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From: "Rosemary Molloy" <>
Subject: Re: [SO.PHILLY] Re: "New Philadelphia Cemetery?"
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:13:08 -0400
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I was thrilled to get this information and visited Arlington Cemetery today.
There are no records for the people moved from New Philadelphia, including
my great-grandfather, but it's a beautiful place.
I want to offer to help others on the list, if possible. I live near the
Ewing Church Cemetery (also called Ewing Cemetery and Crematory and formerly
Ewing Presbyterian), which is very old, having been established in the 18th
century. The bandleader, Paul Whitman, happens to be buried here, as is
Mary Roebling.
I also live fairly near Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, NJ (many other
Roeblings, as well as Civil War soldiers and memorial stones to many who
went down on the Titantic) and the Princeton (NJ) Cemetery (Aaron Burr,
Grover Cleveland and family, Paul Robeson's parents., Sylvia Beach, and
others).
If anyone believes his or her people are buried in any of those cemeteries,
I'll be glad to research it and to take pictures of the stones, if any.
Rosemary Molloy,
Ewing, NJ


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Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 3:33 AM
Subject: [SO.PHILLY] Re: "New Philadelphia Cemetery?"


> The Philadelphia Cemetery on Passyunk Ave. was often referred to as
"New
> Phila. Cemetery" or "Phila. Cem., PR" (PR = Passyunk Rd.) to distinguish
it
> from the earlier Phila. Cem. that was commonly referred to as Ronaldson's
> Cemetery.
> "New Phila. Cem." opened in 1828. According to an 1895 map, it
fronted
> on Passyunk Rd. from 20th to 21st Sts.; its sides were at right-angles to
> Passyunk, so they ran southeast to northwest; the side that began at the
> intersection of 20th & Passyunk ran to the exact middle of the block
bounded
> by 21st, McKean, 22nd, and Mifflin; the other side was shorter and ran
from
> the intersection of 21st & Passyunk to Snyder, between 22nd & 23rd.
> The last burial in "New Phila. Cem." was in 1902. In 1915, the bodies
> were removed to Arlington Cem. in Drexel Hill. I don't know if any
records
> survive for the bodies/burials that were at New Phila., but you could
check
> with Arlington Cem.
> Lani
>
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