Boissevain and Morton Cemetery
Also known as Boissevain Cemetery
Boissevain, Southwestern Census Division, Manitoba, Canada
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Get directions 15950 John Bracken Highway
(aka Provincial Highway 10)
(aka Provincial Road 115W)
Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, Manitoba
R0K 0E0 CanadaCoordinates: 49.23664, -100.05901 - www.boissevain.ca/cemetery/
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Municipality of Boissevain-Morton
420 South Railway Street
PO Box 490
Boissevain, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton, Manitoba
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Located in the northern portion of the town site of Boissevain-Morton, on the John Bracken Highway (aka Provincial Highway 10 or Provincial Road 115W), just south of Provincial Road 348 (aka Provincial Road 16N) and across from the Boissevain Campgrounds
A network of roadways provides vehicular access to the grounds.
Burial records can be consulted by contacting the staff in the Municipal Office.
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The community of Boissevain is a historical part of the amalgamated (2015) Municipality of Boissevain-Morton.
NOTE: There is a sheltered stand within the grounds that houses a plot index for the property.
ALSO NOTE: The Municipality's website includes a plot index (with names) for the burials in this cemetery
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Before 1929, the cemetery was run as a private enterprise, In July of that year the town took over from the syndicate which owned it. Some of the members of that syndicate were Ben Barker, John Morrow and William Udall.
In the late 1920's and early 1930's the cemetery was "a very neglected spot". The Boissevain Women's Institute "organized the farmers who came with their horses and implements to clear the walks and ploughed a firebreak around the outside. Another 'bee' was held to plant the evergreens which now add their stately beauty to this resting place for our citizens. Then families began to take more interest and kept their family plots tidy and some planted shrubs and flowers." (From old records).
Today those same stately evergreens shelter the resting place of those citizens and of many more. Other trees and shrubs add to the beauty and the peaceful setting of the Boissevain Cemetery on the east side of Mill Road at the north edge of town.
Caretakers at the cemetery (have) included: Ab Southam, Jack Tawse, Jim Carey, Emerson Carey and Abe Dyck.
(Source: Beckoning Hills Revisited; Ours is a Goodly Heritage 1881-1981, p 787 [1981; Adapted])
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Established in 1888, the cenotaph in this cemetery in honour of war casualties was erected on plots 11 and 12 of Section J in 1976.
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD13-24-03-W1
In the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton
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A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement is told in the volume "Beckoning Hills Revisited; Ours is a Goodly Heritage 1881-1981", especially on the cited page. Other related books include:
- Beckoning Hills (1953)
- Beckoning Hills Supplement (1956)
- Beckoning Hills - Dawn of the New Millenium Boissevain-Morton 1981 - 2006
Digital versions of these books and many other 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 #0156), transcribed by a member or members in 1984. 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).
The community of Boissevain is a historical part of the amalgamated (2015) Municipality of Boissevain-Morton.
NOTE: There is a sheltered stand within the grounds that houses a plot index for the property.
ALSO NOTE: The Municipality's website includes a plot index (with names) for the burials in this cemetery
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Before 1929, the cemetery was run as a private enterprise, In July of that year the town took over from the syndicate which owned it. Some of the members of that syndicate were Ben Barker, John Morrow and William Udall.
In the late 1920's and early 1930's the cemetery was "a very neglected spot". The Boissevain Women's Institute "organized the farmers who came with their horses and implements to clear the walks and ploughed a firebreak around the outside. Another 'bee' was held to plant the evergreens which now add their stately beauty to this resting place for our citizens. Then families began to take more interest and kept their family plots tidy and some planted shrubs and flowers." (From old records).
Today those same stately evergreens shelter the resting place of those citizens and of many more. Other trees and shrubs add to the beauty and the peaceful setting of the Boissevain Cemetery on the east side of Mill Road at the north edge of town.
Caretakers at the cemetery (have) included: Ab Southam, Jack Tawse, Jim Carey, Emerson Carey and Abe Dyck.
(Source: Beckoning Hills Revisited; Ours is a Goodly Heritage 1881-1981, p 787 [1981; Adapted])
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Established in 1888, the cenotaph in this cemetery in honour of war casualties was erected on plots 11 and 12 of Section J in 1976.
(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])
~~~~~~~~~~
Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD13-24-03-W1
In the Municipality of Boissevain-Morton
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A part of the story of the town and its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement is told in the volume "Beckoning Hills Revisited; Ours is a Goodly Heritage 1881-1981", especially on the cited page. Other related books include:
- Beckoning Hills (1953)
- Beckoning Hills Supplement (1956)
- Beckoning Hills - Dawn of the New Millenium Boissevain-Morton 1981 - 2006
Digital versions of these books and many other 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 #0156), transcribed by a member or members in 1984. 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).
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- Added: 26 Aug 2007
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2229281
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