Bayview – New York Bay Cemetery Explained

Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery
Established:1848
Country:United States
Location:Jersey City, New Jersey
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

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Van Winkle, Daniel . History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1630–1923 . 1923 . 0832850675 .
  2. Web site: Bayview–New York Bay Cemetery . 2007-08-26 . The cemetery resulted from the merger of the Bay View and New York Bay cemeteries in the 1840s. It fills an expansive area between Garfield and Ocean Avenues and the sloped area from Garfield Avenue to the bottom of the hill, with a view of New York City, in the southeastern section of Jersey City. The primary entrances are located on Ocean Avenue and at the intersection of Garfield and Chapel Avenues. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070823080812/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/B_Pages/Bayview_New_York_Bay_Cemetery.htm . 23 August 2007 . dead .
  3. News: Egan . Colin . The Hudson Underground . Fall 1991 . Hudson County Magazine.
  4. Book: Sarapin, Janice Kohl . Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey . 2002 . . 0813521114 .
  5. Book: White, James Terry . The National Cyclopedia of American Biography . 1963 . J. T. White Company . Ziegler served as president of Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, from 1935 to 1957..
  6. News: Jewish Cemetery Dating Back to 1875 Found in J.C.. . n.d.. Roots.web.
  7. News: Paul Broeser's Suicide . 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. . . August 31, 1883. 2008-10-08 .
  8. Web site: William Davis Daly . 2008-10-08 . a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., June 4, 1851; attended the public schools; from the age of fourteen until he was nineteen was employed as an iron molder; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Hudson County, N.J.; assistant United States attorney for New Jersey 1885–1888; member of the State house of assembly 1889–1891; judge of the district court of Hoboken from 1891 until his resignation in 1892; member of the State senate 1892–1898; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1896 and member of the State committee 1896–1898; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from March 4, 1899, until his death in Hoboken, N.J., July 31, 1900; interment in New York Bay Cemetery. . .
  9. Web site: William Davis Daly . 2008-10-08 . also known as William D. Daly – of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., June 4, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1888, 1892, 1896; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1889–91; district judge in New Jersey, 1891–92; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1893–98; member of New Jersey Democratic State Committee, 1896–98; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1899–1900; died in office 1900. Died in Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J., July 31, 1900. Interment at Bayview Cemetery. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010215110/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU.html. 10 October 2008 . live.
  10. Web site: Edward Irving Edwards . 2008-10-08 . also known as Edward I. Edwards – of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Born in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City), Hudson County, N.J., December 1, 1863. Son of William W. Edwards and Emma J. (Nation) Edwards; brother of William D. Edwards; married, November 14, 1888, to Jule Blanche Smith (died 1928). Democrat. General contractor; banker; New Jersey state comptroller, 1911–17; member of New Jersey state senate from Hudson County, 1919; Governor of New Jersey, 1920–23; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1923–29; defeated, 1928. Episcopalian. Welsh and English ancestry. Member, American Bankers Association; Freemasons; Eagles; Elks; Moose; Zeta Psi. Depressed over political and financial misfortunes, the deaths of those close to him, and his own poor health, he shot himself with a revolver, in his bed, and died, in Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J., January 26, 1931. Interment at Bayview Cemetery. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010215110/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU.html. 10 October 2008 . live.
  11. Web site: George Bragg Fielder . 2008-10-08 . also known as George B. Fielder – of New Jersey. Born in New Jersey, 1842. Son of James F. Fielder; brother-in-law of William Brinkerhoff; father of James Fairman Fielder. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New Jersey 7th District, 1893–95. Died in 1906. Interment at Bayview Cemetery. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010215110/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU.html. 10 October 2008 . live.
  12. News: Horwitz. Marli. Anniversary ceremony honors Jersey City's first fallen firefighter. The Jersey Journal. July 24, 2013. 2013-07-24.
  13. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000893 Arthur Harry Moore biography
  14. Web site: Arthur Harry Moore . 2008-10-08 . also known as A. Harry Moore – Governor of New Jersey, 1926–29, 1932–35, 1938–41; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1935–38 Interment at Bayview Cemetery. . . https://web.archive.org/web/20081010215110/http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU.html. 10 October 2008 . live.
  15. Web site: Casualty Record: Holt, Thomas Walter. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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