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'''Pioneer Park''' is a public park in the ] neighborhood of ]. Originally established in the 1870s as Calvary Cemetery, it served as a Catholic burial ground before being repurposed as a public park in the 1970s. Despite the removal of most headstones, the remains of the cadavers are still beneath the grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1940 Aerial View of Pioneer Park Cemetery {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/digital-archives-photos/1940-aerial-view-pioneer-park-cemetery |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sandiego.gov}}</ref> '''Pioneer Park''' is a public park in the ] neighborhood of ]. Originally established in the 1870s as Calvary Cemetery, it served as a Catholic burial ground before being repurposed as a public park in the 1970s. Despite the removal of most headstones, the remains of the cadavers are still beneath the grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1940 Aerial View of Pioneer Park Cemetery {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/digital-archives-photos/1940-aerial-view-pioneer-park-cemetery |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=sandiego.gov}}</ref>


== History == == History ==
=== Calvary Cemetery === === Calvary Cemetery ===
Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2010-11-24 |title=Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2010/11/24/fact-check-the-bodies-beneath-a-san-diego-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-24 |title=Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005747/http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speciale |first=Gina |date=2007-03-15 |title=SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales |url=https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2007/03/sdsu-professor-unearths-buried-tales |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2018-10-31 |title=Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2018/10/30/spooky-san-diego-bodies-lie-beneath-as-we-walk-play-and-shop/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones"></ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2010-11-24 |title=Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2010/11/24/fact-check-the-bodies-beneath-a-san-diego-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-24 |title=Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field |url=http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005747/http://www.pioneerpark.net/sandiego/downtown.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Speciale |first=Gina |date=2007-03-15 |title=SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales |url=https://www.sdsu.edu/news/2007/03/sdsu-professor-unearths-buried-tales |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.sdsu.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dotinga |first=Randy |date=2018-10-31 |title=Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop |url=https://voiceofsandiego.org/2018/10/30/spooky-san-diego-bodies-lie-beneath-as-we-walk-play-and-shop/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Voice of San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== Conversion to a Park === === Conversion to a park ===
By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park. By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park.

== Features == == Features ==
Pioneer Park is has a grassy areas, eucalyptus trees, and elements that preserve what was there before. Other notable features of the park include: Pioneer Park has grassy areas, eucalyptus trees, and elements that preserve what was there before.{{clarify|date=January 2025}} Other notable features of the park include:


* A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Page • |first=Eric S. |date=2022-10-27 |title=Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/corpse-pride-we-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried-san-diego/3079893/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> * A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Page • |first=Eric S. |date=2022-10-27 |title=Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/corpse-pride-we-know-where-the-bodies-are-buried-san-diego/3079893/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref>
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* Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeannie |date=2020-10-21 |title=Pioneer Park |url=https://parksinsandiego.com/pioneer-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Parks in San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> * Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jeannie |date=2020-10-21 |title=Pioneer Park |url=https://parksinsandiego.com/pioneer-park/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Parks in San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Paranormal Claims == == Paranormal claims ==
Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt |url=https://www.sandiegohaunted.com/san-diego-haunted-locations-places-homes/old-town/mission-hills-park-calvary-pioneer-memorial-park-aka-pioneer-park-cemetery-ghost-haunt/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego Haunted Locations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-19 |title=Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories |url=https://sdnews.com/pioneer-park-may-haunt-you-at-least-with-its-stories/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=SDNews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-21 |title=Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121172946/http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.<ref name="GhostsAndGravestones" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-06-07 |title=Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt |url=https://www.sandiegohaunted.com/san-diego-haunted-locations-places-homes/old-town/mission-hills-park-calvary-pioneer-memorial-park-aka-pioneer-park-cemetery-ghost-haunt/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego Haunted Locations |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-19 |title=Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories |url=https://sdnews.com/pioneer-park-may-haunt-you-at-least-with-its-stories/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=SDNews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-11-21 |title=Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories |url=http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |access-date=2025-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121172946/http://sandiegonewsroom.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36218:pioneer-park-may-haunt-you--at-least-with-its-stories&catid=195:mission-hills&Itemid=217 |archive-date=21 November 2010 }}</ref>

