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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