Gloucester, Mass., cemetery records, 1711-1959.

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United States. Works Progress Administration. Gloucester, Mass., cemetery records, 1711-1959.

Gloucester, Mass., cemetery records, 1711-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70969053

Clark Cemetery and old Bridge Street Cemetery (1st Burial Ground) records (1711-1925) and Thompson Street Cemetery records (1720-1814) on cards of inscriptions and locations filed alphabetically by name of decedent, created by the Works Progress Administration; Clark Cemetery two page history including Bridge Street Cemetery history, possibly compiled by Works Progress Administration ca. 1935; photocopies of plans of Town Parish Cemetery (1849) with names from book 7 of the town records; photocopies of plans of High Street Cemetery (1837) (now Prospect Street) with names from book 6 of the town records; grave inscriptions from the Ancient Burying Ground (Bridge Street Cemetery) (1711-1800) reproduced from Essex Antiquarian (Jan. 1905); Bayview Cemetery (1730-1925) Third Parish, restoration (1973-1975) booklet report sponsored by Gloucester Community Development Corporation listing name of decedent, epitaph, burial date, map location, and material of grave marker; two page photocopy of 1839 plan of Park Street Cemetery with names from book 6 of the town records; deeds (1877-1879) from lot owners of Park Street Cemetery to the city in preparation for building Babson School on that site, filed alphabetically; and small lined-paper notebook (1906?-1914) listing every grave in Oak Grove Cemetery by lot in northern section, from census taken every two years, some notes concerning monuments, flags, and grave locations. Also includes miscellaneous papers including perpetual care lists for all cemeteries (1959); petitions to purchase land, reports of committee, and other paper concerning burial ground (1833-1873); bids, petitions, deeds, proposals, and other materials (1888-1907) relating to burial grounds; and list of graves of soldiers in all cemeteries.

9 file folders.

Gloucester Archives