A semi-organized page of all the data we have.

MAPS:

BURIAL LISTS, ETC:

The 1992 Survey of the Cemetery

1992 Survey Map
1992 Survey Map 1 (big)
1992 Survey Map 2 (big)
PHOTOS Organized by Survey Row (see the maps)
Recommendations

Search My "Union Cemetery People" database yourself! I am making corrections and additions to this database as I find them..
San Mateo County Death Records Some of these folks are in Union Cemetery, others are not.
The Union Cemetery Burial Register I am not sure where this came from.
FROM CROWE

Crowe Mortuary's Burial Records Index. The last column 'Page' refers to the Page below..."

Someone typed about 10 pages-worth of the Crowe book. I am not sure who did this, and I found some errors, but here it is.
" BURIALS IN UNION CEMETERY - REDWOOD CITY." (from official burial book now held by Redwood City Mortuary.) Typed. Includes Crowe book burials from 3/5/1859 to 8/28/1885.

D.A.R. 1937 survey of headstones "Redwood City Cemetery", Records taken August 1937 by LA PUERTA de ORO CHAPTER D. A. R
L.D.S. ~1950
- Link to Union Cemetery Records, Compiled by the Genealogical Committee, L. D. S. Church, filmed in 1956. Posted on Family Search in 2013.
  - The first 35 pages appear to be a survey of the headstones.
  - Pages 36 through 117 seem to be a hand copied version of the Crowe Mortuary Book.
- LDS Tombstone Readings, circa 1950.
Kay King's 1998 survey of headstones (for GenWeb) of half the cemetery. A map of her walk This is for me, so that if I find she recorded headstones that I can not locate, I will at least know what area she was in. The numbers indicate the end of each page of the walk. August 1937 by LA PUERTA de ORO CHAPTER D. A. R
The County Poor Farm Inmates, compiled by the San Mateo County Genealogical Society - Cath Madden Trindle. The original list if found Here
Lists from Helen Graves (mostly her research)...

Plot num and Name alphabetical by name computer generated
Plot num and Name numerical by plotnum computer generated
Plot num and Name by Section letter computer generated
L & T Burials by year computer printout
Burials with NOTE 2 computer printout
Burials in Plot 113
Burials in Fraternal and Reserved Block plots computer generated
Survey of Persons Buried by Grid Number hand writtn
Public Graves hand written
1st lot burials hand written
deaths of people >= 80 years oldhand written
IOOF: Burials in IOOF by Burial Date hand written
IOOF: Condition of burials in IOOF hand written
MASONS: Stone Inventory of the Masonic Lot
MASONS: Stone Inventory of the Masonic Lot computer generated
MASONS: Masonic Plot Burials by Helen Graves
G.A.R.: Plot inscriptions computer generated
G.A.R.: Soldier & Organization typed
G.A.R.: Another list of G.A.R Burials computer generated
G.A.R.: Preliminary Census of Graves in G.A.R. Plot
Page 5 of a faded list of UC Burials
UC Burials by 1878 (Moore and DePue)

PUBLIC DOMAIN ONLINE SEARCHABLE BOOKS

History of San Mateo County, California , by B.F. Alley, 1883
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California , by Barrows and Ingersoll, 1893
History of San Mateo County from the Earliest Times , by Alexandar and Hamm, 1916

NEWSPAPERS & RESEARCH:

