Detroit's Holy Cross Cemetery

Detroit's Holy Cross Cemetery

by Elaine Walters Raymo
Detroit's Holy Cross Cemetery

Detroit's Holy Cross Cemetery

by Elaine Walters Raymo

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Overview

In the early hours before dawn on October 6, 1907, a raging fire illuminated the sky as the historic chapel that stood on the cemetery grounds for over half a century reduced to a pile of cinders and ash. Lit by sparks from a nearby barn ablaze from an act of arson, the fire destroyed priceless paintings, relics, statues, and artifacts that held sacrament to the area's earliest settlers. So ended the era of the cemetery's obscure past and launched a new era for the little mission?turned?graveyard nestled southwest of Detroit. Detroit's Holy Cross Cemetery is a collage of persons whose immigrant dreams landed them in an area budding with industry. The cemetery's evolution reflects the waves of immigration, from the early French to the Irish, Germans, Hungarians, Poles, and Hispanics. From its 1838 2-acre roots to its current 65-acre span, Holy Cross Cemetery filled the need for a Catholic cemetery on Detroit's west side.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781439624333
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/30/2009
Series: Images of America Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 51 MB
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About the Author

Elaine Walters Raymo is a professional genealogist, historical researcher, and family historian. She does volunteer work at Holy Cross Cemetery and makes full use of archival photographs from libraries, archives, and personal collections to create a snapshot in time of the remarkable individuals who rest within the cemetery.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 The Nascent Years 9

2 Prime Years of Growth 37

3 Characters Worth Noting 83

4 Lost Too Soon 95

5 Those Who Stood in Harm's Way 107

6 Help Along the Way 117

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