Hello Judy, Great information. Thank you. John L. Knabenschuh Garfield, AR ----- Original Message ----- From: <JUDYSPHIL@aol.com> To: <CTNEWHAV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:40 PM Subject: [CTNEWHAV] St. Bernards cemetery > "St. Bernard's, the first Roman Catholic cemetery in New haven, was opened in > 1879 at the corner of Columbus Ave. and the Boulevard. The date, Sept. 2, > 1851, appears on the stone gate and probably indicates the original purchase of > the land. On the outskirts of town, swampy and odoriferous, the land was > undesirable for housing lots and was consequently purchased at a low price by the > Catholics. Mary O"Neill who succumbed to apoplexy was the first person buried > there. The cemetery provided affordable burial for the masses of indigent > catholics who poured into New haven and until st. Lawrence opened years later, > was the only cemetery for their use." quoted from "Oyster village to melting > pot: The Hill section of New Haven by Dr. Robert Lattanzi. > > > ==== CTNEWHAV Mailing List ==== > To post messages to the New Haven County, CT discussion list, send them to > CTNEWHAV-L@rootsweb.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 > >