 

KEITH

Keith, Mary Ann – see Robert Douglass

 

NEWCOMBE

Annetta I. Robinson

1893 – 1948

Wife of

Walter H. Newcombe

1892 – 1967

 

PORTER

Porter, Mary Ann – see Robert Douglass

 

RICE

Rice, Eliza W. – see Frank B. Smith

 

ROBINSON

Robinson, Annetta I. – see Walter H. Newcombe

 

SMITH

Edward J. Smith

1873 – 1927

His wife

Irene Wry

1883 – 1960

Infant Francis Hicks 1929

Smith, Julia E. – see James Barnes

Margaret

1904 – 1921

Isarel M.

1839 – 1926

Eliza W. Rice

1881 – 1948

Wife of

Frank B. Smith

1871 – 1962

(front side)

William D. Smith

1917 – 1967

Hannah Smith

1898 – 1973

(back side)

(Within this family plot are four flat markers inscribed as follows:

Grandpa, Margaret, Mother and Father.)

Peter Albert Smith

1865 – 1948

His wife

C. Alva

1880 – 1961

Percy Albert

1911 – 1912

 

TRIGG

Trigg, Gertrude S. Douglass – see Robert Douglass

 

WRY

Wry, Irene – see Edward J. Smith