== Notable Buried Here ==
Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the ] family, known for their ownership of the ]. As well as the Couts family, who owned ]

Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the ] to assist with mapping the border between the ] and ]. He was the one that helped designing and naming streets in what is now ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1976/april/couts/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref> Couts passed away in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) - Find a Grave... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6156421/cave-johnson-couts |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref>

Also buried at the site is ], a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in San Diego for four decades during the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fr Anthony Dominic Ubach (1835-1907) - Find a... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20967101/anthony-dominic-ubach |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Glory Years, 1865-1899 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/gloryyears/background/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>

The names of the 187 people whose gravestones remain at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~clement/genealogy/Calvary/Photos/gravestones.htm |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=freepages.rootsweb.com}}</ref>


== Notable burials ==
* Adolph Alfred Gassen
Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the ] family, known for their ownership of the ].\
* Agnes Bogan
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* Agnes L. Spencer
!
* Agnes T. Sweeney
!Name
* Albert E. Dorval
!Birth Date
* Alice Gassen
!Death Date
* Alphonsine Duprez Page
!Notable Achievements
* Angelina B. Ghio
|-
* Angelo Joseph Smith
|]
* Anna Catherine Bouvier
|Don ]
* Annie Campbell
|1800 ], ]
* Annie Cramer
|November 4, 1859 (aged 58-59)
* Anton Mayrhofer
|Married to Maria de los Dolores Estudillo;
* Antonio Dominic Ubach
|-
* August Hennequin
|]
* August Miner
|]
* Augustine P. McKenna
|September 1835], ]
* Barney McGirl
|May 27, 1907
* Bartholomeo Ghio
|Also buried at the site is ], a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in Old Town San Diego for 23 years beginning in 1860.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Glory Years, 1865-1899 |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/books/gloryyears/background/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Bernard Healey
|-
* Bernard Smyth
|]
* Bernarda Lyons
|]
* Bertha A. Boulay LeGendre
|1877
* Bridget Ellen O'Malley
|1912
* Bridget Kelly
|American pioneer aviator, built one of California's first airplanes, died in a crash in 1912.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles F. Walsh |url=https://www.earlyaviators.com/ewalsh.htm |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.earlyaviators.com}}</ref>
* Bridget Wilson
|-
* Carmel Searl
|
* Catherine Dougherty
|]
* Cave Johnson Couts
|1821
* Cave Johnson Couts, Jr.
|1899
* Charles J. Cramer
|] (1821–1899) was an American judge and politician who served as Chief Justice of the ]. He presided over the trial of ]<nowiki/>l, leading to the territory's first legal hanging. Shannon died after a carriage accident.
* Claudia Losa Brown
|-
* Claudia Smith
|
* Colomba Rossi Bruschi
|]
* Cornelius Connell
|1807
* Cornelius L. O'Brien
|1866
* Cornelius O'Hanlon
|] (1807–1866), a San Diego pioneer, arrived in 1820 as a sailor and later became a Catholic, allowing him to own property.. Ames played a role in the Mexican-American War, served as ], and later owned ].
* Daniel L. Flinn
|-
* David Bancroft Hoffman
|
* Delia Cummings
|],
* Dennis E. Meara
|
* Donaciano Ames
|1892
* Eddie Ghio
|Participated in the ]<nowiki/>l, shipmate to ].
* Elias Marron
|-
* Elisabeth Koonze
|
* Elisabeth Mayrhofer
|Rosa Machado
* Elizabeth C. Molloy
|
* Elizabeth Taylor
|1898
* Elmer Ignatius Otis
|Wife of John (Jack) Stewart.
* Esther Kerren
|-
* Eugenie Ollevier Pedot
|
* Fannie Boulay Berrie
|William John Collard
* Felicite Sanglier
|
* Frances L. Valle
|
* Francis D. Murtha
|
* Francisco Arguello
|-
* Frank H. Ames
|
* Frank J. Stewart
|Leon Gomez
* Freddy Gassen
|
