Cemeteries in Lovett, Alberta (ghost town)

[Crunwere]

Wow Red Mystic - you have all been so busy - love reading your updates here at breakfast time and makes me jealous that I am not over there with you and able to help with the search.

So much has been found and I think its remarkable.  Wouldn't it be lovely if others did the same for all those other little neglected graveyards - now that would be a great memorial for 2014 and the anniversary of the Great War.

Back to re-read all your posting!

[RedMystic]

Thanks Crunware. It is truly a joint effort.

I forgot to post the link to the article about James Lohoar that Sami found. As I understand it, he was the mine manager. Here it is.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bBRlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=24cNAAAAIBAJ&dq=lovett-alberta&pg=1086,2560423

His headstone reads:
In loving memory of James Lohoar. Drowned July 26 1914. Aged 42 years. A husband and father from us has gone. A voice we loved is still. A place is vacant in our hearts. That never can be filled.

Can others open the murder article (Charles Farquharson) in my last post? The links is not working for me, but if you're interested, I will try to find another way to post it. (It needs to be compressed as it is soooo long. Sami compressed it into a RootsChat link which works for me from my PM, but doesn't seem to work for me on my last post.)

I have confirmed that the rural municipality doesn't have a cemetery burial list.  That means that what I've got for headstones will likely be all I can search.

[RedMystic]

I'm still interested in anything that can be found for the burial, Jimmie Shiota. I'm not seeing anything obvious. 

Here's another interesting one. Can you detect anything more for Mike Tomovitch & who was Red Boboboh? Also, is there a way to find out which platoon Mike served with using his service number? I also can't find Mike's arrival in Canada before 1916. Can you?

Mike Tomovitch
Birth 26 Oct 1873 in Belgrade, Serbia   
Death 9 Nov 1918 in  Lovett, Alberta, Canada

Headstone reads:
Pte M Tomovitch 63 Batt.
Died Nov 9, 1918 Age 45 years
Erected by Red Boboboh
Serbian

His age on his headstone is 10 years older than his attestation papers.    He had served 3yrs 9mos in King Nicola's military; King Nicola took the throne in Montenegro in 1910; 1st Balkan War was 1912 (may have been Mike's European military experience); he signed up Edmonton; Cdn service #467632; next of kin: wife Maria in Belgrade in 1916.

I may have to cough up the $ to buy his service file as it doesn't look like I'm going to find a family member interested in doing that.

Anything you can find would be golden.

[Crunwere]

Thanks for the great updates.

Yes I can read the murder article fine thanks - says 'case continues' so may be another article somewhere.

Also the drowning article - how sad.

[lilybell]

Hi Red, searched and searched for Jimmie Shiota but no luck.  Did not see him on 1916 census or anywhere else. He could be a dead end.

Went onto the Find a Grave site and had a look through the names that are at the Lovett Cemetery.   On George A MacAuley by going to the Alberta Homestead Index Database may ofcame upon what could be the father. There is a George and Roderick MacAuley at Section 17 Township 60 Range 3 W5.

Now moving on to Joseph Strickland there is a record for William Strickland Sec 2  Township 54 Range 8 W5.

Its not much but could lead  to something. Will keep looking.

We have sun today and its warming up. Happy dance time. LOL


Lilybell

[sami]

Hi:

I've been working on Jimmie Shiota and have been assuming that he arrived in Canada via the west coast. The only Shiota name I've come across so far has been on the 1911 and 1921 census for Vancouver.

1911 Census:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0x13/

1921 Census
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0x12/

I'll keep pursuing the immigration records to see if it leads anywhere.

sami


*****modified to add the final article on the Farqhuarson murder:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wya/

[RedMystic]

Hi all.

Here is an update for Mike Tomovitch

Headstone inscription recorded about 1975: Pte M Tomovitch 63 Batt. COEF Died Nov 9, 1918 Age 45 years Erected by Red Boboboh Serbian

Headstone indicates he was 10 years older than his attestation papers. Attestation papers say he signed up 7 Mar 1916 in Edmonton. They also indicate that he had served in the military previously. Canadian service #467632. Next of kin: wife Maria in Belgrade in Mar 1916.

He had served 3yrs 9mos in King Nicola's military; King Nicola took throne in Montenegro in 1910. The King's forces were involved in the 1st Balkan War in 1912 which may have been Mike's European military experience.

Given the period in which he was in Europe, he would have participated in the following 63 Battalion battles.

Somme, 1916, 1 July–18 November 1916
Flers-Courcelette, 15–22 September 1916
Ancre Heights, 1 October–11 November 1916

He returned to Canada 9 Apr 1917 (likely injured).

NOTE: The 63 Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force became the Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry), or LER. It is now a Primary Reserve infantry unit of the Canadian Forces based in Edmonton, Alberta.

[RedMystic]

I've also be working on Harvey Alexander Crawford. I thought he was going to be impossible, but I think the earlier research on David Lamond holds the secret. His mother was a Crawford.

Harvey Alexander Crawford
Born Oct 18 1919
Died Nov 2 1919
Aged 15 days
Sleep on sweet babe and take thy rest. God called thee home. He thought it best.

This is likely a cousin of David Lamond who was buried in the cemetery in 1918. David Lamond's mother's maiden name was Crawford. She, her husband, and most of her siblings (Crawfords) ended up in Edmonton by the late 1930s when Voters List information became available.

I believe his parents to be:

Alex Crawford
Birth abt 1889 in St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland   
Death 14 Jan 1963 in  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jean Ryan
Birth abt 1897 in Wales   

In 1921 census, the likely parents are in the Carbon area where Alex is a pit boss. The son b1920 is named the same as the baby in the Lovett cemetery. I think they lost their first baby & named the second boy the same name.

[RedMystic]

Whew! What a lot of findings have been made today.   

Sami, thank you very much for the Shiota look-ups. You got way further than I did. Thanks also for the follow-up murder article. 

Thank you Lilybell for the look-ups for MacAuley & Strickland. I look forward to seeing what else you find. (I'm so happy that your weather turned sunny & the snow stopped!! )

Here are the headstone inscriptions for those two:

In memory of George A, son of D A and E M MacAuley. Died November 13 1918. Aged 9 months 8 days.

In memory of our beloved son Joseph who died July 31, 1914 aged 3 years and 2 months. William and Jane Strickland.

Shiota, the children above and this next one are the last of the searches to complete the project.

In loving memory of our dearly loved son Angus McLeod who died April 25 1916 aged 4 months 25 days. Erected by his sorrowing parents. Too good for earth. God called him home.

Thanks again.