Death Certificates – 1950s

Date Name Residence Age Place of Death Cause of Death Single Married Widowed Birthplace Religion Place of Burial
1 Apr 1950 Georgina Boone Hodge’s Cove 79 Hodge’s Cove Paralysis Widowed Hodge’s Cove Church of England Hodge’s Cove
8 May 1950 Hilda Dianne Avery Long Beach 5 1/2 months Long Beach Whooping cough Single Long Beach United Church Long Beach
17 Jul 1950 Moses Drover Sunnyside 67 Sunnyside Coronary thrombosis Widowed Hodge’s Cove Church of England Sunnyside
31 Aug 1950 Andrew Spurrell Hodge’s Cove 45 Hodge’s Cove Pulmonary tuberculosis Widowed Butter Cove Church of England Hodge’s Cove
4 Sep 1950 Herbert Peddle Long Beach 72 Long Beach Cancer Widowed Hodge’s Cove Church of England Hodge’s Cove
6 Sep 1950 Sarah Vey [nee Puddister] Long Beach 85 Long Beach Senility Widowed   Church of England Long Beach
                   
5 Jan 1951 Levi Harris Smith Southport 11 days Southport Measles Single Southport Church of England Hearts Ease
27 Jan 1951 Abraham Smith Hodge’s Cove 62 Hodge’s Cove Pulmonary Tuberculosis [Widowed] Hodge’s Cove Church of England Hodge’s Cove
13 Jun 1951 Dallas Loretta Fannie Barfett Long Beach 3 Long Beach Bronchopneumonia Single Long Beach Church of England Church of England
26 Apr 1952 George Peddle Hodge’s Cove 74 Hodge’s Cove Paralysis Married Hodge’s Cove Anglican Hodge’s Cove
23 June 1952 Jane Gosse [nee Vey] Long Beach 85 Long Beach Senility Widowed Grates Cove Anglican Long Beach
                   
7 Sep 1952 Lydia Sarah Vey [nee Jacobs] 193 Craig Miller Ave., St. John’s 70 193 Craig Miller Ave., St. John’s Myocarditis Married Long Beach [Little Harbour] Church of England Long Beach
10 Jan 1953 Stephen Barfit Long Beach 80 Long Beach Heart failure Married Grates Cove Anglican Long Beach
9 Feb 1953 Annie Blanche Pomeroy [nee Goobie] Grand Falls 41 Grand Falls Cachexia Married Queen’s Cove United Church Grand Falls
12 Aug 1953 Edgar Smith Gooseberry Cove 52 Gooseberry Cove Malignant sarcoma of neck Married Gooseberry Cove Anglican Great Heart’s Ease
17 Aug 1953 Urias Smith Gooseberry Cove 1 hour Gooseberry Cove Premature Birth Single Gooseberry Cove Anglican Great Hearts’ Ease
26 Sep 1953 Stephen Stringer Hodge’s Cove 17 Hodge’s Cove Pneumonia Single Hodge’s Cove United Church Hodge’s Cove
24 Nov 1953 Dallas Vey Long Beach 3 months Long Beach Pulmonary atelectasis Single Long Beach Church of England Long Beach
1 Jan 1954 Maria Smith [nee Stanford] Hodge’s Cove 88 Hodge’s Cove Natural Death, old age Widowed Grates Cove United Church Hodge’s Cove
                   
