Whitebeech Community Cemetery - Whitebeech, Saskatchewan

Whitebeech Community Cemetery - Whitebeech, Saskatchewan

The following is a transcription of the Whitebeech Community Cemetery located 6 miles south of Whitebeech, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Livingston No. 331. Land location: NW 31-34-30-W1 West of First. Latitude: 51°58.089. Longitude: 101°42.699. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff with Fred S. Petroff on July 3, 2005.

View from the cemetery gate facing south-west.

Historical Background

The Whitebeech Community Cemetery was established in 1918 by the settlers of the Whitebeech district of Saskatchewan. There are a large number of Doukhobor settlers as well as Ukrainian and English settlers buried there. It is in active use and is owned and maintained by the municipality. The cemetery is in very good condition.

Layout

The cemetery is approximately two acres in size and is enclosed by a wire fence. There is a single iron gate on the north side. The cemetery contains 147 interments in a single section comprised of 11 rows facing east-west. I have used death certificates to identify 17 unmarked graves. There are considerable gaps between the marked graves which would suggest as many as 50 additional unmarked graves. 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 Whitebeech, travel south on the gravel road for 6 miles (9.7 km). Then turn west and continue on the gravel road for 1/4 mile (.4 km). To access the cemetery from Arran, travel north on the gravel road for 5 1/2 miles (8.9 km). Then turn east and continue for 1/4 mile (.4 km). The cemetery is on the south side of the road allowance. This cemetery is open to the public.

Transcription

Surname	Name	Birth Date	Death Date	Comments

Abram	Anna	-	1924
Abram	Wasil	Jul. 22, 1881	Oct. 30, 1947

Baga	Elizabeth	Nov. 1932	Dec. 1939
Bartsoff	Alex M.	1899	Sep. 4, 1937	No Marker
Bowolin	Alex W.	1930	2001
Bowolin	Irene	1928	1942
Bowolin	Lucy F.	1903	1989	Wife of William
Bowolin	William A.	1903	1983
Boyko	Wasil	May 4, 1882	Sep. 14, 1954
Bugutsky	Emily	Jul. 3, 1938	Jul. 20, 1938
Bugutsky	Josephine	Jul. 26, 1939	Dec. 21, 1939
Bush	Annie Esther	1869	1942
Bush	Ida Marie	1886	1936

Chernenkoff	Alex	1915	1941
Chernenkoff	Alice	1886	1973
Chernenkoff	John C.	Apr. 1882	Feb. 10, 1937
Chernoff	Andrew	1901	1934

Didio	Dokla	1887	1961
Dikun	Irina M.	1889	1959
Dikun	Ivan M.	1885	1957
Dinwoodie	Agnes	1903	1931
Divitsa	Maria	-	-
Doobenen	Helen	1907	2003
Doobenen	Mary	1883	1948
Doobenen	Nicholas	Oct. 15, 1913	Jan. 14, 1945
Dutoff	Hanna	1882	1954
Dutoff	Micheal	1920	1968
Dutoff	Nick W.	May 9, 1879	Jun. 3, 1947
Dykes	Diana	Jan. 20, 1909	May 16, 1997
Dykun	Wiliam	1888	1935

Fedorchuk	George H.	Sep. 14, 1928	Oct. 5, 1928
Fedorchuk	Mary	Dec. 7, 1929	Dec. 30, 1929
Feschuk	Mykyto	Dec. 1858	Nov. 26, 1921

Green	Beulah M.	1922	1925

Hebelit	Daniel Amos Vanin	-	May 1990
Homer	Alfred	1882	1945
Homer	Elizabeth	1876	1962	Wife of Alfred
Hudema	Fred	1881	1963
Hudema	Wasylina	1888	1969

Ivashchenko	Fedora	1897	1963
Ivashchenko	Mikita	1900	1960

Johnson	Christina Edith	-	1953
Johnson	Clarence Edward	1916	1980
Johnson	Ellen Margaret	1919	2002	Wife of Clarence

Kastrukoff	Alex	1899	1974
Kastrukoff	Cecil C.	1885	1937
Kastrukoff	Molly	1899	1975	Wife of Alex
Kastrukoff	Palagea S.	1922	1940	Died - age 18 years
Kastrukoff	Polly S.	Oct. 15, 1854	Oct. 14, 1939	No Marker
Kastrukoff	Samuel A.	1929	1956
Kastrukoff	Savely W.	1924	Aug. 8, 1942	Died - age 18 years
Kazakoff	Peter J.	1888	Jul. 24, 1941	No Marker
Kazakoff	Peter P.	1911	1975
Kazakoff	Tina	1912	2002	Wife of Peter
Kinakin	George	Aug. 1, 1910	Apr. 22, 1965
Kinakin	Mike J.	1875	May 16, 1936	No Marker
Kinakin	Peter P.	Oct. 29, 1912	Apr. 22, 1929	No Marker
Kinakin	Peter S.	1874	Jul. 7, 1950	No Marker
King	E. Jay	Oct. 6, 1900	-
King	Frieda	Feb. 2, 1911	1992
King	Mabel	1931	1974
Konkin	Annie	1884	1960	Wife of George
Konkin	George	1874	1957
Konkin	Peter	1910	1973
Krakolowich	Anna	Jul. 19, 1901	Nov. 8, 1952
Krakolowich	Dmetro	1894	1974

