well, I might have just answered my own question ... although why would
they continue to call the new cemetery "New" in 1884?
from
*https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__federalhillirish.com_2014_09_the-2Dsilent-2Dcity_-2A&d=DwIDaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=NYQnvI5kgaWlLDrthjN8Z3goL3NobtGnb2AWpSaPRtA&m=O3zE0-e9SpJqaCnE-r_UCxZ65N_6gvZIbUr35CGSyvo&s=kglUXyZdxE6XzIio9UfL5Jj919DIn8hC2Bgy5dQVZnQ&e=
*(Ray McKenna's excellent blog)*
He wrote this about St. Patrick Cemetery burials:
"...though slowing considerably when the “new” Catholic cemetery, St.
Francis, opened in Pawtucket in 1871.
Often called the “Old Catholic Cemetery,” St. Patrick’s was the earliest
Catholic cemetery for the city’s Irish population and one of the oldest
in the state."
Hi Beth,
I think it's a RI thing. St. Francis was such a big deal that it was referred to as
the NEW CEMETERY,
then they would continued calling it the new cemetery until they built another one. By
that time, the records
probably used more official language, and gave the real name of the place, rather than
old, new or newest.
Kind of like the way we say "take a left where Almacs" used to be. Once an
Almacs, always an Almacs. Once a New Cemetery,
always a new cemetery.
I hope you don't think I'm pulling your leg, I really think it's RI speak.
Lisa
lisa.lepore2(a)gmail.com
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From: Beth Hurd [mailto:beth.hurd@cox.net]
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Subject: [RI] Re: RI Catholic cemeteries question
well, I might have just answered my own question ... although why would they continue to
call the new cemetery "New" in 1884?
from
*https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__federalhillirish.com_2014_09_the-2Dsilent-2Dcity_-2A&d=DwIDaQ&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=NYQnvI5kgaWlLDrthjN8Z3goL3NobtGnb2AWpSaPRtA&m=O3zE0-e9SpJqaCnE-r_UCxZ65N_6gvZIbUr35CGSyvo&s=kglUXyZdxE6XzIio9UfL5Jj919DIn8hC2Bgy5dQVZnQ&e=
*(Ray McKenna's excellent blog)*
He wrote this about St. Patrick Cemetery burials:
"...though slowing considerably when the “new” Catholic cemetery, St.
Francis, opened in Pawtucket in 1871.
Often called the “Old Catholic Cemetery,” St. Patrick’s was the earliest Catholic cemetery
for the city’s Irish population and one of the oldest in the state."