Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City
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| Year established: | 1866 [1] |
| Country: | USA |
| Location: | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Type: | Catholic |
| Owned by: | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark |
| Size: | 63 acres [1] |
| Number of gravesites: | 264,984 burials [1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. [2] [3] It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres and all but one-third of an acre have been developed and sold for burials. It is no longer selling new plots, but accepts burials in existing plots. [1]
[edit] Notable burials
- Mark M. Fagan (1869-1955), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey [2]
- Frank Hague (1876-1956), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey [2]
- James Alphonsus Hamill (1877-1941), US Congressman. [4]
- Mickey Hughes (1866-1931), 19th century Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.[5]
- John V. Kenny (1894-1975), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey [2]
- Mary Teresa Norton (1875-1959), served 13 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1925 to 1951.[6]
- Charles Francis Xavier O'Brien (1879-1940), US Congressman
- Thomas F.X. Smith (1928-1996), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- T. James Tumulty (1913-1981), US Congressman
- Titanic survivors Margaret Devaney, Elizabeth Dowdell, Robert Hopkins, Thomas McCormack and Bridget McDermott. [7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Holy Name Cemetery. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. “This facility, located in Jersey City, Hudson County, was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres and all but one-third of an acre have been developed and sold for burials.”
- ^ a b c d Holy Name Cemetery. New Jersey City University. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. “Holy Name Cemetery began in 1866 as a Roman Catholic burial ground for the new immigrants of Jersey City. It is run by the Archdiocese of Newark. Within the cemetery is a section dedicated to the burial of priests and nuns who served in the several Catholic parishes in Jersey City. Striking in their numbers and design are the mausoleums as well as the elaborately carved stone monuments. One such mausoleum is that of Mayor Frank Hague. His successor John V. Kenny is buried in the cemetery as is the Progressive Era reformer Mark Fagan. Earlier Catholic burials in the 1840s took place at St. Peter's Cemetery. It is located on Tonnelle Avenue, which made access from the busy highway increasingly difficult by the twentieth century. Its records are maintained by Holy Cross Cemetery.”
- ^ Egan, Colin. "The Hudson Underground", Hudson County Magazine, Fall 1991. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
- ^ James Alphonsus Hamill, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 4, 2007.
- ^ Mickey Hughes, Retrosheet. Accessed September 7, 2007.
- ^ Mary Teresa Norton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
- ^ People buried in Jersey City. Encyclopedia Titanica. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Holy Name Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
- Findagrave: Holy Name
- People Buried in Jersey City from Encyclopedia Titanica
- Holy Name Cemetery at Internment
- Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City is at coordinates Coordinates:
