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

August Births and Deaths

Barilko, Bill – Date of Birth 1927-03-25 Place of birth: Timmins, OntarioDate of Death 1951-08-26 Place of death: near Cochrane, OntarioAlso known as… Continue Reading

Barron, Colin Fraser, VC – Colin Fraser Barron VC (20 September 1893 – 15 August 1958) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the… Continue Reading

Bell, Alexander Graham – Date of Birth 1847-03-03 Place of birth: Edinburgh, Scotland Date of Death1922-08-02Place of death: Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia Also known… Continue Reading

Blake, Hector “Toe” – Date of Birth1912-08-21Place of birth: Victoria Mines, Ontario Date of Death 1995-05-17 Place of death: Montreal, Quebec Cause of death:… Continue Reading

Fisher, Frederick – Lance-Corporal Frederick Fisher Born August 3 1895 in St. Catharines, Ontario Died April 23 1915, Ypres, Belgium First Canadian-born soldier… Continue Reading

Hanna, Robert Hill, VC – CSM Hanna, VC Born: 6 August 1886, Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland Died: 15 June 1967, Mount Lehman, British Columbia… Continue Reading

Richardson, George, VC – Sgt. George Richardson VC George Richardson VC Born 1 August 1831 Derrylane, near Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, Ireland Died 28 January 1923… Continue Reading

Seagram, Joseph – Date of Birth1841-04-15Place of birth:Fisher’s Mills, near New Hope (Hespeler, later Cambridge), Upper CanadaDate of Death1919-08-18Place of death:Waterloo, Ontario Joseph… Continue Reading