The Catholic Cemetery
Little Cranberry Island, Maine
On 17 July 1999, I received the following short note from Mary Taylor, an Islesford rusticator, describing the two small cemetery plots on Islesford behind the Catholic Church:Hi Bruce ... I noticed you didn't have the names of the Catholics in the graveyard on Isleford and since I'm Catholic I thought I'd check it out and send them to you. The three Merrills are in a private graveyard and then there is a second part with the Morses...
The months are as they are on the stones (sometimes a month is abbreviated,
like Mar., and sometimes spelled out) and the years are as they
appear (all four digits or only two). I also added any words on the
stone (where born or died, "beloved son" etc.) except RIP. Katharine
Merrill's name is spelled with two A's, as on the stone, while
Katherine Morse has two E's...
Regards - Mary Taylor
[in the private plot]
John Lee Merrill
Born Brookline Mass. 0ct. 22, 1895
Died Boston Mass Nov. 5, 1960
Lieutenant USN World War I 1917-19
Commander USNR World War II 1941-45
Papal Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
of Jerusalem
Katharine Hill Merrill
Beloved Wife of John Lee Merrill
Born Augusta, Maine Dec. 23, 1904
Died Boston, Mass. April 20, 1962
Lady of the Holy Sepulchre
of Jerusalem
Andrew Pepperell Merrill
Beloved Son of Helen and John, Jr.
June 12, l957 - August 11, 1990
[and in the second plot]
Emeline H. Morse
June 11, 1911 Nov. 26, 1992
Thomas S. Morse
Maj. US Army
World War II
1912-1984
Katherine M. Morse
Mar. 29, 1917 April 20, 1998
Mary Smith Morse
1876-1962
Frederick W. Morse
1871-1929
Irene M. Bartlett
Mar. 1, 1909 June 27, 1998
Frank B. Bartlett
July 9, 1904 Jan. 2, 1968
Reginald H. Locke
Oct. 7, 1922 Nov. 21 1993
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Alphabetical List
The following table lists, in alphabetical order by family name, the persons buried in the Catholic Cemetery. It is from the data above.
| CEM_LOC | GIVEN | FAMILY | BORN | DIED | AGE | NOTES |
| * | 0 | 0 | -1 | Catholic Cemetery database last updated 20 July 1999 | ||
| Catholic | Frank B. | Bartlett | 7-9-1904 | 1-2-1968 | 63 | |
| Catholic | Irene M. | Bartlett | 3-1-1909 | 6-27-1998 | 89 | |
| Catholic | Reginald H. | Locke | 10-7-1922 | 11-21-1993 | 71 | |
| Catholic | Andrew Pepperell | Merrill | 6-12-1957 | 8-11-1990 | 33 | son of John Jr. & Helen Merrill |
| Catholic | John Lee | Merrill | 10-22-1895 | 11-5-1960 | 65 | vet. of WW I & II; husb. of Katharine Hill Merrill |
| Catholic | Katharine Hill | Merrill | 12-23-1904 | 4-20-1962 | 57 | wife of John Lee Merrill |
| Catholic | Emeline H. | Morse | 6-11-1911 | 11-26-1992 | 81 | |
| Catholic | Frederick Wesley | Morse | 1871 | 1929 | 58 | photographer; husb. of Mary Smyth Morse; see Memories of a Maine Island |
| Catholic | Katherine M. | Morse | 3-29-1917 | 4-20-1998 | 81 | |
| Catholic | Mary Smith | Morse | 1876 | 1962 | 86 | 2nd. wife of Frederick Wesley Morse; her name is prob. wrong on stone; should be Smyth |
| Catholic | Thomas S. | Morse | 1912 | 1984 | 72 |
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