Ooteshenia Cemetery - Buchanan District, Saskatchewan

Ooteshenia Cemetery - Buchanan District, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of the Ooteshenia Doukhobor Cemetery located 7 miles south-east of Buchanan, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Good Lake No. 274. Land location: SW 31-30-5 West of Second. Latitude: 51°38.468. Longitude: 102°42.505. Transcribed October 2, 2004 by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff with Fred S. Petroff & Fred J. Strelieff.

View of the cemetery from the west facing east.

Historical Background

Ooteshenia (aka Utesheniye) Cemetery was established in 1900 by the Doukhobors of Utesheniye village. After the abandonment of the village in 1913, the cemetery continued to be used by local Doukhobors until the 1950's. It is no longer in active use. The cemetery was restored by a committee in 1985-1986 and since that time has been maintained in very good condition. It is privately owned.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately one acre in size and is enclosed by iron fence posts. There is an open gate on the west side. The cemetery contains 66 interments in a single section comprised of six rows facing east-west. Over half the graves (45) have no marker and the mounds have been leveled. I have used death certificates and oral tradition to identify eight of these. The remaining 38 unmarked graves are unidentified. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate, marble or concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery from Buchanan, travel south on Highway No. 47 for 5 3/4 miles (9.3 km). Then turn east on Secondary Route No. 651 for 2 3/4 miles (4.4 km). Turn north-west on the gravel road and continue for 1 1/4 mile (2 km). To access the cemetery from Canora, travel west on Secondary Route No. 651 for 11 1/4 miles (18 km). Turn north-west on the gravel road and continue for 1 1/4 mile (2 km). The cemetery is on the east side of the road, approximately 1/4 mile (.4 km) from the road allowance. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.

Transcription

Surname	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Comments

Chutskoff	Wasyl W.	Dec. 29, 1914	Apr. 14, 1918

Eletskoff	Annie A.	1862	1936

Holoboff	Louis G.	1921	1921	No Marker
Holoboff	Pauline W.	1841	1927	No Marker

Kotelnikoff	Lukian T.	1885	1956	No Marker
Kotelnikoff	Martha J.	1883	1965	No Marker
Kotelnikoff	Mary H.	1857	1936	No Marker
Katelnikoff *	Timofey T.	1857	Oct. 14, 1928	Died - age 71 years
Konkin *	Avdotia F.	1880	Jan. 4, 1949	Died - age 69 years
Konkin *	P.W.	1874	May 11, 1935	Died - age 61 years

Ozoroff	Alex W.	1877	Sep. 3, 1948

Petroff	Agafia	1855	1934	Nee Eletskoff
Petroff	Alexei D.	1846	1924	No Marker
Petroff	Dmitry N.	1825	1914	No Marker
Petroff	Peter D.	1852	1949
Petroff	Polly G.	1910	1926	No Marker
Petroff *	Vasily D.	1855	1940
Petroff	Wasyl G.	1924	1924	No Marker

Strelioff *	Havrila S.	Jul. 25, 1838	Mar. 27, 1910
Strelioff *	Praskovia A.	Oct. 20, 1839	Jun. 10, 1911
Strilaiff	Peter H.	Jun. 29, 1863	Oct. 12, 1919
Sukovaoff	Florence	Aug. 3, 1925	Aug. 28, 1943
Sukovaoff *	Mikhail N.	1886	May 1, 1903	Died - age 17 years
Sukovaoff	Nick W.	1860	1944	No Marker
Sukovaoff *	Vasily A.	1826	Jun. 14, 1900	Died - age 74 years

Verigin	Evdokia N.	1847	May 25, 1924	Died - age 77 years

Zeibin *	George J.	1876	1961
Zeibin *	Ivan N.	1850	Jul. 18, 1922
Zeibin	John G.	1901	Aug. 20, 1936	Died - age 35 years
Zeibin	Marfa F.	1878	1951
Zeibin *	Maria V.	1850	Mar. 4, 1924	Died - age 74 years

*Translated from Russian.

Stone cairn at the cemetery gate.

View of the cemetery from the north-west facing south-east.

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information, including: marker transcriptions, death certificates and oral tradition. I have photos of the headstones and would be happy to share them. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Ooteshenia Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.