Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: 1FAMILYTREE Genealogy

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Notes: This cemetery is located at 5503 W. Blue Mound Road Milwaukee.

Burials can be found in the Diocese of Milwaukee web site

Additional information can be found at Links to the Past - Calvary Cemetery

Calvary Cemetery was dedicated as the first Catholic burying ground in Milwaukee, 1857.
From History of Milwaukee, 1881 In the early history of Milwaukee there was a plat of ground in the First Ward, near the lake, which was fenced in and used as a burial place for citizens, regardless of their religious views. It became afterwards a Catholic burial ground, and in 1844, Bishop (now Archbishop) Henni purchased what is known as the "Old Cemetery," situated on Grand avenue. The first interments were the remains of many taken from the First Ward cemetery. The "Old Cemetery" consisted of ten acres, and contains the dust of several pioneer Catholic clergymen. Rev. Father Huebner, a Jesuit priest, who came here from Switzerland to found a college, died within a few weeks of his arrival, and here his remains were laid to rest. Rev. Father Beauprey, the first pastor of St. Gall', and who was instrumental in the erection of the cathedral bearing that name, is buried there.
This ground becoming two small, and also being in the city limits, what is now known as the Calvary Cemetery was purchased by the Right Rev. John. M. Henni, Bishop of Milwaukee, and consecrated by him, November 2, 1857. This cemetery is located three and a half miles from Milwaukee, in the Town of Wauwatosa. It consists of fifty-five acres of land, laid out and nicely improved. The first interments were the remains of persons removed from the old cemetery. Among the prominent men buried here may be mentioned George Furlong, father of John Furlong, who, it is said, was the second white man who died in Milwaukee; Solomon Juneau, Peter Bradley; also Thomas Eviston, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, and Captain Barry, victims of the "Lady Elgin" disaster; P.J. Englehardt, H. Hilmantel, A.H. Johnston, Andrew McCormick, C.D. Nash, H. Stoltz, J. Hathaway, and M.J. Zander, the first Catholic undertaker. The total cost of the improvements of the Calvary Cemetery, exclusive of the original costs of the grounds, from 1857 to 1880, was $16,000. The total number buried in the cemetery, from 1857 to 1880, was 10,307.
The congregations using Calvary Cemetery are (in 1881): St. John's Cathedral, St. Gall's, St. Patrick's, Church of the Holy Name, Church of the Immaculate Conception (Bay View), St. Mary's, St. Joseph's, St. John V. Nepomuk, St. Hedwig, St. Francis, Trinity Church, St. Anthony and Stanislaus. Most Rev. J. M. Henni, D. D. Archbishop, is the owner; Rev. L. Batz, V.G., curator. The pastors of the congregations using the cemetery are the Trustees. Fred. Zander, undertaker, 495 East Water and 482 Eleventh, is the Secretary of the Calvary Cemetery.
The cemetery grounds now cover 65 acres; about 70,000 buried in graves; 300 crypts and niches added in 2001.

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Address : Latitude: 43.03446, Longitude: -87.98203

Buried

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	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Buried		Person ID
1	Dey, David J.		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I200814
2	Diederich, Louise	25 Jul 1960	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I168132
3	Dougherty, Anna		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I189837
4	Esser, Friedrich Wendel		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I182258
5	Handler, Joseph		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I198990
6	Heintz, Alfred		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I168097
7	Heintz, Alpha	2 May 1955	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I168086
8	Heintz, Lambert W.	16 Feb 2003	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I168133
9	Hettenbach, Edward		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I156564
10	Holke, Oscar J.	18 Sep 1959	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I168094
11	Kain, James S.		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I146698
12	McHugh, Isabell "Bell"		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I121501
13	Michels, Henry		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I110431
14	Muesig, Reverend Josephat O.F.M.		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I324166
15	O'Leary, James	15 Jul 1900	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I22267
16	Stein, Elizabeth	13 Jan 1930	Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I110481
17	Wirtz, Jennifer		Calvary Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA	I121960

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