Legebokoff	Fanny	1880	Jul. 4, 1937	Died - age 57 years
Legebokoff	John	1915	1988

Machan	Ethel	1919	1919
Machan	Georgena	1926	1927
Makaseyeff	Anastasia W.	Mar. 15, 1921	Nov. 21, 1926
Makaseyeff	Wasyl A.	1880	1950
Markin	Annie N.	1877	Nov. 20, 1935	No Marker
Markin	Derwin Myles	1967	1972
Markin	Frank K.	1933	1997
Markin	Fred N.	May 1, 1876	Sep. 5, 1934	No Marker
Markin	Kuzma A.	1893	1975
Markin	Peter A.	1878	Jun. 9, 1946	No Marker
Markin	Stella F.	Oct. 29, 1904	Feb. 5, 1977
Markin	Tatiana A.	1893	Dec. 21, 1929	No Marker
Masloff	Jim N.	Nov. 21, 1930	Dec. 14, 1930	No Marker
Mazuren	Efrem	1880	1964
McKeen	Edith Annie	1882	Jun. 20, 1923
McLean	John	1857	1935
McLean	Mary	1864	1947

Negraiff	Samuel	1889	1980
Negrave	Alex	1905	1975
Negrave	Molly	1904	1983	Wife of Alex
Negrave	Nick	1924	1984
Nigraff	Sam	1921	1942

Palenchuk	Annie	1894	1989
Palenchuk	Leon	1882	1943
Pangracs	Andrew	1869	1946
Picton	Alex P.	1885	May 29, 1938	Dukhobor Mill Worker
Picton	Diane	1910	1993	Wife of John
Picton	Doria F.	Oct. 20, 1862	Nov. 11, 1936	No Marker
Picton	Frances	1883	1954	Wife of Alex
Picton	John	1907	1966
Picton	Peter	1930	1968
Picton	Peter P.	1845	Jun 2, 1935	No Marker
Pilgrim	Louis	1917	1993
Plaken	John	1905	1931
Price	Gladys Margaret	Mar. 30, 1922	Jan. 9, 1923
Pronyk	Fred	-	Jun. 25, 1938	Died - age 6 days
Pronyk	Natalie	-	Apr. 27, 1935	Died - age 14 months
Pronyk	Samuel	-	Oct. 20, 1926	Died - age 4 months
Pronyk	Sylvia	-	May 24, 1943	Died - age 14 months

Remizoff	Christina J.	May 27, 1938	Jun 5, 1938	No Marker
Rever	Charlotte	1933	1935
Rever	John	1865	1922
Rever	Margaret	1876	1925
Rever	Russell	1931	1933
Ribalkin	Mary	1859	Jul. 28, 1932	Died - age 73 years
Ribalkin	Michael P.	Dec. 10, 1883	Mar. 31, 1937
Rose	Ellen Maria	1888	1975	Wife of John
Rose	John	1878	1958

Safonoff *	Mary	1873	1947
Sapach	Frances Annie	Jul. 12, 1916	Jan. 16, 1994	Wife of William
Sapach	John	1938	1977
Sapach	William	May 15, 1912	Nov. 18, 2002
Sherstobetoff	Wasil J.	Jan. 24, 1884	Feb. 11, 1936
Shkuratoff	Annie	1903	1981	Wife of Harry
Shkuratoff	Harry J.	1899	1962
Shute	John	1855	Feb. 17, 1932	Died - age 77 years
Skuratow	George Alfred	1926	1991
Skuratow	Harry Edward	1922	2001
Sofonoff	Mary	1846	Sep. 4, 1939	Died - age 93 years
Sofonoff	Vera	Mar. 12, 1940	Mar. 13, 1940	No Marker
Stasiuk	Anna	1895	1939	Wife of William
Stasiuk	Ernie	May 2, 1937	Jul. 19, 1992
Stasiuk	William	1894	1973
Stepasiuk	Mikita	1874	1954
Stepasiuk	Solomia	-	-
Sukarukoff	Annie P.	1913	1993	Wife of Philip
Sukarukoff	John	1938	1993
Sukarukoff	Philip K.	1910	1983

Tomlinson	Ellen	1841	1928
Tomlinson	Joseph	1843	1928

Villeneuve	Clifford	1952	1995

Woiken	Dora	1905	1978
Woiken	Fred	1937	Jan. 27, 1994
Woiken	George J.	1865	Jul. 23, 1949	No Marker
Woiken	Harold	1944	2001
Woiken	Lawrence N.	Jul. 13, 1940	Jul. 29, 1960
Woiken	Nick	1899	Jun. 6, 1978	Died - age 79 years
Woiken	Steven F.	-	Aug. 13, 1942

Yanchuk	Brenda Lee	-	1963

Zmaeff	Nellie J.	Apr. 19, 1938	Oct. 18, 1938	No Marker

*Translated from Russian.

View of the cemetery from the northeast facing southwest.

The cemetery gate entrance from the north facing south.

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. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to the Whitebeech Community Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.