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| 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> | 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> | ||
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| * Adolph Alfred Gassen | |||
| * Agnes Bogan | |||
| * Agnes L. Spencer | |||
| * Agnes T. Sweeney | |||
| * Albert E. Dorval | |||
| * Alice Gassen | |||
| * Alphonsine Duprez Page | |||
| * Angelina B. Ghio | |||
| * Angelo Joseph Smith | |||
| * Anna Catherine Bouvier | |||
| * Annie Campbell | |||
| * Annie Cramer | |||
| * Anton Mayrhofer | |||
| * Antonio Dominic Ubach | |||
| * August Hennequin | |||
| * August Miner | |||
| * Augustine P. McKenna | |||
| * Barney McGirl | |||
| * Bartholomeo Ghio | |||
| * Bernard Healey | |||
| * Bernard Smyth | |||
| * Bernarda Lyons | |||
| * Bertha A. Boulay LeGendre | |||
| * Bridget Ellen O'Malley | |||
| * Bridget Kelly | |||
| * Bridget Wilson | |||
| * Carmel Searl | |||
| * Catherine Dougherty | |||
| * Cave Johnson Couts | |||
| * Cave Johnson Couts, Jr. | |||
| * Charles J. Cramer | |||
| * Claudia Losa Brown | |||
| * Claudia Smith | |||
| * Colomba Rossi Bruschi | |||
| * Cornelius Connell | |||
| * Cornelius L. O'Brien | |||
| * Cornelius O'Hanlon | |||
| * Daniel L. Flinn | |||
| * David Bancroft Hoffman | |||
| * Delia Cummings | |||
| * Dennis E. Meara | |||
| * Donaciano Ames | |||
| * Eddie Ghio | |||
| * Elias Marron | |||
| * Elisabeth Koonze | |||
| * Elisabeth Mayrhofer | |||
| * Elizabeth C. Molloy | |||
| * Elizabeth Taylor | |||
| * Elmer Ignatius Otis | |||
| * Esther Kerren | |||
| * Eugenie Ollevier Pedot | |||
| * Fannie Boulay Berrie | |||
| * Felicite Sanglier | |||
| * Frances L. Valle | |||
| * Francis D. Murtha | |||
| * Francisco Arguello | |||
| * Frank H. Ames | |||
| * Frank J. Stewart | |||
| * Freddy Gassen | |||
| * Garrett Joseph Henneberry | |||
| * George A. Flower | |||
| * Georgia Gassen | |||
| * Guadalupe Maria de Smith | |||
| * Gustave Thomas Kamper | |||
| * Hannah E. Stewart | |||
| * Harriet Crandall Smith | |||
| * Harriet Searl | |||
| * Harriet T. Connors | |||
| * Heneby Garrett | |||
| * Henry J. Baert | |||
| * Henry Smith | |||
| * Henry Sweeney | |||
| * J. J. Reardon | |||
| * J. S. Gray | |||
| * James A. Singleton | |||
| * James C. McCoy | |||
| * James Courtney | |||
| * James J. Serrano | |||
| * James Kerren | |||
| * James McMorrow | |||
| * James Stewart | |||
| * James W. Connors | |||
| * James Welsh | |||
| * James Williams | |||
| * Jesus Chacon | |||
| * Jno. Gallagher | |||
| * Jno. McCarty | |||
| * Joaquin Machado | |||
| * John Benjamin Dorval | |||
| * John Bogan | |||
| * John Boulay | |||
| * John Collins Stewart | |||
| * John Koonze | |||
| * John McMorrow | |||
| * John McNamara | |||
| * John Multhaup | |||
| * John P. O'Neill | |||
| * John Palmer | |||
| * John R. B. Giddings | |||
| * John R. Dorval | |||
| * John S. Minter | |||
| * John Serrano | |||
| * John W. Kerren | |||
| * Jose Cota | |||
| * Jose Manuel Stewart | |||
| * Josef M. LeCerf | |||
| * Joseph Charles Hennequin | |||
| * Juan Bautista Stewart | |||
| * Juanita Wrightington | |||
| * Julian Ames | |||
| * Kathren Cecelia O'Malley | |||
| * Katie C. Couts Shaffer | |||
| * Kittie E. Connell | |||
| * Leo Patrick Bogan | |||
| * Lily Bell Schrader | |||
| * Lola E. Arguello | |||
| * Lorenza O'Neill | |||
| * Lorenzo Comacho | |||
| * Louis Ames | |||
| * Louis Bouvier | |||
| * Luciana Osuna | |||
| * Luis Antonio Serrano | |||
| * Luke Kelly | |||
| * M. S. Loomis | |||
| * Maggie Stewart | |||
| * Manuel del Castillo | |||
| * Marco Bruschi | |||
| * Marguerite Daney | |||
| * Marguerite O'Connor | |||
| * Maria Dolores Hoffman | |||
| * Maria Jesus Machado | |||
| * Maria L. O'Brien | |||
| * Maria Louisa Lopez de Bovet | |||
| * Maria McMorrow | |||
| * Maria Victoria Ames | |||
| * Maria de la Luz Arguello | |||
| * Mary A. Withers | |||
| * Mary Antoinette O'Malley | |||
| * Mary Dolores Hinton | |||
| * 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 | |||