* Garrett Joseph Henneberry
|
* George A. Flower
|
* Georgia Gassen
|-
* Guadalupe Maria de Smith
|
* Gustave Thomas Kamper
|Richard Kerren<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Kerren |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1984/january/kerrenimages/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Hannah E. Stewart
|January 17, 1814
* Harriet Crandall Smith
|November 5, 1856, at the age of 42
* Harriet Searl
|Sergeant Richard Kerren, stationed at ], amassed substantial wealth through property acquisitions, livestock trading, and possible dealings in government supplies. At his death in 1856, his estate included $8,289 in assets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Richard Kerren |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1984/january/kerren/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Harriet T. Connors
|-
* Heneby Garrett
|
* Henry J. Baert
|Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer
* Henry Smith
|
* Henry Sweeney
|
* J. J. Reardon
|
* J. S. Gray
|-
* James A. Singleton
|
* James C. McCoy
|Ysidora Bandini de Couts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/cjcouts/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* James Courtney
|23 Sep 1829 San Diego County, California, USA
* James J. Serrano
|24 May 1897 (aged 67) Los Angeles County, California, USA
* James Kerren
|Married Cave J. Couts; daughter of ].
* James McMorrow
|-
* James Stewart
|
* James W. Connors
|George Patrick Brennan<ref>{{Cite web |title=When "The Lower Light" Was New {{!}} San Diego History Center |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/55october/lower.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160403080412/https://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/55october/lower.htm |archive-date=2016-04-03 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=sandiegohistory.org |language=en}}</ref>
* James Welsh
|
* James Williams
|
* Jesus Chacon
|
* Jno. Gallagher
|-
* Jno. McCarty
|
* Joaquin Machado
|Marco Bruschi<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Street and Beyond: A history of the Italian Community of San Diego, 1850-1980 {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2000/aug/17/india-street-and-beyond-history-italian-community-/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=www.sandiegoreader.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=HISTORRY OF SAN DIEGO |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/History_of_San_Diego%2C_1542-1908%3B_an_account_of_the_rise_and_progress_of_the_pioneer_settlement_on_the_Pacific_coast_of_the_United_States.Vol._I-_Old_town_%28IA_historysandiego00smyt%29.pdf |journal=San Diego the History Company 1908 |pages=525}}</ref>
* John Benjamin Dorval
|
* John Bogan
|
* John Boulay
|
* John Collins Stewart
|-
* John Koonze
|]
* John McMorrow
|]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Cassidy |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/cassidy/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* John McNamara
|1817
* John Multhaup
|November 25, 1907
* John P. O'Neill
|
* John Palmer
|-
* John R. B. Giddings
|
* John R. Dorval
|James Waterman Connors
* John S. Minter
|
* John Serrano
|
* John W. Kerren
|
* Jose Cota
|-
* Jose Manuel Stewart
|]
* Josef M. LeCerf
|]
* Joseph Charles Hennequin
|Springfield, Tennessee, November 11, 1821
* Juan Bautista Stewart
|1874
* Juanita Wrightington
|The Couts family, who owned ]. Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the ] to assist with mapping the border between the ] and ]. He was originally buried in the ] in 1874.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1976/april/couts/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref> He married Ysidora Bandini
* Julian Ames
|-
* Kathren Cecelia O'Malley
|
* Katie C. Couts Shaffer
|William Blount Couts<ref>{{Cite web |title=Part Six: Chapter IV: GROWTH OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION {{!}} San Diego History Center |url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/6-4.htm |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160401063908/https://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/6-4.htm |archive-date=2016-04-01 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.sandiegohistory.org |language=en}}</ref>
