After 1931 the 465 acre (1.9 km²) plot hosted the divinity school of St. When the Potawatomi left, the Jesuits turned it into a boarding school for boys, until it closed during the depression. The school is the site of the first cathedral west of the Missouri River and east of the Rockies, the 1851 'log cathedral' of Bishop John Baptist Miège, S.J., Apostolic Vicar of Kansas under Pope Pius IX known familiarly as 'The Bishop East of the Rockies'. Mary's College, was founded by the Jesuits in 1848 as an Indian mission. Visit this site to view grave site markers where available.The original college at this location, St. These records and accompanying maps are cross-referenced between the Church Burial Records and Baltimore Genealogical Society tombstone readings.Ĭlick here to research burial records from the old section of the cemetery. Please contact the rectory to purchase these versions. These records are available as a CD ($5) and as a hardcopy ($10) in a binder. The burial records of the parish go back to 1856. Not only is it is a moving tribute to our allies and but also one that recalls the many Americans buried in France that are honored also remembered annually by the French nation. It is attended by representatives of the French Embassy as well as French Officers stationed at the U.S. Williams approached the Baltimore Council of the American Legion who agreed to accept permanent responsibility of the care and annual memorialization of these four alliesĮach year on the first Saturday in November – the French Memorial Day – the American Legion Posts #20 and #137 hold a memorial ceremony at the grave of the French Sailors. The sailors were given a military funeral courtesy of the Senior Naval Officer in charge of the port at the time.įor years the graves were personally tended by Mrs. Since there was no next of kin, the French sailors had to remain in this country and were buried by Father Hartwell. french-memorialThey were Pierre Chetodel and Louis Gouger of the French Sailing ship Thiers, and Louis Brazzard of the French Sailing ship Almandral. The other three French Reservists died of the flu in October 1918. The first French Reservist was Joseph Melvel of the French Ship Amarel Cicile, who drowned while swimming at Port Covington in August 1918. The bodies of four French Sailors are buried at the Cemetery. The Annual French Sailors Memorial Ceremony Many of the first bodies were orphans who died of pestilence and poverty. These victims were buried in unmarked graves covering approximately one quarter of an acre in the northeast section of the cemetery and marked by a single monument.

Legend has it that the cemetery may have been used as early as 1700 when a flu epidemic swept through Baltimore. The oldest grave marker is dated 1846, however the first recorded burial was Daniel Taylor who died at the age of 55 in 1851. As Father Paul Meyer says, it is '.where His blessed departed ones sleep the sleep of peace until the Angel of God calls their bodies from the grave to assume the cloak of immortality.'

In old parish records the cemetery is termed 'God's Acre', which was an old Catholic term for a cemetery.

All burials are with the foot of the grave toward the east and most gravestones face east. The cemetery faces east, as is the custom of many cemeteries. Saint Mary’s Cemetery is located at 233 Homeland Avenue, on the grounds of the original Saint Mary’s Church.

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