Historic Sites of Manitoba: Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery / Trapp Family Cemetery (Dencross, RM of Brokenhead)

The land for this cemetery in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead was donated by pioneers Wilhelm and Paulina Trapp, who homesteaded here in 1896.

Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery / Trapp Family Cemetery

Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery / Trapp Family Cemetery (October 2010)
Source: Peter McLure

Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery / Trapp Family Cemetery

Pioneer Lutheran Cemetery / Trapp Family Cemetery (July 2020)
Source: George Penner

Site Coordinates (lat/long): N50.26357, W96.48677
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.

Pioneer Family Cemetery - Dencross MB, Waymarking.

This page was prepared by Peter McLure, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 13 June 2021

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