Has anyone ever heard of Batoche (National Historic Site)?

Question

I took a friend of mine to Batoche, in Saskatchewan Canada, the other day and when we were walking through the cemetary we came across 6 or 7 headstones that were all grouped together. They were all children a year apart, except between 1955 and 57, there was no 56. Every single one had the same date of death: March 5 1959.

Does anyone happen to know why this is? Was there a murder or something? I've tried searching it on Google but I can't find anything. The family's name was Hrycuik but there were no parents buried anywhere near the children.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Dahna

Answer 1

Hey Dahna,

Before I read your full question I found the first site. I did not see anything about the graves, but there is a "contact us" hyperlink at the bottom - suggest you ask your question there too.

There are more than 10 pages of web sites on this topic, so, you can surf the internet for a while too.