Dear List, My original email about this got lost in the "these people are bouncing" mess, so I'm re-sending. I have a photo of a graduation coin that my New Orleans ancestor received when he graduated from a trade school in Paris, France in 1880. Would anyone care to take a look at it and tell me what it says? I don't speak French. Also, was it common to receive a coin as a diploma of sorts? It looks to be brass and it is kept in a round container with a tiny latch on the side. I cannot tell from the photo the size of the coin. I am not the owner of the coin but was sent a photo of it by a very nice lady whose family married into mine. Would appreciate any help on this. Will forward the picture privately, of course. Thank you. Carol Florida

LPB is doing a segment on genealogy for its weekly news program, Louisiana The State We're In. Yours Truly, and several other genealogists, were interviewed this week. I don't know when the segment will appear, but it could be as early as this Friday. The program is rerun over the weekend as well. Judy Riffel Baton Rouge

Judy, As far as I know, the records of St. John Cemetery - Hope Mausoleum are not online. Their address is: 4841 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70119 Their phone number is: (504) 486-6651 You could telephone them and I believe they would check their records for you. Given where they lived, I believe it is more likely they were buried in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery. As far as I know, they can be contacted through: Stewart Enterprises 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70124 Their phone number is: (504) 486-6331 You could try their email: Lakelawnmetairie@stei.com Norm --- Judy Fisher <jzamboni@cox.net> wrote: > Norm, Is the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery records on > line any place? Maybe > my Jacob Gullung and Catherine are buried there. The > next place would be St. > Vincent since is was close to their home. Judy . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Penny Tveiten <pennyt153@yahoo.com> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:56:10 PM Subject: Cemeteries part 3 It was built originally for Josie Arlington Duebler, of Storeyville fame, and many stories have been told of it. Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, In the front left-hand corner of Greenwood Cemetery, plainly visible from City Park $12,000. ' At the entrance, standing beneath a group of Gothic arches, is the 6-foot statue of a fireman, erected in 1887 in honor of the members of the Volunteer Fire Department who lost their lives in service. The statue of the fireman is of marble and was designed by Alexander Doyle. The pedestal and arches are of white Maine granite. ' Cypress Grove Cemetery has a gateway in Egyptian style. Here one finds the monuments and tombs of Dr. Warren Stone, outstanding physician; Maunsel White, veteran of 1815; James H. Caldwell, actor, banker, and impresario; and Mayors John P. Conway, Charles J. Leeds, and John T. Monroe. Among the 'ovens' along the Canal St. wall is one with a slab marked' Grave of Mumford,' in which rests the young Confeder\lte sympathizer who was court-martialed 'and 4anged for pulling down the American flag from the United States Mint in April 1862. A fine monument of Irad Ferry, the first volunteer fireman to meet death while on duty, at afire in Camp Street in 1837, stands just to the right of the entrance. The mausoleum contains the bodies of other members of Ferry's company who lost their lives in combatting fires. One of the most interesting tombs in this' cemetery is the Chinese Mausoleum, a plain square concrete structure with va-ults opening' on an inside covered court. The slabs all have Arabic numerals, and some have Chinese symbols. In one corner there is an open grate in which incense is burned during burial services. The custom of leaving food as an offering to the dead is no longer observed. The mausoleum belongs to the Chinese tongs and affords a temporary resting-place to its members, since all Chinese are taken to China for b\Jrial, regardkss of the length of time they have been absent from their native land. At intervals of about ten years the vaults are opened, the bones removed, cleaned and packed in steel boxes, about 30 inches high and 20 inches square, for shipment to China for permanent burial. City Pari" Ave. and West End Blvd. (Cemeteries or West End car from any Place on Canal St.). The Firemen's Benevolent Association controls these two cemeteries, which are situated across the street from one another and just across the Basin from Metairie Cemetery. They contain the tombs of many prominent people of earlier days, including that of Warren Easton, the New Orleans educator. Here are also the mausoleums of the Swiss Society, the Association of Alsace Lorraine, the Typographical Union, and the Elks. Ave., stands the monument erected in honor of the Confederate dead. The mausoleum, in which more than 600 soldiers are buried, consists of a large mound in the shape of a pyramid, buttressed with granite on the edges. Steps in front lead up to a granite slab, about 8 feet square, and in the center rises a marble shaft 9 feet in height. On the shaft is a life-size statue of a Confederate outpost guard, body bent and bayonet pointed, an expression of dogged watchfulness on the fac~. Life-size busts of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Leonidas PoH\., and Albert Sidney Johnston adorn the four faces of the shaft. On the south side is the engraved inscription, 'Erected in Memory of the Heroic Virtu,es of the Confederate Soldier, by the Ladies' Benevolent Association.' B. M. Harrod of New Orleans selected the design for the monument, and its erection was under the management of George Stroud. The material used in the structure is Carrara marble, and the approximate cost was St. Roch Cemetery, favor received or desired. ' The chapel is a, diminutive chancel of a Gothic church, and' is constructed of brick covered with cement. Tall, narrow. windows pierce the upper walls, wh,ile th~ Imyer reaches are covered with metal in imitation of wood paneling. The little altar is made of carved wood and has a small statue ,of Saint :Roch ard his faithful dog, just apqve the, tabernacle. The painted folding panels of the altarpiece are so badly faded that only the gold halos on the heads of the saints remain. Along the walls on each side of the altar are marble emblems and plaques, together with artificial limbs and crutches testifying to the cures that have been wrought through the intercession of the patron saint. ~n the floor of the chapel in front of the altar is the marble slab covering the grave of Father Thevis. Each Good Friday for many years young girls of New Orleans have made a" pilgrimage to St. Roch's Chapel.because of a local legend which promised a husband before the year was out tci the maiden who s:iLid a prayer and left a small sum at each of nine churches. It was considered doubly lucky to end this pilgrimage at St. Roch~s and to pick a four-leaf clover in the oldce;metery. The red spots ,¥hich appear on the clover there are said to result from the blood spattered by a bride-to-be who committed suicide on the grave of her lover. I, 1427 Sixth St. (take Magazine car at Canal and Magazine Sts.; get off at Sixth St. and walk two blocks right), and No.2, Washington Ave. between Loyola and Saratoga Sts. (take St. Charles car at Canal and Baronne Sts.; get off at Washington Ave. and walk four blocks right), contain tombs of many well-known residents of the old Garden District; St. Joseph's, Washington Ave. and Loyola St., contains the original frame church of St. Mary's Assumption, which was moved there from its original site, when the present brick church was erected. The National Cemetery at Chalmette was laid out in 1865 and contains the graves of more than 12,000 soldiers, almost half of them unknown. 