A portion of Wirtschaft 11 on the west side of Main Street was set aside for a cemetery; now known as Pioneer Cemetery and this was also where Steinbach's first cross street, now Reimer Avenue, would be located a few years later.

(Source: Between Earth and Sky - Steinbach, the First 50 Years, p 49)

Established in 1875

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

Steinbach's Pioneer Cemetery is the city's oldest cemetery where most of the earliest settlers were buried. A monument in the cemetery was dedicated in 1996 in memory of the pioneers who arrived in 1874 to found Steinbach. Some of the oak trees in the cemetery are 190 years old.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [2023/11; Adapted])

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD12-35-06-06-E1

In the City of Steinbach, which is adjacent to the Rural Municipalities of Hanover, La Broquerie, and Ste Anne

As noted above, a part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1924 is told in the volume "Between Earth and Sky - Steinbach, the First 50 Years", especially on the cited page. A free digital version of this and many other Manitoba local history books can be found online in the University of Manitoba Digital Collections. There is also a list of such books organized by district and town name on the Manitoba Historical Society's website on their page entitled "Finding Aid: Manitoba Local History Books".

A list of burials in this cemetery is available from the Manitoba Genealogical Society (reference #1170), transcribed by a member or members in 1996. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information may be contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages). 

Additionally, the Manitoba Mennonite Society curates and makes available extensive records related to the communities established by the families of their faith who contributed to the story of Manitoba.