Tirsbol, Tiraspol, Tears Bowl Cemetery - Emmons County, North Dakota GenWeb


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TIRASPOL CEMETERY
(Also known as Tirsbol and Tears Bowl)

National Register Of Historical Places

The following is partially quoted from an article written by Allen Burke, entitled, "Feist farm was homesteaded by one of first five German-Russians to settle in Strasburg area: Jacob Feist arrived in 1888."

".....Jacob Feist, was in the first group of five German-Russian immigrants to homestead in what is now south-central Emmons County, and Jacob donated the land for the first Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church and cemetery at what was then known as Tiraspol. ....
........The decision by the diocese to move the church and rectory from Tiraspol to the new town was not universally popular, but it was finally accomplished. .....
........Many of the graves from the Tiraspol Cemetery were moved to the new cemetery in town, but the cemetery, with its iron crosses, remains a landmark on the Feist farm. .........."
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The following is partially quoted from an article written by Jerry Klein, Jr., entitled, "A Brief History Of The People And Parish of Saints Peter and Paul Church, Strasburg, ND."

"....The old cemetery on the original church site east of town (known as the Tiraspol Cemetery) was then ordered closed, and the Bishop stipulated that no one else was to be buried there. Most of the remains of those who'd been buried in the old cemetery were eventually re©interred in the new cemetery. ...."
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The following is partially quoted from an internet article by an unknown source from a trip to the area in 2003. "......After that we went in search of my Great Grandfather’s old homestead, without success. However, we happed upon a magnificent find in the middle of nowhere in the farmland – a very small cemetery called Tiraspol Cemetery. Only about 8 graves remained, the rest had been moved to the cemetery we visited in Strasburg. Why these ones remained wasn’t explained on the plaque there, but we did learn that an ancestor of ours was originally buried there, which was very exciting. Many of them had died of dyptheria. ...."

The cemetery transcriptions of the cemeteries in the old Tiraspol Cemetery and the relocated cemetery are confusing. The transcriptions contained in the Ronald Kremer Cemetery Research for Tiraspol (described by him as 2.5 miles N.E. of Strasburg which is the location of the Old Tiraspol) are numbered over 160 in 1992; yet in 2003 the unknown author records 'about 8'). Confusing it more is that Ronald Kremer also lists Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery which is the name given at the time of the relocation from Tiraspol. Did the unknown author miss dozens of graves? Were there relocations numbering 150 after 1992? Does this writer have the names mixed up? Perhaps someday, someone who has first hand knowledge can answer these questions. In the meantime, to view the Ronald Kremer transcriptions, click on the above link then do a word search on 'tiraspol.'