Manitoba – Dead Canadians

6 Aug 2022

Riverside Cemetery, Neepawa, MB

by Stephanie Allen | posted in: Cemetery, Manitoba | 0

Riverside Cemetery is located on Smith Drive in the North East corner of Neepawa. There are well over 2500 graves covered each summer with flowers, under the perpetual care program. It is said that there are more flower covered graves … Continued

December Births and Deaths

Apps, Sylvanus “Syl” – Date of Birth 1915-01-18 Place of birth: Paris, Ontario Date of Death 1998-12-24 Place of death: Kingston, Ontario Cemetery: Mountview… Continue Reading

Arden, Elizabeth – Date of Birth 1884-12-31 Place of birth: Woodbridge, Ontario Date of Death1966-10-18 Place of death: New York City, New York… Continue Reading

Baldwin, Robert – Date of Birth1804-05-12Place of birth:York (now Toronto), Upper Canada (now Ontario)Date of Death1858-12-09Place of death:at his home “Spadina”, Yorkville (Toronto),… Continue Reading

Conacher, Charles William Sr. – Date of Birth1909-12-20 Date of Death1967-12-30 Place of death: Toronto, Ontario Also known as The Big Bomber Charlie Conacher was… Continue Reading

Forbes, Jake Vivian – Vernor Vivian “Jumpin’ Jackie” Forbes Legends of Hockey https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18512 NHL Official Statisticshttps://www.nhl.com/player/jake-forbes-8449918 Continue Reading

Karsh, Yousuf – Yousuf Karsh was one of the most famous and accomplished portrait photographers of all time. Continue Reading

Keith, Alexander – Date of Birth 1795-10-05 Place of birth: Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland Date of Death 1873-12-14 Place of death: Halifax, Nova Scotia… Continue Reading

McLuhan, Herbert Marshall – Marshall McLuhan’s work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He is popularly known… Continue Reading

Pearson, Lester Bowles – Date of Birth1897-04-23Place of birth:Newton Brook (Toronto), Ontario Date of Death1972-12-27Place of death:Ottawa, Ontario Also known as Mike Pearson Lester… Continue Reading

Thompson, John Sparrow David – Date of Birth:1845-11-10 Halifax, Nova Scotia Date of Death 1894-12-12 Windsor Castle, England Cause of death: heart attack Sir John… Continue Reading