Historic Sites of Manitoba: Gnadenfeld Village Cemetery (RM of Hanover)

This small cemetery in a farmer's field was associated with the village of Gnadenfeld in the Mennonite East Reserve in the Rural Municipality of Hanover. It has one tombstone set up by later immigrants from Russia but the wooden markers from the earlier Gnadenfeld settlers are gone.

Gnadenfeld Village Cemetery

Gnadenfeld Village Cemetery (June 2020)
Source: George Penner

Grave marker in Gnadenfeld Village Cemetery

Grave marker in Gnadenfeld Village Cemetery (June 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.41635, W96.90440
denoted by symbol on the map above

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This page was prepared by George Penner.

Page revised: 7 November 2020

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