Sally Ross & Jeanne Doucette
Rocco Point
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.6
Cement monument painted gray, placed inside a little enclosure in front of church, in French: Marie Babin, wife of Chas B Surette died 30 Dec 1862 at the age of 110, last survivor of the deported Acadians in 1755 [Father J-B Dupuis, priest from 1896-1901e erected this monument. According to Father Clarence d'Entremont, she was 101 or 102 in 1862, thus was born in 1761 ou 1760 — Les Cahiers, vol. 11 # 2 juillet 1966 ] — for a better photo see 6 #8
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.10
Cement monument painted gray, placed inside a little enclosure in front of church, in French: Marie Babin, wife of Chas B Surette died 30 Dec 1862 at the age of 110, last survivor of the deported Acadians in 1755 [Father J-B Dupuis, priest from 1896-1901e erected this monument. According to Father Clarence d'Entremont, she was 101 or 102 in 1862, thus was born in 1761 ou 1760 — Les Cahiers, vol. 11 # 2 juillet 1966 ] — for a better photo see 6 #8
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.11
Marble monument behind church, in French, Sarah épouse de Henri Surette 1895
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.12
Wooden cross, metal plate in English, John Leslie Moulaison 1892-1942
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.13
Detail of #13 showing the repairs to the cross
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.14
Marble monument in French with footstone: Pierre A Muise 47? ans 1900
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.15
Marble monument in French behind church, Pius Moulaison décédé le 22 mars 1925 20 ans Urbain E Moulaison noyé en mer le 30 jan (juin?)1927 22 ans [drowned at sea]
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.16
View showing empty space between the church and the calvary where the old parish house was located
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.17
Marble monument in French lying on ground, Helene F Muise décédée 1912? 8ans? 2 mois
Surette's Island - Saint-Joseph's Church
Reference: Sally Ross Nova Scotia Archives 2013-032 film 5 no.18
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