Cemeteries in Lovett, Alberta (ghost town)

[Crunwere]

Love what you are doing on the Find A Grave site RedMystic - definitely no criticism from this end - its marvellous that all these people are being remembered and that their stones are now visible to everyone.

Think I have only seen a picture of one stone from there before and the wooden crosses.

[lilybell]

Another bit of information found a burial listing on BillionGraves for a  Jerry D Knezevich says born

1888 died 1987 Old Mission Cemetery, Spirit River AB #133 Div 19 Looks like this could be him as

1916 census says born 1890 so only a 2 year difference.His wife's name is on the headstone also.

You could check other records on A****ry for him. My membership has expired but he could be on  Voters Lists.


Lilybell

[Crunwere]

Wow he lived to a great age - despite probably a very hard life.

Sorry my membership to A****** also expired.

[lilybell]

Found a book titled Wheatfields and Wildflowers or Ryercroft ,Spirit River that has Jerry and Edith Knezevich in it. The Calgary Public Library has a copy.Will call and see if they will do a look up.There is also another book titled Pioneers of the Peace which has J D Knezevich in it will check and see if Calgary has that one .


Lilybell

[RedMystic]

Wow! Wow! Wow!  I didn't expect that anyone would be able to find this much! Thank you Lilybell. Please let me know if the Calgary Library will do that look-up.

[lilybell]

1916 census for Jerry indicates he was a store keeper O A working on own account general store.

Some information I found on Edith wife of Jerry she was born Oct 21 1899 Mandan, North Dakota maiden name Platzer. She died September 23,1996 and had 9 children.

There are 10 burial records on BillionGraves for this name.Hoping the history book will provide more information.According  to the history book Wheatfields and Wildflowers Jerry,Edith, Lawrence Jerome and Louis are mentioned .
The  book Pioneers of the Peace has J D Knezevich mentioned.

Grande Prairie and District Branch -obituary indexes
gp.abgensoc.ca/obituaries.html

There is a charge of $15.00 per obituary, wonder if I can find a site which is more economical. 

Lilybell

[RedMystic]

This is all awesome!  I've got to take another breather so I can catch up with documenting the finds.  Thank you for everything so far.

I'll be back with another name in the next day or so.

What a fabulously fun project this has turned out to be.

BTW, I just found out that there is 1 name known in the Russian Othodox Cemetery in Lovett. (It's not far from the main Lovett Cemetery.) I'll be adding that to the list for research after we make our way through the main cemetery. 

[RedMystic]

Hi Chatters,

I thought you'd like an update on the cemetery research. It's evolving very well thanks to all of you. 

Once I post these updates, I'll post a note requesting your help for another of the burials.

The Thomas Letcher search has taken on a life of its own. I worked through a bunch of obituaries and am now in touch with his grandson.  He has generously expressed an interest in helping with the cemetery restoration. 

Lilybell has mailed me a bunch of info on the family of baby Mary Ann Knezevich. It should arrive around Friday. Two family members visited the grave site for the first time this past summer.

Lilybell also found an obituary for David Lamond, our first search.  I've not seen it yet, but look forward to receiving it.

Sami went on the Lovett Cemetery Find A Grave site & picked a name to work on: James L
James Lohoar
Birth 4 Dec 1872 in Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland   
Death 26 Jul 1914 in  Lovett, Alberta, Canada

Sami provided a great article about his drowning death which gave me the names of his wife & children.  Both of his children were in hospital in Edmonton at the time of his death. Once I had that info, I was able to do some further searching. It looks like his daughter MAY have died around that time , but his son survived to have two children. Tragically, one died age 9 in a terrible bike/truck accident. The other died age 30 of Crohn's Disease.

Sami has also found an article about a murder in Lovett, Charles Farquharson . It occurred 4 Jul 1917. I'm betting he's in one of the unmarked graves, but I won't be able to confirm that unless the Rural Municipality has a list of burials that I've not yet sourced.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wyc/

Finally in this update, here's a bit of research I did. The last burial in Lovett was Gloria Thurner, 3 years old, in 1944. In 2003, her brother's ashes were spread on her grave site.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=668512.new%3btopicseen#new

Wow! It has been a busy & satisfying few days! Thanks to all for the contributions.

[RedMystic]

Here's the next challenge.

This may be a stretch. Can you please find information for:

Jimmie Shiota
Birth abt 1878 
Death 9 Nov 1918 in  Lovett, Alberta, Canada

Headstone reads:
Japanese
Jimmie Shiota
Died Nov 9, 1918
Age 40
He is not dead but sleepeth