197 OTHER CEMETERIES The cemetery of St. Vincent de Paul, 1322 Louisa St. (take St. Claude car at Canal and N. Rampart Sts.; get off at Louisa St. and walk two blocks left), is notable because of its connection with Pepe Llulla, who is credited with having established it, although it appears that he merely developed it after he became connected with the family who started it. A native of Mahon, Spain, heavily bearded and of striking appearance, he was noted for his swordsmanship, and was said to have been a veteran of more than thirty duels. His prowess in this respect was so great that popular tradition states that he started the cemetery in order to have a convenient place to bury his victims. St. Vincent de Paul's also contains the tombs of Mother Catherine Seals, Negro spiritualist leader, and of Queen Marie of the Gypsies, who died March 19, 1916. The large marble tomb of the latter bears the name 'Boacho' and the legend 'Tomb of the TinkaGypsy.' Gypsies are said to make regular visits to the resting-place of their Queen. There are many Hebrew cemeteries in different sections of the city, while the Masons and Odd Fellows have well-kept burial grounds at the head of Canal St. The three St. Patrick Cemeteries, in which many of the old Irish pioneers are buried, are also on Canal St. The Lafayette Cemeteries No. St. Roch and Derbigny Sts. (Frenchmen bus from Canal and Chartres Sts. to Derbigny; walk four blocks downtown). St. Roch is one of the quaintest of New Orleans' cemeteries. Modeled after the famous Campo Santo dei Tedeschi (Holy Field of the Germans) near St. Peter's in Rome, it was called the Campo Santo by its founder, Father Thevis, a young German priest, who had come to New Orleans at the request of the Bishop of New Orleans because of ,the scarcity of native priests. As assistant pastor of the Holy Trinity Church, he was confronted in 1868 with the loss of his pastor and many of the parishioners, victims of a yellow fever epidemic. In this extremity Father Thevis invoked the intercession of Saint Roch, famous for his wonderful work among the plague sufferers of the Middle Ages, promising to erect with his own hands the chapel of St. Roch, which has been a favorite shrine ever since. The cemetery soon grew up around it,; its walls, with their chapel-like niches containing the Stations of the Cross within and tombs beneath, and Saint Michael's Mausoletlm in the second section of the cemetery, were a,dded soon afterwards. A steady stream of devout Catholics have made their journey to St. 'Roch for many years. Mass is said there every Monday morning, and on any day candles cah be found burning before the altar, either in thanksgiving or in petition for some ________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Penny Tveiten <pennyt153@yahoo.com> To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 6:47:33 PM Subject: Cemeteries part 2     Economic and Social Development There is one that sounds like the language of the Jahberwock: , Alas that one whose dornthly joy had often to trust in heaven should canty thus sudden to from all its hopes benivens and though thy love for off remore that-dealt the dog pest thou left to prove thy sufferings while below. Sacred to the memory of Robert John, a native of this city, son of Robert and Jane Creswell died June 4, r845 age 26 years, 7 months (Girod Cemetery). Here also may be found what is probably the briefest epitaph in the _ city - 'D. J. C. 1839.' Perhaps the most arresting epitaphs in the old St. Louis Cemeteries are those on the tombs of the men who fell in duels: 'Mort sur Ie champ d'honneur' (Died on the field of honor)' 'Victime de son honneur' (Victim of his honor) '.rour garder intact Ie nom de famille' (To keep unsullied the name of the family) St. Louis Cemetery No.1,     FAMILLE VVE.PARIS                              neeLAVEAU                            Ci-Git II Juin 1897 ·   Cemeteries II, 1897 aged sixty-two years. She was a good mother, a good friend and regretted by all who knew her.Passers-by, please pray for her.    '193 The little church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at Rampart and Conti Sts., was originally the mortuary chapel where all Catholic funerals were held from 1827 to 1860. Convinced that the dead bodies which were taken into the Saint Louis Cathedral during funerals were a means of spreading disease, the City Council forbade the holding of funerals in the Cathedral after 1827. The mortuary chapel was erected near the cemetery by the wardens of the Cathedral to fill this need. After the Civil War the ban on cathedral funerals was removed and the little chapel became a parish church. St. Louis Cemetery No.2, St. Louis No.3, 3421 Esplanade Ave. (Esplanade bus from Canal and Burgundy Sts.), occupies the site of the old Bayou Cemetery established by the city in r835. It became the property of the cathedral in 1856 and is now the finest of the three St. Louis Cemeteries. Its location on very low ground has always been a detriment, but the grounds are well kept and many fine tombs are to be seen. The priests of the diocese are buried here, and many of the religious orders, both priests and nuns, have their mausoleums in this cemetery. Bishops and archbishops are always buried beneath the altar of the cathedral. There is an impressive monument to,the memory of James Gallier, Sr., the famous architect who was  N. Claiborne Ave. and Bienville St., contains several curious tombs. Most interesting is that of Dominique You, piratecaptain under Jean Lafitte, veteran of the Battle of New Orleans, and afterwards a ward politician, whose funeral was the event of the year. Here also is the unmarked 'Voodoo' grave, another supposed restingplace of Marie Laveau. The uninscribed concrete is covered with crosses made by the faithful with bits of red brick; and devotees still bring contributions of food and money, especially on St. John's Eve (June 23). 'Hoodoo money,' in two-cent and eleven-cent combinations, left at the base of the tomb will bring good luck to the depositor or bad luck to his enemy. Marie is said to converse with her followers through the walls of her' oven,' imparting such information as they desire. Other interesting tombs include those of Alexander Milne, the Scotch philanthropist, in whose honor Milneburg is named; Fran<;:ois-Xavier Martin, historian; Pierre Soule, United States Senator, Ambassador to Spain, and Confederate statesman; Claude Treme, who founded Faubourg Treme; and Oscar J. Dunn, the mulatto Lieutenant-Governor under Henry' Clay Warmoth .. lost with his wife at sea, erected by his son. Thorny Lafon, the mulatto philanthropist, also has a tomb in this cemetery. Girod Cemetery, S. Liberty St. between Cypress and Perilliat Sts. (S. the oldest Protestant cemetery in the city, is hidden away in the railroad yards at the head of Girod Street. Christ Church came into control of it through a purchase from the city in Claiborne car from Canal and St. Charles St. to Girod; walk four blocks right), Metairie Cemetery, handsome granite shaft, the Army of Northern Virginia Monument, commemorating the Confederate general, Stonewall Jackson, and the men of the Louisiana Division of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under him. The monument was dedicated May The monument erected to the memory of the Louisiana Division of  the Army of Tennessee is one of the finest Confederate monuments in New Orleans, It was dedicated April 5,the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. The handsome bronze equestrian statue represents General Johnston as he led the charge at that battle in which he received   his mortal wound. On the right of the entrance to the mausoleum stands a lifelike marble statue of an orderly sergeant calling the roll of the soldiers. The Gothic arch at the entrance of the tomb is surmounted with a bronze medallion with flags and arms, and at the sides are the names of the battles in which the division fought. The remains of General Beauregard repose inside, and the vault contains a memorial tablet to Johnston. The work was executed by Alexander Doyle and Achille Perelli. At the intersection of Aves, D and I, a short distance from the entrance of the cemetery, stands the white granite monument erected in memory of Louisiana's Washington Artillery, one of the best-known military organizations of the South. The company was organized in Elsewhere in the cemetery are the tombs of Generals John B. Hood, Richard Taylor, and Fred N. Ogden, all prominent Confederates. Jefferson Davis was first buried here, but his remains have since been removed. The remains of Governor Claiborne, the first American Governor of Many of the prominent families of the city have tombs in Metairie, an stories are told about the four female figures at the base of the shaft, but all are without foundation of fact.intersection of Pontchartrain Blvd. and Metairie Rd. (West End car from any Place on Canal St.), is the finest of all New Orleans cemeteries and one of the show places of the city, The site of a famous ante-bellum race track, it occupies a beautiful location among groves of green trees and quiet waterways. In 1873 the racing was discontinued and the Metairie Cemetery Association formed. In 1825. It has not been used much in recent years, and the luxuriant vines and shrubs with which it is overgrown give it a haunted appearance. Gnarled fig trees push their way through the bulging sides of some of the old tombs, and the wall 'ovens' are damp and green with maidenhair fern. Many famous people of former days are buried here, including Glendy Burke, prominent citizen and financier of ante-bellum days, and Col. W. W. S. Bliss, survivor of many battles in the Mexican War. Another tomb is that of John David Fink, founder of Fink Asylum for Protestant Widows and Orphans, who, according to tradition, excluded maiden ladies from his charitable enterprises because of having once been refused by a girl who preferred working out her own destiny as an old maid. 1895 the grounds were beautified and landscaped, with a series of drives, paved walks, lagoons, and many fine trees. Marble and granite in beautiful and costly designs line every roadway. Here cemetery architecture is to be found at its best. " In the center of a large green mound surrounded by palm trees is the 10, 1881, the eighteenth anniversary of the death of Jackson, in the presence of a great throng of spectators. Above the mausoleum, in which 2,500 men are buried, rises the granite monument, 32 feet in height. Atop this is the statue of Jackson, 'neither calmer nor grander than Jackson stood in flesh.' .On the pedestal are carved two crossed flags with the inscription 'From Manassas to Appomattox, 1861 to 1865.' The statue was the work of Achille Perelli of New Orleans. 