>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 This information is so intersting. Telling the history of an area, helps us get to the "meat" of the history & more understanding! And learning about our long departed relations. That's genealogy. When you understand where you've been, you can go forward & connect the two generations sequencially. Happy hunting, Fellow lister, Cathy Raber > >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. > > > --- Cathy Raber --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.