Fairview Cemetery, the resting place of many a pioneer of town and district, receives loving and careful attention each year. As soon as the municipality was formed in 1909, a vote on a local option was passed. This has never been changed up to the present time. The soldiers' monument, erected in 1922, surrounded by well-kept grounds and lovely flowers, is the scene of an annual memorial service.

(Written in 1922).

(Source: Trails of the Pioneers, p 77 [1956; Adapted])

The spruce tree is not commonly found here in the Red River valley but grows well when it is introduced. About the year 1892, some of the residents brought in spruce trees and planted them around the Roland Cemetery known as "Fairview." This makes it one of the most beautiful plots to be found anywhere in the province.

(Source: Trails of the Pioneers, p 93 [1956; Adapted])

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Established in 1882, this is a public cemetery and it is nicely landscaped with pine trees. 

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1882.

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD16-09-05-04-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Roland

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As noted above, a part of the town's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1956 is told in the volume "Trails of the Pioneers", especially on the cited pages. There is also a related earlier volume entitled "Illustrated Souvenir of Roland, Manitoba".

Free digital versions of these 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 #0111), transcribed by a member or members in 1985. Also available to MGS members is a searchable online database named the "MGS Manitoba Name Index" (or MANI). Some additional information is contained in the 1996 MGS publication "Carved in Stone: Manitoba Cemeteries and Burial Sites" (revised edition, Special Projects Publication, 106 pages).