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Calvary Cemetery, San Diego, CA (now a part of Calvary Pioneer Memorial
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If you know of a source containing information about Calvary Cemetery (or the people buried there) that is not listed here, please contact me with details so it can be added. ********************************************************** Newspaper Articles [NOTE: Although it is not proper bibliography format, the newspaper articles cited here are in date of publication order for ease in following the progression of events at Calvary Cemetery in San Diego, California.] "Board of City Trustees." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 13 May 1873, 3:1. "Board of City Trustees." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 10 June 1873, 3:1. "Board of Trustees Meeting." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 24 June 1873, 3:2. "Old Town News." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 25 June 1873, 3:4. "Board of City Trustees." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 1 July 1873, 3:2. "ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 14 October 1873, 3:2. "Local Matters." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 2 February 1874, 2:2. "Children May Frolic Where Pioneers Now Slumber In Graves ." The San Diego Sun [San Diego, California] 5 March 1931, B-1:3-6. "$7666 Cemetery Project Sent to President for O.K.." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 1938, ?. "Old Cemetery Wall Building To Begin Today." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 7 November 1938, 9:8. "Historic Mission Hills Burial Ground To Be Rededicated.." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 8 October 1939, 7:1. "Old Cemetery Rededication Set Next Sunday." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 19 November 1939, A-16:1. "San Diego to Re-Dedicate Old Calvary Cemetery." The Tribune - Sun [San Diego, California] 25 November 1939, B-3:1. "Old Cemetery Rededicated to S. D. Pioneers." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 27 November 1939, A-3:1. "Rededicate Graves of S.D. Pioneers at Joint Ceremony." The Tribune - Sun [San Diego, California] 27 November 1939: A-3:1. "To Beautify Mission Hills Cemetery - complete Renovation of historical Plot Now in Process; Many Notable Monuments." The Southern Cross Volume 28 (20 March 1942): 1. "Broken Monuments, Maimed Statues Desecrate Sleeping City of Dead." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 27 February 1949, B-1:1. Rucker, Edmund. "Desolation Broods Over Old Calvary Cemetery." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 27 February 1949: B-1+. "Native Sons Ask Funds for Cemetery." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 27 Jun 1950, A-8:1 "Mission Cemetery Should Be Closed, Council Decides." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 8 November 1952: A-8:3. May, C. C. "Destruction At Old Cemetery Is Shocking." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 10 June 1956: C-2:8. Woodward, John H. "Our Readers Say - Appalled at State of Old Cemetery." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 16 August 1960, B-2:7-8. "Old Cemetery May Become Memorial Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 31 March 1961, A-21:8. Serrano, Michael R. "Cemetery's State Saddens Heart of Pioneer Son." Letter. The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 22 Sept. 1961: B-3. McCracken, Floyd. "Calvary Cemetery: Where History Lies Abandoned." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 24 June 1962, B-1:1-8. "Cemetery Restoration - Scouts Take Project." The Sentinel [San Diego, California] 4 April 1963: ?. "Scouts Rehabilitating Old Cemetery." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 5 May 1963: A-17:4-6. "At Calvary Cemetery S.D. Scouts Undo Vandals' Work." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 1 June 1964, A-21:4. "A Time To Remember: They Also Dared . . . And Died." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 30 May 1965, C-9:1-8. Case, Dora M. "Headstones Toppled." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 4 July 1965: C-2:7. Larsen, David. "Forsaken Calvary Cemetery Now Target of Hoodlums - Mission Hills Area to Become Park." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 7 August 1965, A-3:3. "Optimists Backing Cemetery Cleanup." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 26 September 1965: A-29:1-2. "News Story Spurs Action on Cemetery." