The first burial in this cemetery in the Municipality of Gilbert Plains occurred in 1909. Several members of the Negrych family are buried here. The concrete foundation of a former Ukrainian Orthodox church at the site was present at the time of a 2021 visit.
Among the people buried in this cemetery are Iwen Negrych and Stephen Negrych.
“Evangelical Ukrainian Church” at Venlaw (1916) by Cecil Heppenstall Reeves
Source: Negrych Pioneer Homestead
Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church (no date)
Source: Negrych Pioneer Homestead
Concrete foundation of Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Negrych Cemetery (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Negrych Cemetery (May 2014)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough
Negrych Cemetery (August 2021)
Source: George PennerSite Location (lat/long): N51.31868, W100.47485
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wasyl Negrych Pioneer Homestead (Municipality of Gilbert Plains)
A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society, including a searchable online database available to members at the MGS Manitoba Name Index (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.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 October 2022
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