Topland Cemetery

The Topland community was settled during the years 1926-1932. The school district was formed about this time.  In 1936 it was decided that a cemetery was needed in this district. Shares were sold for twenty-five cents a share and along with revenue from dances, etc. enough money was raised to buy two acres of land on the S.W. corner of section 11-62-7-W5. This became the Topland Cemetery where many of the old-timers of the district have been laid to rest. In 1975 a monument was erected in honor of the pioneers buried there--money for this was made possible by a special grant issued for the restoration of older cemeteries. (info taken from the history book "Echoe's of Fort Assiniboine And Districts" p.183-184)

Here is a list of surnames of people buried in Topland Cemetery as of 1994.

Bridgeman, Bookhout, Bready, Betts, Carlson, Carty, Casavant, Courtepatte, Carter, Dean, Davison, Fidler, Fleming, Forman, Green, Hedenstad, Jackman, Lehr, McQueen, Meek, Meredith, Macleod, Olson, Stepaniuk, Smith, Teas, Thomas, Turner, Vobeyda, Wharton, Whitehead, Wiese.