I have ancestors buried there as early as 1856. Once upon a time, Lawrenceville was considered a suburb of the city of Pittsburgh! Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al Lenkner" <alenkner@stargate.net> To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] St. Mary's Cemetery, again > Rosanne, > > Many moons ago, I read a blurb about Allegheny Cemetery where the claim was > that it was the first cemetery built in Allegheny County that was not > located in the City of Pittsburgh. > > Al > > > > At 11:14 PM 10/22/2001, you wrote: > >St. Mary's Cemetery is in Lawrenceville, but if you go out the front gate and > >cross the street, you are in Bloomfield. One block down, and you are in > >Garfield. > >The cemetery is older than 1897, my ggrandfather was in there much before > >that. I am fairly sure that is older than Allegheny (it neighbor) which was > >founded in 1844. > > > >Rosanne > > > > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > >Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, > >Palm-Gen, and Westie > > > >============================== > >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > ============================== > Ancestry.com--Your #1 Source for Family History Online--FREE for 14 Days > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1238 > > >