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 ccgran...@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 5/26/19, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Mount St Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Hayward (California?) To: "Azores Genealogy" <Azores@googlegroups.com> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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.
