The first burial in Isabella Cemetery was Mrs. W. Wallace.

While looking over minutes of the Miniota Municipal Council, it was noted that at a Council meeting at Crandall on October 11, 1913, Robinson and Stewart moved and seconded the following motion: That Charles Craig be paid one hundred and fifty dollars, to hold land on 9-15-25[-W1] for a cemetery and nuisance ground, waiting a surveyor's report of plan.

Mr. Stewart was not pleased with the promptness of the surveyor because in July, 1914, Stewart-Maxfield: "Whereas we have been put to serious inconvenience in delay of Engineer Jephson, and more particular he has failed to make a survey of Isabella Cemetery, be it resolved that if Mr. Jephson does not complete his work immediately we will engage another engineer."

Phillips-Campbell: That Mr. William Iverach be engaged as caretaker for the current year at a salary of $10.00 per year. Later in the year: To William Iverach for putting a fence around the cemetery $18.60 was paid.

Evergreen trees were planted to border the cemetery. These have grown up and with ornamental shrubs have made a beautiful place for those who have lived their lives in this community and have their last resting place here.

The caretakers over the years included: William Iverach, John Clark, R. D. L. Warren, James Iverach, Ralph Phillips, Harry Levins, Charles Nichol, and A. Adams.

In 1974, Miniota Municipal Council passed a bylaw implementing a plan for Perpetual Care. This was supported by 95% of eligible people.

Graves are still being dug as a community effort by volunteer help.

Murray Sutherland is the present caretaker [1982]

(Source: Rural Reflections 1879-1982 - Volume 2, p 24, pp 104ff [1992; Adapted])

NOTE: This book includes a list of burials known to the authors at the time it was published as does the later related Volume 3 (1983-2000)

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Established in 1914, there are large evergreen trees all around it with an iron gate.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

The first burial occurred in 1914.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD15-9-15-25-W1

In the Municipality of Prairie View

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 2009 is told in the series of three volumes entitled "Rural Reflections", especially on the cited pages in Volume 2 (1879-1982), but also in Volume 1 (1879-1962) and Volume 3 (1983-2000).

Free digital versions of these and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #0062), transcribed by a member or members in 1979. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).