One hundred and seventy five years today Rochester, NY became a City. After the Erie Canal came through the area, Rochester grew at tremendous rate. Becoming a City enabled Rochester to grow. Today at Mt. Hope Cemetery Mayor Robert Duffy placed a wreath at the grave of Nathaniel Rochester (above). Nathaniel was one of three …
This is the tombstone for Edward Marshall. He is buried in Rapids Cemetery on Congress Avenue in Rochester.
This year is the 175th anniversary of the City of Rochester. The City is named for Nathaniel Rochester who was an early promoter of the small village. Nathaniel died three years before Rochester became a City. He and his family are buried at the top of lot R in Mt. Hope Cemetery in the City …
A few days ago I posted the third of three lots of tombstones in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery that I copied this last summer. Holy Sep. has a kiosk in their lobby in which you can look up burials. So why did I copy three lots of tombstones inscriptions? Because they have re-burials from earlier Catholic …
I finished typing the tombstone records for Section 12 East that I wrote about in the last posting. That section is all single graves. Those were the cheapest graves at the time the cemetery was organized. You could buy more than one grave but most are just one family member. Probably all the graves in …
Ask in the office at Holy Sepulchre if all the burial records are on their kiosk. They will tell you that the records are complete. I found out that the kiosk records are NOT complete. Let me tell you the story… This summer I have been copying the tombstones in a few of the old …
The Friends of Mt. Hope is a group founded in 1980 to preserve the cemetery and also to make improvements. They are giving free tours on Saturdays (at 2 PM) and Sundays (2 and 2:30PM) until October. If you haven’t taken the tour, you get to see a good portion of the cemetery, learn some …