CAPE BRETON COUNTIES GENWEB

Orangedale and Gillis Cove Cemetery

Inverness County, NS

From TransCanada 105 take exit 4, following sign indicating Orangedale, Marble Mountain; proceed 6.2 km until you see a four way intersection with the Orangedale Presbyterian church on one corner. Turn left and proceed on paved road indicating Alba and Iona 1.8 km until end of pavement. The cemetery is on the left or upper side of the road. Recorded by R Fraser 2 Oct 1999.
Beginning at nw corner, top of hill, near field above:

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Alexander MacPherson 28 Apr 1862 - 27 Nov 1950 wife Mary MacDougall 12 Oct 1863 - 6 July 1950 William W MacPherson 1899 - 1981 wife C D Agnes Gillis 1906 - 1994 married 21 Dec 1929 Charles E MacKay 1933 - 1990 Lauchie A Gillis 1906 - 1987 Harry Clayton Gillis Alexandria 25 Aug 1928 - 9 Aug 1989 Alexander Hugh MacLean 1874 - 1952 wife Catherine Livingstone 1883 - 1964 Duncan L MacLean Massachusetts S. Sgt 361 Fighter GP AAF WW II 8 May 1907 - 13 May 1960 John N Matheson 1868 - 1949 wife Elizabeth A MacIver 1884 - 1963 Charles H MacDonald 1913 - 1971 wife Christina M Matheson 1914 - 1995 Per mare per terras By land and by sea MacFarlane [FS] Donald E MacFarlane Died 22 June 1979 [FS] Alice MacFarlane Died 16 Aug 1962 [FS] Allister MacFarlane Died 17 July 1960 Edmund Bruce MacLean 15 Oct 1958 - 29 March 1996 son of Edmund & Doris MacLean >From chain gate southward along lane, downhill to paved road - Row 1: Donald MacLeod 1844 - 1914 wife Margaret 1852 - 1906 son Roderick D 1884 - 1906 Christene A 1885 - 1926 [side] Flora MacLeod 1831 - 1903 [FS] Aunt Flora [FS] Father [FS] Mother [FS] Rod D [FS] Christene A Malcolm MacLeod 1859 - 1924 wife Margaret MacKenzie 1872 - 1953 Kate MacLeod 1849 - 1909 Murdoch 1893 - 1893 Alexander 1895 - 1895 Christena 1897 - 1897 Murdock A MacLeod 1904 - 1989 wife Annabell 1904 - 1968 Dean William Veinott 27 Sept 1928 - 27 Sept 1997 son of Michael Dean Lawrence & Elsina (MacIntosh) Catherine, wife of Malcom Robinson, 5 Oct 1906 Aged 43 yrs Malcolm Robertson Born at South Side Whycocomagh CB 8 Aug 1853 - 14 May 1915 Aged 62 yrs H M L James T Ford 1938 - 1980 Row 2 uphill: Peter MacLellan 1853 - 1928 Sarah MacLellan 1845 - 1929 [FS] son John Hugh 1948 - 1968 [may belong in Livingstone plot] Peter MacLellan 1853 - 1928 wife Sarah MacIsaac 1856 - 1944 George Edward Horan 1911 - 1937 John William McLellan 20 July 1886 - 13 Sept 1921 Neil L Gillis 20 Nov 1864 - 12 Oct 1940 wife Christie Flora 21 Aug 1875 - 15 Apr 1959 Lauchlin Gillis 26 Aug 1904 Aged 76 yrs wife Caroline 19 May 1909 Aged 78 yrs Robert A MacLean 1872 - 1944 wife Mary E 1870 - 1962 Alexander M 1908 - 1987 Hector J McLean 18 May 1892 Aged 74 yrs wife Margaret J 15 Sept 