Christian Church Cemetery
An organizational meeting was held
on October 23, 1910. It was decided to form the Swan Hill Church Society.
A decision was then made to
purchase 1 1/2 acres of land on S.E. 10-49-21-W4 from Anton Pearson for
the sum of 10 dollars . This portion of land was to be used as a cemetery
and church yard. In 1915 plans were made to join the ST. Joseph's Church
organization in building a church. The building site was on 1 acre of land
on N.W. 15-49-21-W4 which they purchased for the sum of 15 dollars from
E.P. Nordin and J. N. Lofgren. In 1918 the church was incorporated
under the name of the Christian Church Society branch in Hay Lakes.
At the September meeting
in 1946 it was decided to sell their half share in the church to the ST.
Joseph's Church congregation. In 1949 Mr. Holmberg reported their share
in the church had been sold for the sum of 500 dollars.
In 1975 the cemetery received
a grant of 500 dollars from Alberta Culture for the purpose of restoring
the cemetery. This cemetery is still in use and being cared for by the
people who have members of their family interred there. The information
below is from the records of the Christian Church Society.
S.E. 10-49-21-W4
NAMES OF THOSE INTERRED:
Date of birth
Date of Death
Selma Kristina Pearson
1879
Julia Edvall
1879
1910
Thor Carlson
1916
Brita Ericha Forsberg
1852
1915
Mrs. Eva Lindberg
1918
Baby Evan Niel Lindberg
1918
Vivian Sikstrom
1894
1918
Elsa Cox (body disinterred in
1925 and re-interred in Daysland )
1919
Hugo Sikstrom
1889
1919
Karl Vedean Hanson
February 1921
December 1921
Sven Peter Forsberg
1844
1922
Ole Arrison
1846
1922
Irvin Allen Carlson
February 1925
March
1925
Johanna Josephine Sikstrom
1856
1932
Roy Osgard (infant)
1927
Lenora Osgard
1922
1927
Peter Olaf Hanson
1879
1931
Marvin Movald
1932
1933
E.P. Nordin
1877
1935
Nils S. Lindberg
1940
Baby Grahn
1947
1947
Daniel Elias Pearson
1884
1948
John Grahn
1849
1948
Sigrid Nordin
1881
1953
Karen Eliason
1916
1965
Hilda Hanson
1884
1967
Anton Pearson
1878
1970
Sven Eliason
1905
1972
Theadora Pearson
1889
1972
Ehart Gronlund
1893
1972
J. Oscar Grahn
1912
1973
Edith Alida Grahn
1910
1973
Oscar W. Grahn
1895
1976
R. William Perrson
1900
1976
Everet Pearson
1901
1976
Willard Webster
1928
1979
Dorothy Grahn
1937
1979
Harvey Sundstrum
1928
1980
Mary Sjolie
1905
1981
Hansen Kirsten Marie
March 27 1917
May 27
2001
There are a number of unmarked graves of infants interred in this cemetery.
