Ubezhdeniye (Linden Valley) Cemetery - Kamsack District, Saskatchewan

Ubezhdeniye (Linden Valley) Cemetery - Kamsack District, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of the Ubezhdeniye (Linden Valley) Doukhobor Cemetery located 4 miles west of Kamsack, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Cote No. 271. Land location: NW 6-30-32 West of First. Latitude: 51°34.700. Longitude: 101° 59.709. Transcribed by Fred Strelieff and Ed Kazakoff on October 12, 2004.

View of the cemetery from the south facing north. Note the heavy overgrowth.

Historical Background

Ubezhdeniye Cemetery was established in 1905 by the Doukhobors of Ubezhdeniye village. After the abandonment of the village in 1909, the cemetery continued to be used by local Doukhobors until the 1950's. Located in the Linden Valley School District, it also came to be known as Linden Valley Cemetery. It is no longer in active use and is badly overgrown. It is privately owned.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately one acre in size and is unenclosed. There is dense scrub and brush throughout. The cemetery contains approximately 105 interments in a single section comprised of seven rows facing east-west. Over half the graves (87) have no marker, however, many of the mounds are still clearly visible. We have used death certificates to identify seven of these. The remaining 80 or so unmarked graves are unidentified. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain, upright granite or marble headstones. Click here for an online cemetery map.

Driving Directions

To access the cemetery, travel west from Kamsack on Highway No. 5 for 3 3/4 miles (6 km). Then turn north and continue on the gravel road for one mile (1.6 km). The cemetery is on the east side of the road in the north-west corner of the quarter section. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.

Transcription

Surname	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Comments

Barisenkoff	John J.	1830	Feb. 10, 1925	No Marker

Chernoff	Pearl T.	Jul. 8, 1862	Nov. 29, 1927
Chernoff *	Pelagea W.	Aug. 27, 1903	Aug. 2, 1911
Chernoff *	Alexei W.	Mar. 1, 1901	Aug. 10, 1911
Chernoff	Wasil	-	1924	No Marker

Kabatoff	A.P.	Jun. 5, 1867	Oct. 4, 1915
Kabatoff	Semeon P.	1854	Aug. 23, 1919	Died - age 65 years - No Marker
Konkin	(child)	Aug. 28, 1923	Aug. 28, 1923	Child of John and Elizabeth Konkin - No Marker
Konkin	Dasha	1852	Oct. 29, 1930	Died - age 78 years
Konkin	Doris	1900	1939	Daughter of William and Parania
Konkin	Ivan M.	1839	May 23, 1919	Died - age 80 years
Konkin	Wasyl I.	1884	Oct. 14, 1927	Died - age 43 years
Konkin	William F.	1870	1927
Konkin	Parania	1875	1950	Wife of William
Kozlova *	Fedosia	Dec. 23, 1841	Apr. 28, 1909

Podovinnikoff *	Agafia A.	Dec. 25, 1865	May 18, 1946
Podovinnikoff *	N.W.	Jun. 10, 1865	Nov. 4, 1951
Podovinnikoff *	William N.	Oct. 13, 1902	Jan. 17, 1923

Popoff	Anne	1896	1935

Sherstobitoff	Paul	1850	Sep. 15, 1920	Died - age 70 years - No Marker
Stooshinoff	Fred	1915	1936
Stooshinoff	Malasha	Nov. 20, 1899	Jun. 23, 1933
Stooshinoff	Mike A.	1870	Sep. 5, 1941	No Marker
Stooshinoff	Nastia	1873	Oct. 10, 1949	Wife of Vassia
Stooshinoff	Vassia	Apr. 30, 1873	Apr. 30, 1933

Verigin	John A.	1878	1929
Voikin	Annie Z.	1872	Apr. 21, 1944	No Marker
Voikin	James	-	Oct. 27, 1955	Funeral Home Marker

*Translated from Russian.

View of the cemetery from the west facing east.

Notes

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information, including: marker transcriptions and death certificates. I have photos of the headstones and would be happy to share them. Special thanks to Fred Podmaroff for assisting in locating the cemetery. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Ubezhdeniye (Linden Valley) Cemetery, please contact Doukhobor Cemetery Transcription Project coordinator: Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.