| * Michael McGirl | |||
| * Michel Bernard Pedot | |||
| * Michel Daney | |||
| * Nellie F. Lynch | |||
| * Nellie Grace Dorval | |||
| * Patrick A. Honohan | |||
| * Patrick Coyle | |||
| * Patrick Henry McConville | |||
| * Patrick McGreevy | |||
| * Patrick O'Neill | |||
| * Patrick Powers | |||
| * Perfetta Ames | |||
| * Peter C. Schaniel | |||
| * Peter Johnsen | |||
| * Peter O'Malley | |||
| * Petru Matkovich | |||
| * Refugio A. Couts | |||
| * Richard Kerren | |||
| * Richard P. Bryant | |||
| * Rosa Maria Machado de Stewart | |||
| * Rosa Moran | |||
| * Rose Kenniston Mannasse | |||
| * Sadie Jane Smith | |||
| * Sarah Jane Smith | |||
| * Serafina Stewart Serrano | |||
| * Sir Albert Vincent Mayrhofer | |||
| * Stephen B. Ghio | |||
| * Stephen Ghio | |||
| * Theresa Searl | |||
| * Theron Andrew Flower | |||
| * Thomas Hayes | |||
| * Thomas Kerrins Smith | |||
| * Victor J. Chamagne | |||
| * William E. Duffy | |||
| * William M. Kerren | |||
| * William Shay | |||
| * Winnifred A. Murtha | |||
| * Ysidora Bandini de Couts | |||
| == See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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| Location | Mission Hills, San Diego, California, United States |
| Nearest city | San Diego, California |
| Coordinates | 32°45′00″N 117°10′04″W / 32.7499°N 117.1678°W / 32.7499; -117.1678 |
| 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 is has a 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 Buried Here
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. As well as 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 the one that helped designing and naming streets in what is now Old Town San Diego. Couts passed away in 1874.
Also buried at the site is Father Antonio Ubach, a Roman Catholic priest who served as the parish priest in San Diego for four decades during the 19th century.
The names of the 187 people whose gravestones remain at Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park: l
See Also
References
- "1940 Aerial View of Pioneer Park Cemetery | City of San Diego Official Website". www.sandiego.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ Ghosts and Gravestones - Pioneer Park
- Dotinga, Randy (2010-11-24). "Fact Check: The Bodies Beneath a San Diego Park". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park - From Sacred Space to Soccer Field". web.archive.org. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Speciale, Gina (2007-03-15). "SDSU Professor Unearths the Buried Tales". www.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Dotinga, Randy (2018-10-31). "Spooky San Diego: Bodies Lie Beneath as We Walk, Play and Shop". Voice of San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Page •, Eric S. (2022-10-27). "Corpse Pride: We Know Where the Bodies Are Buried This Halloween, San Diego". NBC 7 San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- Jeannie (2020-10-21). "Pioneer Park". Parks in San Diego. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Mission Hills Park Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park aka Pioneer Park cemetery ghost haunt". San Diego Haunted Locations. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park May Haunt You – at Least with its Stories". SDNews.com. 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pioneer Park may haunt you – at least with its stories". web.archive.org. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Pages From the Diary of Cave Johnson Couts". San Diego History Center | San Diego, CA | Our City, Our Story. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Cave Johnson Couts (1821-1874) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Fr Anthony Dominic Ubach (1835-1907) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "The Glory Years, 1865-1899". San Diego History Center | San Diego, CA | Our City, Our Story. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- "Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA". freepages.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2025-01-03.