In 1845 the Catholics established
Greenbush Cemetery on
Dead Lake Ridge.
That cemetery would soon run out of space.
In 1863, 18 acres of land was bought from the city for a new cemetery just north of the new
Forest Hill Cemetery. They named it
Calvary and split it up
between German and Irish parishes. The German sections were given Biblical names: Blastus,
Abednego, Carmel, Enoch, Callistus and Priscilla. The first person was buried at Calvary in 1865.
Sometime after 1902, the bodies in the Greenbush Cemetery were moved to Calvary.
Over the years more land was bought. About 1923 when Calvary was becoming filled, another
cemetery,
Holy Cross, was created.
Calvary was operated by
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