When Mennonites settled the East Reserve, in what is now the Rural Municipality of Hanover, farms were set up in small villages with communally-owned fields and pasturelands arranged in long narrow farmsteads. The result was a large number of short-lived villages with graveyards. This Chortitzer Mennonite Conference cemetery was established at the south end of the village of Osterwick that was started in 1874. A second cemetery is situated at the north end.
Osterwick South Cemetery (November 2010)
Source: Peter McLure
Osterwick South Cemetery (May 2020)
Source: George PennerSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.59112, W96.92697
denoted by symbol on the map above
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Osterwick North Cemetery (RM of Hanover)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Osterwick North Cemetery (RM of Stanley)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Osterwick South Cemetery (RM of Stanley)
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.
Osterwick South Cemetery, Waymarking.
This page was prepared by Peter McLure, George Penner, and Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 July 2020
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