Holy Name Cemetery (Jersey City, New Jersey) Explained

Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.^{[2] [3]} It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63acres and all but 0.3acres has been developed and sold for burials. It is an active cemetery providing services to Catholic families.^[4]

Notable burials

• James J. Donovan (1890–1971), Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey 1939–43.
• Mark M. Fagan (1869–1955), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey^[2]
• Frank Hague (1876–1956), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey^[2]
• James Alphonsus Hamill (1877–1941), US Congressman^[5]
• Mickey Hughes (1866–1931), 19th-century Major League Baseball pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.^[6]
• John Vincent Kenny (1894–1975), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey^[2]
• Michael McNamara (1839–1907), Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
• Mary Teresa Norton (1875–1959), served 13 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1925 to 1951^[7]
• Charles Francis Xavier O'Brien (1879–1940), US Congressman
• Thomas Francis Xavier Smith (1928–1996), Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Charles Stoneham (1876–1936), sports teams and racetrack owner
• Thomas James Tumulty (1913–1981), US Congressman

See also

• List of cemeteries in Hudson County, New Jersey

External links

• • Search for burials in the Archdiocese of Newark database
• Holy Name Cemetery at The Political Graveyard
  • People Buried in Jersey City from Encyclopedia Titanica
• Holy Name Cemetery at Interment

Notes and References

1. Web site: Holy Name Cemetery . 2007-08-26 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20051220071516/http://www.rcan.org/cemeteries/holyname.htm . 2005-12-20.
2. Web site: Holy Name Cemetery . https://web.archive.org/web/20030629043048/http://www.njcu.edu/programs/jchistory/Pages/H_Pages/Holy_Name_Cemetery.htm . dead . 2003-06-29 . 2007-08-26 . .
3. News: Egan . Colin . The Hudson Underground . Fall 1991 . Hudson County Magazine .
4. Archdiocese of Newark Catholic Cemeteries
5. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000099 James Alphonsus Hamill
6. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phughm101.htm Mickey Hughes
7. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000153 Mary Teresa Norton