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Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery
Diligent River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lat: 45° 24'N, Lon: 64° 27'W

Contributed by Dave Clarke, Aug 26, 2011, last edited Sep 19, 2011 [gavendail@ns.sympatico.ca]. Total records = 95.

Travelling from the junction of route #2 follow route #209 west 10km to Diligent River, continue passed Ramshead River Road for about 150m. Church and cemetery are on left hand side of the road.

This is a church cemetery owned and maintained by Saint John the Evangelist Anglican Church.

I walked and completed this transcription in May of 2010.

- Dave Clarke

** family headstone show no dates but records show they all died young

Bowden, Leah M., b. 1884, d. 1953, w/o Frederick C. Varner
Canning, Deborah Elizabeth, b. Oct 9 1955, d. Nov 21 1955
Canning, Earl A., b. 1926, d. 1987
Canning, F. Whitney, b. 1899, d. 1899
Canning, Hallie E., b. 1902, d. 1920
Canning, Harris F., b. 1881, d. 1903, s/o Leander Canning
Canning, James E., s/o Leander Canning **
Canning, John L., b. 1865, d. 1939
Canning, John Pettis, b. 1860, d. 1930
Canning, Laura M., b. 1873, d. 1898, w/o Ibert Canning
Canning, Leander, b. 1838, d. 1910
Canning, Mary L., no dates, d/o Leander Canning **
Canning, Tamson A., b. 1876, d. 1914, s/o Leander Canning
Canning, William E., s/o Leander Canning **
Colpitts, Linda Ann, b. 1947, d. 1948
Colpitts, Mark Laming, b. 1953, d. 2004
Dow, William E., b. 1893, d. 1915
Ells, Loring C., b. 1928, d. 1941
Gilbert, Emma, b. 1872, d. 1941, w/o George MacLellan
Graham, Vilda A., b. 1907, d. 1959, w/o Frank M. Priest
Grant, Alice Jane Salter, b. 1870, d. 1923
Grant, Freeman Elmer, b. 1871, d. 1939
Grant, Percy, b. 1902, d. 1977
Grant, Ressie, b. 1899, d. 1985
Grant, Sherman W., b. 1900, d. 1973
Hannah, Elizabeth, b. 1853, d. 1909, w/o Capt. J. Thomas Salter
Hiltz, Ella Ruth, b. 1935, d. 1935, d/o Ray kent Hiltz
Hiltz, Ray Kent, b. 1906, d. 1964, h/o Reta F. Warren
Hughes, Carrie, b. 1910, d. 1919, d/o Nelson Hughes
Hughes, Grace D., b. 1865, d. 1927
Hughes, James Douglas, b. 1877, d. 1950, s/o Benjamin & Elizabeth Hughes
Hughes, L. Saddie May, b. 1873, d. 1951, w/o John William Warren
Hughes, Nelson, b. 1868, d. 1948, h/o Amelia Kendrick
Hughes, Nettie F., b. 1890, d. 1976, w/o Walter S. Tibbetts
Hughes, Sylvester A., b. 1864, d. 1950
Kendrick, Amelia, b. 1872, d. 1919, w/o Nelson Hughes
Kendrick, Catherine, b. 1842, d. 1930, w/o Sanford M. Lamb
Kendrick, Mary Ann, b. 1839, d. 1910, w/o Leander Canning
Lamb, Arthur, b. 1955, d. 1982, s/o Robert C. Lamb
Lamb, Ester A., b. 1876, d. 1955
Lamb, George L., b. 1906, d. 1956
Lamb, Henry M., b. 1881, d. 1919, s/o Sanford M. Lamb
Lamb, Leslie S., b. 1875, d. 1946
Lamb, Robert C., b. 1915, d. 1990, h/o Hazel Small
