Palm trees are symbols of victory & eternal life associated in Christianity with Palm Sunday & Jesus's entry into Jerusalem. It was still a bit of a tropical surprise to spot this one for James Smith,. who died December 26 1837. Laurel Hill Cemetery , Pictou.

"The Dearest Objects of Our Care / Are in a Moment Gone" Brothers James Nicholson Cook and Robert Cameron Cook died one day apart, December 15 & 16, 1806. James was 3 years old. Robert was 4. @buryingground.bsky.social

THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR JOHN S.D THOMPSON PC, K.C. M.C.. , Q.C. PRIME MINISTER OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA WHO DIED SUDDENLY AT WINDSOR CASTLE DECEMBER 12, 1894 Holy Cross

Able Seaman Samuel Gordon Breen was born in Guysborough Co. He & his brother James Irvine Breen were stokers on HMCS Musquash, moored at Pier 8 December 6 1917. Both were killed in the Halifax Explosion. James is buried in Liscomb. Samuel's grave is in St John's Halifax.

Most entries in the Halifax Explosion Death Registration Book list cause of death as "shock, due to injuries from explosion." Joseph Faris's specifies he had a fractured skull & died 3 days later. He was a stevedore born in Syria. He lived on Market St. Mount Olivet

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Kay's Department store fire, November 30 1950. Ten people died, including William Bundy, aged 51 and his son Milton Bundy, aged 21. Camp Hill.

"Sacred to the memory of Herbert Maynard who departed this life the 30th day of November 1816 at the innocent and interesting age of four years, eight months and eight days." Old Burying Ground.

Here's the trailer for Graveyard Detective, now streaming on Fibe TV1. True crime and history stories that begin and end in the boneyard! Every town has a place it buries its secrets...

Harold Howe lived on South St. he was a Lieutenant in the 66th Regiment, later known as the Princess Louise Fusiliers. Her died of a brain hemorrhage , November 27 1915. He was 27. Fort Massey

"Here lies the Body of Mrs Ruth Storer wife of Mr Benjamin Storer of Halifax Deceased who Departed this life Nov 27 1776 AE 6(?)" Old Burying Ground

To The Memory of Mrs Anne Lewis wife of John Lewis, who departed this life Nov.r 26th 1789 Aged 60 years, My flesh shall Slumber in the ground Till the last Trumpets joyful sound Then burst the grave with sweet surprise And in my Saviour's Image rise Old Burying Ground

In Memory of JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD Sons of JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who Departed this life JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792 Aged 4 Months Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the 27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years Old Burying Ground

Lieut. John Binney was lost at sea Nov 24 1835 when HM Packet Star was “thrown on her beam ends and dismasted,” between Falmouth, England & Halifax. 12 men died in the wreck. St Paul’s Church Halifax.

Born on this day in 1769: Winckworth Allan. A son of one of Halifax's first settler families, He owned a store on Henderson's wharf in Newcastle, NB. He died July 30 1834. He is memorialized in St Paul's Church, but is buried in Kensal Green, one of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries.

SACRED to the memory of DAVID MACARA Who departed this Life the 20th of November 1822 Aged 26 Years ALSO the Infant Child of William & Henrietta Macara @buryingground.bsky.social

This morning, across the street from Government House, at the Old Burying Ground. I love drawing this monument, lots of straight lines and right angles! ❤️ (149/285) #drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolour #watercolor #lineandwash #novascotia #halifax

Everett Edward Elliott was born 15 November 1888, in Edmonton, London, England. He was 23 years, 5 months old when he "died on duty" as a trimmer aboard the Titanic. His body was number 317, recovered by the Minia. Fairview Lawn

James T. Manning was a police officer who lived on John St. He died of TB two months short of his 29th birthday, on Nov 13, 1891. His prominent and sizeable stone in Holy Cross was paid for by friends mourning his early death. Holy Cross

Edward Cunard was the younger brother of shipping magnate Samuel Cunard. He worked for his brother as a master mariner. He died November 12, 1851. His sons Henry, Thomas, Frederick & James are also listed on his ledger stone in Camp Hill.

Canadian Merchant Navy Master William F Butler was lost at sea when the SS Port of Dalhousie was sunk by the German submarine UB-10, March 19 1916. He was 63. Camp Hill.

Royal Navy Petty Officer Gordon Leslie Spriggs was crushed during a battery explosion aboard the British submarine L26, February 27, 1944. Fort Massey

Albert Kynman was a Chief Petty Officer on the HMCS Esquimault, sunk by a torpedo from U-190 April 19 1945, just outside Halifax Harbour. It was the last Canadian ship lost in the war. Camp Hill.

