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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
