I recently received a message regarding the Plankey Plains Cemetery and have additional information for locating this hard to find spot. Plankey Plains Cemetery is also named Woodmore Cemetery. It is located in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Franklin in Manitoba, Canada.
The message I received leads me to think that the 28E sign indicated in my directions may be obscured or missing.
I have located a google map and GPS coordinates for Plankey Plains on a site run by the Manitoba Historical Society. CLICK HERE to go the page for Plankey Plains. When the google map is enlarged using the + directive you will will see that the road is also accessible from Provincial Trunk Highway 59 by taking a road just south of Rapids Rd. S. that angles off to the southwest and then curves around.
Here are the coordinates: Site Location (lat/long): N49.14811, W96.83068
On my next trip north I will look for landmarks that I can add to help located the road to Plankey Plains. If anyone reading this has additional helpful information it will be very much appreciated and I will add it to this blog site.
Mary Katherine May
GPS (lat/long): N49.14811, W96.83068 Directions to Plankey Plains, Manitoba Site: From Highway 59 go West on Highway 201 to Road 28E. North on 28E to the Plankey Plains Site. Please be patient with me. I will be adding all of the photographs of the grave markers that I took but as some of the markers are hard to read it is a slow process.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Thursday, September 13, 2012
This grave marker is very difficult to make out. The photograph I post here has red marks where I have traced letters as best as possible for the time being. I believe that the surname on this marker may be Wachna, but currently cannot be certain.
The lettering on this marker was unevenly scratched into the cement. There are appears to be small letters under the larger letters, which may be the initial scratches from which to enter the larger, they may be from family at the time of the death--scratched in memory of the loved one, they might be from pranksters as a joke, or what looks like letters just might be only more cement cracks. In the upper right is a cross. The next two or three lines I believe gives the standard wording in Ukrainian language on graves: Here rests....
I am making this photograph as large as possible.
The lettering on this marker was unevenly scratched into the cement. There are appears to be small letters under the larger letters, which may be the initial scratches from which to enter the larger, they may be from family at the time of the death--scratched in memory of the loved one, they might be from pranksters as a joke, or what looks like letters just might be only more cement cracks. In the upper right is a cross. The next two or three lines I believe gives the standard wording in Ukrainian language on graves: Here rests....
I am making this photograph as large as possible.
A close up of the area where the name should be.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
CHERWATY Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
Plankey Plains Manitoba
Cherwaty
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| Cherwaty: John and Mary |
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
SAMBORSKI Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetary Plankey Plains Manitoba
SAMBORSKI
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| Samborski John 1896-1970 Barbara 1895-1977 Rest in Peace. |
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| Samborski: In loving memory of Husband, Father and Grandfather: Paul 1913 - 2001 Wife, Mother, and Grandmother: - 1980 Rest in peace. |
Friday, August 17, 2012
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba Canada
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery
Plankey Plains, Manitoba Canada
Here is one of the more fortunate of the unfortunate grave markers in the Plankey Plains Cemetery. There are families, though, who have replaced the markers like this and far worse with new ones, many keeping the long rectangular concrete slab that lies flat over the grave site.
Perhaps on the next trip to this area I will be able to find out more information, but at this time I will offer what I have. The grave markers were cast by hand, most likely by a resident who took it upon himself to handle this portion of the church and cemetery business. In this case, the letters were scratched into the cement, but rather unevenly. Now, as you can see, there is growth that would need to be removed in order to view the letters better.
My husband and I were told a story by his cousin who went to visit his family's cemetery burial grounds in Southern Minnesota. Unfortunately for this site, a man had taken it upon himself to clean up the grave markers by washing and soaking them. He discovered in the end that he had removed all of the names. Once done, there is no undoing.
Here is the same photograph, printed and then outlined as best as I could with a marker, and what I can glean from what I see thus far. I see a name, Ivan? Ivanbola? This person died in [19]22 at the age of 38 years.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
POLISCHUK Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
POLISCHUK
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| POLISCHUK In Loving Memory Walter March 28, 1937 - January 1, 2008 |
MATICHUK Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
MATICHUK
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| Matichuk Father: Onufry June 29, 1890 - August 8, 1966 Mother: Hafia September 16, 1894 - December 13, 1989 Ever remembered. Ever loved. |
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
ORYSCHAK Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
ORYSCHAK
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| Nicholas Oryschak December 14, 1898 - March 14, 1951 |
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| Oryschak: Dear Mother Katherine October 14, 1902 - June 21, 1994 Grant her, O Lord, eternal rest |
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| Oryschak: Beloved Son Myron Morris 1915-1932. This marker is difficult to read. See same marker right below.  |
Saturday, August 4, 2012
KOSHMAN FENIUK FENYUK Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
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| Спочивае Стифан Кошман уп. 1930 р. прожив 75 ро. сеи хрест поставила донька Маріа Финюк Вічная память.
