Saint Francis Cemetery
This is a view of Saint Francis Cemetery as you come
down Roebling Avenue towards Washington Street past
Franklin Street. I never saw anyone ever in Saint
Francis Cemetery.
3 years ago
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4 comments:
HI MAC...THAT WAS AN ODD PLACE FOR A CEMETARY, RIGHT IN THE HEART OF CHAMBERSBURG. I LIVED RIGHT AROUND IT FOR 20 YEARS AND NEVER SAW ANYONE BURIED THERE. THE PLOTS MAY ALL HAVE BEEN USED UP. COULD IT BE A CEMETARY USED BY ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOR PATIENTS THAT PASSED AWAY. SOMEONE REMARKED THAT IT WAS A JEWISH CEMETARY BUT THAT CAN'T BE WITH A NAME LIKE ST. FRANCIS. BEST REGARDS.
If you go to the old cemetery like Saint John's on Lalor there is no one there, tending graves or placing flowers. Same with the old Saint Hedwig off Cedar Lane.
But if you go to the new Saint Hedwig off Eggerts Crossing that opened in the 1960's the place is a beehive since, well, those old ones are long forgotten and most of the family lives far away. But the new Polish are out there every day.
Saint John's was the original cemetery for the Irish and was small, burned to the ground long ago and replaced by Sacred Heart.
Thanks, for the reminder, it has been a year now.
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St, Francis Cemetery was associated with St. Francis of Assisium RC Church on W. Front Street. I found this entry at:
http://www.trentonhistory.org/His/churches.html
"St. Francis' Cemetery, at Washington and Emory Avenues, is the last resting place of numerous of the early German Catholics of the city. It was dedicated with elaborate ceremonies October 9, 1870."
I imagine this location was considered to be in the boondocks in 1870. A search of the Trenton Times on GenealogyBank.com found the last reference to a burial at St. Francis Cemetery in February 1977. Prior to then the last burial at this cemetery appears to have been in December 1975.
My friend Charlie Webster, former Trenton Historian confirmed the comment by Stephen, he said most activity would have been done in the 1930's and wound down after that.
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