Lynton

Transcribed by Lorraine Larment
from photos taken by Marylin and Steve Jones

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A sign situated in the cemetery reads:

Situated near the Depot ruins, three graves are the only reminder that this was the cemetery for the townsite. The reported deaths at Lynton and Port Gregory were:

BROWN , George. 1857. Whaler, drowned at Port Gregory.
BUTCHER , John. 1854 aged 28. T.L

CORNELLY , Farrel. 1856 aged 48. Pensioner Guard, at Lynton.

DORAN , Frances Maxton (nee Prentice). 1857 aged 40. Died after childbirth; wife of James Doran, Pensioner Guard.
DORAN , Samuel. 1857. Infant son of Frances and James, buried at Lynton.
DORAN or SANFORD , 1861. Headstone "Sacred Memory of (SARA ? SAM), could be the daughter of Henry Sanford, or the son of James Doran)
DRAKE , William. 1855 aged 5 days. Son of the William Drake, Pilot at Port Gregory. Died of convulsions and was buried in the sandhills.
DUFFY , James. 1857 aged 28. C. P. Drowned at Port Gregory

HAYES , Joseph. 1854 aged 31. Reported at the Depot.
HENSHAW , James. 1854 aged 11 months. Child of Cp. Robert. Henshaw and Mary Ann (nee Barrett), Pensioner Guard.
HENSHAW , Mary Jane. 1855 aged 4 months. Child of Cp. Robert. Henshaw, Pensioner Guard.

REDDIN , Michael. 1854 aged 44. Pensioner Guard. Reported at the Depot

SANFORD or DORAN , 1861. Headstone "Sacred Memory of (SARA ? SAM), could be the daughter of Henry Sanford, or the son of James Doran)