"The book will include a
chapter on the cemetery and its occupants. We need help
in adding to this list, which I will include at the
end. We intend to give a short review of the life of
the pioneers and their place in the history of Ft. Langley
and British Columbia in this chapter. It is for this
reason that I am writing to you."
So, after sharing what
we had with the Puls, we added this page in the hopes that
others could help. What Bob
and Sheila now seek is:
[...] Any information on
[the following]
subjects would be most helpful and greatly appreciated.
1. EXPLORATION and SETTLEMENT
of FORT LANGLEY: Mainly the HBC story, largely
completed.
2. COMING OF RELIGION:
Missionaries, Rev. Crickmer, Hills, Sillitoe, Bell, etc.
3. HBC PIONEER CEMETERY:
There are no records, cemetery in use from 1840 to 1890 -
who is buried there?
4. BUILDING OF ST GEORGE'S
CHURCH in 1901 and subsequent additions and
changes. We need pictures and stories from the
early 1900's to the 1940's.
5. THE PARISH HALL (1947) and
GROUNDS: Need pictures and stories of the early
days.
6. THE CHURCH
FURNISHINGS: Largely completed but could use
stories and pictures of people who donated memorials.
7. THE WAR EFFORT: Need
stories of Fort Langley Anglicans who served in the wars.
8. THE MINISTERS and THEIR
HOMES: Need stories and pictures of the early
ministers.
9. THE CHURCH FAMILIES:
Stories and pictures required.
10. THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY and
ANGLICAN CHURCH WOMEN: Need stories and pictures.
11. THE CHURCH OUTREACH:
Sunday school, youth groups, etc. - need stories and
pictures.
12. BAPTISMS and
MARRIAGES: We have the complete marriage register
but are missing the baptismal records from 1937 to
1954. We still hope to find these records in the
archives but in case we don't, if you were baptized in
the church in that period, please let us know.
The HBC Pioneer Cemetery
When Bob and Sheila
started out on this portion of their book, they didn't have
much to work with, as evidenced by the following list.
Details of those
known to have been buried at the HBC cemetery site are as
follows.
Known: (with
reasonable certainty)
-
Pion Pion (Peopeoh) (1798-?) worked for HBC 1827-1852
-
Catherine
(Katrina) - wife of Pion Pion (named on the
Kanaka Cross)
-
Infant son of
Henry and Eliza Peers (1850)
-
Ovid Allard
(1817-1874)
-
Ovid Allard Jr.
(1880-1884)
-
S. Allard (?)
Probably Sarah - likely died as a child
-
Joseph Allard
(1862-?) - likely died as a child.
-
William Henry
Newton (1833-1875)
-
Sarah Brousseau (Brewseau)(nee Pierre) (1842-1889)
-
Etienne Pepin (Magice or Maille) - French Canadian who worked for
HBC 1827-1860, died in Ft Langley in 1874.
-
William Cromarty
Brit/Scot - worked for HBC from 1845-? Died Ft
Langley, Nov 18th
1875.
-
Catherine Taylor
(nee Falardeau) 1841-1874 (daughter of Narcisse
Falardeau)
Suspected:
-
Basil Brousseau Snr.
-
Rose - first wife
of Basil Brousseau Snr.
-
Basil Brousseau
Jnr - husband of Sarah Brousseau
HBC employees who died
at the Fort before the opening of the Municipal Cemetery and
possibly buried at St. Georges:
-
Tai I Hawaiian -
worked for HBC 1830-1848
-
Laowala Hawaiian
- worked for HBC 1839-1848
-
John Bell
Scot/British - worked for HBC 1840-1848 and 1856-1857
-
Napolean Dease
Scot/British - worked for HBC 1850-1854.
HBC employees who
stayed in the Fraser Valley and whose burial place is unknown
to the authors:
-
Wavicareerea
Hawaiian - worked for HBC from 1830-1853
-
Ohier Hawaiian -
worked for HBC 1845-1856
-
Peter Apnaut/Ohulu Hawaiian - worked for HBC 1848-1849 and
1850-1855
-
Robert
Wavicareerea Hawaiian - worked for HBC 1853-?
HBC employees whose
whereabouts is unknown:
-
Kekapalale
Hawaiian - worked for HBC 1847-1854
-
Kekoa Hawaiian -
worked for HBC 1848-1855
-
Alexander
Latrielle French Canadian - worked for HBC 1851-1858
-
Cyprien Dionne
French Canadian - worked for HBC 1853-?
In their research, the Puhls discovered a piece in the Langley Advance that stated
there were 24 graves, Jason Allard said there were 23, and a
side scan radar showed 24 places where the earth had been
disturbed to a depth consistant with a grave site.
On 21 June 2000, with
much thanks to the Children of Fort Langley for their
immediate and most generous responses, Bob and Sheila's list
looks like this:
Known: (with
reasonable certainty)
-
Pion Pion (Peopeoh) (1798-?) worked for HBC 1827-1852
-
Catherine
(Katrina) - wife of Pion Pion
-
Infant son of
Henry and Eliza Peers (1850)
-
Ovid Allard
(1817-1874)
-
Ovid Allard Jr.
(1880-1884)
-
S. Allard (?)
Probably Sarah -- likely died as a child
-
Joseph Allard
(1862-?) -- likely died as a child
-
William Henry
Newton (1833-1875)
-
Sarah Brousseau
nee Pierre (1842-1889)
-
Etienne Pepin (Magice or
Maillé) (?-1874)
-
William Cromarty
died Ft Langley 18 nov 1875, age 61
-
Elizabeth Dawson
(1847-1883) daughter of William Cromarty
-
Ann Cromarty
(1850-?) must have died young (family in Fort Langley
to 1870)
-
Catherine Taylor
neé Falardeau (1841-1874) daughter of Narcisse
Falardeau
Suspected
-
Basil Brousseau
Sr. (1811-1870/75)
-
Rose -- first
wife of Basil Brousseau Sr -- died before 1856
-
Marrianne --
second wife of Basil Sr.
-
Narcisse
Falardeau Jr (1853-?)
-
Noel Falardeau
-
Eugene Allard
(1854-?)
-
Marie Allard
-
Mathilde
Allard(1851
-
Larent Allard
(1851-1860
-
Isabelle Pepin
-
David Cromarty
(1855-1884) died in a sawmill accident -- don't know
where buried
HBC employees who died
at the Fort before the
opening
of the Municipal Cemetery and possibly buried at St George's:
-
Tai I
-
Laowala
-
Napolean Dease
HBC employees who
stayed in the Fraser Valley and whose burial place is unknown
to the authors:
-
Wavicareerea![Pioneer Cemetery // [...] // Ovid Allard 1817-1874 // William Henry Newton 1833-1875 // Two faithful servants of the // Hudson's Bay Company at its post // Fort Langley](marker.gif)
-
Ohier
-
Peter Apnaut/Ohule
-
Robert
Wavicareerea
(Wavikaria family
changed name to Roberts)
HBC employes whose
whereabouts are still unknown:
-
Kekapalale
-
Kekoa
-
Alexandre
Latrielle
-
Cyprien Dionne
If you have
information on any of the unknown whereabouts,
contact
us
and we'll forward your information along to the Puls.
If any information
changes, so will the above.

When the
Puls book comes out, we'll let you know.
If you would like to contact St. George's Anglican Church directly,
they can be reached at:
St. George's Anglican Church
9160 Church St., Fort Langley
604-888-7782
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