Newspaper Clippings: Over the years Union Cemetery has been in the newspaper many times. Below are linked the clippings that have been brought to my attention. Most of them come from Linda Proctor, who has maintainted a notebook of Union Cemetery Newspaper Clippings. If you have a clipping (or two) that is missing, please send me a copy to add to this list.
- 1906 . Young vandals start a fire in the emetery and the sheriff handles it.
- 1940-1949
- 1950-1959
- 1960-1969
- 1970-1979
- 1980-1989 1980-1989(2) 1985
- 1990-1999 1995 1990-1999(2) 1990-1999(3) 10/10/1993 3/23/1994
- 2000-2009
- 2012-2013
- Undated
The Local History Room is where the Redwood City Archives is stored.
Newspapers from 1861 thru 1950. Including the San Mateo County Gazette, The San Mateo Gazette, the Times and Gazette, the San Mateo County Times Gazette, and the Times-Gazette. Yes, I think it was all the same paper!
Some of them are pretty big, so be patient as they load.
The San Mateo County Geneology Society has a number of databases you can search.
At California Newspaper Collection you can search all their newspapers for specific text or browse individual papers by date. Here are the San Francisco Papers:
- From Jan 1847 to Jun 1848 The California Star
- From Nov 1848 to Dec 1848 The California Star & Californian
- From Dec 1849 to Jun 1891 The Daily Alta California
- From Sep 1854 to Jan 1858 Wide West
- From Jan 1871 to Dec 1922 Pacific Rural Press
- From Apr 1890 to Dec 1913 The San Francisco Call
Roy Cloud's Story of Redwood City
History of San Mateo County Cemeteries by Miguel R. Luna (1938)
Union Cemetery Writeup by Mrs. R. E. Cereghino (1945)
"History Tour" by Anne Rosenthal (a tour of Searsville)

DOCUMENTS RE: FORMATION OF UNION CEMETERY:

Articles Of Incorporation 2/28/1859 Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4.
The Resolution The story and documents that sent the Union Cemetery ownership back to Redwood City from the State of California in 1962 (from John Edmonds 12/14/11)
Transcript of the Original Deed to Union Cemetery 1859, Page 1 (from John Edmonds 12/14/11)
Transcript of the Deed to Union Cemetery 1859, Page 2 (from John Edmonds 12/14/11)
Bylaws of the Historic Union Cemetery Association a Califoria Public Benefit Corporation.
"Union Cemetery Information" including information supplied to become a National Historic Place, with photos, maps, and a writeup by F. M. Stanger.
The 1962 quit claim deed
ORIGINAL Union Cemetery Association Minutes - transcript - 1877/05/08
ORIGINAL Union Cemetery Association Minutes - transcript - 1860/02/28 (with original lots sold)
Dates of the original Association's Minutes
Original Minutes Feb 29 1859handwritten
Original Minutes Apr 25 1881handwritten
Original Minutes May 8 1877handwritten
Articles of Incorporation Feb 28 1859handwritten
Transcript Minutes Mar 3 1859handwritten
Transcript Newspaper May 7, 1859handwritten
Transcript Newspaper? July 12, 1945typed
Timeline 1868-1893

THE JOURNAL OF LOCAL HISTORY:

Summer 2009 (President's Message; The Cloud Family; Ghost on Wheels; The Mysterious Mrs. Plump; The Town of Searsville)
Winter 2009 The Fox-Thorpe Families
Fall 2010 President's Message;The Poets of August; Dr. Charles Kirkpatrick; War and Remembrance; A Brief History of Union Cemetery, Bombs Dropped Right Here in Redwood City; Homefront: Redwood City
Spring 2010 Pg 1: Charles N. Fox, J.W.Turner, Charles Ayers, Horace Hawes, J.V.Diller; Pg 2: Mount Carmel; Pg 10: Brittan and Ayers Families; Pg 12: Pigeon Point - Horace Templeton, Andrew Teague, George Fox
Summer 2010 President's Message; Crystal Springs and Laguna; La Honda and Bellvale; The Town of West Union; Redwood City in the 1950's; The Trial of the Century
Winter 2011 The Vasquez Family. Metamora Tribe of Redmen Herman Scofield, John Westergren, the Martins
Spring 2011 President’s Message; A Brief History of Memorial Day; Back to the Future With Fox Theater 3; A Tale of Two Cities and One Man; The History Detective; Redwood City: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Andrew and Permelia Teague and Family
Summer 2011 (from John Edmonds 12/14/11)
Winter 2011 - Christmas 2011 President's Message; Victorian and California Christmas; A Nice Day that Became a Terrible Day; End Near for Redwood City's Secret Ships; The Finger Family
Spring 2012 President’s Message; Almost Empty Monuments; Decoration Day or Memorial day 1895 and 1900;"G.B." A Best Guess; View from A Courtroom Window circa 1865;Sam's Castle; San Mateo County and Prohibition Scofflaws; The Wild and wooly Days of Menlo Park;
Fall 2012 President’s Message; The Ghost at Pigeon Point Lighthouse; Adventure at Sea; Who Were Woman's Club's Founding Mothers; Building Housed More Than One Club; Penisula Hills Woman's Club
Winter 2012 President’s Message; The True Saint Nicholas; Photographs of Christmas Time in Redwood City; The Ghost at Pigeon Point Lighthouse:Chapter Two; Life and Times on the San Francisco Ferry; A Day in the Park Gone Very Wrong; Where's Herbert?; A Child's Life in the Early Sequoia Hotel; Redwood City's Oyster Beds; The Undocumented History of Emerald Lake; Alaska Codfish Company of Redwood City
Spring 2013 Redwood City's "Music Man"; Save Pete from What?; The Ghost at Pigeon Point Lighthouse: Chapter Three; Captain David Jenkins; Reminisces of "Hutch" with Thoughts of the Past
Fall 2013 Remember Norman Vance?; Ghosts in Rural Pacifica; The Tank at Mezes Park; Another Redwood City Medal of Honor?; P.H.Canavan; Ghost of Pigeon Point - Chapter 4; San Mateo County Stagecoaches; McEvoy-Lloyd Family; The Council of Chosen Friends

