In 1899 as settlers began coming into the Swan River Valley, religious services of various denominations were held. At Kenville, Presbyterian and Methodist services were conducted, on alternate Sundays at Thunder Hill, Harlington, Kenville, and at Ruby, Pretoria and Benito. Riding horseback, the ministers usually went to their first appointment on Saturday evening to be there for Sunday.

First services in Kenville district were held in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Love. When Square Plains School was built nearby, services were held there, and later in Davidson School before the railroad came in 1905. When Kenville began to build up, the Presbyterians met upstairs in the boarding house until the school was built, and then both congregations met there.

Mr. A.J. Cotton and Rev. W.J. Lobb took subscriptions for the erection of a church building and parsonage. The lumber for both buildings was taken out and sawed at Mr. John Hawkins' mill southeast of Kenville.

The Church was opened and dedicated on Sunday, November 24, 1912. In 1987, a special service and gathering of friends was held to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Kenville United Church.

(Source: Church 75th Anniversary Booklet, as quoted in the local history volume "100 Years in the Swan River Valley", p 445 [Adapted])

Established in 1899.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society)

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD01-26-35-29-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Swan Valley West

As noted above, a part of the town's story and those of its inhabitants from the early days of European settlement through roughly 1998 is told in the volume "100 Years in the Swan River Valley", especially starting on page 445. 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 #0506), transcribed by a member or members in 1989. 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).

Additionally, many records for defunct United congregations in Manitoba, and those of the sects that merged to form it, are now kept in their main offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.