Historic Sites of Manitoba: Setter’s Cemetery (RM of Portage la Prairie)

This cemetery, in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, is on the site of a Methodist church built in 1870 and replaced in 1892 on land donated by the Setter and Gowler families. It was used until 1959.

Setter’s Cemetery

Setter’s Cemetery (April 2010)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Setter’s Cemetery

Setter’s Cemetery (July 2019)
Source: Rose Kuzina

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.043324, W98.057724
denoted by symbol on the map above

Sources:

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 Shirley Christianson and Rose Kuzina for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 December 2019

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