1840 and saw its first service in the war with Mexico. During the Civil War the company, which had by then expanded into a battalion of five companies, saw service in more than sixty great battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. The monument is 32 feet in height, and is topped with the figure of an artillery soldier leaning on a gun swab. Granite posts, shaped like upright cannon and connected with iron chains, surround the mound. The base of the pedestal consists of a graduated pyramid of three steps, with sculptured cannonballs at the bottom. On the face of the pedestal appears the emblem of the company, a tiger's head, with the motto 'Try us,' and also the badge of the artillery, the State seal, and a basrelief bust of Washington. The date's '1846' and '1861-1865' are engraved on one side, together with the names of the battles in which the ;ompany fought and the members who lost their lives in service. George Doyle was the sculptor.  Louisiana, were brought to Metairie from St. Louis No. 1. Other famous names are those of the Reverend Thomas Riley Markham, Chaplain General of the Confederacy; Dr. B. F. Palmer, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church; Bishop Sessums, of the Episcopal Church; Governor Henry Clay Warmoth, and John Dimitry. d the remains of many others have been brought there from their original resting-places in other cemeteries. Magnificent family tombs rise On all sides, and certain oddities are to be seen as well. The tall shaft of the Moriarity Monument stands just to the left of the entrance. Amusing  The four statues are simply stock figures placed on the monument for effect by the builder. Mr. Dooley, upon observing the statues, is said to have remarked: 'Faith, Hope, Charity and Mrs.Moriarity.' Somewhat to the rear on the right, near Pontchartrain Blvd., stands the red granite tomb of Jose Morales, with torches offlaming stone and a bronze female figure in the act of knocking at the door of the tomb.  MARIE PHILOME GLAPION decedee Ie agee de soixante-deux ans Elle fut bonne mere, bonne amie et regrettee.par tous ceux qui l'ont connue Passants priez pour elle. F AMIL Y WID. PARIS born LAVE AU Here Lies MARIE PHILOME GLAPION deceased June Basin St. between St. Louis and Toulouse, along with St. Louis Nos. 2 and 3, contains practically all of the tombs of the old Creole families. Many of the early Americans:;- Daniel Clark, his daughter, Myra Clark Gaines, the two wives of Governor Claiqorne - and many others of similar prominence are buried in what used to be called the American Cemetery, the rear part of St. Louis No.1 reserved for Protestants. Governor Claiborne himself was buried here until 1906, when his remains were taken to a tomb in Metairie,' wher,e they now rest. The oldest decipherable epitaph is that of 'NaI).nette F. de Bailly. Died the 24th of September, 1800. Aged 45 years:' The low brick tomb of Etienne de Bore, the man who developed sugar-refining in Louisiana and the first'mayor of New Orleans, is in this cemetery; his grandson Charles Gayarre, the historian, is buried in the same tomb. Paul Morphy, the famous chess expert, is also buried here. In the DeLino family tomb lies Chalmette, the marble slab bearing his own name having been stolen long ago by vandals and used as a portion of a walk in another part of the cemetery until broken beyond repair. The well-known Voodoo leader, Marie Laveau, is thought by some to lie in a well-kept grave inscribed as follows; ________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

Norm, Is the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery records on line any place? Maybe my Jacob Gullung and Catherine are buried there. The next place would be St. Vincent since is was close to their home. Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Hellmers" <n_d_hellmers@yahoo.com> To: <laorlean@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN] Cemeteries in 1840 > Colleen, > > I found this list on the Web once. I can't vouch for > its accuracy without a good bit of checking, but it > should get you started. What religion was the person? > By 1840, there were Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish > cemeteries. > > c. 1721 First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy > in the Quarter > 1789 St. Louis #1, Basin and Conti Streets > 1822 Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery > (deconsecrated and torn down in 1957) > 1823 St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. > 1827 Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. > Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) > 1828 First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga > 1832 Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania > 1840 Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue > 1841 St. Patrick Numbers 1,2,3, 4900 Canal (#1), > City Park Ave. & Bienville (#2), lake side of > City Park & Bienville (#3) > 1844 St. Vincent de Paul, Piety St. > 1846 Dispersed of Judah, 4900 block Canal St. > 1847 Charity Hospital Cemetery, 4800 block Canal > 1849 Odd Fellows Rest, Canal St. and City Park > Avenue (across from Cypress Grove) > 1849 Carrollton (Green St.), at the block of Birch, > Adams, Hickory, Lowerline > 1852 Greenwood, Canal & City Park (on the lake side) > 1854 St. Joseph #1, Washington and S. Liberty > 1854 St. Louis #3 > 1858 Temmeme Derech, 4800 block Canal > 1859 St. Vincent, Soniat St. > 1860 Hebrew Rest, Elysian Fields near Gentilly > 1865 Masonic Cemetery, Bienville and City Park Ave. > 1867 Valence St. Cemetery (Valence and Saratoga) > 1867 St. John Lutheran, 4800 block Canal > 1872 Metairie Cemetery, Pontchartrain Blvd., and > Metairie Rd. > 1874 St. Roch #1 and #2, St. Roch Avenue > 1879 Holt Cemetery, near City Park Avenue > 1920s Mount Olivet, Norman Mayer near Gentilly Blvd. > > Norm > > --- CFitzp@aol.com wrote: >> I am trying to find out more info on >> Anne Margaretha Mandler >> 22y died >> 23 May 1840 >> pg 517 vol 8 >> >> Can anyone tell me which cemeteries were in >> existance at that time? She was >> German. Where would she have been buried? > . . . > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

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Norm, great list you sent. I've hunted high and low for a 1870 burial, death was in the Quarter for my Italian Ggrandmother. Your suggestion sometime ago was St. Louis 1 or 2. You're list give me more possibilities. Thanks for posting. She has to be somewhere!!! Paula **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851)

I'm wondering if there is such a thing as a "yearbook" or something like that which gives a list and/or picture of policemen/women for each year. My Rebecca Campbell Ducastaing was a police matron in the 5th precinct station in New Orleans in 1930. She died in 1933. I was hoping there is a picture of her somewhere. Any ideas? Julie

Will this help... New Orleans Cemeteries -- A Chronology c. 1721 First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy in the Quarter. 1789 St. Louis #1, Basin and Conti Streets 1822 Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery (de-consecrated and torn down in 1957) 1823 St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. 1827 Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) 1828 First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga 1832 Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania 1840 Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue

Sorry I did not notice before I am not sure how it happened, but this is missing near the beginning of part one: Penny T ....bearing a date earlier than 1800, the older graves having disappeared. After 1803 the rapid increase in population, together with the inroads made by yellow fever and cholera, created a real municipal problem. New cemeteries were established and old ones enlarged to meet the situation. rigid regulations regarding  methods of burial were issued. Interment in the ground was forbidden, and brick tombs were required in all cemeteries, which were enclosed within high brick walls. The recurring epidemics of yellow fever, however, sent so many dead bodies to the cemeteries that these regulations could not always be carried out. At times the burial grounds were so over taxed that the only possible way of disposing of the dead was to bury them en masse in shallow trenches as on the field of battle. It is estimated that  more than 100,000 are buried in the old St Louis cemeteries on Basin and Claiborne Streets alone. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

It was built originally for Josie Arlington Duebler, of Storeyville fame, and many stories have been told of it. Greenwood and Cypress Grove Cemeteries, In the front left-hand corner of Greenwood Cemetery, plainly visible from City Park $12,000. ' At the entrance, standing beneath a group of Gothic arches, is the 6-foot statue of a fireman, erected in 1887 in honor of the members of the Volunteer Fire Department who lost their lives in service. The statue of the fireman is of marble and was designed by Alexander Doyle. The pedestal and arches are of white Maine granite. ' Cypress Grove Cemetery has a gateway in Egyptian style. Here one finds the monuments and tombs of Dr. Warren Stone, outstanding physician; Maunsel White, veteran of 1815; James H. Caldwell, actor, banker, and impresario; and Mayors John P. Conway, Charles J. Leeds, and John T. Monroe. Among the 'ovens' along the Canal St. wall is one with a slab marked' Grave of Mumford,' in which rests the young Confeder\lte sympathizer who was court-martialed 'and 4anged for pulling down the American flag from the United States Mint in April 1862. A fine monument of Irad Ferry, the first volunteer fireman to meet death while on duty, at afire in Camp Street in 1837, stands just to the right of the entrance. The mausoleum contains the bodies of other members of Ferry's company who lost their lives in combatting fires. One of the most interesting tombs in this' cemetery is the Chinese Mausoleum, a plain square concrete structure with va-ults opening' on an inside covered court. The slabs all have Arabic numerals, and some have Chinese symbols. In one corner there is an open grate in which incense is burned during burial services. The custom of leaving food as an offering to the dead is no longer observed. The mausoleum belongs to the Chinese tongs and affords a temporary resting-place to its members, since all Chinese are taken to China for b\Jrial, regardkss of the length of time they have been absent from their native land. At intervals of about ten years the vaults are opened, the bones removed, cleaned and packed in steel boxes, about 30 inches high and 20 inches square, for shipment to China for permanent burial. City Pari" Ave. and West End Blvd. (Cemeteries or West End car from any Place on Canal St.). The Firemen's Benevolent Association controls these two cemeteries, which are situated across the street from one another and just across the Basin from Metairie Cemetery. They contain the tombs of many prominent people of earlier days, including that of Warren Easton, the New Orleans educator. Here are also the mausoleums of the Swiss Society, the Association of Alsace Lorraine, the Typographical Union, and the Elks. Ave., stands the monument erected in honor of the Confederate dead. The mausoleum, in which more than 600 soldiers are buried, consists of a large mound in the shape of a pyramid, buttressed with granite on the edges. Steps in front lead up to a granite slab, about 8 feet square, and in the center rises a marble shaft 9 feet in height. On the shaft is a life-size statue of a Confederate outpost guard, body bent and bayonet pointed, an expression of dogged watchfulness on the fac~. Life-size busts of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Leonidas PoH\., and Albert Sidney Johnston adorn the four faces of the shaft. On the south side is the engraved inscription, 'Erected in Memory of the Heroic Virtu,es of the Confederate Soldier, by the Ladies' Benevolent Association.' B. M. Harrod of New Orleans selected the design for the monument, and its erection was under the management of George Stroud. The material used in the structure is Carrara marble, and the approximate cost was St. Roch Cemetery, favor received or desired. ' The chapel is a, diminutive chancel of a Gothic church, and' is constructed of brick covered with cement. Tall, narrow. windows pierce the upper walls, wh,ile th~ Imyer reaches are covered with metal in imitation of wood paneling. The little altar is made of carved wood and has a small statue ,of Saint :Roch ard his faithful dog, just apqve the, tabernacle. The painted folding panels of the altarpiece are so badly faded that only the gold halos on the heads of the saints remain. Along the walls on each side of the altar are marble emblems and plaques, together with artificial limbs and crutches testifying to the cures that have been wrought through the intercession of the patron saint. ~n the floor of the chapel in front of the altar is the marble slab covering the grave of Father Thevis. Each Good Friday for many years young girls of New Orleans have made a" pilgrimage to St. Roch's Chapel.because of a local legend which promised a husband before the year was out tci the maiden who s:iLid a prayer and left a small sum at each of nine churches. It was considered doubly lucky to end this pilgrimage at St. Roch~s and to pick a four-leaf clover in the oldce;metery. The red spots ,¥hich appear on the clover there are said to result from the blood spattered by a bride-to-be who committed suicide on the grave of her lover. I, 1427 Sixth St. (take Magazine car at Canal and Magazine Sts.; get off at Sixth St. and walk two blocks right), and No.2, Washington Ave. between Loyola and Saratoga Sts. (take St. Charles car at Canal and Baronne Sts.; get off at Washington Ave. and walk four blocks right), contain tombs of many well-known residents of the old Garden District; St. Joseph's, Washington Ave. and Loyola St., contains the original frame church of St. Mary's Assumption, which was moved there from its original site, when the present brick church was erected. The National Cemetery at Chalmette was laid out in 1865 and contains the graves of more than 12,000 soldiers, almost half of them unknown. 197 OTHER CEMETERIES The cemetery of St. Vincent de Paul, 1322 Louisa St. (take St. Claude car at Canal and N. Rampart Sts.; get off at Louisa St. and walk two blocks left), is notable because of its connection with Pepe Llulla, who is credited with having established it, although it appears that he merely developed it after he became connected with the family who started it. A native of Mahon, Spain, heavily bearded and of striking appearance, he was noted for his swordsmanship, and was said to have been a veteran of more than thirty duels. His prowess in this respect was so great that popular tradition states that he started the cemetery in order to have a convenient place to bury his victims. St. Vincent de Paul's also contains the tombs of Mother Catherine Seals, Negro spiritualist leader, and of Queen Marie of the Gypsies, who died March 19, 1916. The large marble tomb of the latter bears the name 'Boacho' and the legend 'Tomb of the TinkaGypsy.' Gypsies are said to make regular visits to the resting-place of their Queen. There are many Hebrew cemeteries in different sections of the city, while the Masons and Odd Fellows have well-kept burial grounds at the head of Canal St. The three St. Patrick Cemeteries, in which many of the old Irish pioneers are buried, are also on Canal St. The Lafayette Cemeteries No. St. Roch and Derbigny Sts. (Frenchmen bus from Canal and Chartres Sts. to Derbigny; walk four blocks downtown). St. Roch is one of the quaintest of New Orleans' cemeteries. Modeled after the famous Campo Santo dei Tedeschi (Holy Field of the Germans) near St. Peter's in Rome, it was called the Campo Santo by its founder, Father Thevis, a young German priest, who had come to New Orleans at the request of the Bishop of New Orleans because of ,the scarcity of native priests. As assistant pastor of the Holy Trinity Church, he was confronted in 1868 with the loss of his pastor and many of the parishioners, victims of a yellow fever epidemic. In this extremity Father Thevis invoked the intercession of Saint Roch, famous for his wonderful work among the plague sufferers of the Middle Ages, promising to erect with his own hands the chapel of St. Roch, which has been a favorite shrine ever since. The cemetery soon grew up around it,; its walls, with their chapel-like niches containing the Stations of the Cross within and tombs beneath, and Saint Michael's Mausoletlm in the second section of the cemetery, were a,dded soon afterwards. A steady stream of devout Catholics have made their journey to St. 'Roch for many years. Mass is said there every Monday morning, and on any day candles cah be found burning before the altar, either in thanksgiving or in petition for some ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

    Economic and Social Development There is one that sounds like the language of the Jahberwock: , Alas that one whose dornthly joy had often to trust in heaven should canty thus sudden to from all its hopes benivens and though thy love for off remore that-dealt the dog pest thou left to prove thy sufferings while below. Sacred to the memory of Robert John, a native of this city, son of Robert and Jane Creswell died June 4, r845 age 26 years, 7 months (Girod Cemetery). Here also may be found what is probably the briefest epitaph in the _ city - 'D. J. C. 1839.' Perhaps the most arresting epitaphs in the old St. Louis Cemeteries are those on the tombs of the men who fell in duels: 'Mort sur Ie champ d'honneur' (Died on the field of honor)' 'Victime de son honneur' (Victim of his honor) '.rour garder intact Ie nom de famille' (To keep unsullied the name of the family) St. Louis Cemetery No.1,   FAMILLE VVE.PARIS                              neeLAVEAU                            Ci-Git II Juin 1897 ·   Cemeteries II, 1897 aged sixty-two years. She was a good mother, a good friend and regretted by all who knew her.Passers-by, please pray for her.    '193 The little church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, at Rampart and Conti Sts., was originally the mortuary chapel where all Catholic funerals were held from 1827 to 1860. Convinced that the dead bodies which were taken into the Saint Louis Cathedral during funerals were a means of spreading disease, the City Council forbade the holding of funerals in the Cathedral after 1827. The mortuary chapel was erected near the cemetery by the wardens of the Cathedral to fill this need. After the Civil War the ban on cathedral funerals was removed and the little chapel became a parish church. St. Louis Cemetery No.2, St. Louis No.3, 3421 Esplanade Ave. (Esplanade bus from Canal and Burgundy Sts.), occupies the site of the old Bayou Cemetery established by the city in r835. It became the property of the cathedral in 1856 and is now the finest of the three St. Louis Cemeteries. Its location on very low ground has always been a detriment, but the grounds are well kept and many fine tombs are to be seen. The priests of the diocese are buried here, and many of the religious orders, both priests and nuns, have their mausoleums in this cemetery. Bishops and archbishops are always buried beneath the altar of the cathedral. There is an impressive monument to,the memory of James Gallier, Sr., the famous architect who was N. Claiborne Ave. and Bienville St., contains several curious tombs. Most interesting is that of Dominique You, piratecaptain under Jean Lafitte, veteran of the Battle of New Orleans, and afterwards a ward politician, whose funeral was the event of the year. Here also is the unmarked 'Voodoo' grave, another supposed restingplace of Marie Laveau. The uninscribed concrete is covered with crosses made by the faithful with bits of red brick; and devotees still bring contributions of food and money, especially on St. John's Eve (June 23). 'Hoodoo money,' in two-cent and eleven-cent combinations, left at the base of the tomb will bring good luck to the depositor or bad luck to his enemy. Marie is said to converse with her followers through the walls of her' oven,' imparting such information as they desire. Other interesting tombs include those of Alexander Milne, the Scotch philanthropist, in whose honor Milneburg is named; Fran<;:ois-Xavier Martin, historian; Pierre Soule, United States Senator, Ambassador to Spain, and Confederate statesman; Claude Treme, who founded Faubourg Treme; and Oscar J. Dunn, the mulatto Lieutenant-Governor under Henry' Clay Warmoth .. lost with his wife at sea, erected by his son. Thorny Lafon, the mulatto philanthropist, also has a tomb in this cemetery. Girod Cemetery, S. Liberty St. between Cypress and Perilliat Sts. (S. the oldest Protestant cemetery in the city, is hidden away in the railroad yards at the head of Girod Street. Christ Church came into control of it through a purchase from the city in Claiborne car from Canal and St. Charles St. to Girod; walk four blocks right), Metairie Cemetery, handsome granite shaft, the Army of Northern Virginia Monument, commemorating the Confederate general, Stonewall Jackson, and the men of the Louisiana Division of the Army of Northern Virginia who fought under him. The monument was dedicated May The monument erected to the memory of the Louisiana Division of  the Army of Tennessee is one of the finest Confederate monuments in New Orleans, It was dedicated April 5,the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh. The handsome bronze equestrian statue represents General Johnston as he led the charge at that battle in which he received   his mortal wound. On the right of the entrance to the mausoleum stands a lifelike marble statue of an orderly sergeant calling the roll of the soldiers. The Gothic arch at the entrance of the tomb is surmounted with a bronze medallion with flags and arms, and at the sides are the names of the battles in which the division fought. The remains of General Beauregard repose inside, and the vault contains a memorial tablet to Johnston. The work was executed by Alexander Doyle and Achille Perelli. At the intersection of Aves, D and I, a short distance from the entrance of the cemetery, stands the white granite monument erected in memory of Louisiana's Washington Artillery, one of the best-known military organizations of the South. The company was organized in Elsewhere in the cemetery are the tombs of Generals John B. Hood, Richard Taylor, and Fred N. Ogden, all prominent Confederates. Jefferson Davis was first buried here, but his remains have since been removed. The remains of Governor Claiborne, the first American Governor of Many of the prominent families of the city have tombs in Metairie, an stories are told about the four female figures at the base of the shaft, but all are without foundation of fact.intersection of Pontchartrain Blvd. and Metairie Rd. (West End car from any Place on Canal St.), is the finest of all New Orleans cemeteries and one of the show places of the city, The site of a famous ante-bellum race track, it occupies a beautiful location among groves of green trees and quiet waterways. In 1873 the racing was discontinued and the Metairie Cemetery Association formed. In 1825. It has not been used much in recent years, and the luxuriant vines and shrubs with which it is overgrown give it a haunted appearance. Gnarled fig trees push their way through the bulging sides of some of the old tombs, and the wall 'ovens' are damp and green with maidenhair fern. Many famous people of former days are buried here, including Glendy Burke, prominent citizen and financier of ante-bellum days, and Col. W. W. S. Bliss, survivor of many battles in the Mexican War. Another tomb is that of John David Fink, founder of Fink Asylum for Protestant Widows and Orphans, who, according to tradition, excluded maiden ladies from his charitable enterprises because of having once been refused by a girl who preferred working out her own destiny as an old maid. 1895 the grounds were beautified and landscaped, with a series of drives, paved walks, lagoons, and many fine trees. Marble and granite in beautiful and costly designs line every roadway. Here cemetery architecture is to be found at its best. " In the center of a large green mound surrounded by palm trees is the 10, 1881, the eighteenth anniversary of the death of Jackson, in the presence of a great throng of spectators. Above the mausoleum, in which 2,500 men are buried, rises the granite monument, 32 feet in height. Atop this is the statue of Jackson, 'neither calmer nor grander than Jackson stood in flesh.' .On the pedestal are carved two crossed flags with the inscription 'From Manassas to Appomattox, 1861 to 1865.' The statue was the work of Achille Perelli of New Orleans. 