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