With all the talk about tombstones, I recalled reading something a long time ago. While looking for the reference, I came across some other info that may be of interest to fellow researchers and I include it here. A book I have entitled San Francisco Almanac by Gladys Hansen (then a San Francisco archivist), published in 1975, and later republished in 1995 by Chronicle Books has a wealth of information on San Francisco history. Unfortunately, it is out of print again and Amazon lists it as ³limited availability.² Anyway, the book lists all the early cemeteries of San Francisco and for some, their present disposition. It also has a few tidbits on the ³tombstones.² Since the book is out-of-print, I will summarize the information ­ perhaps you can check your local library for the actual book or send a request to Chronicle to republish ­ it is a wonderful resource that I have treasured for years. Apparently on the 26 of March 1900 Ordinance No. 25 was passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors ³prohibiting the Burial of the Dead Within the City and County of San Francisco from and after the First day of August 1901² Then in 1914 a notice to remove all bodies within 14 months was sent out to all persons with cemetery lots in Cavalry, Masonic, Odd Fellow and Laurel Hill by the Board of Health because they were ³a public nuisance and a menace and detriment to the public health and welfare.² According to this book, the tombstones from Laurel Hill were used as a seawall, although it does not say to where or in what year they were removed. The tombstones from Odd Fellow were used as a seawall at Aquatic Park. Another reference I found was from a March 2, 1978 article in the Bay Guardian which parrots some of the same info from the SF Almanac, but it also states that ³the headstones were removed from the cemeteries and used for any number of construction purposes.² It states that the Aquatic Park construction was in 1939 and others stones were used as paving blocks in Buena Vista Park. The names and location of early cemeteries I have listed. Where it indicated present disposition or dates of existence, I have put those in too. If you want more info, you will need to find another source ­ perhaps the 1995 edition lists more info. Anyway, here¹s the list: North Beach (Powell and Lombard) Telegraph Hill (southern slope) Russian Hill (summit) Calvary (Catholic) Cemetery (btw. Geary, Turk, St. Josephs and Masonic) ­ bodies moved to Holy Cross, Colma Chinese Cemetery (rear of Laurel Hill, from Parker Ave. west) Moved to Golden Gate Cemetery Gibbath Olom/Hill of Eternity (Jewish) (btwn. Dolores, Church, 19th & 20th Sts.) 2/26/1861 to 12/31/1888. Golden Gate/Clement Street Cemetery/City Cemetery (Clement and 33rd ­ now Lincoln Park) Book states that many of the bodies are still buried below the golf course now located there. Greek Cemetery (Stanyan and Golden Gate) ­ moved to Golden Gate Cemetery Hebrew Cemetery (2 lots- Broadway & Vallejo and Franklin & Gough) 1850-1860 Laurel Hill (prev. Lone Mountain) (btwn California, Geary, Parker and Presidio) Bodies moved to Cypress Lawn, Colma. Masonic (btwn Turk, Fulton, Parker and Masonic) Nevai Shalome Home/Home of Peace (Jewish) (btwn Dolores, Church, 18th & 19th Sts.) Odd Fellows (btwn Geary, Turk, Parker and Arguello). Bodies moved to Greenlawn Home in Colma. Yerba Buena (btwn Market, Larkin and McAllister) Bodies moved to Golden Gate in 1870. By the way, I recall seeing a Laughing Sal for sale at Busvan¹s on Clement Street years ago ­ so there must have been more than one. Hope this helps some of the curious. Susan Filgate