Private John Richard Lambert was 18 when he signed up for No 2 Construction Battalion, Canada's only all-Black unit in the First World War. He died of TB while lifting rail track in New Brunswick to be shipped to France. Camp Hill. #RemembranceDay

RCAF Sgt Pilot Glenn Herbert Isralson was from Saskatchewan. He died when his Kittyhawk airplane crashed into Bedford Basin during a snowstorm March 10 1942. He is buried in Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax

In March 1943 Pilot Officer Donald Weston Frazee's Beaufighter stalled & ditched off Malta. He survived, only to be shot down & killed less than 2 months later. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Valetta and in Camp Hill Cemetery #RemembranceDay

Over The Top: breaking a stalemate by sending waves of soldiers out of the trenches & straight towards the enemy. Almost all were killed, including Sgt Edwin Walter Dorey. Christ Church Cemetery, Dartmouth. #RemembranceDay #Passchendaele #LestWeForget

JAMES A. L SERGISON SAPPER ROYAL ENGINEERS WHO WAS DROWNED IN HALIFAX HARBOUR NOV 11 1899 AGED 25 YEARS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF THE 40TH & 18TH COMPANIES R.E AS A TOKEN OF OUR ESTEEM Mount Olivet, Halifax

RCAF Pilot Officer Bruce Henry Webb Stevens was serving with RAF's No. 70 Squadron. He went out over Italy in a Vickers Wellington & never returned. 4 RAF officers went missing with him. He is memorialized at the Alamein War Memorial, Egypt and on his family's stone in Camp Hill. #RemembranceDay

Here lieth Inter'd the Body, of JOHN NICCOLL: who unfor- tunatily lost his life by a fall from his cart: the 10th of November 1790 Aged 39 Years Also near the same place lieth the Body of his Son JOSEPH who Departed this life: the 25th October 178? Aged 4 Years Old Burying Ground

In Memory of JAMES & GEORGE FREDERICK BOYD Sons of JOHN & ELIZABETH BOYD, who Departed this life JAMES the 9th Nov'r 1792 Aged 4 Months Also GEORGE FREDERICK, the 27th Oct'r 1795 Aged 2 Years Old Burying Ground

“Sacred to the memory of Frederick Matthias a native of the Kingdom of Prussia who departed this life in joyful hope of a blisful immortality November 9th 1826 Aged 42 years." Methodist Burying Ground

"ERECTED By Elizabeth Brunnen In memory of Her Son Elias Tupper Barrister at Law Who died by Accidence November 1847 Aged 35 Years" Camp Hill

Here’s what I’ve been up to - GRAVEYARD DETECTIVE - a new TV series featuring cemetery stories from across Nova Scotia - only on FIBE channel 1 & the FIBETV app!

#OTD in 2012 Paramedic John Michael Rossiter was killed when a 20-metre oak tree was blown from Camp Hill Cemetery and crushed his ambulance during Hurricane Juan. This plaque marks the spot.

Leonard Hickman was born in Birmingham UK in 1887. He immigrated to Canada in 1907. He was Chief Petty Officer aboard the HMS Repulse, a Renown-Class Battlecruiser. He died of accidental drowning #OTD Aug 10 1924. Fort Massey

"Purified by the Affliction of severe bodily pains for twelve Months, this meek and patient Sufferer entered into the Joy of her much loved Lord & saviour Jesus Christ." Margaretta Susan Tapp, died #OTD June 14 1838 age 26. Also her brother, Hanson George Tapp, 1823. Little Dutch Church.

Mary Jane (Cole) Horton died #OTD May 17 in 1917 of Bright's disease and flu. She was 53. Camp Hill

Halifax’s Old Burying Ground is open for its 276th year!

Today is the National Day of Mourning for Canadians injured or killed on the job. “The death of this lovely promising youth was occassioned by a fall from a scaffold.” John McQuillan June 14, 1829. He was 18 years old. Little Dutch Church Burying Ground Halifax

Tomorrow, we will be removing the winter covers to prepare @buryingground.bsky.social for its 276th year. We could still use a few helping hands. Please DM for details.

“John McDonald Died April 20 1896 Aged 32 years In paradise thou sharest bliss” #OTD St. John’s Anglican Church Westphal, Dartmouth NS

This is an excellent article considering several sides of the discussion about the old Poor House Burying Ground. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The most-famous of the Halifax Titanic graves shares a first initial and last name with the character @LeoDiCaprio played. Joseph Dawson was a Dublin-born engine room worker who spent his days shovelling coal, not painting French ladies. Fairview Lawn

“A truly hospitable & benevolent man.” George MacIntosh died April 12, 1821. He was 71 years old. At one point he owned all of Spryfield & part of Harrietsfield. He bought the land fron Capt William Spry. Little Dutch Church. #OTD #OnThisDay

A coffin-shaped slab in Camp Hill for David Hamilton MacGarvey. He was an insurance agent. He died of dysentery April 11 1892. He was 49. #OTD #History #OnThisDay

James Swan, born in Ayrshire Scotland, died on this day in 1842. Camp Hill Cemetery opened in 1844. Some gravestones were moved to Camp Hill after it opened and this is probably the case here.

Simon Bellefontaine lived in West Chezzetcook his whole life. He died from a chronic instestinal rupture #OTD, April 9 1940, at the age of 84. He’d been a fisherman but retired 20 years previous. St Anselm’s, West Chezzetcook NS.

Spring has sprung at @buryingground.bsky.social. A member of the OBG sent me this pic today. The Burying Ground will open for its 276th year May 1st.

Peter Frederic 'Fred' Leblanc died #OTD March 30, 1947 from a "punctured lung & fractured liver," caused by a car accident. He was an auto mechanic & lived in Abrams River. He was 24. Photo by Deborah Trask , for Sally Ross, via @NS_Archives

"In Memory of ELIZABETH Wife of Charles Keefler, who was drowned at sea on board the Packet Brig Belle from Boston for Halifax 29 March 1854 off Liverpool N.S. in consequence of a collision with the R.M. Steamer Canada From Halifax to Boston Aged 55 years." Camp Hill