This small cemetery southeast of Winkler in the Rural Municipality of Stanley is believed to have been established in 1876 by Franz Enns (1844-1933) on the land that he farmed. Over the years, family members were buried here. The land was sold out of the family in 1952 and the new landowner plowed up an access road into the cemetery. Consequently, it is now located in the centre of an agricultural field and access is only permitted before crops are sown in the spring or after they are harvested in the fall.
Maintenance of the cemetery was done by a Enns descendant until his death in 1978. By the time of a 2018 site visit by two great-grandsons of Franz Enns, the cemetery was in a state of severe neglect. In 2020, assisted by the Winkler Heritage Society, they brought equipment to clear away accumulated debris, uncover some 20 grave markers including several that were partially buried in soil, and research the names of all those buried at the site.
A metal sign was installed in the cemetery on 21 October 2022.

Exposing partially buried grave markers during restoration (April 2020)
Source: Ada and Henry Wiebe

Concrete grave marker of Henry G. Enns, 1918-1921 (May 2020)
Source: Ada and Henry Wiebe

Restored cemetery (May 2020)
Source: Ada and Henry Wiebe

Detail of a gravestone in the restored cemetery (May 2020)
Source: Ada and Henry Wiebe

Cemetery sign (October 2022)
Source: Ada and Henry Wiebe
Site Coordinates (lat/long): N49.15575, W97.87681 denoted by symbol on the map above |
Graves with markers
Name |
Comment |
Franz Enns Sr (1844-1933) |
Founder of the cemetery; patriarch of the Enns family |
Maria Esau Ens (1842-1915) |
First wife of Franz Enns Sr and mother of his children |
Franz Enns Jr (1875-1951) |
Son of Franz Enns Sr |
Jacob F. Enns (1875-1952) |
Son of Franz Enns Sr |
Agatha Neufeld Enns (1877-1952) |
Wife of Jacob F. Enns |
Willie J. Enns (1919-1938) |
Son of Jacob F. Enns |
Irving E. Neufeld (1937-1937) |
Great-nephew of Agatha Neufeld Enns |
Johann F. Enns (1877-1929) |
Son of Frans Enns Sr |
Katharine Bergen Enns (1882-1941) |
Wife of Johann F. Enns |
Gerhard G. Enns (1881-1950) |
Son of Franz Enns Sr |
Anna Janzen Enns (1881-1950) |
Wife of Gerhard F. Enns |
Helena G. Enns (1906-1907) |
Daughter of Gerhard G. Enns |
Henry G. Enns (1918-1921) |
Son of Gerhard G. Enns |
Aron F. Enns (1882-1912) |
Son of Franz Enns Sr |
Peter F. Enns (1884-1964) |
Son of Franz Enns Sr |
Elizabeth Nickel Enns (1885-1949) |
Wife of Peter F. Enns |
Maria P. Enns (1908-1908) |
Daugher of Peter F. Enns |
Peter P. Enns (1909-1913) |
Son of Peter F. Enns |
Isaak Wiens (1916-?) |
Name engraved on obase of Aron F. Enns headstone |
Isaac ? (1909-?) |
Name engraved on base of Helena G. Enns headstone |
Graves without markers
Name |
Comment |
Elizabeth Esau Pries Enns (1844-1927) |
Second wife of Franz Enns Sr (married 1915) |
Aganetha Janzen Born Enns (1858-1941) |
Third wife of Franz Enns Sr (married 1928) |
Susanna Hamm Enns (1872-1943) |
Wife of Franz F. Enns Jr |
Johann Enns (1901-1901) |
Son of Franz F. Enns Jr |
Katharine F. Enns (1868-1882) |
Daughter of Franz Enns Sr |
Elisabeth F. Janzen Enns (1869-1928) |
Daughter of Franz Enns Sr |
Maria F. Enns (1873-1876) |
Daughter of Frans Enns Sr |
Aganetha Neufeld (1899-1902) |
Sister of Agatha Neufeld Enns |
Johann Enns (1900-1901) |
Son of Johann F. Enns |
Henry I. Enns (1922-1923) |
Son of Isaac F. Enns |
Dorothy Enns (1919-1949) |
Granddaughter of Peter F. Enns |
Sources:
“Cousins step up to restore old family cemetery” by Lorne Stelmach, Carman-Dufferin Standard, 28 May 2020, page 11.
“The restoration of the Neu-Reinland Cemetery” by Henry A. Wiebe, Winkler Morden Voice, 2 December 2021, page 22.
“What we found in the cemetery -- and what we didn't” by Henry A. Wiebe, Winkler Morden Voice, 23 December 2021, page 26.
This page was prepared by Henry Wiebe, Ada Wiebe, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 11 November 2022
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