The following is a transcription of the Doukhobor God’s Blessing Cemetery located 1/4 mile south of Kylemore, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Sasman No. 336. Land location: SE 9-34-12 West of Second. Latitude: 51°54.172. Longitude: 103° 38.777. Transcribed by Jonathan J. Kalmakoff on July 31, 2003. Updated on August 1, 2006.
View from the south-east corner of the cemetery facing north-west.
Historical Background
God’s Blessing Cemetery was established in 1920 by the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood ("CCUB"), which had a large settlement at Kylemore, Saskatchewan. After the demise of the CCUB in 1937-1939, the cemetery continued to be used by local Doukhobors and is still in active use today. It is privately owned and maintained by a cemetery committee. The cemetery is in very good condition.
Layout
The cemetery is three acres in size and is enclosed by a wire fence with a single iron gate. There are small trees and shrubs planted throughout. The cemetery contains 151 interments in a single section comprised of nine rows facing east-west. Over half the graves (80) have no marker and the mounds have been leveled. For these, I have used the cemetery plot map and cemetery register to identify the interments. With respect to graves with markers, the markers are typically plain slate or marble upright headstones or flat markers set flush to the ground. Click here for an online cemetery map.
Driving Directions
To access the cemetery, travel east from Kylemore on Highway No. 5 for approximately 1/4 mile (.5 km). Turn south at the first gravel road. You will immediately cross a railroad junction, after which, turn west and continue on the dirt road for approximately 1/4 mile (.5 km). The dirt road bends south and ends in front of the cemetery entrance. This cemetery is on private property and permission to access should be obtained by the owners.
Transcription
| Surname | Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abetkoff | Anna | – | – | No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | (child) | – | Nov. 21, 1931 | Son of Michael – No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | Ignat | – | Sep. 29, 1938 | No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | Maria | – | – | No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | Mary W. | Sep. 3, 1903 | Jun. 23, 1938 | |
| Arishenkoff | Sam M. | – | Jun. 13, 1936 | Son of Michael – No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | Peter M. | – | – | Son of Michael – No Marker |
| Arishenkoff | William J. | 1921 | 1990 | |
| Arishenkoff | Semeon Iv. | – | Jun. 17, 1926 | No Marker |
| Bedinoff | Maria | – | – | No Marker |
| Bedinoff | Nikolai | – | – | No Marker |
| Berukoff | (child) | – | Nov. 15, 1930 | Son of Fred – No Marker |
| Bondareff | Connie | 1949 | 1952 | |
| Bondareff | Henry | 1918 | 1952 | WWII Military Marker |
| Bondareff | Marge | 1930 | 1952 | |
| Bondareff | Marion | 1952 | 1952 | |
| Bondareff | Nikolai F. | – | – | No Marker |
| Bondareff | Raymond | 1949 | 1971 | |
| Bondareff | Samuel | 1888 | 1963 | |
| Bondareff | Tina | 1894 | 1971 | |
| Cazakoff | Evdokia D. | – | Feb. 8, 1943 | No Marker |
| Cazakoff | Ivan W. | – | Aug. 13, 1936 | No Marker |
| Cazakoff | Irene J. | Jun. 26, 1885 | Jan. 20, 1978 | |
| Cazakoff | Nick J. | May 1, 1885 | Dec. 2, 1951 | |
| Cazakoff | Tatiana D. | – | Mar. 18, 1943 | No Marker |
| Chernenkoff | Anna W. | – | Dec. 26, 1942 | No Marker |
| Chernenkoff | Wasyl G. | – | Feb. 16, 1937 | No Marker |
