Hello Karl, Thank you very much for the cemetery info. You are a gem. Stephanie -----Original Message----- From: Karl Sup <ksup@inficad.com> To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com <IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:18 PM Subject: Re: [IA..Dubuque] Old Cathedral Cemetery in Dubuque >Sorry for joining this conversation late... I have the book: DUBUQUE: The >Encyclopedia >p. 62 > >The City of Dubuque map dated 1852, drawn and published by Joseph C. >Jennings, indicated three graveyards within the present city limits. One of >the three cemeteries was Catholic while the other two were public. > >The Catholic cemetery lay at the base of the bluffs behind modern Saint >Raphael's Cathedral. The cemetery was bordered on the north by Third Street, >the west by Outlot 723, on the south by Lots 698 and 698a, and on the east >by Outlot 693. The cemetery had a width of 411 feet along Third Street and a >depth of 382 feet. This cemetery was eventually closed by the bishop, and >the remains and markers moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery. > >Mount Olivet Cemetery is in Key West and was originally called the Key West >Burying Ground. > >For anyone interested, a little tidbit: Jackson Park previously was a city >cemetery. Remains there were removed to the new city cemetery, Linwood, and >the park was dedicated in 1856 and named Jackson Park in July 1857. > >This book is full of information about the Dubuque and surrounding areas. It >was published in 1991 by the First National Bank of Dubuque and was written >by Randolph W. Lyon. > >Best Regards, >Karl Sup >Mesa, AZ > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <Jeannieg731@aol.com> >To: <IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 9:11 PM >Subject: Re: [IA..Dubuque] Old Cathedral Cemetery in Dubuque > > >> I have searched in every old Dubuque book I have ... 1877 City Directory >> ... History of Archdiocese of Dubuque >> ... History of Dubuque By Father Wilke >> among others and there is no mention of the Old Cathedral Cemetery >anywhere >> ... I am sorry. To my knowledge there is no old cemetery by the >Cathedral. >> Also I looked for Hore Murphy Funeral home and couldnt find that >either >> (I looked for (note the spelling) HORR Murphy Funeral home also... One of >> Dubuque's founding fathers was a gentleman by the name of ASA HORR, he was >a >> medical man. But there is no mention of him owning a funeral parlor. >> sorry I am not too much help but I tried. >> JeannieG731@AOL.com >> >> >> ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== >> Have you visited the *NEW* RootsWeb/Ancestry Message Boards yet? Take a >> tour soon & learn how time-saving those "Gateway" messages are compared >> to trying to find the *new* ones on your own. >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> > > >==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== > *** Tired of this LIST? Going on vacation, a business trip>? *** >Send an email with one word, UNSUBSCRIBE, in the Subject and Message >area to: IADUBUQU-L-request@rootsweb.com. Digest? Replace "L" with "D". > >============================== >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 >