1892 Aged 58 yrs [stone by M McKenzie Sydney] Elizabeth 16 March 1875 Aged 29 yrs Mary Ann 6 June 1894 Aged 37 yrs beloved wives of William McIver [side] Mary McIver 30 Oct 1905 Aged 82 yrs John A MacCalder 7 June 1912 Aged 51 yrs Alexander McCalder 2 Apr 1890 Aged 59 yrs Catherine McLennan, wife of A McCalder, 11 Sept 1889 Aged 57 yrs Our Parents Peter W MacCalder 11 Feb 1895 Aged 18 yrs Angus MacCalder 1837 - 13 Jan 1910 Erected by his widow Mary MacCalder [side] Mary McLellan, wife of Angus MacCalder, died in Boston Mass 28 Sept 1946 Aged 81 yrs Dougald MacCalder 1865 - 1927 wife Jessie McKinnon 1866 - 1937 Alexander D MacCalder 1867 - 1944 wife Margaret 1877 - 1969 son Donald 1913 - 1914 John MacCalder 1 April 1829 - 23 Aug 1901 wife Elizabeth Ann Matheson 20 Oct 1824 - 28 Feb 1911 Their family Margaret 1855 - 1877 Lauchlin 1857 - 1877 Erected by A D MacCalder Angus D, son of Neil & Mary McLean, died at Truro NS 15 June 1882 Aged 27 yrs & 8 mos John A MacLean 25 March 1959 Aged 78 yrs Lauchlin McLean 1870 Aged 14 yrs Flora McLean 1879 Aged 8 yrs [side] Donald McLean Born in Scotland Died at Orangedale 1869 Aged 63 yrs wife Ann McLean 1895 Aged 77 yrs [side] Hector McLean 1882 Aged 22 yrs Mary, wife of Lauchlin McLean, 29 Dec 1891 Aged 45 yrs Thomas A MacNeil 1878 - 1951 wife Laura 1882 - 1957 Emma Matheson, wife of Malcolm W MacIver, 1 Nov 1947 Aged 71 yrs Malcolm W MacIver 1878 - 1959 Row 3 downhill: Ardeth Jane nee Oxner Kennedy, wife of Stewart, 1 June 1937 - 23 Feb 1994 Colin Robinson 1888 - 1958 wife Mary 1893 - 1973 John A MacDonald 1899 - 1974 wife Sadie 1902 - 1985 Sidney Grant MacDonald 30 Apr 1930 - 13 June 1998 [train & lamp etched on stone] MacCalder [FS] father John D 1910 - 1979 Lauchlin B Moore 5 Oct 1944 - 21 May 1981 Gerald W Moore 1920 - 1957 Malcolm C Moore 19 Aug 1947 - 7 Jan 1993 Donald MacAskill Elder Native of Harris Scotland who died at Orangedale CB 3 Mar 1885 Aged 63 yrs wife Anne 1830 - 1908 John D MacNeill 1868 - 1942 wife Jessie Dolena 1867 - 1953 buried Ocean View cemetery, Vancouver BC James McNeil 18 Aug 1885 Aged 54 yrs & 5 mos Jessie, wife of Alexander McLeod, 14 July 1890 Aged 34 yrs & 8 mos Euphemia Ann MacKay 1905 - Nathaniel Smith 1898 - 1976 wife Willena M 1915 - 1974 Lloyd Alexander MacArthur 1911 - 1985 Row 4 uphill: Neil MacLean 1847 - 1921 wife Kate 1863 - 1935 Dan H MacLean, son of Neil & Kate, 6 Feb 1900 Aged 10 yrs 3 mos Malcolm McNeil 10 May 1911 Aged 74 yrs Mrs Malcolm MacNeil 30 Nov 1921 Aged 79 yrs Neil A MacNeill 23 June 1903 Aged 34 yrs John A McNeill, son of Malcolm McNeill, 14 Aug 1891 Aged 18 yrs Francis E MacNeill Died in Edmonton 28 Sept 1927 Aged 53 yrs Donald Archie Cameron 28 July 1905 Aged 25 yrs Archibald MacPhail 1800 - 1868 wife Christy MacLean 