1840 and saw its first service in the war with Mexico. During the Civil War the company, which had by then expanded into a battalion of five companies, saw service in more than sixty great battles from Bull Run to Appomattox. The monument is 32 feet in height, and is topped with the figure of an artillery soldier leaning on a gun swab. Granite posts, shaped like upright cannon and connected with iron chains, surround the mound. The base of the pedestal consists of a graduated pyramid of three steps, with sculptured cannonballs at the bottom. On the face of the pedestal appears the emblem of the company, a tiger's head, with the motto 'Try us,' and also the badge of the artillery, the State seal, and a basrelief bust of Washington. The date's '1846' and '1861-1865' are engraved on one side, together with the names of the battles in which the ;ompany fought and the members who lost their lives in service. George Doyle was the sculptor.  Louisiana, were brought to Metairie from St. Louis No. 1. Other famous names are those of the Reverend Thomas Riley Markham, Chaplain General of the Confederacy; Dr. B. F. Palmer, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church; Bishop Sessums, of the Episcopal Church; Governor Henry Clay Warmoth, and John Dimitry. d the remains of many others have been brought there from their original resting-places in other cemeteries. Magnificent family tombs rise On all sides, and certain oddities are to be seen as well. The tall shaft of the Moriarity Monument stands just to the left of the entrance. Amusing  The four statues are simply stock figures placed on the monument for effect by the builder. Mr. Dooley, upon observing the statues, is said to have remarked: 'Faith, Hope, Charity and Mrs.Moriarity.' Somewhat to the rear on the right, near Pontchartrain Blvd., stands the red granite tomb of Jose Morales, with torches offlaming stone and a bronze female figure in the act of knocking at the door of the tomb.  MARIE PHILOME GLAPION decedee Ie agee de soixante-deux ans Elle fut bonne mere, bonne amie et regrettee.par tous ceux qui l'ont connue Passants priez pour elle. F AMIL Y WID. PARIS born LAVE AU Here Lies MARIE PHILOME GLAPION deceased June Basin St. between St. Louis and Toulouse, along with St. Louis Nos. 2 and 3, contains practically all of the tombs of the old Creole families. Many of the early Americans:;- Daniel Clark, his daughter, Myra Clark Gaines, the two wives of Governor Claiqorne - and many others of similar prominence are buried in what used to be called the American Cemetery, the rear part of St. Louis No.1 reserved for Protestants. Governor Claiborne himself was buried here until 1906, when his remains were taken to a tomb in Metairie,' wher,e they now rest. The oldest decipherable epitaph is that of 'NaI).nette F. de Bailly. Died the 24th of September, 1800. Aged 45 years:' The low brick tomb of Etienne de Bore, the man who developed sugar-refining in Louisiana and the first'mayor of New Orleans, is in this cemetery; his grandson Charles Gayarre, the historian, is buried in the same tomb. Paul Morphy, the famous chess expert, is also buried here. In the DeLino family tomb lies Chalmette, the marble slab bearing his own name having been stolen long ago by vandals and used as a portion of a walk in another part of the cemetery until broken beyond repair. The well-known Voodoo leader, Marie Laveau, is thought by some to lie in a well-kept grave inscribed as follows; ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

When I was last in New Orleans in March, I searched the microfilmed records of Charity Hospital for 1833-1834. I was looking for the slaves of the woman I'm researching. To my surprise, I found no slaves at all, and only a very few free people of color, all of whom were from the North. Did Charity keep separate books for slaves, or did they not accept them for treatment? I also found very few Louisiana natives, although the book is a gold mine of information for people who had come to New Orleans from other states and other countries. The entries are quite detailed, giving name, age, race, occupation, place of birth, how long in the city, illness, and whether the person was cured or died. --- Carolyn Long --- carolynlong@earthlink.net

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Here is an interesting chapter describing the early cemeteries and customs in New Orleans. I scanned the pages into word pad, so the divisions you see are page breaks etc. It is a very interesting read. I will send it in 3 parts.  I hope you enjoy it!  Penny T Cemeteries { pgs 186- 198}THE cemeteries of New Orleans are truly cities of the dead. In place of marble and granite slabs set in green lawns or hillsides under trees, one finds closely built-up, walled enclosures filled with oblong house-like tombs, blinding white under the hot southern sun. The deceased reside in the midst of the great living city of their descendants. Very little is known concerning burial of the dead in Colonial times. Interment was beneath the surface of the ground, and there are no remains of tombs or monuments, or even slabs, bearing a date earlier than A graphic picture of the condition of the epidemic in Five dollars an hour failed to hire enough of them. Some of the dead went to the tomb still with martial pomp and honors; but the city scaven. gers, too, with their carts went knocking from house to house asking The death rate per thousand from 1800, the older graves having disappeared. After 1803 the rapid increase in population, together with the inroads made by yellow fever and cholera, created a real municipal problem. New cemeteries were established and old ones enlarged to meet the situation. Rigid regulations regarding methods of burial were issued. Interment in the ground was forbidden, and brick tombs were required in all cemeteries, which were enclosed within high brick walls. The recurring epidemics of yellow fever, however, sent so many dead bodies to the cemeteries that these regulations could not always be carried out. At times the burial grounds were so overtaxed that the only possible way of disposing of the dead was to bury them en masse in shallow trenches as on the field of battle. It is estimated that more than 100,000 are buried in the old St. Louis cemeteries on Basin and Claiborne Streets alone. 1853, drawn by Cable in Creoles of Louisiana, describes a lack of gravediggers: if     there were any to be buried. Long rows of coffins were laid in furrows scarce two feet deep, and hurriedly covered with a few shovels full of earth, which the daily rains washed away, and the whole mass was left, 'filling the air far and near with the most intolerable pestilential odors.' Around the graveyards funeral trains jostled and quarreled for places, in an air reeking with the effluvia of the earlier dead. Many' fell to work and buried their own dead.' Many sick died in carriages and carts. Many were found dead in their beds, in the stores, in the streets .... Cemeteries 1800 to 1880 in some decades was appalling. The lowest figure was 40.22 from 186o, to 1870, while the highest was 63.55 from 1830 to 1840. The manner in which rain and water seepage hampered burials is vividly described in A grave in any of the cemeteries is lower than the adjacent swamps, and from ten to fifteen feet lower than the river, so that it fills speedily with water, requiring to be bailed out before it is fit to receive the coffin, while during heavy rains it is subject to complete inundation. The great Bayou Cemetery (afterwards St. Louis Cemetery The method of tomb burial in New Orleans is unusual. The tombs, which usually consist of two vaults, with a crypt below in which the bones are kept, are carefully sealed to prevent the escape of gases from the decaying bodies. Sometimes they are built in tiers, resembling great, thick walls, and are called' ovens.' After a period of time prescribed by law, the tombs may be opened, the coffins broken and burned, 1!-nd the remains deposited in the crypts. By this method a single tomb may serve the same family for generations. The oven vaults line the walls of the cemetery. In some of the graveyards single vaults can be rented for a certain period, after which, if no disposition is made of the remains by relatives when the period expires, the body is .removed and buried in some out-of-the-way corner of the graveyard, the coffin destroye~, and the vault rented to some other tenant. This seemingly heartless procedure was the only possible manner of interment in the restricted areas of the old burial grounds. Thesystem is giving way to burial in the ground in the more modern cemeteries where family tombs do not already exist, but although it is quite safe nowadays to bury the dead beneath the ground, many tombs are still built. 