Thunder Bay Public Library - Newspaper References:
(CJ) - Chronicle Journal - (FWDTJ) Fort William Daily Times Journal - (PANC) Port Arthur News Chronicle
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Last updated Apr 2020
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Photo & notes courtesy of Mike Hanchar
99 year old tombstone in a wooded area off of Melbourne Road...according to the historical record from the Port Arthur News-Chronicle, "it's about 1,000 feet from Hazelwood Drive...across from his place is the bush, like a little trail that leads to the tombstone." Ancestry gives August's birth & death dates as Aug 23, 1877 & Apr 30, 1920 - JFLH Wife Edla Kaipainen died Mar 10, 1937 and is buried in Riverside Cemetery Block 15 Plot 130 in a single grave - JFLH |