| Chernoff | (old lady) | – | – | No Marker |
| Chernoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Michael – No Marker |
| Chernoff | (child) | – | Aug. 3, 1935 | Son of Peter – No Marker |
| Chernoff | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Peter – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Anastasia W. | – | Aug. 21, 1932 | Wife of Peter – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Helen G. | 1902 | 1986 | |
| Chernoff | Michael | 1924 | 1990 | |
| Chernoff | M.P. | 1900 | 1968 | |
| Chernoff | Nora N. (A.V.) | 1907 | 1932 | |
| Chernoff | Peter W. | – | Apr. 25, 1927 | Son of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Chernoff | Peter S. | – | Jan. 1932 | No Marker |
| Geuroloff | Alex Russell | Feb. 4, 1952 | Nov. 20, 1992 | |
| Geuroloff | Alex W. | Jul. 13, 1921 | – | |
| Geuroloff | Dorothy M. | Sep. 2, 1926 | Sep. 21, 1999 | |
| Georoloff | Mary | 1879 | Jun. 5, 1945 | |
| Georoloff | Sam | 1914 | Jul. 13, 1946 | |
| Georoloff | Wasyl | 1883 | 1957 | |
| Georoloff | Wasyl W. | – | – | No Marker |
| Geuroloff | William | 1909 | 1943 | |
| Gooliaff | Lucy W. | 1918 | 1995 | |
| Gooliaff | Nicholas P. | 1908 | 1987 | |
| Gooliaff | Polagia S. | 1889 | Apr. 12, 1941 | |
| Hoodekoff | Alex J. | 1886 | 1966 | |
| Hoodekoff | Ann | 1908 | – | |
| Hoodekoff | Helen | 1886 | 1976 | |
| Hoodekoff | Ivan F. | – | Mar. 12, 1942 | No Marker |
| Hoodekoff | John | 1906 | 1989 | |
| Hoodekoff | Mary | 1857 | Mar. 30, 1947 | Nee Malekoff – No Marker |
| Hoodekoff | Vera | 1919 | 1992 | |
| Hoolaeff | Anastasia | 1904 | 1955 | |
| Hoolaeff | Avdotia G. | – | Jun. 1, 1932 | No Marker |
| Hoolaeff | Fred | 1924 | 1988 | |
| Hoolaeff | Ivan P. | – | – | No Marker |
| Hoolaeff | Ivan I. | – | Sep. 6, 1936 | No Marker |
| Hoolaeff | John | 1904 | 1965 | |
| Hoolaeff | Polya | – | – | No Marker |
| Kanigan | George N. | 1899 | 1956 | |
| Kanigan | George P. | Jan. 15, 1915 | Jul. 13, 1947 | |
| Kanigan | Helen | Dec. 14, 1946 | Dec. 14, 1946 | |
| Kanigin | Natasha W. | 1932 | 1998 | nee Masloff |
| Kanigan | Maria P. | – | Oct. 18, 1941 | No Marker |
| Kanigan | Paulina | 1891 | 1977 | |
| Kanigan | Pauline | 1908 | 1994 | |
| Kanigan | Peter | 1884 | 1975 | |
| Kanigan | Steve T. | 1919 | 1963 | |
| Kanigan | Tatiana I. | – | Mar. 28, 1937 | No Marker |
| Kanigan | Trofim N. | – | Aug. 27, 1936 | No Marker |
| Kazakoff | Mabel | 1927 | 1988 | |
| Kazakoff | Mary P. | 1921 | 1989 | |
| Kazakoff | Grafina | 1890 | 1963 | |
| Kazakoff | Peter | 1880 | 1955 | |
| Konkin | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Michael – No Marker |
| Konkin | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Konkin | Bill W. | 1903 | 1930 | |
| Konkin | Pelagea | – | – | No Marker |
| Konkin | Wasyl W. | – | January 17, 1930 | No Marker |
| Lavrenchinkoff | Afanasy | – | – | No Marker |
| Makortoff | (child) | – | – | Child of Wasyl – No Marker |
| Makortoff | Ivan W. | – | Jun. 26, 1937 | No Marker |
| Makortoff | Pelagea P. | – | Sep. 12, 1937 | No Marker |
| Malakoff | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Ivan – No Marker |
| Malakoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Ivan – No Marker |
| Malakoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Larion – No Marker |
| Malakoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Larion – No Marker |
| Malakoff | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Larion – No Marker |
| Malakoff | Anastasia | – | – | No Marker |
| Malakoff | Irene | 1903 | 1979 | |
