Roseisle Hutterite Colony in Manitoba, was founded in 1929 as a division from the Thorndale Hutterite Colony. In 1936 the Roseisle Hutterite Colony, a Schmiedeleut colony, ceased to exist.

(Source: Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online [2024/02; Adapted])

This section as well as sections 6 and 8 were all purchased by a Hutterite Colony that moved in 1929. There were around one hundred members in the colony and they appeared to be quite a success for a few years. They used to sell the usual fare from communal farming throughout — geese, chickens, watermelon, vegetables, etc. Some of the the district young men used to work out at harvest. Their weddings attracted local

interest and I wonder how many remember the candies with "Be Mine", "I love you", etc. imprinted on their pastel outer coating in red, green and blue colouring that used to find their way from these weddings when 

a driver took the local machine agent out by horse and cutter as an invited guest.

The colony consisted of seven houses and a large hall plus the usual buildings to house stock and poultry. There is a grave yard on section 6 surrounded by a fence. There are no headstones but mounds indicate the

position of the graves. The Brethren return occasionally to fix the fence or just to visit the farm they once occupied. They had their own school. When the colony moved, this time across the line to the States, the land, owned by a Trust Co., was again let out to private interests.

(Source: The Hills of Home - A History of the Municipality of Thompson, p 550 [1967; Adapted])

~~~~~~~~~~

Established in 1929.

This cemetery is located on private land which is believed to have belonged to the Roseisle Hutterian Brethren Colony, which was established in 1929 and closed in 1936, after three consecutive years of crop failures, and then moved to South Dakota.

The earliest burial, according to the grave markers, was Rebecca Wurtz who died 16 May 1930. The landowner, in 1991, was a German migrant who accidentally discovered the burials after clearing out a small fenced enclosure covered in shoulder height weeds to see what was there. He kept the area mowed and weeded.

(Source: Manitoba Genealogical Society [1998; Adapted])

(Source: Manitoba Historical Society [Adapted])

~~~~~~~~~~

Dominion Land Survey coordinates: LSD08-06-06-07-W1

In the Rural Municipality of Thompson

~~~~~~~~~~

As noted above, a part of the community's story, and those of its inhabitants, is told in the volume "The Hills of Home - A History of the Municipality of Thompson", 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 #1201), transcribed by a member or members in 1998. 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, 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.