Doukhobors in the Watson Public Cemetery
The following is a transcription of the Doukhobors interred at Watson Public Cemetery located 1/4 mile south of Watson, Saskatchewan. Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338. Land location: NW 21-36-18 West of Second. Note this is a partial transcription of this cemetery. Jonathan J. Kalmakoff – September 2, 2004.
View of the cemetery gate from the road facing east.
Historical Background
Watson Public Cemetery was established in 1920. From 1922 onwards, it has been used by Independent Doukhobors who settled in the district in 1918-1934. It is owned and managed by the Watson Public Cemetery Association. The cemetery is in very good condition.
Layout
The cemetery is approximately six acres in size and is enclosed by a shelterbelt of mature poplar trees. There is a single iron gate. The cemetery contains at least 88 Doukhobor interments interspersed throughout six sections with rows facing east-west. The Doukhobor burials can be found primarily in the south-east sections of the cemetery.
Driving Directions
To access the cemetery, travel 1/4 mile (.5 km) south of Watson, Saskatchewan on Highway No. 6. Turn east onto the gravel road at the bend in the highway. Follow the road for approximately 1/8 mile (.25 km) as it bends south. The cemetery is on the east side of the road allowance. This cemetery is open to the public.
Transcription
Surname | Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Comments | ||||
Barbonoff | Jim | 1899 | 1963 | |||||
Barbonoff | Polly | 1905 | 1993 | Wife of Jim – nee Kouznitsoff | ||||
Barisoff | (infant) | – | – | |||||
Barisoff | (infant) | – | – | |||||
Barisoff | Tena | 1877 | 1940 | |||||
Bondaroff | Hazel | 1926 | 1981 | |||||
Bondaroff | Jeanette | 1937 | 1994 | |||||
Bondaroff | John | 1902 | 1978 | |||||
Bondaroff | Mabel | 1906 | 1994 | Wife of John – nee Kouznitsoff | ||||
Esawaloff | Mary | 1906 | 1985 | |||||
Esawaloff | Russell | 1903 | 1964 | |||||
Esawaloff | William | 1947 | 1985 | |||||
Fofonoff | Anton W. | 1861 | 1931 | |||||
Fofonoff | Nick | 1913 | 1976 | |||||
Fofonoff | Peter | 1923 | 1969 | |||||
Fofonoff | Polly | 1889 | 1969 | |||||
Gulioff | James | 1905 | 1977 | |||||
Gulioff | Olga | 1911 | 1996 | Wife of James – nee Voykin | ||||
Harasmoff | Vera | 1912 | 1932 | |||||
Kalmakoff | Peter D. | 1902 | 1952 | |||||
Katelnikoff | Diana E. | 1950 | 1971 | |||||
Katelnikoff | Mabel | 1904 | 1956 | |||||
Katelnikoff | Mary | 1928 | 1987 | |||||
Katelnikoff | William | 1902 | 1963 | |||||
Katelnikoff | William | 1921 | 2000 | |||||
Konkin | Alexander | 1873 | 1965 | |||||
Konkin | Ann | 1920 | 2000 | |||||
Konkin | Annie | 1904 | 2002 | Wife of George – nee Zeeben | ||||
Konkin | George | 1901 | 1976 | |||||
Konkin | Mary | 1880 | 1963 | |||||
Kouznitsoff | Mike | 1880 | 1949 | |||||
Kouznitsoff | Nastia | 1884 | 1939 | |||||
Kuznitsoff | Fred | 1927 | 1967 | |||||
Kuznitsoff | Grunia | 1903 | 1981 | |||||
Kuznitsoff | John J. | 1923 | 1971 | |||||
Kuznitsoff | John | 1889 | 1972 | |||||
Kuznitsoff | Lorne D. | 1954 | 1982 | |||||
Lukenoff | John | 1906 | 1994 | |||||
Lukenoff | Ken M. | 1940 | – | |||||
Lukenoff | Walter M. | 1938 | – | |||||
Lukenoff | William | 1903 | 1980 | |||||
Negraeff | Eli | 1887 | 1931 | |||||
Negraeff | Jennifer | 1958 | 1986 | |||||
Negraeff | Lorne Sr. | 1906 | 1990 | |||||
Negraeff | Mary | 1889 | 1963 | Wife of Eli – nee Vanjoff | ||||
Negraeff | Pearl | – | 1943 | |||||
Negraeff | Peter | – | 1942 | |||||
Negraeff | Polly | 1907 | 1987 | |||||
Papove | Peter | 1915 | 1999 | |||||
Popoff | Fred N. | 1879 | 1922 | |||||
Popoff | John | 1858 | 1941 | |||||
Popoff | Mary | 1859 | 1933 | |||||
Popoff | Peter P. | 1882 | 1961 | |||||
Popoff | Polly | 1882 | 1965 | |||||
Popoff | Stella T. | 1882 | 1939 | |||||
Preston | Allan F. | 1908 | 1987 | aka Podovinekoff | ||||
Preston | Helen | 1912 | 1964 | Wife of Allan – nee Samorodin | ||||
Salicin | Mary | 1886 | 1934 | Wife of Nick | ||||
Salicin | Nick N. | 1885 | 1945 | |||||
Sheloff | Martha | 1894 | 1983 | |||||
Sookeroff | Dora | 1889 | 1957 | |||||
Sookeroff | Eli | 1890 | 1962 | |||||
Sookeroff | John E. Sr. | 1914 | 1991 | |||||
Sookeroff | John J. | 1937 | 1996 | |||||
Sookeroff | Lorne | 1939 | 1998 | |||||
Stushnoff | Dorothy | 1920 | 1979 | |||||
Stushnoff | Mabel | – | 1948 | |||||
Stushnoff | Nick | 1923 | 1989 | |||||
Stushnoff | Peter | 1919 | 1972 | |||||
Stushnoff | Sam | 1877 | 1949 | |||||
Sukorokoff | John | 1899 | 1977 | |||||
Sukorokoff | Mabel | 1919 | 1998 | |||||
Sukorokoff | Mary | 1899 | 1985 | |||||
Vanjoff | Alex N. | 1880 | 1949 | |||||
Vanjoff | Andrew | 1911 | 1968 | |||||
Vanjoff | Annie | 1880 | 1967 | Wife of Alex – nee Krukoff | ||||
Vanjoff | Annie | 1904 | 1990 | Wife of William – nee Podovinekoff |
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Vanjoff | Masha | 1861 | 1943 | Wife of Peter – nee Negraeff | ||||
Vanjoff | Peter | 1864 | 1947 | |||||
Vanjoff | William | 1901 | 1980 | |||||
Zeebin | Laura | 1915 | 1940 | |||||
Zeebin | Mavra | 1890 | 1971 | |||||
Zeebin | Nickolai | 1884 | 1963 | |||||
Zeebin | Verna | 1915 | 1999 | |||||
Zeebin | William | 1913 | 1989 | |||||
Zibin | Annie | 1918 | 1988 | |||||
Zibin | George | 1897 | 1965 | |||||
Zibin | Martha | 1900 | 1994 |
Notes: Various sources of data have been used in compiling this information, including: marker transcriptions and local histories. This is not a transcription of the entire Watson Public Cemetery nor is it intended to be. If readers have any comments, corrections or additions with respect to the Doukhobors interred in the Watson Public Cemetery, please contact Jonathan J. Kalmakoff.