by Margaret R. Jenks ©1994
121 Pages, 7 Cemeteries, 5,800 Names, Maps, Indexed
Now available from Sleeper Books at www.sleeperco.com
SUMMARY
Marble was quarried before 1800 and by the late 1830s, Irish workers arrived to build the railroad and work the quarries. At first the Catholics were buried in the Pleasant Street Cemetery, but after the construction of St. Bridget's Church, land was purchased in 1867 for a cemetery. Many of these stones are dated before 1867.
The French Canadians had their own church, "The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus," built in 1870, that stood on what is now the northwest corner of the cemetery. Their burials were in the west section of the cemetery near the church. The Polish began to arrive in the 1890s and some early Slavic stones are in the Irish and French sections of the cemetery. After the Polish church was erected, they obtained land south of St. Bridget's and Sacred Heart cemeteries.
The book includes two maps, one of Rutland County and one of West Rutland, showing the location of each cemetery. The Catholic Cemetery was recorded in sections to facilitate locating a stone.
Included are all extant stones in the following Danby cemeteries:
PLEASANT STREET CEMETERY WHIPPLE HOLLOW CEMETERY
Catholic Cemeteries:
ST. BRIDGET'S CEMETERY SACRED HEART CEMETERY ST. STANISLAUS KOSTKA CEMETERY
Town Farm Cemeteries:
NORTH LANE DURGY HILL ROAD
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