1810 - 1894 family Donald 1837 - 1868 Archibald 1848 - 1932 Elizabeth Henderson, wife of Alex MacPhail, 1853 - 1922 [side] Alex MacPhail 25 Dec 1940 Aged 85 yrs John Leo Surrette 1910 - 1993 Marion E Kennedy 9 Apr 1904 - 21 Apr 1977 Duncan MacIver 1868 - 1946 wife Caroline 1868 - 1948 [FS] brother Lauchie 1919 - 1987 Row 5 downhill: John Eli MacIver 1881 - 1958 wife Annie M 1885 - 1970 Margaret Isabel Delaney 1915 - 1991 Albert Wright 1911 - 1979 wife Marion E MacIver 1914 - 1970 married 1 July 1940 [train on stone] Robert Gillis 25 Feb 1900 - 30 Sept 1979 wife Bertha J 24 March 1902 - 15 Aug 1983 John M MacIntosh 1895 - 1980 C Bertha 1896 - 1977 Edward W 1922 - 1961 [FS] O. 266 Inspector John Murray MacIntosh R.C.M.P. 6 Jan 1894 - 11 April 1980 [FS] mother [FS] son MacCalder [FS] mother Alexis 1924 - 1950 [FS] son J Frank 1942 - 1967 Daniel Nicholson 1875 - 1968 Christie A Nicholson 1881 - 1970 Maggie, wife of Duncan Ferguson, 1869 - 1951 Duncan Ferguson 1873 - 1959 Isabella Martin 10 Jan 1915 Aged 87 yrs Donald Martin Born at Lewis Scotland Died at Orangedale CB 4 Dec 1910 Aged 90 yrs Mary MacInnis, wife of Donald Martin, born at Little Har. Malagawatch Died at Orangedale CB 28 Aug 1928 Aged 95 yrs Malcolm Martin Elder 11 Oct 1933 Aged 67 yrs Murdock Martin 1857 - 1949 Mary Ann Martin 1888 Aged 14 mos William Angus Martin 1872 Aged 4 wks Collin Robinson 21 Apr 1878 in the 64th yr of his age Annie, wife of Archd Gillis, 7 July 1885 Aged 45 yrs 'mother' Angus MacLeod Died at South Whycocomagh 1815 - 1890 wife Isabella MacInnis 1826 - 1901 also their 5 infants Flora Ferguson 1853 - 1940 Mary A, wife of John MacLean, 1856 - 1926 Alexander Y, son of Angus & Christy Gillis, 1 April 1891 Aged 22 yrs Angus Gillis Died at Gillis Cove 10 Jan 1908 Aged 83 yrs Christy Gillis, wife of Angus Gillis, 10 June 1913 Aged 82 yrs Catherine, wife of Neil J Gillis, 28 Dec 1894 Aged 25 yrs Neil J Gillis 3 March 1912 Aged 52 yrs also son Angus Fraser Aged 10 mos 6 days Christy, wife of Neil J Gillis, 11 May 1925 Aged 48 yrs Fraser Gillis 24 Aug 1908 - 15 Dec 1941 John McLean 1833 - 1915 wife Sarah Nicholson 1839 - 1915 Hector Dan 1875 - 1965, husband of Mary Ann MacIntosh 1892 - 1970 Row 6 uphill: Daniel A McKinnon 11 Aug 1907 wife Annie L 17 Sept 1914 their son Danile A drowned at Cobalt 17 July 1908 Aged 27 yrs John H MacDonald 14 Oct 1864 - 29 July 1924 [side] Annie, wife of J H MacDonald, 29 July 1869 - 22 Aug 1943 Neil Nelson Martin 10 Nov 1842 - 9 July 1930 wife Catherine E MacLeod 23 Apr 1845 - 18 Feb 1925 Joined in matrimony 22 Oct 1864 John D Martin Died at Whitinsville Mass 6 March 1900 Aged 21 yrs 2 mos 1 day Erected by his father Angus Martin 24 March 1946 Aged 87 yrs Alexander Gillis MacIver 13 July 1891 - 4 oct 1947 John