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 St John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery - Winnipeg MB Posted by:  PeterNoG
N 49° 55.242 W 097° 07.466
14U E 634633 N 5531500
This very large cemetery surrounds St John's Anglican Cathedral at 135 Anderson Avenue in Winnipeg's 'North End'.
Waymark Code: WMCFWK
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 09/03/2011
Views: 2
Many headstones have been indexed and photographed by CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project , available here: St John's Cathedral Anglican Cemetery.
Some info from the St. John’s Cathedral website.
There was already an existing cemetery here when this site for the church was chosen by Lord Selkirk in 1817. Unfortunately, there were no records of the earlier burials. The first church was built in 1822 and the first recorded burial was John Bruce who was buried on June 4, 1821.
One marker reads:
In Loving Memory
of
James Thomas
Chief Factor
Land and Fur
Trade Commissioner
of the Hudson's Bay Company
Born South Ronaldshay, Orkney
6th October, 1859
Entered the Company's service,
Fort Garry, 1880
Died at Winnipeg,
23rd April, 1933
and of his wife
Helen Flett
Born Kirkwall, Orkney,
13th July, 1863
died at Winnipeg,
10th November, 1944
Name of church or churchyard: St John's Anglican Cathedral
Approximate Size: Large (100+)
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