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Finding aid of the Laurel Hill Cemetery Index No. 1A
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Title: Laurel Hill Cemetery index
Dates: 1868-1873
Collection number: C004804.2
Creator:
Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.)
Collection Size:
1 ledger (100 pages)
18 inches x 11 inches
Repository: The
Society of California Pioneers.
San Francisco, California 94107-1272
Abstract: Index 1a serves as an alphabetical index for records of where the deceased were buried. It is not clear which book the index
pertains to, and the cover is missing. Date range is 1868 -1873. There are 11 pages at the end of Chinese burials.
Physical location: Stored on site at the Society of California Pioneers.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection is open by appointment for research.
Property rights reside with The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to reproduce or publish must be
submitted in writing to the Librarian.
Laurel Hill Cemetery index. The Society of California Pioneers.
Unknown.
Biography / Administrative History
Laurel Hill Cemetery - formerly Lone Mountain Cemetery which opened January 28, 1854 - was one of the major cemeteries in
San Francisco. It was bounded by the current Calfornia, Geary, Parker and Presidio avenues and renamed Laurel Hill Cemetery
in 1867. Bodies were moved to Cypress Lawn Cemetery, San Mateo County in the early part of the 20th century. Many of the
old tombstones were used in the seawall in San Francisco's marina district.
| 1868/1873 | Laurel Hill Cemetery |
Scope and Content of Collection
Index 1a serves as an alphabetical index for records of where the deceased were buried. It is not clear which book the index
pertains to, and the cover is missing. Date range is 1868 -1873. There are 11 pages at the end of Chinese burials.
The ledger is divided in four sections, each in chronological order. The reason for the divisions is not clear.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco, Calif.)
Cemeteries - San Francisco (Calif.)
Indexes
There are finding aids for the other ledgers of records for the Lone Mountain/Laurel Hill Cemetery, ranging from 1854 through
circa 1930. Each of the ledgers have an index - sometimes in a separate ledger and sometimes included in the ledger itself.