I would assume that there is a baby section in cemeteries specifically for the children of parents who do not have a family plot. I say this because of my own personal experience, our son died in 1969, at the age of 15 months. He is buried in the Holy Innocence lot at St. Michael's in Springfield, MA Also, my daughter has identical twin girls buried in Babyland at Sunnyside cemetery in St. Petersburg, FL, she had no family plot at the time of their deaths. I remember when I was little, my grandmother told me that she had a son who died shortly after birth, he is buried in the baby section at Calvary cemetery in Altoona, PA. All the children above were baptized. Marilyn Boula Hernando, FL Searching: BOULA, CARL, GEER, GOSS, IRVIN, KUHN, MCGLINSEY, SCHMIDHAMMER, VANDEVANDER, WINGARD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert McGonigle" <arizonasaguaro@hotmail.com> To: <slbearer@comcast.net>; "Cambria County Geneology" <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; <pablair@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 11:53 PM Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Calvary Cemetery, Altoona > > Here in Columbus, Ohio at St. Joseph's Cemetery there is a section for > babies called The Guardian Angel section. I have a cousin who is baried > there (I think she was just a few weeks old). Their parents told me the > baby was buried there because they could not afford to buy graves for > themselves and burial in the Guardian Angel section was very inexpensive. > Whether this is the same for Calvary mentioned below I don't know but many > years ago I believe > non-baptized babies were probably not allowed to be buried in a Catholic > Cemetery. Marilynn would know...WHERE IS SHE BY THE WAY????? > > Robert McGonigle > Columbus, Ohio> From: slbearer@comcast.net> To: pacambri@rootsweb.com; > pablair@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:58:35 -0500> Subject: > [PACAMBRI] Calvary Cemetery, Altoona> > I went looking in the Calvary > Cemetery last summer & I was amazed at how huge a place this really was. I > had no idea. I did not see these babies mentioned in the note below but am > interested to find out also why they might have a section just for babies. > Can someone on the Blair list possibly answer why there is a section just > for babies in the Calvary cemetery as noted below? > ----- Original > Message ----- > From: M Jenner > To: slbearer ; pacambri@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:33 PM> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Potters > Field & Catholics> > > I remember as a child going to visit my > grandfather's grave in Calvary Cemetery in Altoona and wandering over to a > section of the cemetery that was all baby graves. I don't know if they > were separated because they weren't baptized or whether! > they were separated because their parents would have been young at the > time of the baby's death and didn't have a family plot. I was fascinated > with the markers as some had little cherubs and angels on them. I still > like to wander cemeteries and read the markers to this day. I guess that > is why I am into genealogy. > - - - - - - - - - -> > Search for more > Cambria County information on our webpage:> > http://www.camgenpa.com/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe > from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message