WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN THE MIMINEGASH 
     
     UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA 
     
    
   
   
    
     For King and Country, members of the Miminegash United Church of Canada 
     
     who volunteered for active service with Canada’s Fighting Forces in World War II: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Herbert Burns Stanley Costain 
     
    

    
     Lloyd Burns Vincent Ellsworth 
     
    

    
     Alvin Costain Ivan Mclnnis 
     
    

    
     Claude Costain Cecil Palmer 
     
    

    
     Elmer Costain Alfred Smith 
     
    

    
     Emerson Costain Colin Smith 
     
    

    
     Gordon Costain Edward Smith 
     
    

    
     Terrence Howard Costain John Sawyer 
     
    

    
     John W. Costain Kenneth Thomson 
     
    

    
     38. MIMINEGASH UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY 
     
    
   
   
    
     As previously stated, this cemetery was established after October 27, 1866 
     
    
   
   
    
     when the Fanny Fern, a ship of 622 tons, was wrecked off Miminegash and the 
     
     bodies of two sailors were washed ashore and buried in the field below John 
     
    
   
   
    
     Costain’s house. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The original land for the cemetery was donated to the Miminegash 
     
     Methodist Society by John and Phoebe Costain and Richard and Jane Costain 
     
     about 1866. The first recorded burial there was on July 1, 1867. The upper part 
     
     of the cemetery was given by John and Phoebe Costain and the lower part came 
     
     from the farm of Richard and Jane Costain. In 1979, a small section of land on 
     
     the right side of the back of the cemetery was purchased from the Provincial 
     
     Government for $10.00 for the purpose of straightening the back line of the 
     
     cemetery. This land had previously been owned by Clifford Costain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     When a grave was being excavated near that of Edith McInnis, the remains 
     
     of one of the sailors, including a leather boot, were uncovered, buried at an 
     
     angle to her grave. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After the Miminegash Methodist Church building was completed in 1881, 
     
     there were two burials in back of the present church building in an attempt to 
     
     start a Methodist cemetery, but the land proved to be unsuitable, and these 
     
     remains were removed to the present cemetery. 
     
    
   
   
    
     From its origin, this cemetery has been used by the Miminegash United 
     
     Church, and the Miminegash Bible Christian Church, which later became the 
     
     Miminegash Presbyterian Church. The cemetery through the years has been lov- 
     
     ingly cared for which is much appreciated by relatives and friends living in Prince 
     
     Edward Island or “away”. 
     
    
   
   
    
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