* Kittie E. Connell
|
* Leo Patrick Bogan
|
* Lily Bell Schrader
|
* Lola E. Arguello
|-
* Lorenza O'Neill
|
* Lorenzo Comacho
|Dr. David Bancroft Hoffman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. David Bancroft Hoffman (1824-1888) |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/hoffman/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Louis Ames
|1824
* Louis Bouvier
|1888
* Luciana Osuna
|
* Luis Antonio Serrano
|-
* Luke Kelly
|]
* M. S. Loomis
|]
* Maggie Stewart
|August 16. 1824
* Manuel del Castillo
|November 27, 1903
* Marco Bruschi
|George Alonzo Johnson was an American entrepreneur and politician known for pioneering steamboat navigation on the ] and serving in the ]. He co-founded ], which played a role in supplying ].
* Marguerite Daney
|-
* Marguerite O'Connor
|
* Maria Dolores Hoffman
|George Lyons
* Maria Jesus Machado
|
* Maria L. O'Brien
|
* Maria Louisa Lopez de Bovet
|George Lyons, a native of ], arrived in San Diego in 1847, having worked as a carpenter aboard a whaler on the Northwest coast. He operated a store in ] from 1851 to 1858 and served as ] for two terms from 1858 to 1862. Additionally, Lyons held various local offices, including city trustee and postmaster, and was a director of the San Diego & Gila Railroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Lyons |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/lyons/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Maria McMorrow
|-
* Maria Victoria Ames
|
* Maria de la Luz Arguello
|]
* Mary A. Withers
|8 March 1814
* Mary Antoinette O'Malley
|24 December 1901 Age 87
* Mary Dolores Hinton
|Juana de Dios Machado Alipás de Wrightington, was a pioneering nurse, midwife, and quilter in ], known for her service during the ]. Despite being illiterate, she became an expert in nursing, translating, and assisting as a midwife. During the ] in 1846, she cared for the wounded, earning the title of "Florence Nightingale of San Diego."
* Mary E. Duprez Boulay
|-
* Mary Jane Smith
|
* Mary Jesusa Elojia Stewart
|]
* Mary O'Malley
|
* Matilda Anderson
|
* Matilda F. Marron
|
* Michael Buckley
|-
* Michael Ghio
|
* Michael J. Serrano
|Charles E. May<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00119343 |title=May, Charles |date=2011-10-31 |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Benezit Dictionary of Artists|doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00119343 }}</ref>
* Michael McGirl
|
* Michel Bernard Pedot
|
* Michel Daney
|
* Nellie F. Lynch
|-
* Nellie Grace Dorval
|
* Patrick A. Honohan
|Anton Mayrhofer
* Patrick Coyle
|
* Patrick Henry McConville
|
* Patrick McGreevy
|
* Patrick O'Neill
|-
* Patrick Powers
|]
* Perfetta Ames
|]
* Peter C. Schaniel
|1836
* Peter Johnsen
|13 Aug 1895 (aged 58–59)
* Peter O'Malley
|
* Petru Matkovich
|-
* Refugio A. Couts
|]
* Richard Kerren
|]<ref>{{Cite web |title=James McCoy (1821- ) |url=https://sandiegohistory.org/archives/biographysubject/mccoy/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Richard P. Bryant
|
* Rosa Maria Machado de Stewart
|
* Rosa Moran
|
* Rose Kenniston Mannasse
|-
* Sadie Jane Smith
|
* Sarah Jane Smith
|Benjamin Franklin Parsons
* Serafina Stewart Serrano
|
* Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer
|
* Stephen B. Ghio
|
* Stephen Ghio
|-
* Theresa Searl
|
* Theron Andrew Flower
|Maria Victoria de Pedrorena de Magee<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victoria Pedrorena An 1879 Teacher in the Fall Brook District – Fallbrook Historical Society |url=https://www.fallbrookhistoricalsociety.org/about/fallbrook-history/featured-articles/victoria-pedrorena-an-1879-teacher-in-the-fall-brook-district/ |access-date=2025-01-04 |language=en}}</ref>
* Thomas Hayes
|
* Thomas Kerrins Smith
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* Victor J. Chamagne
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Ex-cemetery, now public park, in California
Pioneer Park
LocationMission Hills, San Diego, California, United States
Nearest citySan Diego, California
Coordinates32°44′57″N 117°10′39″W / 32.7492°N 117.1776°W / 32.7492; -117.1776
Established1870s (as Calvary Cemetery); 1970s (as public park)
Operated byCity of San Diego
Open6 a.m. to dusk
CitySan Diego
WebsiteOfficial website