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] ? 1965: 17:6-7. "Cemetery issue before Council next Thursday." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 18 May 1967, ?. M., L. "Early Action Sought On Park, Cemetery." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 23 May 1967: B-2:7. "Cemetery Renovation Push Urged." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 26 May 1967: B-3:5. "Changing Cemetery to Park Discussed - Mission Hills Group Seeks to Cover Historical Burial Site." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 26 May 1967: B-1:1-2. "Neglected Calvary Cemetery receives more maintenance." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 13 July 1967: ?. Exarhos, Frank. "City Weighs Conversion of Cemetery - Early Start Called Possible on Memorial Park Construction." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 13 November, 1967: B-1:7-8+. "City Plans to Convert Cemetery Into Park - Catholic Okay Needed While Council Acts - Parish Property In Mission Hills Long a Problem." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 13 November 1967: B-1. "City manager proposes Calvary Cemetery project advancement." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 16 November 1967: ?. "4 Arrested After Grave Is Opened." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 23 February 1968: B-3:5. "Calvary Cemetery Conversion Pushed." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 8 May 1968: B-3:1-2. "City Moves To Establish Pioneer Park - Hearing Slated on Conversion of Old Cemetery." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 8 May 1968: A-18:1. "RESOLUTION NO. 193616." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 16 May 1968: ?. "City Council acts to convert Calvary Cemetery." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 16 May 1968: ?. "Council Ends Cemetery's Use Here." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 12 June 1968: B-3:5. "Council Orders Mission Hills Park Proposal." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 6 September 1968: B-4:4. "Calvary Cemetery Architects Hired." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 9 September 1968: B-3:7-8. "Backers hear cemetery park work started." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 3 October 1968: 1. Qualls, Tina. "Mission Hills Transformation - Cemetery To Become Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 13 January 1969: B-4:1-4. "Descendants of Pioneers Ask Park Action." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 2 April 1969, B-4:5. "Association will collect project ideas." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News Vol. 49, No. 19 [San Diego, California] 8 May 1969: 1. "Improvement Association elects new officers Friday." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 22 May 1969: 1. "Association elects Mrs. Joseph Marsh.." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 29 May 1969: 1. "Girls Will Clean Up Cemetery." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 28 July 1969: D-2:1. "City Removes Last Park Plan Hurdle." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 5 September 1969: B-3:1-2. "Mission Hills, A State Of Mind, Knows No Bounds." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 3 November 1969: B-4:1-4. "Bids invited for Calvary Cemetery." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 25 December 1969: ?. "Mayor, City Council guests of Association." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 15 January 1970: 1. "Association hosts Council, officials - Results come from Friday's area meeting." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 29 January 1970: 1. "City Contract Awarded In Old Cemetery - $64,948 Bid Accepted To Create Park At Site Of Calvary Facility." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 18 February 1970: B-2:7-8. "Pioneer Memorial Park contract awarded." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 19 February 1970: 1. "Tennis Courts to Replace Tombstones." The Hillcrest - North Park Smart Shopper [San Diego, California] Volume 1 No. 2 (9 April 1970): 1. "City Will Relocate 600 Grave Stones." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 23 April 1970: B-6:1-2. "Headstone Foes Stop Park Work - Mission Hill Pickets Demand Removal of All Tombstones." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 16 May 1970: B-1:3-4. "Neighbors Squabble Halt 38-Year Project." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 16 May 1970: 1. "Talks Help on Dispute Over Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 19 May 1970: B-5:3. "Improvement Association Hear Candidate at Florence." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 21 May 1970: 1. "Park Board Eyes Issue At Cemetery." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 21 May 1970: B-3:6. Kelly, Jack Roberts. "Star Dust." Letter. The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 4 June 1970: ?. "What's Happening to our Park." Letter. The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 1970: ?. Guadagnini, Luigina (Louise Mercer). "Visit to Cemetery Saddens San Diegan." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 9 June 1970: B-6:8. "Pioneer Park to Keep 142 Gravestones." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 18 June 1970: B-1:8. "Cemetery Park." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 18 June 1970: ? "Pioneer Park improvement plans to please everyone." The Hillcrest * Mission Hills Star News [San Diego, California] 25 June 1970: ? "Old Calvary Cemetery Data Saved." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 18 November 1970: B-6:1. "Old Cemetery Becomes New Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 8 April 1971: B-3:2-5. "You Don't Have to Be Crowded To Enjoy Sunday In The Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 16 May 1971: E-1:1+. Shannon, Ellen C. "Calvary Graves Census Reported." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 30 May 1971: C-2:8. "Park Located In Mission Hills." Letter. The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 3 December 1973: B-8. "Cemetery's Conversion To Park Nearly Complete." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 12 March 1974: B-3:5-7. "Old Calvary Cemetery Memorial Will Be Built." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 6 April 1975: B-3:2-3. Zink, Orion. "Yesterday In The West- A Request From Tijuana Unearths A Slice Of Area History." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 17 August 1975: G-2:1-6. Stevens, Gus. Editorial. The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 25 December 1975: D-1:1. "Project Dropped At Pioneer Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 22 February 1976: B-9:-2. "San Diego Briefs - Park Rest Room Backed." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 11 May 1976: B-3:1. "Dedication Held - Mission Hills Cemetery Site Becomes Park." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 12 December 1977: B-3:1. Joseph, Gregory N. "History rests easy in Mission Hills community park." The San Diego Evening Tribune [San Diego, California] 14 January 1982: E-1+. Jahn, Ed. "A graveyard of tombstones." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 21 October 1983: B-1+. "Straight from the Hip - Matthew Alice." Editorial. The San Diego Reader [San Diego, California] 24 May 1984: ?. "Let's Go Get Stones." Letter. San Diego Reader [San Diego, California] 14 June 1984: 4:3. "Metro briefs - Gravesite tours set." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] 24 October 1984: B-2. LaCoste, Sister Catherine Louise, CSJ. "Old Calvary." The Southern Cross Volume 74. No. 4 (31 January 1985): 1. LaCoste, Sister Catherine Louise, CSJ. "Old Calvary." The Southern Cross Volume 74. No. 8 (28 February 1985): 1. Wong, Elizabeth. "Lemon Grove's first families - City to honor its pioneers, but still hasn't decided how." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] March 5, 1985: B-5. Farina, John. "Monuments are `lost,' but not forgotten." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] 18 July 1985: B-1. "Rest In Pieces." San Diego Reader [San Diego, California] 14 November 1985: 4. Callahan, Bill. "City board opposes Murray's plan to resolve gravestone controversy." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] 28 November 1985: B-7. Braun, Gerry. "Tombstones are going back home." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 23 January 1986: B-3. Callahan, Bill. "Headstones prove to be grave issue - Activists urge city to restore markers." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] 23 January 23, 1986: B-3. "City decides to right its wrong and reunite 'stones with bones'." The Daily Californian [Berkeley, California] 24 January 1986: ?. "SD council rescues gravestones - 'Stones belong with bones''." The Morning Press 24 January 1986: ?. Cooley, Kathleen H. "Bit of S.D. History, Carved in Stone, May Be Saved." The Los Angeles Times [San Diego County Edition] [Los Angeles, California] 28 January 1986, San Diego County edition: 1+. "The Case of the Missing Tombstones." The Park West Press 2.4 (April 1986): ?. Schimitschek, Martina. "Ramona museum brings to life hearty days of pioneer spirit." The San Diego Tribune [San Diego, California] 25 June 1987: B-15. Foerstel, Karen. "Awaiting their final resting place - Tombstones dumped in ditch." Uptown [San Diego, California] October 1987: ?. Taylor, Curtis L.. "City Workers Put Tombstone Issue to Rest." The Los Angeles Times [San Diego County Edition] 23 February 1988 , San Diego County ed.: J-1. Newell, Stephanie Stark. "We Yearn For Another Life Eternal, Yet We Know Not What to Do With This Short One." The Official Guide to Peace & Freedom July 1993: ?. Palmer, Barbara. "How to Do Genealogical Research in San Diego." San Diego Reader [San Diego, California] 15 March 2001: 24-53. "Around Town - Best 2001 Winners - Best Unexpected Graveyard." San Diego Reader [San Diego, California] 2001: ?. Davis, Kelly. "City of the Forgotten Dead: Buried Cemeteries Haunt San Diego History." San Diego City Beat [San Diego, California] 25 April 2007: 11. ********************************************************** Other Available Resources The Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter. "Old San Diego Landmark has a new hair-do." The General Contract 1.8 (June 1970): 9-10. Bissell, Laurie. "San Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide." The Journal of San Diego History Fall 1982, Volume 28, Number 4: 276-277. Calvary Cemetery - Pioneer Park Collection. (Hillcrest / Mission Hills Improvement Association) 1970. San Diego Historical Society, Research Library, San Diego, California [MS 176]. Calvary Cemetery Collection. 1970. San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives, San Diego, California. Carroll, William. Secret Sites of Historic Trivia in San Diego. 1994. The Genealogical Records Committee, Daughters of the American Revolution of California, Vital Records from Cemeteries in Southern California, Volume II, Daughters of the American Revolution of California, 1934, pages 275-281. [San Diego Regional Family History Center, 4195 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, CA, microfilm #844,409] Grant Elementary School, Pioneer Park - from Sacred Space to Soccer Field [an International Schools CyberFair 2005 Project, 2005 Project ID: 3703)], March 2005. [NOTE: The text about Calvary Cemetery and its history on this elementary school project web site contains many factual errors. Please be advised to confirm all facts through primary sources.] Greening, Meg, et al., compilers. Calvary Cemetery Burials - Reports on People Buried in Catholic Cemetery. [May 1970, California History 188, University of San Diego, professor Sister McShane] Ts. MS 176 - Calvary Cemetery - Pioneer Park Collection. (Hillcrest / Mission Hills Improvement Association). San Diego Historical Society Research Library, San Diego, California. Griffin, R. Clinton. Mission San Diego de Alcala, Burials for Mission & Presidio 1775-1831; El Campo Santo 1849-1880; Mission Hills Catholic Cemetery (Old Calvary) 1875-1969. San Diego, California: R. Clinton Griffin, 1997. Griffin, R. Clinton, comp. Calvary Catholic Cemetery (Old Mission Hills Catholic Cemetery) Burials 1870 - 1969, A Guide to Known Burials Locations within Cemetery. San Diego, California: Privately published, 1999. Griffin, R. Clinton. "Calvary Cemetery, San Diego." San Diego Leaves & Saplings 27.2 (April - June 1999): 57. Griffin, R. Clinton. "Inscriptions From Mission Hills Catholic Cemetery." San Diego Leaves & Saplings 27.2 (April - June 1999): 58-64. Griffin, R. Clinton. "Inscriptions From Calvary Cemetery, San Diego." San Diego Leaves & Saplings 27.3 (July - September 1999): 105-115. Griffin, R. Clinton "Removals from Calvary (Mission Hills) Cemetery." San Diego Leaves & Saplings 27.3 (July - September 1999): 116. Innis, Virginia M. "Old Calvary Cemetery: destined to become second San Diego Pioneer Park." California Garden Aug.-Sept. 1968: 25-27. Kelly, Ann Christine. History and Documentation of Five Major Local Cemeteries in the City of San Diego [University of San Diego Master's thesis]. San Diego, CA: August 1996. University of San Diego, Helen K. and James S. Copley Library, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492, F869.S22 K45 1996. McLaughlin, Mike. "The History of Mission Hills." 1997. [Reprints of this are available from the Mission Hills Branch of the San Diego Public Library.] Palmer, Barbara, Ph.D. The Civil War Veterans of San Diego, CA Including Citations to Genealogical Research Sources in San Diego, California. San Diego, California: Barbara Palmer, 1999, 10-12. Palmer, Barbara, Ph.D. "Calvary Tombstone Inscriptions." Letter to Mount Hope Cemetery. 