![]() ![]() Burial of children under age seven cost three dollars children aged seven to fourteen cost five dollars. It cost an adult seven dollars to be buried there. Blissville gate of Old CalvaryĬalvary was accessible by ferryboats crossing the East River from 23rd Street in Manhattan. From January 1898 until 1907 there were about 200,000 interments, thus yielding roughly 850,000 interments at Calvary Cemetery by 1907. The entire number of interments from the cemetery's opening in August 1848 until January 1898, was 644,761. In the early 20th century, influenza and tuberculosis epidemics caused a shortage of gravediggers, and people dug graves for their own loved ones. By 1852 there were 50 burials a day, half of them poor Irish under seven years of age. The name of the deceased was Esther Ennis, who reportedly "died of a broken heart." The cemetery was consecrated by Archbishop John Hughes in August 1848. The first Calvary Cemetery burial occurred on July 31, 1848. The cemetery was named after Mount Calvary, where Jesus Christ was crucified according to the New Testament. Patrick's Cathedral trustees had purchased 71 acres (29 ha) of land from John McMenoy and John McNolte in Maspeth and this land was used to develop Calvary Cemetery. In 1847, faced with cholera epidemics and a shortage of burial grounds in Manhattan, the New York State Legislature passed the Rural Cemetery Act authorizing nonprofit corporations to operate commercial cemeteries. Patrick's Cathedral on Mott Street, Manhattan, realized that their original cemetery on Mulberry Street was almost full. History Map of Blissville from 1873, showing Calvary Cemetery, from the Greater Astoria Historical Society The oldest, First Calvary, is also called "Old Calvary." The Second, Third and Fourth sections are all considered part of "New Calvary." Ĭalvary Cemetery is divided into four sections, spread across the neighborhoods of Maspeth and Woodside. Established in 1848, Calvary Cemetery covers 365 acres (148 ha) and is owned by the Archdiocese of New York and managed by the Trustees of St. With about three million burials, it has the largest number of interments of any cemetery in the United States. She : 62 years and 7 months - He : 63 years and 5 months.40☄4′7″N 73★5′45″W / 40.73528°N 73.92917°W / 40.73528 -73.92917Ĭalvary Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Maspeth and Woodside, Queens, in New York City, New York, United States. ![]() , Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA (Age 97 years)Īstoria Cemetery, Astoria, Fulton County, Illinois, USA , Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)ĭ. , Dwight, Livingston County, Illinois, USA (Age 57 years)ĭ. , Browning, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA (Age 99 years)ĭ. , Bluff City, Fayette County, Illinois, USAĭ. , Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA (Age 78 years)ī. He : 26 years and 4 months - She : 20 years.ĭ. Rushville, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA , Bluff City, Fayette County, Illinois, USA (Age 89 years) , Bluff City, Fayette County, Illinois, USA (Age 86 years)ī. , Woodland Twp, Fulton County, Illinois, USAĭ. in the Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria with Rev. Preceding her in death were two brothers.įuneral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. In addition to her widower she is survived by one sister, Mrs. She was a member of the Astoria United Methodist Church. 13, 1896, in Woodland Township, a daughter of Stewart and Etta Dutton Rose. Wednesday at Culbertson Hospital in Rushville after suffering an apparent heart attack.Ī lifetime resident of the Astoria area, Mrs. Mary Ellen Ray, 73, of Astoria was dead on arrival at 1 p.m. Courtesy of FindaGrave member Charlene Kimpler 47331665:. ![]()
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