This is the grave marker at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery, Plankey Plains, Manitoba for Stephan Koshman, my great-great grandfather.
Here lies Stefan Koshman
Died in the year 1930
Lived 75 years
This cross
placed here by his daughter
Maria Feniuk
Memory eternal.
From the memoir of Wasylyna Koshman German (Gorman) as told to Ann Sherman and published in The Carillon News, April 1974:
In the spring of
1900 Stephan Koshman took a cancelled homestead for $30.00, the farm where the
Plankey Plains Ukrainian Catholic Church is now situated, built their home on
the south half and moved his family from Kulachkowsky’s. Their new neighbor was Frank Millar (Fern
Horobetz’s Dad) who farmed the place later owned by John Bialkoski. Mr. Millar was a very good neighbor, he also
spoke Ukrainian so that it brought a real closeness between him and the
Koshman’s who could not speak any English.
About 1903, men of
the surrounding neighborhood held meetings in the homes in regards to choosing
a spot for a cemetery. Men attending
included Nick Didychuk, Harry Goy (grandfather of Mrs. Mike Tkachuk), Steve
Horbul, S. Koshman, Jack Pawloski, father of Pete Pawloski, Winnipeg, N.
Polischuk (Mrs. Cherwaty’s father), Mike Nawolski, Oliksa Tkachuk (Jack’s dad),
Dan Horbul, J. Gorman and Sam Gorman (husband of Wasylyna).
Jack Pawloski agreed
to donate an acre of land and so did Stephan Koshman, but they soon were to
find out that there was a road allowance between the two farms. The first membership fees were 25 cents and
another acre of land was bought from Jack Pawloski where the land was quite a
bit higher.
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
PASKAREK Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba Canada
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| ТУТ СП. [СПОЧИВАЄ] АНАСТАЗІЯ ПАСКАРИК РОД. Р.Б. 1850 УПК. 17.Ц. [ЧЕРВЕНЬ] 1941.Р. Here rests Anastasia Paskarek (Paskarik) 1850 - 17 June 1941 |
FOY Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains Manitoba
FOY
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| Lloyd James Foy 1922-1976 |
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| Livia Sylvia Foy January 19, 1930 - June 26, 1990 |
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| Nicholas James Foy December 18, 1953 - March 23, 1985 |
Monday, July 23, 2012
HORBUL Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery Plankey Plains
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| Тут спочиває дорогі мама Василина Горбиль ур. 1870 уп. 21. 7. 1948. Here rests dear Mother, Wasylyna Horbul. 1870 - July 21, 1948. |
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church Site and Cemetery Plankey Plains Ma...
Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church (site) & Cemetery
Plankey Plains Manitoba Canada
Plainky Plains Manitoba First Hand Account of Its Founding
A good friend and helper to my Great
Grandmother Wasylyna Gorman of Stuartburn, Manitoba were Mrs. Anne Sherman and
her husband, Alec.
In April of 1974, Mrs. Sherman honored
my Grandmother by written down her story and then publishing it in the Carillon
News over two issues. The following
selection is from Mrs. Sherman’s work.
Mrs. W. Gorman of
Stuartburn is one of these. She experienced the trek from the Ukraine to
the Canadian wilderness in 1899 as a 14-yeard old girl and participated in the
settling of a new country. Today, still in good health despite her 89
years, she lives in her neat cottage in Stuartburn where she still carries her
own firewood and water. Her life story is simply told here by a close
friend of Mrs. Gorman’s. The Carillon’s Stuartburn correspondent, Mrs. A.
Sherman.
About 1903, men of
the surrounding neighborhood held meetings in the homes in regards to choosing
a spot for a cemetery. Men attending
included Nick Didychuk, Harry Goy (grandfather of Mrs. Mike Tkachuk), Steve
Horbul, S. Koshman, Jack Pawloski, father of Pete Pawloski, Winnipeg, N.
Polischuk (Mrs. Cherwaty’s father), Mike Nawolski, Oliksa Tkachuk (Jack’s dad),
Dan Horbul, J. Gorman and Sam Gorman (husband of Wasylyna).
Jack Pawloski agreed
to donate an acre of land and so did Stephan Koshman, but they soon were to
find out that there was a road allowance between the two farms. The first membership fees were 25 cents and
another acre of land was bought from Jack Pawloski where the land was quite a
bit higher.
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