CONC. 3, LOT 9, AT GRIFFITH
GRIFFITH TWP., RENFREW COUNTY
The present church at the village of Griffith first came into being after 1887. Previous to that, mass was said in the homes in the area although there was a chapel built earlier around 1861, which fell into disuse. Until the new church was built, mass was offered again in private homes.
The land for the church was acquired from the Government by Bishop LORRAIN, on the sandy plains. It is a frame building in the shape of the cross 30′ X 35′. A chapel was constructed in the basement about 1900. Many renovations and repairs have since taken place inside and out so that the interior is completely modernized.
The cemetery is adjacent to the church on the north side, fenced and well cared for by Mr. Wilfred VARREN in 1991.
There are several families of French descent buried here, who came up the St. Lawrence and Madawaska Rivers from the Gaspé area of Quebec. Many young men who drowned in river accidents on log drives are buried here. Their sturdy boots
were left on top of the graves for several years after the burial. The majority of these rivermen have no tombstones to mark their graves, but are mainly situated between stones #128 and #129.
The church and cemetery are located approximately 1 Km. from Hwy 41S, after leaving Hwy 132 from Renfrew to Dacre. When approaching Griffith from the north (Renfrew) turn left onto Church Road, then right until the Flying Club Road. The church and cemetery overlook the Madawaska River at this intersection. Church Road continues south to Hwy. 41 at the Madawaska River.
(History from Mr. Wilfred VARREN, August 14, 1991 and from “Lift Up Your Hearts”)
Geraldine Kuehl.
This cemetery record contains a map with the location of the headstones shown. It also contains headstone inscriptions.
John Edgar Vincent
BASKETT
Shirley
BELANGER
Edmire BOIVIN
Ferdinand
Leah
Mary S.
Narcisse
Nicholas
Mrs. Nicholas
Sophie
BELANGUE
Florin VORRIN
Marcell
BLEMKIE
Deline MERCHAND
John J.
Sammy
BOELTGE
Eric R.
Irene V. MITCHELL
BOICEY
Edward
Mary
BOIVIN
Edmire
BONNER
Kathrin M.
BOURDIGNON
Alexandrine LAMONTAGNE
Felix
Jos.
Narcisse
BOUVIN
Philomena
BOVIN
Michael
Elizabeth VINCENT
Michael
COMERFORD
Bridget MORIARTY
Daniel
Lawrence
Lawrence
Mary MERCHAND
Patrick James
Philip
CORBETT
Eva M.
DEFOUNT
Jocko
DODGE
Clara JERVAIS
Clophie
Eva D.
Gabriel
Harry C.
Jerry
Kathleen E. LIMLAW
Louis
Martin
Thomas
DONOVAN
Annie Agnes HANLAN
Bridget
Daniel
Daniel
Edward
Ellen Jane
James
Jermiah
John
Julie Ann
DOOL
Cameron
Theresa M. McMAHON
DOUGLAS
Martha C.
DWYER
Abbie SULLIVAN
Abbigal SULLIVAN
Annie
Francis
John
John
Michael
ENTWER
Martin
FERGUSON
Barry
James
Glenyce-Ann
Maureen B. VARRIN
Nelson C.
FIEBIG
Lila M.
FORTIN
Elizabeth GODDIN
Harvey Anslem
Joseph
Katie
Kathrine M. BONNER
Louis Joseph
Lavin H.
Margaret B. LORRAIN
Olive M.
Patrick B.
Teresa McMANUS
Mary R.
GLAESER
Mildred L.
GODDIN
Elizabeth
GODIN
Angela VARRIN
Ann Jane McCABE
Casimir
Flora MacDONALD
Gilbert
Gilbert
Isadore
Isadore
Sophie BELANGER
GOODROW
Clara
GUINNEY
Francis
Mary F. MURPHY
HANLAN
Annie Agnes
HALEY
Alfred
Annie
Annie DWYER
Cornelius
Edward
Evelyn
Grace
John C.
Odelie O. VINCENT
Thomas Henry
HENTSCHEL
Anna
HOLLEY
Daniel J.
Margaret F.
HUTTEN
Hazel KLEIN
JACKSON
Archie
Mabel KERR
JARVAIS
Anceline LAPOINTE
C.
