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Skandia Lutheran Cemetery

Memorials	:	9
Location	:	Armena, Lloydminster Census Division, Canada
Coordinate	:	53.1169020, -112.9629710
Description	:	One sign calls this Old Skandia Cemetery. This cemetery is hard to find. Turn west off of Highway 21 at the south entrance to Armena and travel a short distance to a trail marked 21141 Twp 481, turn south and travel a short distance to cemetery. The trail would be difficult to travel on in winter or wet conditions. From the "Footprints Along the Stoney" History Book When the early settlers settled in the Armena district in the 1890's there was no cemetery around, so some of the pioneers got together and organized a cemetery board of directors.... Read More	One sign calls this Old Skandia Cemetery. This cemetery is hard to find. Turn west off of Highway 21 at the south entrance to Armena and travel a short distance to a trail marked 21141 Twp 481, turn south and travel a short distance to cemetery. The trail would be difficult to travel on in winter or wet conditions. From the "Footprints Along the Stoney" History Book When the early settlers settled in the Armena district in the 1890's there was no cemetery around, so some of the pioneers got together and organized a cemetery board of directors. Their choice was 3 acres of land along the west side of the N.E. 1/4 of 2-48-21-w4 , donated for a burial ground by the Territorial Government in Regina. This cemetery has been discontinued as several churches in the district have their own cemeteries. A survey was taken some years ago and it was decided there were about 50 graves in the cemetery . A few years ago a grant was given by the Provincial Government for the restoration and beautifying of old cemeteries . This money was used for building a new fence around it and erecting a cairn in memory of the pioneers that settled in this area before the turn of the century . An interesting and unusual episode in the history of the old Skandia cemetery is that it harbors a convicted murderer. His grave is located by itself in the northwest corner of the cemetery. In the late fall of 1901 a homesteader living a few miles west of Hay Lakes disappeared . Suspicion was directed to a neighbour and led to an R.C.M.P. investigation and court trial in Wetaskiwan . The trial was dismissed for lack of evidence as the victom's body hadn't been found. After the trial the accused went home , and while fixing on his stovepipe was overcome by fumes and died . Shortly after this, in the late spring of 1902, the victim's body was found and investigation proved that the victom had been murdered . So fate cheated the law of the gallows. From the "Each Step Left It's Mark" History Book. When the early settlers arrived in the Hay Lakes , Armena area in the 1890's there were no cemeteries , so in 1896 the Territorial Government donated three acres of land on a hill along the west side of N.E. 2-48-21 as a burial ground . In April 1904 a church was built on the south side of the cemetery with Cornelius Grue as the carpenter and volunteer help from the congregation . This church was later moved and the cemetery is no longer in use. It is estimated there are about 50 people buried there. In 1977 a Government grant of $15,000 was received for improving the cemetery , so a new fence was built and a monument was erected in memory of the early settlers. The plan of the old cemetery cannot be located , so trusting to the memory of several people and visits to the cemetery this list has been compiled. THERE ARE TWO MARKED GRAVES WITHOUT A NAME. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THEY ARE? NO DOUBT THEY ARE TWO OF THE 22 PEOPLE LISTED AT THIS CEMETERY WITHOUT A MARKED HEADSTONE. I TOOK A PICTURE AND AND HAVE POSTED THEM TO THE SITE. I CALL THEM UNKNOWN 1 AND UNKNOWN 2. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING LET ME KNOW. One may be Anna Hansen. April 18 - 24, 1904. Her headstone is at St Joseph Lutheran church near Hay Lakes. I enlarged the photo and noticed that it says that she is buried at Old Skandia. When I checked the Old Skandia list, I did not see her name. Perhaps she is one of your unknown?

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Latitude: 53.1169020
Longitude: -112.9629710

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