Several burying sites exist on South Gooseberry Island . Initially the cemeteries were identified as Anglican, at "Burnt Point", Methodist/United Church, scattered on the central part of the island, and Salvation Army. They have since reverted to commons after the Island was vacated between 1946 - '48. Scores of people are buried on South Gooseberry Island, with unmarked grave sites during its life span of one hundred fifty years as a fishing community. Many gravesites are now overgrown with grass or bushes and no fences or headstones mark their actual location. One small enclosure, maintained by The Wells family of Hare Bay, surrounds the headstones marking the burial sites of Gertrude Amelia (Wells) Parsons and her grand-parents, James and Lydia (Payne) Wells, who were early day Salvationists on Gooseberry Islands. I have listed the headstones from four or five different sites, beginning at "Burnt Point", on the north-eastern end of the Island, and moving towards the south-western end of the South Gooseberry Island. "Burnt Point" was the original Anglican cemetery with gravestones date back to 1820s. Names there are Hayward, House/Howse, and Sweetapple. Until recently the three headstones of the "Sweetapple" family were resting flat on rocky, barren ground. Relatives from Glovertown have since restored and placed them on a concrete base, and repainted the inscriptions. Burnt Point cemetery is very exposed and has deteriorated through erosion by fire , wind, rain, frost and snow. Stones have fallen and lie broken. Many are no longer legible. Human bones have been exposed and have been swept over the barren edge into the gulch below. "House" and "Howse" are variant spellings for the same family name. e.g. James "Howse", is the youngest son of John "House" . The Anglican Church Register of Baptisms, records James and Anne House as children of John House, baptised on June 14, 1815 and June 3, 1818 respectively. James married Catherine Feltham, and Anne House married Joseph Hayward. (See their headstones listed below. )

Domino Howse