Fascinating story and good work Celeste!! Susan Vargas Murphy
> On May 27, 2019, at 11:25 AM, 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Dixie, > I have an uncle who died at the age of 3 months. My grandmother, Maria > Jose Ferreira Dinis, (born in Ponta Garca, Terceira) was always sad that she > and her husband, Joao Bernardo Sobral, did not have the $5.00 to have him > buried in his own grave site. So.....he was buried with a woman who was > being buried at that time. > > My grandmother was always sad that she did not know where her first born > was buried. About 20 years ago, I decided I would try to find his grave > site. Shortly before that time, there were volunteers who walked the > cemetery and recorded markers for those that were buried there. Not every > site had a marker and there was a portion of the cemetery they called the > "poor ground." > > There was a priest at All Saints Church in Hayward where there was records > of Mt. St. Joseph cemetery. The priest was born in the same village ( > Ligares, Tras os Montes) in Portugal where my grandfather was born. I > contacted the priest and let me have all record books for Mt. St. Joseph > Cemetery. > > It took me 2 years to search each entry of every book. At the same time, I > made a copy (in alphabetical order) of the names of those buried there. I > did not find the baby's name, however, I found the name of a woman who had > died the same day he had died and was buried in what was called (the poor > ground) I made the assumption that he was buried with her. > > So I walked the cemetery taking note of every grave that looked to me to > have been buried in "the poor ground." By this time, my grandmother had died > and I was never able to tell her my findings. > > I gave the church a CD of the records I put into alphabetical order. > > So, if you can get someone at the church to look, they may be able to tell > you more than that someone was buried "in the poor ground." > > Celeste Perry [email protected] > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sun, 5/26/19, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Mount St Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Hayward > (California?) > To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, May 26, 2019, 9:51 PM > > Repost for Dixie > Schafir, > dschafir at aol.com > > The Mount St Joseph Catholic Cemetery in > Hayward > The original cemetery was where the priests > residence is today, next to the All Saints Catholic Church > on 2nd and D. When > the then new Mount St Joseph Cemetery was established my > Grandfather > Martin helped move the dead from next to All Saints Catholic > Church to The present St Joe’s cemetery. My > Great grandfather was among those moved. Then > the church itself was moved onto the former cemetery on 2nd > St and the > present Catholic Church was built on the site where the old > church > stood. My great grandfather’s wooden cross > disappeared long ago under one of the fire roads so I do not > know where he is. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails > from it, send an email to [email protected]. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_FriuKTKd3kt87u3Frm5iWOZ-QdJ%3D9_zHJcs-k2fGNyEw%40mail.gmail.com. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/1498786020.5360425.1558981535652%40mail.yahoo.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/1BAD1E80-0303-4142-8C0C-F55B35A6FD15%40aol.com.
