A visit to the Saint Mary's Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the St. Mary's Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The St. Mary's Cemetery (FG ID #2195995)
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the St. Mary's Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the St. Mary's Cemetery
Lat: 51.9833° (51° 58' 59")
Lon: -105.8611° (-105° 51' 39")
As an estimate, the St. Mary's Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Colonsay.
Name Variations for St. Mary's Cemetery ...
When doing your research, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Various errors happen - anything from simple spelling to bad translations.
St. Mary's Cemetery has also been known as:
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the St. Mary's Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Saskatchewan:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
- About the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...
- Although we don't have a link to the St. Mary's Cemetery
itself, you might be curious about the African Methodist Episcopal Church. See their website at:
- The African Methodist Episcopal Church
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 14 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the St. Mary's Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from St. Mary's Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Colonsay
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Zelma
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zelma
- Viscount
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Viscount
- Meacham
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meacham came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meacham
- Elstow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elstow came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstow
- Allan
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allan came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allan
- Sclanders
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sclanders. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sclanders
- Young
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Young
- Peterson
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peterson
- Saint Denis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Bradwell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradwell
- Plunkett
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plunkett came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plunkett
- Clavet
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Allan Hills
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 18 miles [29 km]<2> of the St. Mary's Cemetery.<6>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from St. Mary's Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- St. Peter's Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Elstow Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Allan East / St. Aloysius RC Old East Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Zelma Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zelma Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Zelma.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Zelma Cemetery
- St. Alphonse RC Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Union Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Allan East Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allan IOOF Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- St. Aloysius RC Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Allan West / St. Aloysius RC Old West Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Viscount / Bethania Lutheran Cemetery
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- St. Denis RC Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (9 more) ...
- Bradwell Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Bradwell Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Bradwell.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bradwell Cemetery
- Holy Trinity Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for the Holy Trinity Cemetery. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Trinity Cemetery
- St. John's RC Cemetery
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- St. Patrick's RC Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Young Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- All Hallows Anglican Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- St. Agnes Ukrainian and RC Cemetery
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Borschiw Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- St. Theodore RC Cemetery
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the St. Mary's Cemetery:
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Saskatchewan: www.saskatchewan.ca/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the St. Mary's Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.9833, Longitude: -105.8611 |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries. |