Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
Although we found mention of Winnifred during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Winnifred was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Winnifred (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Winnifred. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Winnifred:
- Websites specific to Alberta
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alberta
Cemeteries Near Winnifred ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Winnifred.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Winnifred covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Winnifred, with the one closest to Winnifred listed first.
- Whitla Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bow Island Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery is located 15 miles [24.1 km]<3> to the south of Etzikom.
- The St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Anthony RC Cemetery
- St. Anthony's Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Anthony RC Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2548158 <2>
- Burdett Community Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Seven Persons Cemetery
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Fertile Plains Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Saamis Prairie View Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- The Saamis Prairie View Cemetery has also been known as:
- Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
- Prairie View Cemetery
- Saamis Prairie View / Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Saamis Prairie View Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2193982 <2>
- Redcliff Cemetery
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Assumption Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Assumption Cemetery is located 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the northwest of Grassy Lake.
- The Assumption Cemetery has also been known as:
- Assumption Catholic Cemetery
- Assumption RC Cemetery
- Grassy Lake Catholic Cemetery
- Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Assumption Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2214187 <2>
- Grassy Lake Praire View Cemetery
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hillside Cemetery
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Kin Coulee Cemetery
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- St. Joseph's Cemetery
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Alderson.
- The Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery has also been known as:
- Alderson Cemetery
- Carlstadt Cemetery
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Alderson / Carlstadt Cemetery
- Westview Cemetery of Grassy Lake
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Winnifred. See our List of 1890's Communities around Winnifred.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Winnifred and then turned west". While Winnifred could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Winnifred as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Winnifred could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
Since confusion between is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Alberta community named Winnifred. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Winnifred) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Winnifred. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 49.9000, Longitude: -111.2000 |