188 Economic an.d Social Development 189 Cemeteries There have always been certain exceptions to the practice of tomb burial. In the Hebrew cemeteries burial has always been in the ground, and only marble and granite slabs and monuments are seen. The Potter's Field and Charity Hospital Cemetery, where the unclaimed or destitute poor are buried, present another and quite different appearance. The Charity Hospital Cemetery on Canal Street, for instance, has the appearance of a well-kept green lawn. Close examination, however, discloses the existence of small square stones in rows, flush with the ground and marked with numbers. These stones mark the graves of white persons at the Canal Street entrance and of Negroes at the Banks Street end. Only "a few rows of stone markers are visible, since the entire cemetery has recently been raised about three feet. Underneath the present surfaCe are the forgotten graves of many thousands buried there since the cemetery was established in the 1830'S. The absence of trees in the older graveyards is due to the fact that in so constricted a space the roots would cause an unsettling of the walls and tombs. Flowers, except cut flowers in vases, and lawns are also lacking, since there is no place for them to grow. However, on All Saints' Day, November I, Orleanians make up for the lack of flowers, every tomb displaying a remembrance in floral form. The observance of All Saints' Day is a distinctive Creole custom of European origin. Other sections of the country decorate graves on May 30, Memorial Day, or, in Catholic cemeteries, on All Souls' Day, the day following All Saints', but in New Orleans neither of these days is observed in that way. "The Confederate dead are remembered on June 3, while Protestants and Catholics alike fill the cemeteries with flowers on All Saints' Day". In former times the Creole ladies made the day an occasion for the display of winter fashions, and iron benches can still be seen before some tombs where it was the custom for members of the family to sit and receive friends during the day. During the week preceding November I, Negroes can be seen hard at work cleaning and whitewashing the tombs. Gilt paint is sometimes used to make more legible the inscriptions on the tombs and on the blocks of marble used as bases for flower containers. New Orleans is flooded with flowers, chiefly chrysanthemums, which have become defi- - nitely associated with the occasion. The plants are grown in the city and surrounding countryside, and are sold at hundreds of shops, along with cut flowers imported from California and elsewhere. The floral decorations make the cemeteries gay with spots of white, yellow, and bronze. Uere and there painted palm fronds, paper flowers, and ornate wreaths made of beads are to be seen. The same wreath is sometimes brought out year after year. Although a solemn occasion, the city takes on a holiday air. Crowds of people swarm through the burial places. From dawn until dusk the long procession continues, while hundreds of vendors supply refreshments and toys to pacify the children. New Orleans has more than thirty cemeteries at the present time (1937 y. The first Colonial cemeteries and some later graveyards stich as Locust Grove Cemetery, now the site of"the Thomy Lafon Negro school and playground, are no longer in existence. Many of these cemeteries are controlled by church congregations, and several are city property. Almost everyone now has a section for Negroes; and there are no exclusively Negro cemeteries. An Old Spanish document in the Cabildo, dated 1800, and dealing with an auction sale of lots in the old cemetery on Rampart Street 'in front of the Charity Hospital,' mentions that shortly after the founding of the city' the dead were buried on the grounds where later the capitular houses were erected and now stand, and that due to the increase in the population of the city, the said cemetery was transferred to the city block that corners with Bienville and Chartres Streets, being located on tbe second block coming down from the levee of the river toward "the' cathedral,' on a plot now bounded by Bienville, Chartres, Conti, and Royal Streets. The cemetery was maintained here until 1743, when it' was moved to the ramparts opposite the Charity Hospital of that day, on the square between Toulouse, Burgundy, and St. Peters Streets. In 1788 it was moved beyond the ramparts and a little further south. Basin Street was cut through afterwards and the ground from Rampart to Basin Street detached from the cemetery. Human bones dug up as late as 1900 in this area indicate that it onc~ formed a part of the burial ground. Treme Street (Marais) was cut through in 1838 and the graveyard confined to the river side of the street. The present St. Louis Cemetery No. I, with the strip on Marais Street, formerly called the AmeJ:ican Cemetery, is all that now remains of the original Basin Street burial ground. Soon after 1803 a strip in the rear of the Basin Street cemetery was set aside to serve as a burial piace for the Protestants. As the nature of yellow fever was not understood, every conceivable method of protection was tried. It was felt, for one tbing, that contagion spread from the cemeteries, and the City Council carried on a prolonged controversy with the wardens of the Cathedral in an effort to remove St. Louis Cemetery to some other location. In those early days all the ground between Rampart Street and Lake Pontchartrain was a The suburban towns of the period above New Orleans, which were afterwards absorbed into the city, also had their cemeteries. Lafayette Cemetery No. I, at Washington Avenue and Prytania Street, was the first planned cemetery in New Orleans, the lanes being laid out in symmetrical order and provision made for driveways for funeral processions. The first Jewish cemetery, at Jackson Avenue and Benton (Liberty) Streets, dates from the 1820'S. It was closed in 1866, but stilI exists in.tact and is well cared for. St. Joseph's, on Washington Avenue 'and Loyola, was established in 1850. In Bouligny, or Jefferson City, the Soniat Street Cemetery began to be used about 1850, while the Hebrew cemetery.of the Congregation Gates of Prayer, farther out in HurstvilIe (on Joseph Street), was established in 1852. Carrollton Cemetery goes back to the 1830'S.   swamp laced with bayous and foul with stagnant water and refuse from the city. Bayou Ridge Road and Bayou Metairie were the highest places. It was decided to leave the old cemetery as it was and establish a new cemetery on Claiborne Avenue reaching from Canal to St. Louis Streets. The square at Canal and Claiborne was afterwards reclaimed. A new Protestant cemetery was also established at the head of Girod Street. The ground now occupied by the City Yard and the Illinois Central Hospital was subsequently detached. Girod Cemetery was in use before 1820, and St. Louis Cemetery No.2 on Claiborne Avenue dates from 1822. The city found it necessary to esta.blish a pauper burial ground in 1833, and a location on 'Leprous Road' was selected. 'Leper's Land' was the name given to the neighborhood on Galvez Street, between Carondelet Canal and Bayou Road Ridge, because Galvez (17771785) banished the lepers, of whom there was a dangerous number in his day, to that neighborhood, and Miro, his successor (1785-1792), built a house for them there. The new cemetery was situated on the bayou on the present site of St. Louis Cemetery NO.3, and is referred to in old city directories as the Bayou Cemetery. ,As the city grew and the yearly epidemics continued, more and more burial grounds were needed. The present group at the head of Canal Street began about 1840, the Fireman's, Cypress Grove, and St. Patrick's being among the first. After the Civil War the Metairie race track was 'turned into a cemetery and has become the finest in the city. The Hebrew cemeteries on Frenchmen Street and Elysian Fields, and St. Roch's also date from this period. Mark Twain once said that New Orleans had no architecture except that found in its cemeteries. He had the public buildings of the city in   Cemeteries mind, and his statement was truer when made in 1875 than it is today. There are many beautiful tombs in the modern cemeteries, especially in Metairie. The material used ranges from the soft, cement-covered brick of early days, found chiefly in the St. Louis Cemeteries, to the finest of marble and granite carved and shaped into many striking and effective designs, and representing outlays'of thousands of dollars. All styles and combinations of styles of architecture are to be found - Egyptian, Greek, and