Pioneer Park is a public park in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego, California. Originally established in the 1870s as Calvary Cemetery, it served as a Catholic burial ground before being repurposed as a public park in the 1970s. Despite the removal of most headstones, the remains of the cadavers are still beneath the grounds.

History

Calvary Cemetery

Pioneer Park began as Calvary Cemetery in the 1870s, providing burial grounds primarily for Catholic residents of San Diego. The cemetery remained active until the mid-20th century.

Conversion to a park

By the 1970s, the cemetery had fallen into neglect. The City of San Diego removed most of the headstones to transform the area into a public park.

Features

Pioneer Park has grassy areas, eucalyptus trees, and elements that preserve what was there before. Other notable features of the park include:

  • A memorial row of preserved headstones commemorating its history of the once was cemetery.
  • A children’s playground for recreational use.
  • Tennis courts located across the street from the main park area.

Paranormal claims

Pioneer Park is reputed to be haunted, with reports of spectral apparitions and unexplained phenomena. These stories have made the park a point of interest for paranormal enthusiasts.

Notable burials

Several prominent individuals and families are interred at the site from its time as Calvary Cemetery. Among them are members of the Bandini family, known for their ownership of the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant.\

Name Birth Date Death Date Notable Achievements
Don Juan Bandini 1800 Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru November 4, 1859 (aged 58-59) Married to Maria de los Dolores Estudillo;
Father Antonio Ubach September 1835Barcelona, Spain May 27, 1907 Also buried at the site is Father Antonio Ubach, a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in Old Town San Diego for 23 years beginning in 1860.
Charles Francis Walsh 1877 1912 American pioneer aviator, built one of California's first airplanes, died in a crash in 1912.
Peter C. Shannon 1821 1899 Peter C. Shannon (1821–1899) was an American judge and politician who served as Chief Justice of the Dakota Territory Supreme Court. He presided over the trial of Jack McCall, leading to the territory's first legal hanging. Shannon died after a carriage accident.
Jesse Wilbur Ames 1807 1866 Jesse Wilbur Ames (1807–1866), a San Diego pioneer, arrived in 1820 as a sailor and later became a Catholic, allowing him to own property.. Ames played a role in the Mexican-American War, served as Mayor of San Diego, presidents of the Board of Trustees, and later owned Rancho Cañada de los Coches.
John (Jack) Stewart, 1892 Participated in the Battle of San Pasqual, shipmate to Richard Henry Dana.
Rosa Machado 1898 Wife of John (Jack) Stewart.
William John Collard
Leon Gomez
Richard Kerren January 17, 1814 November 5, 1856, at the age of 42 Sergeant Richard Kerren, stationed at Mission San Diego de Alcalá, amassed substantial wealth through property acquisitions, livestock trading, and possible dealings in government supplies. At his death in 1856, his estate included $8,289 in assets.
Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer
Ysidora Bandini de Couts 23 Sep 1829 San Diego County, California, USA 24 May 1897 (aged 67) Los Angeles County, California, USA Married Cave J. Couts; daughter of Don Juan Bandini.
George Patrick Brennan
Marco Bruschi
Andrew Cassidy 1817 November 25, 1907
James Waterman Connors
Lieutenant Cave J. Couts Springfield, Tennessee, November 11, 1821 1874 The Couts family, who owned Rancho Guajome Adobe. Cave J. Couts arrived in San Diego following the Mexican–American War to assist with mapping the border between the United States and Mexico. He was originally buried in the Old Town Cemetery in 1874. He married Ysidora Bandini
William Blount Couts
Dr. David Bancroft Hoffman 1824 1888
George Alonzo Johnson August 16. 1824 November 27, 1903 George Alonzo Johnson was an American entrepreneur and politician known for pioneering steamboat navigation on the Colorado River and serving in the California State Assembly. He co-founded George A. Johnson & Company, which played a role in supplying Fort Yuma.
George Lyons George Lyons, a native of Donegal, Ireland, arrived in San Diego in 1847, having worked as a carpenter aboard a whaler on the Northwest coast. He operated a store in Old Town from 1851 to 1858 and served as San Diego's sheriff for two terms from 1858 to 1862. Additionally, Lyons held various local offices, including city trustee and postmaster, and was a director of the San Diego & Gila Railroad.
Juana de Dios Machado de Wrightington 8 March 1814 24 December 1901 Age 87 Juana de Dios Machado Alipás de Wrightington, was a pioneering nurse, midwife, and quilter in Old Town San Diego, known for her service during the Mexican-American War. Despite being illiterate, she became an expert in nursing, translating, and assisting as a midwife. During the Battle of San Pasqual in 1846, she cared for the wounded, earning the title of "Florence Nightingale of San Diego."
Henry C. Magee
Charles E. May
Anton Mayrhofer
Maria Amparo Maytorena de Burton 1836 13 Aug 1895 (aged 58–59)
James McCoy
Benjamin Franklin Parsons
Maria Victoria de Pedrorena de Magee
Miguel de Pedrorena 8 March 1814 24 December 1901
Luis Antonio Serrano
Anton Sonka
John Collins Stewart
Maria Serafina de la Luz Valdez de Machado 1788 1861
Dr. Charles Carpentier Valle
Tony Barbarich
Angelo Boffelli
Leonora Casillo de Martinez
Daniel Cavanaugh, aka Daniel Cassidy
Caroline Derenbecker 28 Jan 1853

