Roseanne, Thanks for the information. Al At 11:33 AM 10/23/2001, you wrote: >Al, > >Allegheny may be the oldest. My source was a priest at St. Mary's Parish. >My parents wanted to buy plots in the cemetery (during 1960s) and they were >unavailable. The priests said that this wouldn't have been a problem if a >bishop hadn't sold off the land for Allegheny Cemetery. He didn't think >there would be a need for that many graves. I do know that some of the land >for Allegheny was bought later (in the 1950s), I think from the Schenleys. > >My grandparents built a house on Carlton St. in Lawrenceville in the 1920s >and the deed says that they bought the land from St. Mary's Cemetery, so I >would guess that the cemetery could have been that much bigger, though the >wall is above Carlton St. and is probably older than turn of the last >century. > >I checked the History of St. Mary's. The parish was founded in 1853, by >Bishop Michael O'Connor, the first bishop of Pittsburgh. From the History >"Ground was bought for a church adjoining St. Mary's diocesan cemetery. ... >Somewhat in this humble fashion St. Mary's Parish had its beginning close to >a cemetery." So the cemetery was there before 1853. > >Just for interest, " The deed for the St. Mary's property was recorded in >Court Nov. 14, 1853. It reveals that 'the said property located in Collins >Township was originally owned by Richard Ewart, bought in trust by James and >Brigid McCabe in 1849, and the sold to St. Mary's Roman Catholic congregation >for church purposes for the sum of $600.'" > >Rosanne > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== >SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237