Anchor hope
	Angel the agent of God, often pointing towards heaven; guardians of the dead
	Baby’s chair small, empty furniture symbolized unfulfilled lives of children; represented the child now gone; with small shoes on chair – connection to childhood, symbolized inability to achieve adulthood
	Book Book: faith, learning to read and write
	Cabin and pine A modern British Columbia image
	Harp Associated with David in the Old Testament; symbol of St. Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. Symbolic of worship in heaven.
	Maple Leaf Canada’s National symbol
	Sleeping children sleep is the tie between life and death; children are purity, artlessness, innocence
	Draped urn sorrow
	Woman with or without Bible pointing upward faith
	Woman hanging onto Cross faith. Original drawing accompanied Rev. Toplady’s hymn “Rock of Ages.” Also seen as woman clinging to pillar or anchor. Common motif on white bronze monuments and Masonic grave memorials.

Family or Heraldry Crests – One last symbolic motif that you may see on graves is the family crest. There are literally thousands of family crests detailing the main family names of European descent. Most of these crests are well documented in heraldry books.