Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery
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| Established | 1848 |
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| Country | United States |
| Type | Protestant |
Bayview Cemetery, previously called Greenville Cemetery, is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It merged with New York Bay Cemetery and is now known as Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery.[1][2][3]
History
The cemetery was built in 1848. It is located in the Greenville Section near Danforth Avenue Station. A former turnpike, the Bergen Point Plank Road, now Garfield Avenue, runs through the cemetery.
The cemetery contains a memorial and plots of several employees of the Cunard Shipping Line.[4] Ziegler served as president of the Cemetery, from 1935 to 1957.[5]
The cemetery contains a section which is an early Jewish burial ground, unique to Hudson County.[6]
Notable burials
- Paul Broeser.[7]
- Mary Antoinette Brown-Sherman (1926–2004), Liberian university president
- Glenn Dale Cunningham (1943–2004), Mayor of Jersey City[2]
- William Davis Daly (1851–1900), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1899 to 1900.[8][9]
- Edward Irving Edwards (1863–1931) Governor of New Jersey.[10]
- George Bragg Fielder (1842–1906), American Civil War veteran and politician[11]
- Edward Hoos (1850–1912), Mayor of Jersey City.[2]
- James W. McCarthy (d. 1872), first Jersey City Fire Department firefighter to die in the line of duty[12]
- Arthur Harry Moore (1879–1952), 39th Governor of New Jersey who served three separate terms as governor between 1926 and 1941.[13][14]
- Lillian Nordica (1857–1914), American opera singer
- George Lawrence Record (1859–1933), lawyer[2]
- Joe Simmons (1845–1901), buried under his birth name of Joseph S. Chabriel, was a Major league baseball player and manager.[15]
- Robert G. Smith (1854–1923), American colonel and politician
- Edward Faitoute Condict Young (1835–1908), banker, manufacturer and politician.[2]
- One Commonwealth war grave, of a World War I seaman of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.[16]
- Bob Shannon (1948-2023)
See also
References
- ^ Van Winkle, Daniel (1923). History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1630–1923. ISBN 0832850675.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b c d e "Bayview–New York Bay Cemetery". New Jersey City University. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ^ Egan, Colin (Fall 1991). "The Hudson Underground". Hudson County Magazine.
- ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813521114.
- ^ White, James Terry (1963). The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. J. T. White Company.
Ziegler served as president of Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, from 1935 to 1957.
- ^ "Jewish Cemetery Dating Back to 1875 Found in J.C." The Jersey Journal. Roots.web. n.d.
- ^ "Paul Broeser's Suicide". The New York Times. August 31, 1883. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
The suicide of Paul Broeser, a young German, on his wife's grave, in the New-York Bay Cemetery, recalls the romantic story of his marriage. His wife was the daughter of John A. Schuler, of Jersey City Heights.
- ^ "William Davis Daly". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "William Davis Daly". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "Edward Irving Edwards". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ "George Bragg Fielder". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ Horwitz, Marli (July 24, 2013). "Anniversary ceremony honors Jersey City's first fallen firefighter". The Jersey Journal. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ^ Arthur Harry Moore biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007
- ^ "Arthur Harry Moore". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ Joe Simmons Baseball-Reference player and managerial career stats
- ^ "Casualty Record: Holt, Thomas Walter". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
External links
- Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery at Cemetery Junction
- Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
- Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery at Grave Info