This is a list of 29 cemeteries, Philadelphia, Pa., which have
been moved. They were probably most, if not all, dug with steam
shovel, backhoe, or other equipment of the same type. There may
also be a couple that the sites missed. There was discussion last
year on the Philly Roots genealogy list about Odd Fellows
Cemetery. It seems that it was abandoned and moved in the 1950's
and a housing project built on the site. When they tore that
project down within the last couple of years to build a new type
of housing development, almost 50 years later, they found bodies
that had been overlooked earlier. It made the papers.
The reburials are usually in mass graves with no names. There
may or may not be burial records. There are genealogists who are
very upset at not being able to find ancestors. If the relatives
at the time of removal wanted a separate burial, I believe they
had to pay for it, probably complete with whatever the cemetery
and/or funeral director specify - expensive. Relatives generally
also had to pay to move the stones if they wanted them moved.
Doing genealogy, I sure wish my immigrant ancestor who died in
1784, Lancaster Co., Pa., was sitting on a shelf with an
archaeology label (Native American style;-). He was probably
bulldozed long ago. Just a lighthearted personal opinion, no
flames please:-)
Marge Green
http://www.gac.edu/~kengelha/uscemeteries/pennsylvania/philadelphiacounty.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8088/cem.html
American Mechanics Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 22nd & Diamond Streets.
Remains were moved to Philadelphia Memorial Park (Frazier,
Chester Co.) in 1951.
Belleview Cemetery
- This cemetery was loctaed at H & Tioga Streets. Remains
were moved to Philadelphia Memorial Park in 1951. The former
site was abandoned after 1951 until it became the parking lot of
a shopping center built in the late 1960's which also has now
since closed.
Blockley Baptist Church Grounds
53rd below Wyalusing Ave. (removed circa 1930 to
West Chester, PA)
Franklin Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at Pelham & Elkart Streets.
Remains were moved to Evergreen Memorial Park in 1950. Now a
playground
First Presbyterian Church Grounds
Germantown Ave. & Center St. (removed to Ivy Hill)
German Lutheran Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 31st & Lehigh Avenues. Remains
were moved to Philadelphia Memorial Park and Greenmount Cemetery
in 1969.
Glenwood Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 27th & Ridge Avenues. Remains
were moved to New Glenwood Cemetery in Broomall (Delaware Co.),
Pennsylvania, in 1923.
Hanover Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at Thompson Street & Columbia
Avenue. Remains were moved to Fernwood Cemetery (Delaware Co.)
and Forrest Hills Cemetery in Bucks County in 1922.
Kensington M. E. Church Ground
Hanover St. north of Thompson (removed to Forrest
Hills)
Lafayette Cemetery
- This cemetery was located on Federal Street betweeen 9th &
10th. Remains were moved to Evergreen Memorial Park in Bucks
County in the 1950s.
Machpelah Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 11th & Washington Avenues.
Remains were moved to Mt Moriah Cemetery and Graceland Cemetery
in Delaware County in 1895.
Monument Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at Broad & Berks Streets. Remains
were moved in 1956 to Lawnview Cemetery in Rockledge.
Mutual Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 10th & Washington Avenues.
Remains were moved in 1924 to Forrest Hills Cemetery in Bucks
County.
Odd Fellows Cemetery
23rd & Diamond Sts. (removed to Mount
Peace/Lawnview, Huntingdon Pike, 1950's)
Olive Cemetery
46th & Merion Ave. (removed in 1923 to Eden & Mount
Zion (Del. Co.)
Philadelphia Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at 9th & Bainbridge Streets.
Remains were moved in 1950 to Forrest Hills Cemetery in Bucks
County.
Philanthropic Cemetery
Passyunk & Tasker Sts. (removed to Arlington
Cemetery, Drexel Hill, PA)
Rehoboth Methodist Church Cemetery
- This church is located at Paul Street south of Ruan. The
church has been sold to a daycare which will hopefully preserve
the cemetery.
Rose Burying Ground
41st & Ludlow Sts. (removed in 1922 to Mt. Moriah )
Roxborough Baptist Burying Ground
- This cemetery was located at 41st & Ludlow Streets. Remains
were moved in 1922 to Mt. Moriah Cemetery.
St John Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
- This cemetery was located at Race Street between 5th & 6th.
Remains were moved to Laurel Hill Cemetery in 1924.
St. Paul's Cemetery (Episcopal)
3rd & Spruce St, (Some removed in 1855 to Mount
Moriah Cemetery,
Section 47)
St. Stephen's Church Graveyard
13th & Arch St. (some removed in 1866 to Laurel
Hill )
Trinity P.E. Grounds
Catherine St. below 3rd (removed to Mount Moriah)
United Presbyterian Reformed Churchyard
Cotton & Wood Sts. (removed to Westminster
Cemetery)
Union Burial Ground of the Northern Liberties &
Kensington (Also known as West St Grounds and Malt
House Grounds)
Bounded by Gaul, Berks(Vienna) and Belgrade(West)
in Kensington Sts.
(removed to Northwood cemetery and also possibly
Palmer Cemetery)
Union Burial Ground Society
6th below Washington Ave. (removed in 1906 to
Arlington Cemetery, Lansdowne, PA)
Union Wesleyan & Harmony Burial Ground (Kensington M.E. Church)
Hanover St.(now Columbia) north of Thompson
Now a playground
(removed to Fernwood, Forrest Hills and North Cedar
Hill Cemeteries)
Wharton St. M.E. Grounds
4th & Wharton St. (removed to Mount Moriah)
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