5 April 2001. Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California. Plat Maps of Calvary Cemetery. San Diego Historical Society Research Library, San Diego, California. Rimbach, Jr., Fred Jay. A History of the Cemeteries in the City of San Diego, California. Ts. San Diego, California: July 1949. California Room. San Diego Public Library, San Diego, California. Riveroll, Lawrence David. Disposal of the abandoned Calvary Roman Catholic Cemetery Tombstones on February 9, 1988 [video tape]. 1988. San Diego Historical Society Research Library, San Diego, California [VT 25]. San Diego County Recorder, San Diego California, Death records, 1876-1905, Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1980 , Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150, USA, microfilm #1,290,437 - #1,290,440. San Diego Genealogical Branch Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Tombstone Inscriptions San Diego, California. San Diego, California: privately published, 1969, 106-134. Spillane, James C. Civil War Veterans Roster Mount Hope Cemetery and Calvary Cemetery San Diego, California. San Diego, California: privately published, 1998. Vann, Marjorie Gillis. From Ruins to Recreation. Ts. 20 April 1969. Calvary Cemetery - Pioneer Park Collection (Hillcrest - Mission Hills Improvement Association) 1970 [MS 176]. San Diego Historical Society Research Library. San Diego, California. Wheeler, M. G. Letter to J. S. Mannasse, Esq. 20 Oct. 1891. Calvary Cemetery - Pioneer Park Collection (Hillcrest - Mission Hills Improvement Association) [MS 176]. San Diego Historical Society Research Library, San Diego, California. Zink, Orion. Burying Grounds at Old Town San Diego and Mission Hills. Ts.15 June 1967. Zink, Orion. Burying Grounds at Old Town San Diego and Mission Hills. Ts.12 May 1968. San Diego Historical Society Research Library. San Diego, California. Zink, Orion. "Yesterday In The West- A Request From Tijuana Unearths A Slice Of Area History." The San Diego Union [San Diego, California] 17 August 1975: G-2:1-6. ********************************************************** Files of information on Calvary Cemetery "Calvary Cemetery - Mission Hills Park" file, Mount Hope Cemetery Office, Mount Hope Cemetery, 3751 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102, (619) 527-3400 "79.1 Cemeteries, Calvary" file, Research Library, San Diego Historical Society, Casa de Balboa, 1649 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, (619) 232-6203 "Cemeteries, Catholic Cemetery" file, City Clerk's Office, The City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 2nd Floor, MS 2A, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 533-4000 "Cemetery, Mission Hills" file, City Clerk's Office, The City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 2nd Floor, MS 2A, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 533-4000 "Cemetery, Mission Hills, Catholic" file, City Clerk's Office, The City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 2nd Floor, MS 2A, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 533-4000 "Cemeteries, San Diego (City)" file, California Room, San Diego Public Library, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101-6478, (619) 236-5800 "HSB #5" file, Historical Resources Board, Planning Department, The City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 4th Floor, MS 5A, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 235-5224 "Mission Hills" file, Mount Hope Cemetery Office, Mount Hope Cemetery, 3751 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102, (619) 527-3400 "Parks, Calvary Pioneer Memorial Park" file, City Clerk's Office, The City of San Diego, 202 C Street, 2nd Floor, MS 2A, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 533-4000 "Pioneer Park" file, Mount Hope Cemetery Office, Mount Hope Cemetery, 3751 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102, (619) 527-3400 "Site Code Q401RD" file, Real Estate Services Division, The City of San Diego, 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1700, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 236-6020 "Site Code Q404RD" file, Real Estate Services Division, The
City of San Diego, 1200 Third Avenue, Suite 1700, San Diego, CA 92101,
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Calvary
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