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One of the most ostentatious mausoleums in the cemetary. The man for whom this was built owned one of the most famous circus companies in America, which he later sold to P.T. Barnum.
Mount Carmel Cemetery is a Roman Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Il just west of Chicago. The cemetery first took burials in 1901 and now holds the grave of over 250,000 people with about 800 new burials each year. The most notable feature is the Bishops monument which houses tombs of many former Bishops and Archbishops of the Roman Catholic Church of Chicago. However, many of the visitors of the cemetery come for the major notable members of crime families that date back to the Chicago Gang Wars. These include Al Capone, Frank Nitti, Dean O'Banion, Hymie Weiss, the Genna Brothers, and many other notables. The Cemetery will not tell you where they are buried, but feel free to ask if you need help locating them.
Cemetery, New Prague, MN
The town of New Prague was founded by Bohemian and Bavarian settlers between 1856 and 1877. The community was inhabited exclusively by immigrants. In 1880 it has a 387 residents. According to the census of 1880 the oldest Minnesota born resident was 17 years old. There were no residents with any of their parents born in Minnesota. The habitants of Nova Praha came mostly from the Hapsburg empire (Bohemia). Others were of Prussian origin (many of them were from Luxembourg).
There were some residents from Wurtenberg and one from Scotland and one from Sweden. There were no analphabets. The population was dedicated to farming, but there was a hotel, a saloon (with billiard) a family owned cigar manufacture, a beer saloon, a store and a lumber agency. The first steam operated mill was built in 1875 near the present-day mill.
The most common cause of death was "old age" (with 79-85 years) according to 10% of the immigrant files of the New Prague. Some people were hit by trains (others by bulls) and there was a death caused by car accident in 1904.
In 1905 the old church of New Prague was destroyed in a fire. The new church was one of the largest churches in the state. Its stained glass windows were imported from Europe and has inscriptions in Czech. Today the Czech cultural heritage is still visible in New Prague. There are ten murals from the early 20th century depicting life in New Prague.
Plot 40: John Vinnicombe (adult) 1916
Mary Vinnicombe (72) 1925 – Widow
Isabella Mary Vinnicombe (ashes)
Eliza Pratt (ashes)
Andrew Anderson Pratt – Book binder (ashes)
IN
Loving Memory
of
JOHN,
beloved husband of
Mary VINNICOMBE
died 22nd Aug. 1916,
aged 65 years.
At Rest.
Also MARY
beloved wife of above
died 1st Aug. 1925
aged 72 years.
“At Rest.”
ELIZA PRATT
died 28th Jan. 1948
aged 66 years
ANDREW ANDERSON
PRATT
died 9th Aug. 1959
aged 82 years
ISABELLA MARY VINNICOMBE
Died 12th Oct. 1947.
Age 65 Yrs
DEATHS
VINNICOMBE.—On. August 22, 1916, at his residence, Mangawhau Road, Newmarket, John, beloved husband of Mary Vinnicombe: aged 65 years.
Private interment.
Plot 41: Mary Ann Clarke – Mrs
Stuart Samuel Clarke – Warehouseman
Sacred
To The Memory
of
MARY ANNE CLARKE
died 19 Jan. 1956, aged 80 years.
And her loved son
STUART SAMUEL
loved husband of
Mary Bernardette CLARKE
died 26th Nov. 1956, aged 46 years.
R.I.P
CLARKE
Started in pioneer era on land of James and Isabella Caufield Dunn, who with 8 other families came from Ireland to America in 1821, living first in Charleston, S. C., then in Boligee, Ala. In Dec. 1833 they began trek to colony of Sterling C. Robertson by ox-wagons and carryalls. With the Dunns were families of Henry Caufield, Letitia Ellis and her daughter Elizabeth Watson, Henry and William Fullerton, Hugh and William Henry, the widow McMillan, and the Youngs. Burial of infant of James and Isabella Dunn (1836) opened this cemetery, used ever since by heirs of the pioneers. (1972) (Marker No. 10916)
Sexton’s hut attached to cemetery wall built 1858, most of the work by Levi Cooper. Hut now used for stray bits and pieces.
Noel Frederick Hayes died 19 Oct 1960 aged 55 years, husband of Avis Ethel. He was the son of Frederick Hayes & Mary Eleanor nee McGilchrist of “Bagdad”, a grazing property between Robe & Kingston.
