We took a family vacation to Southern California, with plans to visit the Huntington Library in Pasadena, Disneyland, the Getty Villa, and Chinatown. While there, I wanted to visit Calvary Cemetery and photograph some of the grave markers of my family buried there.
I had already written to the cemetery and received the burial locations.
Section N, L76. These are siblings.
- Elizabeth Gleeson, 1865-1942
- Frank T. Gleeson, 1877-1942
- Helena M. Gleeson, 1867-1950
Section G,
L1009. This is a family.
- Warren E. Gilbert, 1857-1930
- Mary M. Gilbert, 1863-1962
- Muriel M. Gilbert, 1895-1956
Section R, L634. This is a couple.
- Effa L. Sullivan, 1892-1951
- John C. Sullivan, 1887-1978
Section E, L2970. This is the infant who lived only one day.
- Annabell Hork, 1927-1927
Once at the cemetery, we checked in at the office and received a map of the cemetery. Find a Grave has over 80,000 memorials for the cemetery. Luckily, the office marked the map with the general area where we’d find the burial locations. We had nine people to look for in four separate locations. Some were spouses and would be in the same location.
There were six of us to search for the stones. The areas were large, and it wasn’t apparent at first how the stones were arranged. The warm weather made everyone tired. It would have made it easier for us if we had known that half of them had no marker.
We successfully located stones for Frank T. Gleeson, John C. Sullivan, and Effa L. Sullivan.
The rest had no markers. I found it sad that the little baby, Annabell, had no stone. It was surprising that the Gilberts had no stones. Warren had died long before his wife and daughter. One would have thought he would have had a stone where they could visit.
I regret that I neglected to ask for copies of the paperwork related to each burial. I just wanted images of the gravestones for my own use. Perhaps, I would have learned why some of the family had no stone.
#52Ancestors: Week 40: Cemetery
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Congrats on finding some of these ancestors. Sad about the little one who had no stone.
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