Internment Book for Sections Old Strangers Rest, St. Patrick's Rest, and St. Luke's Rests

Archive

The Big Book for the Sections of Old Strangers Rest, St. Patrick's Rest, and St. Luke's Rest provides insights into the sequence in which the denominational sections were recorded and developed. Notably, the term "Catholic section" refers to the area on the east side of Glenwood. The earliest burial records identify St. Luke's Rest and St. Patrick's Rest as the Catholic section, with burials beginning in 1887. However, this practice sharply declined after 1904, when Holy Cross, a new Catholic cemetery, opened. The last burial in St. Luke's and St. Patrick's Rest at Glenwood occurred in 1915. This suggests that the area may have been designated as the Catholic section because it served as a burial site for Catholics between the closure of St. Vincent's Cemetery and the opening of Holy Cross.

Houston Philanthropy Circle Board Meeting Artifacts

Glenwood Cemetery

administrative records

burials

Burials

death & burials

Catholicism

Cemeteries

glenwood cemetery

old strangers rest

st. patrick's rest

st. luke's rest

holy cross

st. vincent's cemetery

east side

catholic section

Glenwood Cemetery

1876 - 1991

2001

76 pages

English

Bound Book

Bound Book

15 in

12-1/2 in

Vault

Permanent

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