Lamb, Sanford M., b. 1837, d. 1915, h/o Catherine Kendrick
Lamb, Walter H., b. 1912, d. 1980, h/o Vera M Spicer
Lunn, Jeanette E., b. 1930, d. 2009, w/o Joseph H. Lunn
Lunn, Kenneth H., b. 1949, d. 1949, s/o Joseph H. Lunn
Lunn, Peter J., b. 1955, d. 1989, s/o Joseph H. Lunn
Lunn, Tony J., b. 1959, d. 1959,s/o Joseph H. Lunn
MacLellan, George, b. 1873, d. 1948, h/o Emma Gilbert
Mosher, John C., b. 1843, d. 1924, h/o Alida K .Salter
Priest, Frank M., b. 1904, d. 1971
Priest, Harvey C., b. 1906, d. 1930, s/o Jessie E. Priest
Priest, Jessie E., b. 1866, d. 1952, h/o Mary E. Warren
Priest, Leona M., b. 1896, d. 1915, d/o Jessie E. Priest
Priest, Watson A., b. 1894, d. 1910, s/o Jessie E. Priest
Roberts, Florence, d. 4 Dec 1899, age: 8 yrs 2 months 21 days, d/o Peter & Clara Robert
Robinson, Alice Alma, b. 1879, d. 1928, w/o John L. Canning
Rushton, Clarence Leslie, b. 1944, d. 1992
Rushton, George Thomas, b. 1941, d. 1981
Salter, Capt. Girvin, b. 1893, d. 1934
Salter, Capt. J. Thomas, b. 1848, d. 1910, h/o Elizabeth Hannah
Salter, Capt. Thomas H, b. 1876, d. 1910
Salter, Emma, b. 1844, d. 1901, m/o Hallie & Whitney Canning
Salter, Gordon A., b. 5 Aug 1923, d. 7 Jun 1992
Salter, John T., died 3 Mar 1900,, age: 82 yrs
Small, Hazel, b. 1926, d. 2006, w/o Robert C. Lamb
Smithies, Margaret, b. 1922, d. 2001, w/o Leo H. Tibbetts
Spicer, Vera M., b. 1923, d. 1988, w/o Walter H. Lamb
Tibbetts, Harley Jacobs, b. 1929, d. 1974
Tibbetts, Leo H., b. 1921, d. 1992, h/o Margaret Smithies
Tibbetts, Walter S., b. 1877, d. 1963, h/o Nettie F. Hughes
Varner, Albert, b. 1908, d. 1911, s/o Frederick Varner
Varner, Frederick C., b. 1882, d. 1984, h/o Leah M. Bowden
Varner, Georgina, b. 1882, d. 1958, w/o Percy Varner
Varner, Gordon, b. 1907, d. 1984, s/o Frederick Varner
Varner, Lloyd, b. 1912, d. ?, s/o Frederick Varner
Varner, Maynard, b. 1918, d. 1920, s/o Frederick Varner
Varner, Percy, b. 1883, d. 1969, h/o Georgina Varner
Varner, Stanley, b. 1905, d. 1928, s/o Frederick Varner
Vickery, Elizabeth, b. 1841, d. 1933, w/o John F. Warren
Vickery, Mary, b. 1813, d. 1900, m/o Elizabeth Vickery
Walsh, Thomas F., b. 1916, d. 2004, h/o Rita M. Walsh
Ward, Vera Bernice, died 1904, age: 14 months, d/o Capt John & Georgina Ward
Ward, Willard R., died 1904,, age: 18 yrs, s/o Capt. John & Georgina Ward
Warren, Ella Alberta, b. 1908, d. 1928
Warren, Eva Jane, b. 1865, d. 1951, w/o John Pettis Canning
Warren, John F., b. 1842, d. 1925, h/o Elizabeth Vickery
Warren, John William, b. 1875, d. 1953, h/o L. Saddie May Hughes
Warren, Mary E., b. 1872, d. 1943, w/o Jessie E. Priest
Warren, Rachel M., b. 1878, d. 1894, d/o John F. Warren
Warren, Reta F., b. 1909, d. 1996, w/o Ray Kent Hiltz
Wheaton, August Hope, b. 18 Aug 2001, d. 31 Oct 2002, d/o Richard Wheaton & Nadine Preston
Wheaton, R. J. Harlen, b. 8 Dec 1998, d. 31 Oct 2002, s/o Richard Wheaton & Nadine Preston