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Saint Michail Cemetery

Memorials	:	44
Location	:	Myrnam, Lloydminster Census Division, Canada
Description	:	Legal Land Description: NE 36-53-9-W4 Physical Address: 90009 and TWP Road 540 St. Michail Cemetery (originally known as Staray Tsventar or ‘Old Cemetery’ in Ukrainian) is located one mile east of Myrnam on Highway 45 and Range Road 91. Go south for two miles on Range Road 91 to Township 540, then turn left and go east on Township Road 540 for three-quarters of a mile. The St. Michail Cemetery is on the south side of the road. Old timers say that there were burials on this site in the early 1900’s, officially however, the cemetery came into being in... Read More	Legal Land Description: NE 36-53-9-W4 Physical Address: 90009 and TWP Road 540 St. Michail Cemetery (originally known as Staray Tsventar or ‘Old Cemetery’ in Ukrainian) is located one mile east of Myrnam on Highway 45 and Range Road 91. Go south for two miles on Range Road 91 to Township 540, then turn left and go east on Township Road 540 for three-quarters of a mile. The St. Michail Cemetery is on the south side of the road. Old timers say that there were burials on this site in the early 1900’s, officially however, the cemetery came into being in 1908. In March of 1908, thirty-one residents of the areas signed a petition to have a Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church and Cemetery be built on ten acres of land on NE 36-53-9-W4. Lawyer Norman Murray of Vermilion submitted this petition to the department of the Interior in Ottawa. This request was granted by an Order-in-Council under Section 198 of the Dominion Land Act in May of 1908 when a ten dollar patent fee (land title) was paid. Twenty-nine of the 31 petitioners were: Paulo Melnyk, Nikola Nykalik, Michail Zazuliak, Fred Plishka, Antozko Zazuliak, Miketa Yaremchuk, Yusif Caruk, Urko Trynchuk, Petro Melnyk, Lutz Fedechko, Miketa Plishka, Antonzo Shpilay, Paulo Synyshyn, Onufrey Bakala, Fred Trynechuk, Ivan Synyshyn, Wasyl Shologan, Wasyl Melnyk, Olaksa Trynchuk, Ivan Fedechko, Elko Misanchuk, Yakiw Kiziak, Petro Misanchuk, Petro Hoculak, Paulo Misanchuk, Nykola Ewasiuk, Michail Misanchuk, Anton Paish, Wasyl Plishka. From 1908~1920 the cemetery was simply called Staray Tsventar - Old Cemetery. In 1920 it was renamed St. Michail Cemetery and the St. Michail Cemetery Company was registered on the land title September 1, 1923. Many people were buried in unmarked graves during the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. The Greek Catholic Church was never built there. Instead a church and cemetery were built on NW 11-54-9-W4 in 1918. Approximately 100 people were buried in St. Michail Cemetery from 1908~1950. The area was predominately settled by Ukrainians who in the early 1920’s built a mortuary on the St. Michail Cemetery grounds. The still-standing mortuary is there for all to visit. There was a wooden sign constructed on the south side of the cemetery in the early 1920’s with the name St. Michail Cemetery painted on it. The posts holding the sign rotted, the sign fell and was destroyed by the fires that went through the graveyard in the early 1960’s. In the 1930’s the Seven Day Adventists built a church and cemetery on SE 26-53-9-W4. In the early 1940’s the Greek Orthodox Church was built in the village of Myrnam with a cemetery at SE 13-53-9-W4. With the Greek Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Seven Day Adventist cemeteries in existence, St. Michail Cemetery received few burials. In the early 1950’s it was abandoned. Trees, shrubs and grass took over the site. Many of the graves had wooden crosses which rotted or were destroyed by fires which ravaged the area. As a result the names and locations of people buried there were obscured. Only the graves having concrete, metal or stone markers survived. That is why government records show only 40 people buried there. All the approximately one hundred individuals buried at St. Michail Cemetery are of historical significance locally, regionally, provincially and nationally. These are the pioneers that settled the wilderness and developed the area. These first settlers started with nothing, worked hard, built much and now rest in obscurity in an abandoned cemetery. The general public living in the area knew where the cemetery was located and were appalled by it appearance and lack of care. They wanted St. Michail Cemetery to be fenced, a sign erected and the graves cleaned up so that the individuals buried there could be honored. It is the hope of the St. Michail Cemetery Company to make St. Michail Cemetery accessible to relatives and others wishing to pay homage to the pioneers buried here.

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