“HAYES.—On the 25th December at Bagdad, Robe, the wife of F. Hayes - a son.” [Evening Journal 31 Dec 1904]
“my home. It is called 'Bagdad,' and is between Robe and Kingston, but not on the main road. It is 12 miles from Robe. . . Our house is on a hill, with large pines all round it. Some of them are Norfolk Island pines, and are said to be the highest in the South -East. We have three lovely fruit gardens, with almost every kind of fruit. We grow all our own vegetables, and have a nice flower garden, too. Mother has a windmill with water laid on for the flower garden. . . Noel Hayes.” [Chronicle 20 Mar 1915]
Elmwood Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
Listed 8/27/2013
Reference Number: 1300643
Elmwood Cemetery is a 50-acre municipal cemetery established in Norfolk County (now in the City ofNorfolk), Virginia, in 1853. It is contiguous with Norfolk's first public cemetery, Cedar Grove, established in 1825. Elmwood is filled with an abundance of Victorian funerary art and displays a wealth of material culture relating to the Victorian attitudes toward death and mourning. It contains the graves of individuals and groups who made noteworthy contributions to the city, state, and nation. The works of both local and nationally recognized artisans, sculptors and stonemasons may be found there. It contains abundant resources for the study of the social, political, economic, cultural and ethnic heritage of the area. Elmwood continues to serve as an active city cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery is locally significant under Criteria A and C and areas of significance are Social History, Art, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. The property is locally significant under Criterion B as the final resting place for numerous individuals whose contributions to Norfolk's development are significant, as well as historic figures who achieved prominence on a statewide or larger scale, in particular the following individuals: Littleton Waller Tazewell, Sr., Hugh Blair Grigsby, James Barron Hope, David Minton Wright, Walter Herron Taylor, Robert Morton Hughes, William Sloane, Williams. Forrest, and Lycurgus Berkley, Sr. Elmwood Cemetery meets Criteria Considerations C and D as it derives significance from its association with historic events and individuals and its design characteristics. Elmwood's period of significance begins with the establishment of the cemetery in 1853 and ends with the construction of the Superintendent's Office in 1931.
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Highgate Cemetery, London.
I can't really get over the magic and serenity of this place.
We even saw a fox...
This community was settled in the 1850s and named for a nearby spring-fed hollow. The cemetery served as a community graveyard for the town, which until the early 1900s contained businesses, schools, and churches. The first recorded burial here was that of Mary J. Burts in 1866. A cemetery association was founded in 1917 about the time annual July 4th picnics began. In 1977 a fund for perpetual maintenance was established. Among the more than 2600 people buried here are pioneers of the area and their descendants and veterans of conflicts from the Civil War to Vietnam. (1994) (Marker No. 11264)
This cemetery stands behind a farm-house that was called "Bus House" by the troops during the First World War. It was made in June-November 1917, but one grave of January 1915 was brought in during the war, and four more were added in April 1918.
The British Expeditionary Force was involved in the later stages of the defence of Belgium following the German invasion in May 1940, and suffered many casualties in covering the withdrawal to Dunkirk. A number were killed during the battle on the Ypres-Comines canal and were originally buried where they died, but in 1941 their graves were brought in from sites scattered throughout the commune for reburial in this cemetery.
Bus House Cemetery contains 206 First World War burials,12 of them unidentified, and 79 from the Second World War, nine of them unidentified. There are also two French war graves within the cemetery.
One of several flowering trees that line this cemetery. The were damaged by Sandy but have recovered nicely.
This is the inside of the entrance to the Charles Evans Cemetary in Reading, PA. The most prominent architectural feature of the Charles Evans Cemetery is the sandstone Entrance Way which adorns the main access along Centre Avenue. Completed in 1852, this impressive structure reflects the Gothic Revival style which was popular at that time. Located immediately north of the main entrance gate, the Tudor-style office building was constructed in 1927. It provides space for administrative staff, the secure storage of records and an appropriate setting to discuss the services offered by the Cemetery.
A Crematorium, Chapel and Columbarium are all housed in a handsome Italianate-style structure situated in the eastern portion of the Charles Evans Cemetery, in the vicinity of Perry Street. Added in 1939, this building features a stately bell tower, a majestic bronze entrance door and artistically designed windows. The impressive Chapel is available for quiet meditation or for services during inclement weather when graveside attendance is impractical. To the side of the Chapel is the Columbarium, where memorial urns find an everlasting resting place, safe from the elements. Imperishable bronze niches of various sizes are available for individual or family use. The original cremation chambers were replaced in 1994, utilizing the latest technological advancements. The Chapel Garden Mausoleum was added in 1981. These two free-standing structures provide granite-faced crypts and niches for above-ground interment. We have also added new niche walls on the north side of the Crematorium, Chapel and Columbarium building.
Shot with a 9-18mm m Zuiko lens.