21 Jul 1954 Clayton Smith Gooseberry Cove 3 hours Gooseberry Cove   Single Gooseberry Cove Church of England Great Hearts’ Ease
28 Jul 1954 Hedley Stringer Hodge’s Cove 6 days Hodge’s Cove Convulsions Single Hodge’s Cove United Church Hodge’s Cove
24 Sep 1954 Rhyma Jane Smith [nee Vincent] Hodge’s Cove 66 Hodge’s Cove Rheumatic Heart Disease Widowed Wesleyville Church of England Hodge’s Cove
9 Oct 1954 Maria Smith North West Brook 81 North West Brook Cerebral Hemorrhage Widowed Caplin Cove Church of England Island Cove
4 Nov 1954 Caleb Churchill Hodge’s Cove 75 Hodge’s Cove Degenerative myocardial disease Married Hodge’s Cove Church of England Hodge’s Cove
18 Nov 1954 Ernest Drover Clarenville 50 Clarenville Pulmonary Edema Married Queen’s Cove Church of England Clarenville [St. John’s]
22 Jan 1955 Mary Drodge [nee Goobie] St. John’s 68 St. John’s Cardio respiratory failure Widowed Queen’s Cove United Church St. John’s
7 May 1955 Allan Smith Gooseberry Cove 14 Days Gooseberry Cove Premature birth Single Gooseberry Cove Anglican Great Hearts’ Ease
12 May 1955 Elizabeth Stringer [nee Avery] Little Heart’s Ease 80 Little Heart’s Ease Uncertain, probably a liver complaint Widowed Long Beach United Church Little Heart’s Ease
9 Jul 1955 Hayward Martin Little Heart’s Ease 25 Queen’s Cove Concussion of brain Single Little Heart’s Ease United Church Little Heart’s Ease
10 Jul 1955 Samuel Drover Hodge’s Cove 90 Hodge’s Cove Senility Widowed Hodge’s Cove Anglican Hodge’s Cove
24 Jul 1955 Randolph Paul Peddle Hodge’s Cove 5 months Hodge’s Cove   Single Hodge’s Cove Anglican Hodge’s Cove
23 Aug 1955 George Vey Long Beach 74 Long Beach Cerebral hemorrhage Married Long Beach Church of England Long Beach
29 Dec 1955 Bernice Irene Davis Hodge’s Cove 8 months Hodge’s Cove Convulsions Single Hodge’s Cove United Church Hodge’s Cove
20 Jan 1956 Annie Gregory [nee Hyde] Queen’s Cove 81 Queen’s Cove Senility Widowed Hillview [Grates Cove] United Church Queen’s Cove
3 Feb 1956 Simeon Vey Long Beach 83 Long Beach Cancer Married   United Church Long Beach
23 Sep 1957 Annie Eliza Peddle (nee Butt) Hodge’s Cove 73 yrs 3 mths Hodge’s Cove Bowel Inflammation Married Black Head, Conception Bay Anglican Hodge’s Cove
18 Oct 1957 Emma Smith [nee Dodge] Queen’s Cove 87 Queen’s Cove Genualised cachexia Widowed [Heart’s Ease] Church of England [Island Cove]
18 Oct 1957 Emma Ann Smith [nee Dodge] Queen’s Cove 87 Queen’s Cove   Widowed Hodge’s Cove Church of England Island Cove
25 Oct 1957 Isaac Smith Come by Chance 73 Island Cove Cerebral Hemorrhage Single Island Cove Church of England Island Cove
14 Nov 1957 Donald Stringer Hodge’s Cove 3 mths Hodge’s Cove Natural Causes Single Hodge’s Cove   Hodge’s Cove
2 Dec 1957 Archibald David Curtis Hodge’s Cove 31 Hodge’s Cove Pulmonary tuberculosis Married Hodge’s Cove Anglican Hodge’s Cove
5 Dec 1957 Amelia Jane Churchill [nee Shaw] Hodge’s Cove   Hodge’s Cove Pulmonary tuberculosis Widowed [Caplin Cove] [Anglican] [Hodge’s Cove]
7 Dec 1957 John Higgins Queen’s Cove 83 Queen’s Cove Bronchopneumonia Single/Widowed      
7 March 1958 Eliza Jane Short Hickman’s Harbour 72 Hickman’s Harbour Jaundice / Carcinoma of Breast Married Queen’s Cove United Church Hickman’s Harbour
11 Aug 1958 George Smith Sunnyside 75 Sunnyside Bronchopneumonia Married Gooseberry Cove Church of England Sunnyside
12 Oct 1958 David Stringer Hodge’s Cove 74 Hodge’s Cove   Married Hodge’s Cove United Church Hodge’s Cove
18 Dec 1958 Emma Jane Vey [nee Gosse] Hillview 86 Hillview Cardio respiratory failure Widowed Bishop’s Cove United Church Hillview
20 Jan 1959 Laura P. Williams Bay Bulls Arm 55 St. John’s Congestive Heart Failure Married Hodge’s Cove Church of England Bay Bulls Arm
23 Jan 1959 Fanny Vey [nee King] Long Beach 76 Long Beach Congestive heart failure Widowed [Cat Cove] Church of England Long Beach
3 May 1959 Leonard Peddle Hodge’s Cove 17 Hodge’s Cove Pneumonia Single Scotland [New Castle] Church of England Hodge’s Cove
21 Dec 1959 Ebenezer Smith Little Heart’s Ease 89 Little Heart’s Ease Cardiac Failure Widowed Island Cove Church of England Gooseberry Cove