PICTURES:

1981 - 2013 Photo Match!
- From James Morrison, 1981, as part of the application to become an Historic Landmark. Includes an orientation map for the photos
- Another pdf of photos taken in 2013 from exactly the same spots, showing how things have changed.
Historic Photos From the RWC Library History Room - Rightmost File Cabinet, 2nd Drawer down. Some of these have been mixed up over the years.
More recent photos - Includes pictures of 2013 Memorial Day, and the LARA crib

PEOPLE
- Geraldine Cooley-Frisbie
- Lester Cooley
- Benjamin Fox (2)
- Simon Knights
- Here is Charles Benjamin, not buried in the GAR plot but I good member none-the-less. He enlisted in Redwood City joining the California 100 and fought throughout the War and was at Appomatix when Lee surrendered (from John Edmonds 10/16/11)
- Joel Mansfield (from John Edmonds 10/26/11)
- GeorgeRice (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
- GeorgeWentworth (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
- GeraldineCooley (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
- William Holder (from John Edmonds 2/11/12)
- Nicholas Martin and his family before his death. (this glorious photo courtesy of Mrs. Shirley Rienecker, Henry's relative - Thank You! 2/11/12)
- Nicholas Henry Martin, early San Mateo County pioneer for whom Martins Beach was named. He ranched on Half Moon Bay from 1861 until his death. Brother of my GGF Ira Edwin Martin. (photo courtesy of Mrs. Shirley Rienecker. Thank You! 2/11/12)
The Union Cemetery Statue
Malacoff-Wildwood 039
An old Photograph of the Cemetery, (from John Edmonds 10/16/11)
Here is the photo of the Grand Army of the Republic unit in Redwood City, taken on the steps of the Congregational Church at the corner of Jefferson and Middlefield in town and taken in 1886. Unfortunately nobody ever identified the people (from John Edmonds 10/16/11)
CharlesFox (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
AmericanHouse (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
TimesAndGazetteBldg (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
UnionSoldierStatue (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
Wilder and Shugart (from the History Article, John Edmonds 10/26/11)
Members of the GAR in 1889 (from John Edmonds 12/14/11)
Members of the Improved order of Red Men from Palo Alto and Redwood City pose in costume, 1922. From the Palo Alto Historical Socity.

GENERAL CEMETERY INFO

Making Photographic Records of Gravestones from The Association for Gravestone Studies.
An Act for the Preservation and Care of Burial Places and ... from The Association for Gravestone Studies.
Symbolism in the Carvings on old Gravestones from The Association for Gravestone Studies.

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