Happy holidays all, and a brief question! A lady in Alberta has asked me for some assistance in finding her ggg-gramp, John Pethers, who was killed May 16, 1916 in Steelhead (an area of Mission). She has obtained his death particulars that state the undertaker and that he was buried in the Hatzic Cemetary. I was at the Hatzic Cemetary yesterday-and wouldn't you know-he isn't there! The caretaker stated there weren't any other cemetaries in use in Mission at that time other than the one at the abbey. He isn't there either. After talking to this lady again, she said she had a memorial card for him. On this card it has the undertakers name as different from the one on the death registration. This one was an H. A. Kellaway and a very british sounding address. There was a H. A. Kellaway undertaker in London at the time-I assume that his family also held a memorial in England for him. Now, on this memorial card it says he was buried at the Mission City Cemetary. I have been unable to find anythig about this other cemetary. And our archives and museum are closed til the New Year. Hoping someone might have run across this cemetary in their search? My hubby (bless his heart-dragged him to several cemetaries yesterday!) reminded me that there is a small cemetary between Maple Ridge and Mission. I have always assumed that it was a private cemetary, but I have been wrong in the past. I doubt that that one would be Mission City Cemetary-its quite far from downtown Mission-or rather, the "city" of Mission. ANy ideas? Are Mission City and Hatzic the same cemetary? If they are-where is John Pethers? *g* Thanks all, Erin _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
Hi Erin There is a John Peters in Hazelwood (Matsqui) or how about the Old Agassiz Cemetery...they are close...but don't know how old they are...just an idea regards Viv in Vancouver ----- Original Message ----- From: erin mackay <amazonerin@hotmail.com> To: <CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:42 PM Subject: [CAN-BC] Mission City Cemetary > Happy holidays all, and a brief question! > > A lady in Alberta has asked me for some assistance in finding her ggg-gramp, > John Pethers, who was killed May 16, 1916 in Steelhead (an area of Mission). > She has obtained his death particulars that state the undertaker and that > he was buried in the Hatzic Cemetary. I was at the Hatzic Cemetary > yesterday-and wouldn't you know-he isn't there! The caretaker stated there > weren't any other cemetaries in use in Mission at that time other than the > one at the abbey. He isn't there either. After talking to this lady again, > she said she had a memorial card for him. On this card it has the > undertakers name as different from the one on the death registration. This > one was an H. A. Kellaway and a very british sounding address. There was a > H. A. Kellaway undertaker in London at the time-I assume that his family > also held a memorial in England for him. Now, on this memorial card it says > he was buried at the Mission City Cemetary. I have been unable to find > anythig about this other cemetary. And our archives and museum are closed > til the New Year. Hoping someone might have run across this cemetary in > their search? My hubby (bless his heart-dragged him to several cemetaries > yesterday!) reminded me that there is a small cemetary between Maple Ridge > and Mission. I have always assumed that it was a private cemetary, but I > have been wrong in the past. I doubt that that one would be Mission City > Cemetary-its quite far from downtown Mission-or rather, the "city" of > Mission. ANy ideas? Are Mission City and Hatzic the same cemetary? If > they are-where is John Pethers? *g* > Thanks all, > Erin > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > ==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== > To New Subscribers : The online indexes to British Columbia Vital Records are at > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > These records are freely available and there are several possibilities for accessing them at a low cost. > >