Ste Rita Cemetery - Ste Rita MB
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 49° 52.860 W 096° 17.815
14U E 694187 N 5528903
This cemetery is on Ducharme Road; 0.4 km south of Hwy 15 in Ste Rita, Manitoba in the Rural Municipality of Reynolds.
Waymark Code: WM9YXA
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 10/18/2010
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There is a plaque in the cemetery that reads:
Commemorating a pioneer family
who came here May 9, 1907
and settled on this land.
Antoine Ducharme & wife Christine
together with sons and daughters
Olier Ducharme
Jean Baptiste Ducharme
Joe Ducharme
Rivoca Ducharme
Celeste Ducharme
Maria Ducharme
Three grandchildren
Albert Ducharme
Josephine Ducharme
Rose Ducharme
This original name of this town
was Craig, named after Dick Craig,
a contractor who opened the first
bush camp in 1907.
There is some online information from
CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project, available here:
St Rita / Craig Siding Roman Catholic Cemetery.
The first burial was in 1932 and there are about 50 graves here.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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