JERVAIS
Clara
JOHNSTON
Dolly McCABE
James
KELLER
Marion M.
KELLY
Patrick
KERR
Mabel
KERRIGAN
Anne
KING
Catherine B. McCARTHY
Daniel James
Daniel Vincent
George Eugene
Isadore
Isaiah P.
Joseph Paul
Marjorie K. MALCOLM
Corporal Raymond I.
KLEIN
Anna HENTSCHEL
Hazel
LACOURSE
Alphonse Louis
Catherine SIMMINEAU
Edmund
F.
Joseph Paul
Paul No
Violet
LAGREE
Venus
LAMONTAGNE
Alexandrine
LAPOINTE
Anceline
LAVIOILLETKE
Agnes
LAVIOLETTE
Catherine McCABE
Nazor
LECLAIRE
Joseph T.
Margaret J.
Rosalie
Thomas
LeCLAIRE
Francis J.
Frank J.
Lila M. FIEBIG
Lorrianne M.
LEGREE
Ann Jane
Anne KERRIGAN
Venus
Venus
LEGRIS
Francis A.
Hannah McLELLAN
Hannah A.
LIMLAW
Kathleen E.
LORRAIN
Margaret B.
Mary C.
MacDONALD
Flora
Isabella
McCABE
Ann Jane
Catherine
Dolly
McCARTHY
Catherine B.
Eugene
Eugene
Margaret MORIARTY
McLELLAN
Doris Catherine
Dugald
Frances M. MOORE
Glenyce Marie
Hannah
Judith Ann
Leah BELANGER
Lena Mae
Mary
Thomas James
McMAHON
Alfred J.
Alfred J.
Catherine Mary
Francis K.
Gerald W.
Jackie
John M.
Margaret B. LORRAIN
Mary
Mary R. GERVAIS
Mary S. BELANGER
Mary C. LORRAIN
Theresa M.
Mildred L. GLAESER
Olive M. FORTIN
Patrick John
Sylvester
Sylvester P.
Willard
McMANUS
Teresa
MACKEY
Margaret
MALCOLM
Marjorie K.
MARCELLA
Clophia
Clophia
Agnes SCULLY
O.W.H.
Peter Sr.
Peter Jr.
Philip
Philomena BOUVIN
MARCHAND
A. Madge RAMSEY
Peter A.
MARCHANTS
Agnes LAVIOILLETTE
Joseph
MARQUARDT
Erdman
Harold W.
Isabell J.
James C.
John L.
Joseph L.
Leo Paul
Loretta E. POTVIN
Margaret MACKEY
MARSOLAIS
Lenore
MARTEL
Clara GOODROW
Moses
MERCHAND
Albert
Amelia
Antony
Archie
Arthur
Deline
Edrick
Edward
Evelyn HALEY
Grace WISEMAN
J. Eugene
J. Hector
John D.
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph Alex
Julie Ann DONOVAN
Lawney A. Theophile
Lenore MARSOLAIS
Mary
Mary Adel
Maryann
Melvil
Sophie
David D.
Irene V.
Louis
Louise
Minnie B.
MOORE
Frances M.
Irvine T.
Martha C. DOUGLAS
MORIARTY
Bridget
Margaret
MOSS
Clophia MARCELLA
S.J.
MURPHY
James
Mary F.
O’BRIEN
Marion M. KELLER
Michael
PLAUNT
John Joseph
POTVIN
Loretta E.
RAMSAY
A. Madge
SCOTT
Isabella MacDONALD
William
SCULLY
Agnes
Annie HALEY
Catherine
James
SIMMINEAU
Catherine
STEIN
Bertha
STEINBURGH
Eva D. DODGE
Harold S.
STEVENSON
Grace HALEY
Stanley J.
STRAIN
E.
SULLIVAN
Abbigal
Abbie
TOUTANT
Bertha STEIN
Ovila Victor
VARRIN
Angela
Catherine SCULLY
Clara Mary
Clophia MARCELLA
Clophia MARCELLA
Corene
Emma
Ernest George
George Harvey
James
James
Irene
Joseph
Maureen B.
Marian
Shirley BASKETT
Vivian
VINCENT
Elizabeth
Odelie O.
VORRIN
Floria
WILKES
Ellen E.
Garnet H.
WISEMAN
Grace