08_Charlottetowns_early_roman_catholic_p_30-37.pdf

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title	Charlottetown's Early Roman Catholic Cemeteries, 1812 - 1884
creator	Daley, Louis J.
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	<p>Cemeteries are genealogical autograph<br />books, gravestones their<br />pages. Vital statistics, carved in stone,<br />inform - and tantalize - us. Remember<br />me, they implore. But what happens<br />when the inscriptions have faded, when<br />the gravestone is broken or lost, or when<br />no permanent marker was ever raised?<br />Such is the case with the two oldest<br />Roman Catholic cemeteries in Charlottetown.<br />Time, vandalism, and, on occasion,<br />indifference have decimated these<br />graveyards, leaving behind a mere handful<br />of stones to mark the resting place of<br />hundreds, probably thousands, of people.<br />To piece together a list of Islanders<br />buried there, Louis J. Daley has engaged<br />in a massive piece of detective work. He<br />shares his findings with us below.</p>
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1993
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-445
source	33
language	en_US
rights	<p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p>

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title	Charlottetown's Early Roman Catholic Cemeteries, 1812 - 1884
creator	Daley, Louis J.
subject	Island Magazine
subject	Prince Edward Island Museum
description	<p>Cemeteries are genealogical autograph<br />books, gravestones their<br />pages. Vital statistics, carved in stone,<br />inform - and tantalize - us. Remember<br />me, they implore. But what happens<br />when the inscriptions have faded, when<br />the gravestone is broken or lost, or when<br />no permanent marker was ever raised?<br />Such is the case with the two oldest<br />Roman Catholic cemeteries in Charlottetown.<br />Time, vandalism, and, on occasion,<br />indifference have decimated these<br />graveyards, leaving behind a mere handful<br />of stones to mark the resting place of<br />hundreds, probably thousands, of people.<br />To piece together a list of Islanders<br />buried there, Louis J. Daley has engaged<br />in a massive piece of detective work. He<br />shares his findings with us below.</p>
publisher	Prince Edward Island Museum
date	1993
type	Document
format	application/pdf
identifier	vre:islemag-batch2-445
source	33
language	en_US
rights	<p>Please note that this material is being presented for the sole purpose of research and private study. Any other use requires the permission of the copyright holder(s), and questions regarding copyright are the responsibility of the user.</p>