MacIver 1840 - 1928 wife Christy Ann Gillis 1858 - 1935 Angus Gillis 24 Jan 1872 - 13 Dec 1915 wife Dolena Gillis 19 Aug 1882 - 23 Apr 1968 Margaret Ann Cameron, wife of James E MacFarlane, 1858 - 1936 daughter Hilda MacFarlane Richardson 1901 - 1933 Erected by their family James E MacFarlane 1855 - 1919 children John D 1888 - 1902 George K 1898 - 1906 Alexander E 1904 - 1904 Daniel Martin 1864 - 1948 wife Emily D MacAulay 1868 - 1953 Katie A Martin 1874 - 1968 Rod A Martin 22 June 1907 Aged 48 yrs 6 mos John A Martin 27 Sept 1924 Aged 63 yrs [side] D W Martin 20 April 1898 - 24 Feb 1981 [side] Christine MacAskill, wife of John A Martin, 26 May 1941 Aged 84 yrs [side] Catherine A Martin 24 Jan 1968 1892 - 1968 Dolina A Martin 1 Aug 1971 1894 - 1971 John Murdock MacLean 1923 - 1960 Patricia Irene MacLellan 31 Jan 1930 - 29 Nov 1990 Stewart MacLellan 1894 - 1952 Catherine Mary 'mother' 21 Aug 1903 - 20 Oct 1984, wife of Stewart Stewart Williams 1957 - 1957 Donald A Gillis 1898 - 1970 wife Christene 1902 - 1986 Frederick M MacLean 1933 - 1992 wife Florence D John H MacLean 1893 - 1960 wife Catherine M 1898 - 1990 Clarence Neil MacLean 29 Mar 1925 - 15 Mar 1991 Row 7 downhill Neil D Gillis 1873 - 1949 wife Johnena Gillis 1879 - 1982 Rev Donald John MacLeod 1883 - 1970 Catherine Easson 1896 - 1973 Neil 1881 - 1958 James Easson MacLeod 1930 - 1969 Nellie 1930 - 1991 Duncan J Gillis 1915 - 1989 wife Marie 1928 - 1978 Colin Martin 26 Feb 1950 Arthur B Martin 1916 - 1984 Susan H Martin 21 June 1882 - 30 Dec 1954 [FS] John Neil Gillis 1926 - 1972 [illegible wooden headstone] Ernest Harker 23 Dec 1948 - 2 Jan 1973 John Millan Martin 1910 - 1989 wife Eva R 1915 - 1995 Axel Petterson Died at Orangedale 17 March 1888 Aged 33 yrs Erected by friends Sarah, wife of James McMaster, 22 July 1911 Aged 51 yrs John MacIver 1840 - 1928 wife Christy Ann Gillis 1858 - 1935 Alexander Gillis MacIver 13 July 1891 - 4 Oct 1947 Row 8 alongside woods uphill: 'Mother' Died 4 March 1912 Aged 71 yrs McLeod [on base] John Southerland 1845 - 1921 his mother 1817 - 1912 his daughter 1882 - 1915 Aaron Ronald Sutherland 1942 - 1996 [fiddle & bow etched on stone] F 54646 L/Corporal Sterling C Sutherland West Nova Regt 14 Apil 1948 Lauchlin E, infant son of Lauchlin & Beatrice MacRitchie, 27 April 1950 Lucy Catherine Johnstone 'mother' 1914 - 1991, wife of Chester R Chester Raymond Johnstone Gunner R.C.A. 7 Jan 1977 age 64 Duncan MacLeod 1888 - 1980 Dougall 1877 - 1958 Betsy MacDonald 20 Feb 1946 Aged 76 yrs John D MacAskill 1877 - 1950 wife Elizabeth 1878 - 1968 Hector G MacLean 1882 - 1965 Hugh A MacLean Sapper Royal Cndn Engrs 24 March 1964 Aged 64 Mary Ann (Marie) 1901 - 1980, wife of Hugh MacLean

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