We were out for a tour a while ago and found a church and a graveyard in the middle of nowhere. I don't know why but old graveyards and stuff seem so interesting. It's kinda fun to check out the dates and names and think about what happened and what their lives were like. Must have been a settlement years ago.
The newest tombstone said 1999 but the oldest was 1913. Although there were others that had no dates on them. Half of them were not in English. The consensus seems to be that it's Ukrainian which makes sense because the area is full of French and Ukrainian people.
One thing that we noticed was that there were lots of children and babies buried there. I assume that would be relatively common 100 years ago. There was one where the mom died the day after the baby was born, the baby died three years later, and then the dad died right after that. The other son only lived to 34. Craziness.
The family name on this one "Sopotyk" is the name of a road out here. Guess they were an important family.
We tried Googling the name of the church but it did not really find anything. There is no real signs of a settlement here either. A couple old farm sites but nothing else really. Although I guess all the land around here is either thick bush or farm land now. It's kinda too bad, it would be cool to know. I guess I could find out who takes care of the place (the lawn is mowed) and ask them. It's probably the RM. Or maybe it's better to just keep it a mystery!
The newest tombstone said 1999 but the oldest was 1913. Although there were others that had no dates on them. Half of them were not in English. The consensus seems to be that it's Ukrainian which makes sense because the area is full of French and Ukrainian people. 
One thing that we noticed was that there were lots of children and babies buried there. I assume that would be relatively common 100 years ago. There was one where the mom died the day after the baby was born, the baby died three years later, and then the dad died right after that. The other son only lived to 34. Craziness.
The family name on this one "Sopotyk" is the name of a road out here. Guess they were an important family.
We tried Googling the name of the church but it did not really find anything. There is no real signs of a settlement here either. A couple old farm sites but nothing else really. Although I guess all the land around here is either thick bush or farm land now. It's kinda too bad, it would be cool to know. I guess I could find out who takes care of the place (the lawn is mowed) and ask them. It's probably the RM. Or maybe it's better to just keep it a mystery!
ooohhh - I love these photos - I have been looking for an old church to take photos of.
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