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	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 ].\		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 ].\
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	\|Don ]		\|Don ]
			\|1800 ], ]
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			\|November 4, 1859 (aged 58-59)
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	\|Married to Maria de los Dolores Estudillo;		\|Married to Maria de los Dolores Estudillo;
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			\|September 1835], ]
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			\|May 27, 1907
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	\|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>		\|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>
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	\|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>		\|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>
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	\|] (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.		\|] (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.
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	\|] (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 ].		\|] (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 ].
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	\|Participated in the ]<nowiki/>l, shipmate to ].		\|Participated in the ]<nowiki/>l, shipmate to ].
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	\|Rosa Machado		\|Rosa Machado
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	\|Wife of John (Jack) Stewart.		\|Wife of John (Jack) Stewart.
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	\|William John Collard		\|William John Collard
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	\|Leon Gomez		\|Leon Gomez
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	\|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>		\|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>
			\|January 17, 1814
			\|November 5, 1856, at the age of 42
			\|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>
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	\|Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer		\|Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer
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	\|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>		\|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>
			\|23 Sep 1829 San Diego County, California, USA
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			\|24 May 1897 (aged 67) Los Angeles County, California, USA
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	\|Married Cave J. Couts; daughter of ].		\|Married Cave J. Couts; daughter of ].
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	\|George Patrick Brennan
			\|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>
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	\|Marco Bruschi
			\|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>
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	\|]<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>		\|]<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>
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	\|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		\|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
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	\|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>
			\|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>
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	\|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>		\|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>
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			\|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 ].
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	\|George Lyons<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>
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			\|George Lyons
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			\|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>
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			\|24 December 1901 Age 87
			\|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."
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			\|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>
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	\|James McCoy<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>
			\|]<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>
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	\|Benjamin Franklin Parsons		\|Benjamin Franklin Parsons
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	\|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>		\|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>
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	\|Anton Sonka<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-08 \|title=Lemon Grove Historical Society – Your story begins at home… \|url=https://lghistorical.org/ \|access-date=2025-01-04 \|website=Lemon Grove Historical Society \|language=en-US}}</ref>		\|Anton Sonka<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2024-12-08 \|title=Lemon Grove Historical Society – Your story begins at home… \|url=https://lghistorical.org/ \|access-date=2025-01-04 \|website=Lemon Grove Historical Society \|language=en-US}}</ref>
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	\|John Collins Stewart<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Machado-Stewart Family and Their Home \|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1969/january/part5-2/ \|access-date=2025-01-04 \|website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story \|language=en-US}}</ref>		\|John Collins Stewart<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Machado-Stewart Family and Their Home \|url=https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/1969/january/part5-2/ \|access-date=2025-01-04 \|website=San Diego History Center {{!}} San Diego, CA {{!}} Our City, Our Story \|language=en-US}}</ref>
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	\|Maria Serafina de la Luz Valdez de Machado		\|Maria Serafina de la Luz Valdez de Machado
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	\|Dr. Charles Carpentier Valle
			\|Dr. Charles Carpentier Valle<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Part Six: Chapter IV: GROWTH OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION {{!}} San Diego History Center \|url=https://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=sandiegohistory.org \|language=en}}</ref>
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	\|Cornelius L. O'Brien		\|Cornelius L. O'Brien
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Ex-cemetery, now public park, in California

Pioneer Park

Location	Mission Hills, San Diego, California, United States
Nearest city	San Diego, California
Coordinates	32°44′57″N 117°10′39″W / 32.7492°N 117.1776°W / 32.7492; -117.1776
Established	1870s (as Calvary Cemetery); 1970s (as public park)
Operated by	City of San Diego
Open	6 a.m. to dusk
City	San Diego
Website	Official 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