There are several copies of this book available at http://addall.com/ - search on author's name GLADYS HANSEN... The ones offered were published in 1980: San Francisco Almanac: Everything You Wanted to Know about the City ISBN: 0891410929 Publish Date: March 1980 Author: Gladys Hansen Binding: Paperback List Price: USD 12.95 and 1995 TITLE: San Francisco Almanac ISBN: 0811808416 Publisher: Chronicle Books Publish Date: 06/01/1995 Author: Gladys Hansen Binding: Hardcover , 464 pages List Price: USD 16.95 Thanks for this post - I will be getting a copy of this book. RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Filgate [mailto:susan@ripsqueak.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 9:46 AM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] Tombstones, cemeteries and Laughing Sal > > > With all the talk about tombstones, I recalled reading something > a long time > ago. While looking for the reference, I came across some other > info that may > be of interest to fellow researchers and I include it here. > > A book I have entitled San Francisco Almanac by Gladys Hansen (then a San > Francisco archivist), published in 1975, and later republished in 1995 by > Chronicle Books has a wealth of information on San Francisco history. > Unfortunately, it is out of print again and Amazon lists it as ³limited > availability.² Anyway, the book lists all the early cemeteries of San > Francisco and for some, their present disposition. It also has a > few tidbits > on the ³tombstones.² Since the book is out-of-print, I will summarize the > information ­ perhaps you can check your local library for the actual book > or send a request to Chronicle to republish ­ it is a wonderful resource > that I have treasured for years. > > Apparently on the 26 of March 1900 Ordinance No. 25 was passed by the San > Francisco Board of Supervisors ³prohibiting the Burial of the Dead Within > the City and County of San Francisco from and after the First day > of August > 1901² Then in 1914 a notice to remove all bodies within 14 months was sent > out to all persons with cemetery lots in Cavalry, Masonic, Odd Fellow and > Laurel Hill by the Board of Health because they were ³a public > nuisance and > a menace and detriment to the public health and welfare.² > > According to this book, the tombstones from Laurel Hill were used as a > seawall, although it does not say to where or in what year they were > removed. The tombstones from Odd Fellow were used as a seawall at Aquatic > Park. > > Another reference I found was from a March 2, 1978 article in the Bay > Guardian which parrots some of the same info from the SF Almanac, but it > also states that ³the headstones were removed from the cemeteries and used > for any number of construction purposes.² It states that the Aquatic Park > construction was in 1939 and others stones were used as paving blocks in > Buena Vista Park. > > The names and location of early cemeteries I have listed. Where > it indicated > present disposition or dates of existence, I have put those in too. If you > want more info, you will need to find another source ­ perhaps the 1995 > edition lists more info. Anyway, here¹s the list: > > North Beach (Powell and Lombard) > Telegraph Hill (southern slope) > Russian Hill (summit) > Calvary (Catholic) Cemetery (btw. Geary, Turk, St. Josephs and Masonic) ­ > bodies moved to Holy Cross, Colma > Chinese Cemetery (rear of Laurel Hill, from Parker Ave. west) Moved to > Golden Gate Cemetery > Gibbath Olom/Hill of Eternity (Jewish) (btwn. Dolores, Church, 19th & 20th > Sts.) 2/26/1861 to 12/31/1888. > Golden Gate/Clement Street Cemetery/City Cemetery (Clement and 33rd ­ now > Lincoln Park) Book states that many of the bodies are still > buried below the > golf course now located there. > Greek Cemetery (Stanyan and Golden Gate) ­ moved to Golden Gate Cemetery > Hebrew Cemetery (2 lots- Broadway & Vallejo and Franklin & Gough) > 1850-1860 > Laurel Hill (prev. Lone Mountain) (btwn California, Geary, Parker and > Presidio) Bodies moved to Cypress Lawn, Colma. > Masonic (btwn Turk, Fulton, Parker and Masonic) > Nevai Shalome Home/Home of Peace (Jewish) (btwn Dolores, Church, > 18th & 19th > Sts.) > Odd Fellows (btwn Geary, Turk, Parker and Arguello). Bodies moved to > Greenlawn Home in Colma. > Yerba Buena (btwn Market, Larkin and McAllister) Bodies moved to > Golden Gate > in 1870. > > By the way, I recall seeing a Laughing Sal for sale at Busvan¹s on Clement > Street years ago ­ so there must have been more than one. > > Hope this helps some of the curious. > > Susan Filgate > > >