Germany

3 Mar 1909 (aged 56)
Inez Estrada
Alice Gragg, aka Alice Greenwood
Anna Guglielmetti
Lottie Leidenberger Hans
William M. Kerren
Luis Lopez
Felipe San Martin
Agnes McCormick
Asunta Tonini Morris
Andrew Quinlan
William V. Trimmer
James Henry Ward
Hans Hugo Herman Heink 1887 1916 Mother Ernestine Schumann-Heink
John S. Minter
William R. Moak
Timothy Ryan
D. Archibald Catholic priest.
Henry J. Baert Catholic priest.
Louis Alphonse Dabande Catholic priest.
G. Heirrewegh Catholic priest.
Patrick Honohan Catholic priest.
Josef M. LeCerf Catholic priest.
Henry Charles Lehrke Catholic priest.
Patrick McGreevy Catholic priest.
Dennis E. Meara Catholic priest.
Joseph T. Nunan Catholic priest.
Cornelius L. O'Brien Catholic priest.
Cornelius O'Hanlon Catholic priest.
Luciana Osuna Catholic priest.
John J. Reardon Catholic priest.
Bernard Smyth Catholic priest.
Francis Joseph Swift Catholic priest.
Sister Mary Regis Beirne Catholic nun.
Alice Cooney, aka Sister Mary Dolores Catholic nun.
Sister Mary Nazarene of Jesus Dean Catholic nun. (moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in 1919)
Mary M. Holland, aka Sister Mary Catholic nun.
Catherine Kelleher, aka Sister Mary Teresa Catholic nun.
Patricia McDermott, Sister Mary Teresa Catholic nun.
Anne McDonald, aka Sister Germaine Catholic nun. (moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in 1919)
Catherine Monroe, aka Sister Mary Regina Catholic nun.
Sister Mary Dolores O'Boyle Catholic nun.
Sister Teresa Ortiz Catholic nun. (moved to Holy Cross Cemetery in 1919)
Mary Josephine Smith, aka Mother Mary Josephine Catholic nun
Catherine Sutherland Catholic nun

See also

References

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  2. ^ Ghosts and Gravestones - Pioneer Park
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