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A cemetery in the Municipality of Riverdale was established in 1908 by the congregation of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church which, from 1901 to 1986, occupied a building about one half mile south of here. The church building was then moved to the nearby English Museum.
Period
Cleric
1900-1901
Rev. Mr. Baldock
1901-1903
Rev. Charles Wright
1903-1905
Rev. George Horribin
1905-1911
Rev. J. H. Gibson
1911-1915
William Henry Walker (1861-1938)
1915-1916
Rev. Mr. Longmore
1916
Rev. Mr. Hatter
1916-1919
Rev. H. M. McCartney
1919-1924
Rev. Mr. Hall
1924-1931
Rev. Samuel Nash
1931-1936
Rev. E. L. Williams
1936-1938
Rev. E. J. Whiting
1938-1943
Rev. Gilbert Armstrong
1943
Rev. Stanley Guille
1943-1948
Rev. W. A. Champness
1948-1950
Rev. George Ebsary
1950-1955
Rev. W. G. Chapman
1955-1960
Rev. Charles Greene
1960-1961
Rev. Cecil Rothery
1961-1963
Capt. George Willowby
1963-1974
Rev. A. J. Middleditch
1974-1978
?
1978-1983
Rev. Alvin Jacobs
1983-1986
?
St. Matthew’s Ancrum Anglican Church (1905)
Source: Audrey & Duncan Waddell
St. Matthew’s Ancrum Cemetery (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
St. Matthew’s Ancrum Church commemorative monument (September 2011)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
St. Matthew’s Ancrum Church commemorative monument (August 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N50.01946, W100.43924
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: English Museum (Municipality of Riverdale)
Bradwardine and District: A Century and More, 1880-2003 by Bradwardine History Book Committee, 2003, page 81.
We thank Audrey & Duncan Waddell and George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Keith Maitland and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 10 June 2025
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