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Sleepy Hollow (Ubezhishche) Doukhobor Cemetery - Grand Forks District, British Columbia

 

The following is a transcription of the Sleepy Hollow (Ubezhishche) Cemetery located 8 kilometers west of Grand Forks, British Columbia. Land location: Lot F, District Lot 1027, Similkameen Division, Yale District Plan 17794, in the Kettle River Assessment District. Latitude: 49°00.103. Longitude: 118°32.433. Transcribed by Lawrna S. Myers with John Reibin, Lillian Fofonoff and Alex, Martha, Joe and Janet Kazakoff in June 2006.   Updated on February 3, 2007.

 


 

View of the cemetery from the north looking south.

 

Historical Background

 

Ubezhishche Cemetery was established in 1909 by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood ("CCUB") to serve the Ubezhishche settlement area. After the demise of the CCUB in 1937-1939, the cemetery continued to be used by its successor organization, the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ ("USCC") until the 1960's. Located in the area known as Sleepy Hollow, it also came to be known as Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. It is no longer in active use. It is privately owned and maintained by the USCC Cemetery Association.

 

Layout

 

The cemetery is approximately two acres in size and is partially enclosed by a wire fence on the south side.  It is located on a hillside. The cemetery contains approximately 65 interments in a single section comprised of ten rows facing east-west. The vast majority of graves (59) have no marker and the mounds have been leveled. I have used burial records, death registrations and oral tradition to identify these. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain concrete upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.

 

Driving Directions

 

To access the cemetery, travel west from Grand Forks on Highway No. 3 for approximately eight kilometers (4.9 miles), past the Highway No. 41 junction and up Spencer Hill. As the highway makes a bend to the north, turn off onto the highway pull-out on the left-hand side. From there, turn onto Sleepy Hollow Road and continue around the corner and down the hill for approximately 1.5 kilometers (.9 mile). You will come to a Doukhobor village site on the left-hand side of the road. Turn into the approach for the village site. After parking, walk west around the south side of the village house and continue for approximately 250 meters (273 yards).

 


 

Transcription

 

Surname

 

Name

 

Birth Date

 

Death Date

 

Comments

                 
Astofooroff   Alesha  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 
Bondoreff   Fatoosha  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Bondoreff   Helen  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 
Cheveldaeff   Doonya  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 
Danshin   Aroosha  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Danshin   John  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 

Esouloff

  Hapachka (Helen)   1917

 

1917

 

No Marker
                 
Fedosoff   John  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Fedosoff   Matroosha  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 
Hlookoff   Dmitri W.   1891

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   Helen  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   Helen N.  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   John N.  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   Mary  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   Nastia  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Hlookoff   William N.  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Horkoff   Mary  

 

 -

 

No Marker
                 
Kalmakoff   Mavroonya  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Alexan J.   Aug. 1889

 

Jun. 5, 1955

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Fatoosha N.   1864

 

Apr. 17, 1942

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Lookeriya A.  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Mary  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Masha A.   1891

 

1921

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Nastia  

 

 -

 

No Marker
Kazakoff   Nikolai F.   Jan. 1891

 

Apr. 20, 1956

 

No Marker
            -    
Makortoff   Doonya   1862

 

 -

 

No Marker
Makortoff   Peter   1862

 

Jul. 24, 1948

 

No Marker
Malloff   Nikola N.    -

 

 -

 

No Marker
            -    
Negreiff   Paranya I.   1857

 

1933

 

No Marker
Negreiff   William W.   1852

 

1942

 

No Marker
Novokshonoff   Bill    -

 

 

No Marker
                 
Ozeroff   Doonya    -

 

 

No Marker
Ozeroff   Harry W.   Dec. 17, 1931

 

Apr. 21, 1949

 

 
Ozeroff   Tanya    -

 

 

No Marker
Ozeroff   William    -

 

 

No Marker
                 
Plaksin   Annie    -

 

 

No Marker
Plaksin   Helen   1904

 

1918

 

No Marker
Plaksin   Paul    -

 

 

No Marker
                 
Semenoff   Dora   Apr. 6, 1855

 

Nov. 7, 1951

 

No Marker
Semenoff   Helen   1883

 

 

No Marker
Semenoff   Masha    -

 

 

No Marker
Semenoff   Matroosha    -

 

 

No Marker
Semenoff   Mike   -  

 

No Marker
Semenoff   Toonka    -

 

 

No Marker
Shields   Brian   1937

 

1987

 

Private plot adjacent to cemetery 
Shishkin    Lizaveta   1841

 

 

No Marker
Shishkin   Filip   1835

 

 

No Marker
                 
Zibin   Alex    -

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Fedosia    -

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Fred V.    -

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Fred W.   1928

 

2004

 

 
Zibin   George  

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Loosha W.   1904

 

Jun. 30, 1942

 

No Marker
Zibin   Maria S.  

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Masha I.   1882

 

1959

 

 
Zibin   Nick W.   1930

 

1997

 

 
Zibin   Nikolai N.  

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Paul N.   1908

 

Feb. 6, 1940

 

No Marker
Zibin   Peter P.   1880

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Peter S.   1855

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Semyen  

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Semyen N.   Apr. 19, 1881

 

Oct. 8, 1957

 

 
Zibin   Tanya (Malasha)  

 

 

No Marker
Zibin   Walter J.   Nov. 7, 1944

 

May 24, 1948

 

No Marker
Zibin   William W.  

 

 

No Marker

 


 

 


 

Notes

 

Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information including: marker transcriptions, burial register, death registrations and oral tradition. Special thanks to Beth and Linda Novokshonoff for assisting with translations. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to Sleepy Hollow (Ubezhishche) Cemetery, please contact: Lawrna S. Myers.