Wiltse Pioneer Cemetery

Cemetery Work in Progress

Cemetery Road Before

Photo by Myrtle Johnston

 

 

 

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Petition

Courtesy of Myrtle Johnston

Photos by Fraser Carr

Click on the thumbnail prints.

Clearing the Brush

Don Galna & Don Clunas

More Clearing Brush

Cemetery Road to Right

Cemetery Road

 

 

Cemetery Rd. Gravelled by Township

Entrance to Cemetery

Cemetery to Left

Road Looking Back to Highway

Fraser Carr

 

 

More Progress-Finding Tombstones, Cutting Brush and Goldenrod, Removing Fence Posts and Wire

Benoni Wiltse's Tombstone

Rachel's(Benoni's wife) Tombstone

William Jacob Tombstone

In Memory of William and Nancy Jacob

Nancy Jacob Tombstone

Agnes Kincaid Tombstone

 

 

Tombstone Badly Crumbled

Thomas Jacob Tombstone

Ann and Hannah

Judith Smith Coleman

Ann Carr

Don Galna, Ann Carr, Scott Carr

 

 

Scott Carr, Don Galna

Fraser Carr

Ann Carr, Don Clunas, Lucille Raymond

View from Neighbour's Back Yard

View of Elbe Creek

Fraser Carr

Wiltse Cemetery Gang

Cemetery Progress as of June 13, 2004

Getting Ready to Fence

Looking for stumps to pull up.

Don Galna, hard at work.

The Great Expanse

 

 

Another View

Storage of Tombstones

Elbe Creek in Background

 

George Good, Phil Meek, Don Galna-Digging Post Holes

George Good in Foreground

Stone of John Moulton's Wife-discovered by Fraser Carr

Stone of Relict of John Moulton

 

Posts and Railings Installed on July 3rd, 2004

Wiltse Post Gang

Using the Post Pounder

Mark Sedgwick and Doug Sly

Mark Sedgwick and Don Galna Checking Level of Railing

Posts and Railing Up

 

Chain Fencing Started

First of the Fencing

Fence and Turtle Eggs

Turtle Eggs

 

The Carr Grandchildren at the Cemetery and Falls-July 17, 2004

Falls, Elbe Creek, in the Spring 2004

Falls, Elbe Creek

Children at the Falls

Brittany trying the Dousing Rods with Success

 

Jeffrey Using the Rods with Success Also

Our Friendly Visitor to the Site

 

Installing Flag Pole-Saturday, July 24, 2004

Mark Sedgwick and Don Galna Installing Flag Pole

Mark and Don Supervised by Jeffrey

Ready to Raise the Loyalist Flag

Starting to Raise the Flag

Loyalist Flag Flying High

 

IInstallation of Stones and Plaques-Saturday, August 7, 2004

 

Mark with Stones

Moving Heavy Tombstone

Closeup of Stones

Cemetery Wide View with Flag

Arrival of Flowers in Bloom Judges

 

 

Flag and Plaques

Memorial Plaque

Plaque-Flag of Union

Wiltse Pioneer Cemetery Memorial Stone

Work Crew with Myrtle and Grandson, David

 

July 11, 2006

 

Wiltse plaque

Angel on Plaque

New Shed, Don and Myrtle July, 2006

 

 

    August 7, 2006

 

Fraser Weeding

Carrs' Grandson, Jeff

Grandma and Jeff on Lunch Break

Job Done

 

Video

Jeff Mowing

 

Cemetery work is completed.  Please click on the following for dedication details.

Wiltse Pioneer Cemetery Dedication

 

For write ups, click on, CALLING ALL WILTSE DESCENDANTS

History of the Wiltse Pioneer Cemetery

For Bill of Sale, click on  Benoni Wiltse

 

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