About Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum
Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery near Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 36 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 51 notable people buried here, including Frank Hague, Mary Teresa Norton and James Alphonsus Hamill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 877201. The nearest other listed cemetery is Speer Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Evergreen Funeral Home, Inc. in Jersey City, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 15 cemeteries we list in Hudson County, and 123 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Jersey City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum
Among them: 4 US representatives, 2 baseball players, 2 World War I veterans, 2 World War II veterans, 1 basketball player, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Frank Hague1876-1956Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- Mary Teresa Norton1875-1959American politician
- James Alphonsus Hamill1877-1941American politician
- Charles F. X. O'Brien1879-1940American politician
- T. James Tumulty1913-1981American politician
- Jocko Fields1864-1950Irish American baseball player
- Mickey Hughes1866-1931Major League Baseball player
- Anastasia Veronica Kahrar1895-1979Wife of Joseph Cancalosi
- Anna Catherine Gelchion1856-1927Wife of Michael Dermody
- Bridget Reynolds1833-1896Wife of Richard Gelchion
- Catherine Creedon1835-1914(1835-1914) wife of Daniel Finn
- Catherine Devaney1863-1956
Show all 51 notable burials
- Christopher Aloysius Enright Sr.1888-1980American executive
- Daniel Finn1825-1887(1825-1887) husband of Catherine Creedon
- Feliks Szczęsny1888-1926Polish-American murdered in 1926
- James Patrick Langan I1889-1975(1889-1975) husband of Katherine Mary Norton
- John Norton1861-1905(1861-1905) Irish American laborer
- Joseph Vincent Moriarty1910-1979(1910-1979) American mobster
- Katherine Mary Norton1894-1942(1894-1942) wife of James Langan
- Margaret Agnes Conboy1866-1951Wife of Owen McLaughlin
- Margaret E. Burke1912-1970Wife of David Thomas Morgan
- Margaret Mary McLaughlin1897-1985(1897-1985) wife of Christopher Aloysius Enright
- Mary Margaret Burke1890-1949Wife of Thomas Patrick Norton I
- Nora M. Finn1865-1898(1865-1898) wife of John Burke
- Owen McLaughlin1863-1931Coal delivery man
- Sarah Jane Carr1859-1950(1863-1950) wife of Patrick Norton
- Thomas Brady1850-19287th mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey, from 1904 to 1906
- Thomas F. X. Smith1928-1996American politician
- Thomas Patrick Norton I1891-1968(1891-1968) American railroad yardmaster
- Aloysius McMahon1877-1941American Lawyer
- Francis James Gelchion1893-1957
- Henry Athanasius Brann1837-1921American priest
- James Conboy II1837-1902(1837-1902) husband of Bridget White
- Jane E. Hogan1864-1949(1864-1949) wife of Matthew Gelchion
- John Langan II1860-1930(1860-1930) husband of Catharine Devaney
- Joseph Francis Moran1878-1929(1878-1929) Brooklyn shipbuilder
- Juozas Račius1847-1928
- Mary A. Maloney1865-1943Wife of William F. Gelchion
- Mary E. Sullivan1890-1967(1890-1967) wife of Matthew John Gelchion
- Matthew Gelchion1858-1899(1858-1899) husband of Jane E. Hogan
- Matthew John Gelchion I1886-1966(1886-1966) husband of Mary E. Sullivan
- Matthew John Gelchion II1925-2014(1925-2014) husband of Margaret Muriel Sidisin
- Michael McNamara1839-1907United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- Raymond A. Brown1915-2009American lawyer
- Richard Gelchion I1832-1904(1832-1904) husband of Bridget Reynolds
- Richard Gelchion II1860-1944(1860-1944) husband of Catherine Farley
- Walter F. Szczesny1912-1974
- Janice Hansen Drake1927-1959American murder victim
- John Joseph Burke II1909-1986(1909-1986) husband of Elizabeth Theresa Jones
- Mabel DePeloubet Tobin1875-1941Wife of Garret Stephen Voorhees
- Margaret Matilda Kinlin1866-1905
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
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What Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Speer CemeteryJersey City, NJCemetery0.6 mi
- Old Bergen Church CemeteryJersey City, NJChristian cemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Peters CemeteryJersey City, NJCemetery1.0 mi
- Jersey City CemeteryJersey City, NJMunicipal cemetery1.3 mi
- Bay View - New York Bay CemeteryJersey City, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Bayview CemeteryJersey City, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Trinity Church CemeteryNew York City, NYChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- Trinity ChurchyardNew York City, NYBaptist cemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Paul's Church CemeteryNew York City, NYChurch cemetery3.9 mi
- St. Paul's ChurchyardNew York City, NYChristian cemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Holy Name Cemetery and Mausoleum
- Evergreen Funeral Home, Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Jersey City · (201) 333-7171
- Vail Funeral Trade & Transport, Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Jersey City · (201) 993-8670
- Watson Mortuary Services, Inc.0.8 miMortuary · Jersey City · (201) 432-5521
- Mc Laughlin Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Jersey City · (201) 798-8700
- Cotton Parker Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Jersey City · (201) 433-1000
- Alvarez-Marshello Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Jersey City · (201) 434-2615
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