Our Genealogy Helper

Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Gallows Cove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gallows Cove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gallows Cove, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Gallows Cove (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Gallows Cove. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Gallows Cove ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

A typical abbreviation for Gallows Cove: Gallows Cv.

While the name of this community is Gallows Cove, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<2>. So Gallows Cove may originally have been Gallow's Cove.

Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Gallows Cove might be written as Gallow Cove.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Gallows Cove:

Websites specific to Newfoundland and Labrador
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search

Cemetery Information and Directories for Newfoundland and Labrador
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Newfoundland and Labrador

Cemeteries Near Gallows Cove ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Gallows Cove.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Gallows Cove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Gallows Cove, with the one closest to Gallows Cove listed first.

Witless Bay Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Witless Bay Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery, Witless Bay
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery, Witless Bay
Mt. Loretta RC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Loretta RC Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2597655 <3>
Petty Harbour / Maddox Cove Anglican Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Harbour / Maddox Cove Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2465506 <3>
Immaculate Conception Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Presentation Anglican Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- The Presentation Anglican Cemetery has also been known as:
- Presentation Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Presentation Anglican Cemetery
Petty Harbour RC Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Petty Harbour RC Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery, Holyrood
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross Cemetery, Holyrood
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2499188 <3>
Holy Cross RC Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Cross RC Cemetery
Long Pond Faith Pentecostal Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Long Pond Faith Pentecostal Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2192719 <3>
St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2618674 <3>
Continue List (38 more) ...
- St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Peter's Anglican Church Cemetery
- Holyrood Cemetery
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  - The Holyrood Cemetery has also been known as:
  - Kennedy's Lane Cemetery
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holyrood Cemetery
  - Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2612003 <3>
- All Saints Anglican Cemetery
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  - Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the All Saints Anglican Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
  - Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the All Saints Anglican Cemetery

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Gallows Cove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gallows Cove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gallows Cove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
<3>	The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<4>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.