In 1869 the Hudson 's Bay Company sold most of Rupert's Land to the Dominion of Canada and in 1870, Manitoba was organized as the fifth province.

The years 1875 to 1882 were marked by excessive rainfall that waterlogged low-lying areas and accounts for the seriousness of the insect problem to the settlers.

Extensive tracts of Manitoba were either reserved for settlement or in the hands of speculators. This, and the excessive precipitation encouraged settlers to move to higher ground. Emerging from the Sand Hills and towards the Brandon Hills, the land looked more promising.

When the railway was completed to Brandon, it became a "Wonder City". The Brandon Sun 's first edition on January 19,1882 lists the building count at 200. In May 1882, Brandon was incorporated as a city.

The Carrolton District was not surveyed until late in 1880. Land could not be bought or otherwise taken up until it was registered in Ottawa. It was several months after the survey was completed before it was registered.

Settlement did not proceeed as fast as in other areas owing largely to the incompletion of the main line of the C.P.R. to the Brandon area. As more settlers came, demand for local improvements grew requiring some form of local government. In 1883, this area was incorporated into the Rural Municipality of Oakland.

"Post settlements" up in several areas and by April 1884, Alfred H. Carroll at 19-07-19[-W1] was Postmaster for Carrolton.

In 1887, the area experienced a bumper crop like no other and by 1892 the C.P.R. railway extended across Oakland and Carroll came to life as a result.

At the time of the founding of Carroll in 1892, the denominations held their services in what was made available, usually a boxcar or store.

In 1895, the Presbyterian church was built and was rented by the Methodists until 1908, whe they built their own church. In 1923 the Methodist church was closed and in 1925 the Presbyterian and Methodist churches joined to form the United Church. St. Michael's Anglican church was built in 1900 and was closed in 1955.

In 1954, the history of Carroll Methodist, Presbyterian and United churches was published, entitled "Faith of our Fathers", commemorating the churches 60th anniversary (1894 — 1954).

The history of St. Michael's Anglican church can be found in the "Oakland Echoes 1879 - 1970", a history of the Municipality, published in 1970.

On June 30, 1968, the Carroll United church was officially closed. The building remains and is still in use in the community. The U.C.W. have borne the expense of maintaining the building since it closed and hold their meetings in the basement, as well as other community functions.

In 1979, a perpetual upkeep fund was started for the cemetery.

(Source: 1881-1981 Carroll Centennial, p 3, p 15, p 81 [1982; Adapted])

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Established in 1900.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [Adapted])

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Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD08-31-07-19-W1

In the Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa

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As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1981 is told in the volume "1881-1981 Carroll Centennial", especially on the cited pages. Also noted above are other similar works that contain other portions of the stories represented by the graves and memorials found in this cemetery.

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 #0023), transcribed by a member or members in 1979. 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).