| Malakoff | John L. | May 23, 1934 | Aug. 14, 1936 | Son of Larion – No Marker |
| Malakoff | John W. | 1929 | 1978 | |
| Malakoff | Michael I. | – | Mar. 17, 1932 | No Marker |
| Malekoff | Lukeria S. | 1891 | 1965 | |
| Malekoff | Peter S. | 1886 | 1966 | |
| Markin | Trofim | – | – | No Marker |
| Morozoff | Agafia | – | – | No Marker |
| Morozoff | Alexander J. | 1868 | 1960 | |
| Morozoff | Helen J. | 1869 | 1923 | |
| Morozoff | William A. | 1891 | 1968 | |
| Morozoff | Polly W. | 1892 | 1969 | |
| Osachoff | Alex L. | Jul. 2, 1933 | Mar. 22, 1988 | |
| Osachoff | Alexei W. | 1838 | May 22, 1928 | |
| Osachoff | Louis L. | Mar. 12, 1909 | Nov. 8, 1973 | |
| Osachoff | Mabel P. | Jan. 1, 1913 | Dec. 14, 1994 | |
| Pepin | Rosie (Grunya) | 1873 | Feb. 3, 1946 | No Marker |
| Pereverzoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Alexei – No Marker |
| Pereversoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Alexei – No Marker |
| Pereversoff | Mabel A. | – | Sep. 16, 1937 | Daughter of Alexei – No Marker |
| Pereversoff | Phillip J. | – | Apr. 23, 1935 | Son of Ivan – No Marker |
| Pereversoff | John | 1876 | 1956 | |
| Pereversoff | Kuzma | – | May 1, 1942 | No Marker |
| Pereversoff | Martha | 1879 | 1955 | |
| Pereversoff | Peter S. | – | Sep. 21, 1942 | No Marker |
| Peterson | Andrew | 1957 | 1999 | |
| Poohacheff | Andrew S. | – | Aug. 25, 1927 | No Marker |
| Popoff | (child) | – | – | Son of Grigory – No Marker |
| Popoff | (child) | – | – | Daughter of Grigory – No Marker |
| Popoff | Alexei K. | 1865 | May 17, 1940 | No Marker |
| Popoff | Anna N. | – | Nov. 19, 1928 | Wife of Kuzma – No Marker |
| Popoff | Jacob W. | – | Oct. 12, 1936 | No Marker |
| Popoff | Konstantin | – | – | No Marker |
| Popoff | Paranya | – | May 1, 1928 | Aka Aleshin – No Marker |
| Popoff | Pelagea S. | – | Oct. 29, 1929 | Wife of Nikolai – No Marker |
| Popoff | Peter S. | – | Feb. 9, 1937 | No Marker |
| Popoff | Sam S. | – | May 10, 1936 | No Marker |
| Popoff | Sergei A. | Jun. 1941 | Jun. 20, 1941 | No Marker |
| Posnikoff | Ivan A. | – | Jun. 16, 1942 | No Marker |
| Postnikoff | Andrei | – | – | No Marker |
| Rilkoff | Elizabeth Ann | 1912 | 1993 | |
| Salikin | Anna | 1895 | 1987 | |
| Salikin | Brenda | 1973 | 1996 | |
| Salikin | Dasha W. | Apr. 1854 | Apr. 22, 1933 | No Marker |
| Salikin | Fedya W. | 1861 | May 9, 1937 | No Marker |
| Salikin | Fred | 1894 | 1951 | |
| Salikin | Mavra | – | 1932 | No Marker |
| Salikin | Nikolai W. | Oct. 18, 1857 | February 17, 1930 | No Marker |
| Samsonoff | Maria | – | – | No Marker |
| Sherbinin | Maria A. | – | – | No Marker |
| Shiloff | Ivan I. | 1915 | Mar. 14, 1930 | No Marker |
| Shukin | Maria | 1850 | June 21, 1937 | No Marker |
| Sokochoff | Bill | 1921 | 1996 | |
| Sokochoff | Mary | 1919 | 1991 | |
| Sookochoff | Anna | 1875 | 1971 | |
| Sookochoff | Nick N. | Apr. 17, 1873 | Apr. 1945 | |
| Swetlikoff | Anne | 1915 | 2004 | Wife of John |
| Swetlikoff | John | Mar. 28, 1918 | May 2, 1952 | |
| Waskrasa | Elizabeth P. | Jun. 20, 1891 | Feb. 24, 1939 | Nee Makaeff – No Marker |
View of the cemetery gate from the north facing south.
Bronze plaque on the cemetery gate
Notes
Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information, including: marker transcriptions, burial register and cemetery plot map. Special thanks to Peter Malekoff and Nadine Wickenheiser for assisting in identifying additional interments. This is a work in progress. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to God’s Blessing Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.
