Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City

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Bayview Cemetery which used to be called Greenville Cemetery is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It has been combined with New York Bay Cemetery and now has the combined name of Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery. [1] [2] [3]

The cemetery contains a memorial and several plots of people who died that were employees of the Cunard Shipping Line. [4] Ziegler served as president of the Cemetery, from 1935 to 1957. [5]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Van Winkle, Daniel (1923). History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, 1630-1923. ISBN 0832850675. 
  2. ^ Bayview-New York Bay Cemetery. New Jersey City University. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. “The cemetery resulted from the merger of the Bay View and New York Bay cemeteries in the 1840s. It fills an expansive area between Garfield and Ocean Avenues and the sloped area from Garfield Avenue to the bottom of the hill, with a view of New York City, in the southeastern section of Jersey City. There are main entrances on Ocean Avenue and at the intersection of Garfield and Chapel Avenues.”
  3. ^ Egan, Colin. "The Hudson Underground", Hudson County Magazine, Fall 1991. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
  4. ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (2002). Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0813521114. 
  5. ^ a b (1984) The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. “Ziegler served as president of Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, from 1935 to 1957.” 
  6. ^ Arthur Harry Moore biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.
  7. ^ William Davis Daly biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.
  8. ^ Edward I. Edwards. United States Congress. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  9. ^ Joe Simmons. Findagrave. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.

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