Guide to the Calvary Cemetery Record Collection
MS 83
Finding aid prepared by Samantha Mills
San Diego History Center Document Collection
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
January 11, 2017
Title: Calvary Cemetery Record Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MS 83
Contributing Institution:
San Diego History Center Document Collection
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear feet
(1 box)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1913-1919
Date (inclusive): 1880-1930
Abstract: This collection contains maps, ledgers, and registers related to Calvary Cemetery in San Diego, CA.
creator:
Calvary Cemetery (San Diego, Calif.).
Biographical / Historical Notes
Established around 1876 as a Catholic cemetery by Father Antonio Ubach, Calvary Cemetery in San Diego's Mission Hills’ community
was used extensively from 1880 to 1919. After the last burial in 1960, it fell into disrepair and a city resolution converted
the cemetery into Calvary Memorial Pioneer Park in 1970. Of the more than 600 gravestones and monuments that remained in the
cemetery, 142 were preserved in a section of the park while the others were removed to the city's Mount Hope Cemetery.
Scope and Content
This collection contains maps, ledgers, and registers related to Calvary Cemetery in San Diego, CA. It documents many of the
individuals buried in the cemetery.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in chronological order.
Preferred Citation
Calvary Cemetery Record Collection, MS 83, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Andrew Wolfson in April 2008.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Catholic Church.
Pioneer Park (San Diego, Calif.).
Burial
Burial records
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Mission Hills (San Diego, Calif.)
Box-folder 1:1
Map of cemetery lots (copy),
undated
Box-folder 1:2
Funeral Register (copy),
1913 June - 1917 December
Box-folder 1:3
Funeral Register (copy),
1918 January - 1919 January
Box-folder 1:4
Funeral Register (copy),
1922 October - 1928 September
Box-folder 1:5
Cemetery Lot Register (copy),
1880-1930