Gothic. The prevailing color is dazzling white, but striking effects are also secured with gray and red granite. A feature of some of the old tombs in St. Louis Cemetery No. I is the use of small wrought-iron fences topped with a cross of the same material enclosing a little space in front of the tomb. Every large tomb has a place for flower vases, and most of the 'oven' vaults have a small shelf for the same purpose, some of which are never without floral offerings. The prevailing design in tombs is a rectangle with a rounded top, but diminutive temples, Gothic cathedrals, and irregular designs of various kinds are to be found in all cemeteries. Many mausoleums erected by societies are scattered through all the burial grounds. Sometimes these are plain square 'beehives,' but often they are unusual in design, like the mound tomb of the Army of Tennessee in Metairie, and the Elks' tomb in Greenwood. Fewer epitaphs are to be found in the New Orleans cemeteries than elsewhere. The large number of people usually buried in a family tomb and the consequent lack of space on the slab make anything more than the name and dates impracticable. Wordings in many different languages are found; French and English, however, are most frequent. Perhaps the outstanding epitaph, at least from the old-fashioned Southern point of view, is the rhetorical tribute to Albert Sidney Johnston by John Dimitry, carved on the rear wall of the vault of the tomb of the Army of Tennessee in Metairie. In Girod Cemetery there is a forgotten tomb in which Jane Placide, the once-famous actress of the American Theater, rests. James H. Caldwell, manager of the theater and notable for many activities in early New Orleans history, had her tomb built and selected the epitaph. They were lovers, and Caldwell's tribute, in the verses of Barry Cornwall, were often on the lips of romanticists: There's not an hour Of day or dreaming night but I am with thee; There's not a breeze but whispers of thy' name, And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale Of thee. DeBow's Review of September 1852: NO.3 on Esplanade Avenue) is sometimes so completely inundated that inhumation becomes impossible until after the subsidence of the water; the dead bodies accumulating in the meanwhile. I have watched the bailing out of the grave, the floating of the coffin, and have heard the friends of the deceased deplore this mode of interment. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

Colleen, I found this list on the Web once. I can't vouch for its accuracy without a good bit of checking, but it should get you started. What religion was the person? By 1840, there were Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish cemeteries. c. 1721 First cemetery built at St. Peter and Burgundy in the Quarter 1789 St. Louis #1, Basin and Conti Streets 1822 Girod St. Cemetery -- First Protestant Cemetery (deconsecrated and torn down in 1957) 1823 St. Louis #2, Conti St. and Claiborne Ave. 1827 Mortuary Chapel of St. Anthony, Conti and N. Rampart (now Our Lady of Guadalupe Church) 1828 First Jewish cemetery at Jackson and Saratoga 1832 Lafayette #1, Washington and Prytania 1840 Cypress Grove, Canal St. and City Park Avenue 1841 St. Patrick Numbers 1,2,3, 4900 Canal (#1), City Park Ave. & Bienville (#2), lake side of City Park & Bienville (#3) 1844 St. Vincent de Paul, Piety St. 1846 Dispersed of Judah, 4900 block Canal St. 1847 Charity Hospital Cemetery, 4800 block Canal 1849 Odd Fellows Rest, Canal St. and City Park Avenue (across from Cypress Grove) 1849 Carrollton (Green St.), at the block of Birch, Adams, Hickory, Lowerline 1852 Greenwood, Canal & City Park (on the lake side) 1854 St. Joseph #1, Washington and S. Liberty 1854 St. Louis #3 1858 Temmeme Derech, 4800 block Canal 1859 St. Vincent, Soniat St. 1860 Hebrew Rest, Elysian Fields near Gentilly 1865 Masonic Cemetery, Bienville and City Park Ave. 1867 Valence St. Cemetery (Valence and Saratoga) 1867 St. John Lutheran, 4800 block Canal 1872 Metairie Cemetery, Pontchartrain Blvd., and Metairie Rd. 1874 St. Roch #1 and #2, St. Roch Avenue 1879 Holt Cemetery, near City Park Avenue 1920s Mount Olivet, Norman Mayer near Gentilly Blvd. Norm --- CFitzp@aol.com wrote: > I am trying to find out more info on > Anne Margaretha Mandler > 22y died > 23 May 1840 > pg 517 vol 8 > > Can anyone tell me which cemeteries were in > existance at that time? She was > German. Where would she have been buried? . . . ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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In answer to Betty Ann's question, "Does a list of the attendees of this school exist? If so could you let us know where we might find it?" This is the information I got from the archivist at Notre Dame. You could write to him at archives@nd.edu. --- Carolyn Long --- carolynlong@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: Archives of the University of Notre Dame <archives@nd.edu> > To: <carolynlong@earthlink.net> > Date: 04/22/2008 3:54:42 PM > Subject: Madame Annette Praz, RSCJ, Letters to Abp. Anthony Blanc > > Today I put your photocopies in the mail. In your note, you ask the > location of the school mentioned in these letters. The implication of > the letters is that the school is in St. Michael, and I have confirmed > this by checking the Metropolitan Catholic Almanac and Laity's Directory > for the Year of Our Lord 1851, which lists on page 178: > > "CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART > AT ST. MICHAEL'S, SIXTY MILES ABOVE N. ORLEANS > There are 31 religious, 120 boarders, 10 orphans in the institution. > Madame Pratz, Superior." > > You might be interested in this web page: > http://www.ash1818.org/history.htm > > You can cite the letters in this form: > > Madame Annette Praz, RSCJ, to Archbishop Anthony Blanc, 14 August 1850, > Archdiocese of New Orleans Collection, V-5-n, Archives of the University > of Notre Dame. > > Thanks! > > -- > Wm. Kevin Cawley, Ph.D. > Archivist and Curator of Manuscripts > Archives of the University of Notre Dame > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 04/25/2008 2:31 PM

Does a list of the attendees of this school exist? If so could you let us know where we might find it. Betty Ann Davies -----Original Message----- From: laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:laorlean-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Long Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 11:08 AM To: Orleans Parish listserve Subject: [LAORLEAN] FW: Re: St. Michael's School 1850 Thanks to those on the NOVA last who answered this question; the identity of the school was confirmed by Jay Schexnaydre of the St. James Parish list. > [Original Message] > From: GACHGS Webmaster <webmaster@gachgs.com> > To: <carolynlong@earthlink.net> > Date: 04/17/2008 10:02:18 PM > Subject: Re: St. Michael's School 1850 > > Carolyn, > > The school would be the "Convent" for which the town of Convent gets its name. This Convent was located approximately 3/4 of a mile up river from St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church. This school was known as the Academy of the Sacred Heart or St. Michael's Convent. The building was torn down many years ago. > > It was run by a religious order of nuns based in France. As a boarding school wealthy girls from all over Louisiana, the US and Central & South America attended the school. RSCJ is the initials for religious order of nuns "Religieux de Sacri-Coeur de Jisu" (Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus). All Catholic priests, brothers and nuns that belong to a specific order sign their name with the initials of their order. Annette Praz was likely the headmistress of the school at the time when she wrote to Archbishop Antoine Blanc. > > This is not to be confused with the small white school house currently located next to the church which operated in the 20th century as a small parochial school and closed in the early 1970s. > > Sincerely > Jay Schexnaydre > Webmaster, GACHGS > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Carolyn Long <carolynlong@earthlink.net> > > Subject: St. Michael's School 1850 > > Sent: 14 Apr '08 16:54 > > > > On the website for the Notre Dame Archives I found some correspondence > > between Madame Annette Praz, R.S.C.J., St. Michael, Louisiana and > > Archbishop Anthony Blanc, New Orleans, regarding a pupil at the school, > > dated 1850. Would this be the St. Michael's School at Convent, Louisiana? > > Does anybody know what R.S.C.J. means? Thanks for your help. > > > > --- Carolyn Long > > --- [LINK: mailto:carolynlong@earthlink.net] carolynlong@earthlink.net > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1383 - Release Date: 04/17/2008 9:00 AM