Lappe Cemetery
Old Lappe - Lutheran Church - Cemetery
Gorham Cemetery
Located on the west side of Dog Lake Road about 1/2 mile north of the Lappe Church in Gorham township.
It appears to be maintained but unknown if it is still being used, the last burial being in 1996.

There are a number of wooden headstones and the writing is almost unreadable on some of them.
There appears to be more burials from the ground impressions but unknown who they are at this time.
It appears, from some of the obituaries that this cemetery was also called Gorham cemetery

Photos courtesy of Lisa K. & Natalia K. for help in transcribing the headstones

Thunder Bay Public Library - Newspaper References:
(CJ) - Chronicle Journal - (FWDTJ) Fort William Daily Times Journal - (PANC) Port Arthur News Chronicle
Death References - Ancestry.ca

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Eira?, Kerttu
Aug? 12? Or 2? 1856? Kotka? (city?)
Died June ??? 1878 or 1918 - Natalia & Lisa
Hanson, Ellen 1911 -1940
Heinaaho, Kalle
1876 - 1937

Waino Heino -Aho
1916 - 1996

Heino-Aho, Lily 1932
Inkinen, Axel John
1899 - 1946

Inkinen, Charles
1938 - 1938

Inkinen, Helena
1870 - 1941

Inkinen, John
1867 - 1936

Inkinen, Tynne
1911 - 1911

Jarvi, Hilma
1878 - 1949

Jarvi, John Victor
1872 - 1935

Kaki, Antti
18.11.1884 - 11.06.1942
Kallinen, Hemmi
1884 - 1942

Kallinen, Hilja
1884 - 1940

Koski, Signe Violet
1920 - 1924
Kuhmo, Edla
1878 – 1958

Kuhmo, John
1874 – 1945

Kuusisto, Hilia
03.12.1907 - 05.10.1936

Kylander, Sven Hjalmar
Apr 21, 1922 - June 2, 1922
Laasanen, Peter 1882 - 1934

Perala, D.
19.09.1859 - 1927
This one is hard to read... Here rest L...m....? or S.....m....? can't read last name, born Sep 19, 1859,
died 1927 but can't see date, at the time of death she was 68 years 5 month? ...?days old. - Natalia

Identified & updated Mar 5, 2017

Pouti/Pontainen, Taimi Sanelma
Aug 27, 1911 - Dec 15, 1930
Pursianen, Jussi Adolf
1877 - 1941

Pursianen, Ulla
1883 - 1965

Ranta, Arvi Emil
1903 - 1948

Ranta, Risto
1927 - 1951

Ranta, Edla
nee Kylander
1851 – 1926
Ranta, Einari
1899 - 1945

Ranta, "Muumu" Katriina Esther
09.05.1876 - 19.08.1908
May 9, 1876 – Aug 19, 1908
From the province of Vaasa Died in Gorham - Natalia & Lisa

Ranta, Kalle? 1867 - 1950?

Same as above

Ranta, Muumu
1876 - 1908

Ranta, Vaari
1867 - 1950


Rauhala, Ellen Maria
20.07.1897 - 23.06.1921
Rauhala, Karl Herman 1870 - 1928
Wirtanen, Alexander
Dec 13, 1863 - Aug 30, 1920

Wirtanen, Waino Albert
19-03-1918 - 22.04.1919

Possible Match - that stone hard to read, but I see : here rest ...?...(cant read name then) son again name cant read, born ?
Nov, 1863, died on Aug 30, 1920. ....?.. son Wäinö ....? born June 10?, 1918, died Apr 22, 1919. Name start
with W or V and last name start with Kar... - Natalia

**Wooden marker name unreadable 1908-1917