You call the San Joaquin County Hospital at (209) 468-6000. Ask for the pathology department, which is where the urns are being stored. The address for San Joaquin County Hospital is: San Joaquin County Hospital 500 W. Hospital Road French Camp, CA 95231 I spoke with several departments, all refered me to the pathology department. Marge http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need our help to save old cemeteries. Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page Host of: Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list Hermes family name list Wenstrom family name list ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda &bob" <blc535587@thegrid.net> To: "Margie Campbell" <margecam@pacbell.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [CA-CEMETERIES] Urns at SJ county Hospital- there is a list of names..update > Good morning, Margie > > Don't mean to bug you but I have a question for you. > Do you think I can get info on my grandfather Robert Patrick Hall who died on > Nov. 10, 1942 at San Joaquin Gen. hospital and was cremated on 11-22-42. I have > an Urn number. I would like to know what happened to his remains. All I have is a DC > for him. I can't make out the informant name. > Do I call the hospital ? Who do I ask for ? Do I call the Crematory and give > them the Urn # ? > > thank you for your time, Linda in Jolon > > Margie Campbell wrote: > > > Hi everyone: > > I spoke with a gentleman today who is connected with the county hospital in > > French Camp. He says there is a list of names, but hesitates to release > > them in whole. He will check for names (from about 1920-40 ), if you can > > provide a name and date. Need not be exact date.. but close, so he can > > check. Most were paupers, and families could not bury them.. why they ended > > up at county hospital & not rural cemetery, etc.. is not clear. He did > > agree that some could have been state hospital deaths, but is not certain, > > but the dates are right (after the State hospital abandoned the old > > cemeteries of their own). > > The 40 graves on the property were moved to Lodi Memorial Cemetery here in > > Lodi. > > ALL of these urns were left in the building at the county hospital. Someone > > intervened and it was decided to just leave them there. The county Hospital > > may have a list of names also, if you can prove your person died during that > > timeframe. I have a few death certificate copies that show County Hospital > > deaths, I am going to submit these names to Steve, to see if this is where > > they are (the few without burial information). > > If you have an ancestor who may have been sent to county hospital from > > another area due to lack of funds during the 1920-40 period, and you can't > > find a burial place... may want to see if they could be one of these urns. > > I don't have the hospital number in front of me, but you can get it > > online... they have a webpage. > > Marge > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm > > Margie Campbell's Web Page > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ > > History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ > > Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa > > State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need > > our help to save old cemeteries. > > Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page > > > > Host of: > > Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list > > Hermes family name list > > Wenstrom family name list > > > > ==== CA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > Check out what your List Admin. does in her spare time. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~historic/ > > Contact List Admin. Karen Dyer nchistoric@infostations.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >