Klondyke Cemetery

It's been a while since I wrote something on this blog.  I wondered what could I write about.  Then the thought came to mind that I could write about the different cemeteries in Barrhead County.

A cemetery we had copied back in 1994 was the Klondyke or Doris-Timeu Cemetery.  It is located at NW 7 63 4 W5 northeast of Fort Assiniboine, Alberta. At that time there were about six or seven rows. Some of the family names buried there are as follows: Ashby, Anderson, Chaney, Cooper, Ehl, Graham, Hughes, McKeigue, Marcel, Mitchell, Mowery, Nelson, Nickols(Nichols), Schulte, Sheren, Thom, Thiede and Utas.

The local history book "Echoe's of Fort Assiniboine & Districts" written in 1982 has a story written about Klondike City - Now Doris. You can find this book online: http://www.ourroots.ca
Go to "browse" and choose the letters in the title.   (http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=7546)

On page 69 you will find the story by Fern Rader about Klondike City.  The earliest settlers in the district were Ollie Finstead and Anton Holmes.  In 1924 Mrs. Elmer Nichols died in childbirth at a nursing home in Westlock. The mother and baby were buried in a corner of the yard, and were the first graves in the present cemetery.  Read the rest of the story on pages 70-72.