Cemeteries (Santa Clara County)

INDEX:

• Indexed cemetery records of Santa Cruz County, California, Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County, California, 1980.
  

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Agnews Cemetery (historic)
1250 Hope Drive
Santa Clara, CA 95054
GoogleMap

Notes:

• “In 1889, the Agnews Insane Asylum opened in Santa Clara on farmland purchased from Abraham Agnews and was the third institution in the state established for the mentally ill. In the 1906 earthquake, the main treatment building collapsed, crushing 112 residents and staff under a pile of rubble. The victims were buried in a mass grave in the asylum cemetery grounds. The Institution was then redesigned with low-rise buildings that resembled a college campus. According to the information from DDS there are 607 documented burials here from 1889-1906. We counted 386 markers. This means that there are 221 missing gravesites.” Sonoma County Genealogy Site
  

Records:

• Agnews Historic Cemetery & Museum
• Find A Grave

Alta Mesa Memorial Park
695 Arastradero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306-3840
GoogleMap

Records:

• Alta Mesa Memorial Park
• Family History Library: Cemetery and sextons records
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Find A Grave

Calvary Catholic Cemetery
2650 Madden Avenue
San Jose, CA 95116-1838
GoogleMap

Notes:

• “operated by St. Patrick's parish [from 1882] until 1975 when it was purchased by the Archdiocese of San Francisco” — The Silent Place Where Local History Is Written in Stone, by Patricia Loomis (San Jose News, August 2, 1982)

Records:

• Calvary Catholic Cemetery
• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1882-1987
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• Find A Grave

Gate of Heaven Catholic Cemetery
22555 Cristo Rey Drive
Los Altos, CA 94024-7424
GoogleMap

Records:

• Gate of Heaven Cemetery
• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1882-1987
• Find A Grave

Gavilan Hills Memorial Park 1000 First Street Gilroy, CA 95020 GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Independent Order of Oddfellows Cemetery (IOOF) Cemetery
• Masonic Cemetery

Records:

• Habing Family Funeral Home
• L Tombstone Index (by Jeanne Filice)
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Small Index of Burials
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves

Guadalupe Cemetery
Almaden Quicksilver County Park, CA
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Old Mexican Cemetery
• New Almaden Hilltop Cemetery

Records:

• Guadalupe Cemetery Monument
• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1876-1906 / New Almaden Hilltop Cemetery

Hacienda Cemetery and Memorial Park
Bertram Road
New Almaden, CA
21461 Bertram Rd, San Jose, CA 95120 GoogleMap

Records:

• Find a Grave
• Photographs
• History

Hebbard Cemetery
Alma, CA
GoogleMap

Notes:

• “This abandoned cemetery is located on a hill above the village of Alma. Drive from Los Gatos over the Santa Cruz highway to the junction of the Idylwild Road about one mile beyond Alma. Turn right and follow the road to the forks. Turn right again to the Hebbard or Hebard Farm.” — Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly (Fall 1983, 20:2)

Records:

• Family History Library: Card index to burials, 1862-1889
• Alma History
• Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly (Fall 1983, 20:2)

Hidalgo Cemetery
Almaden Quicksilver County Park, CA
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• New Almaden Village Cemetery

• “The Civilian Conservation, under the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt, cleared the area after the Great Depression and the interred were moved to Oak Hill Cemetery.” — Living at the mines, circa 1880-1914, Almaden Weekly Times, June 3, 2004

Records:

• Guadalupe Cemetery Monument
• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1855-1920 / New Almaden Village Cemetery

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
19250 Crisp Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Rebeka Cemetery
• Rebecca Cemetery

Records:

• Saratoga IOOF Cemetery Index
• Family History Library: Card index to burials, ca. 1911-1987
• Saratoga IOOF Cemetery
• Saratoga IOOF Cemetery
• Find a Grave

Kell Cemetery
San Jose, CA 95125
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Holy Cross Cemetery

Notes:

• “Holy Cross Cemetery, locally known as Kell Cemetery … 25.48-acre parcel … The first burial of record appears to have been on 25 May 1871, and the last on 4 February 1890 …” -The Kell Cemetery: An Historic Cemetery in San Jose {archaeological evaluation}
• “Calvary Cemetery replaced the old Holy Cross Cemetery, known to oldtimers as the Kell cemetery because the hill land at the end of Canoas Avenue was a gift of pioneer ranchers Thomas and Margaret Kell to St. Patrick's parish in 1870 … Most of those buried in the old Kell graveyard were moved to the new cemetery, but records were destroyed in a fire in the office of the San Francisco Archdiocese and some graves, including that of Louis Pellier, 'father of the valley's prune industry' were never found.” - The Silent Place Where Local History Is Written in Stone (by Patricia Loomis (San Jose News, August 2, 1982)

Records:

• Family History Library: Cemetery headstone inscriptions, 1850-1899
• Find a Grave

Laguna Cemetery
3100 Calaveras Road
Milpitas, CA 95035
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Ed Levine Cemetery

Notes:

• “... Calvary {Cemetery} became home to several pioneers originally interred in the Laguna Cemetery, now long abandoned and incorporated into Ed Levin County Park east of Milpitas. Among these were members of the Frederick Brandt family who ranched what is now the park today.” — The Silent Place Where Local History Is Written in Stone (by Patricia Loomis (San Jose News, August 2, 1982)
• “The first burials occurred in the early 1860's, with the last burial in 1914. Most of the 44 plots had been sold by 1867. The plot map includes the names of Josiah Evans, Mary and Jacob Miller, J. Weller, Felter and Pomeroy. By the 1950's only a few headstones remained. Because so many headstones are missing, the names and number of those buried in the cemetery is unclear.” — County of Santa Clara Parks, 2006.
• “The Laguna Cemetery is also located on the Spring Valley Area. This pioneer cemetery was used from 1863 to 1912. Destroyed by vandals and neglected for years, it has recently been renovated. Stop by the cemetery gates and enjoy the fascinating memorial which provides a glimpse into the lives of the people buried there.” — County of Santa Clara Parks, March 2007.

Records:

• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1900-1905
• Laguna Cemetery Plot Owners
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Ed R. Levin County Park
• Ed Levin Cemetery aka Laguna Cemetery
• Find a Grave

Los Gatos Memorial Park
2255 Los Gatos Almaden Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
GoogleMap

Records:

• Los Gatos Memorial Park
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• Find a Grave
• Picture from the Past

Madronia Cemetery
14766 Oak Street
Saratoga, CA 95070-6098
GoogleMap

Notes:

• “Madronia Cemetery dates back to the 1850's, when Jose Ramon Arguello donated land for a burial ground. …The first burial in 1854 is believed to have been a small boy drowned in the creek. The McCartysville (former name of Saratoga) residents formed a non-profit cemetery association named Madronia, after the red-trunked madrone trees on the site…” — Saratoga Chamber of Commerce

Records:

• Family History Library: Death records, Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California : ca. 1900-1930
• Family History Library: Madronia cemetery tombstone inscriptions
• Family History Library: Treasurer's book, Madronia Cemetery, Dec. 1880 to Oct. 1913
• Madronia Cemetery database
• Sexton Records & Tombstone Inscriptions
• Find a Grave

Mission City Memorial Park
420 N. Winchester Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95050
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Santa Clara City Cemetery
• Santa Clara Protestant Cemetery

Records:

• Mission City Memorial Park
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Mission City Cemetery Burial Index
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• Find a Grave

Mount Hope Memorial Park
250 Spring Avenue
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Mount Hope Cemetery

Operated by: Habing Family Funeral Home

Records:

• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves

Mountain View Pioneer Park
1146 Church Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Notes:

• “The deed for this grant was recorded on March 19 1861, and the name 'Mountain View Cemetery' came into general usage thereafter. This cemetery site was where the Mountain View Pioneer and Historical Society placed its first plaque on March 3 1957.” — History of the First Presbyterian Church of Mountain View, California, 1851-1991
• “The land was donated to the city as a park in the early 1900s. For some reason, the graves were simply placed down, and covered with dirt. Bodies were not removed to another cemetery, Mountain View Cemetery, became Pioneer Memorial Park … an actual home to Mountain View's pioneers … The remains of the pioneers still are buried underneath the park.” — Now and Then

Records:

• Find a Grave

Oak Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Park
300 Curtner Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Pioneer Cemetery
• San Jose Cemetery
• Town Cemetery

There are four independently owned and operated cemeteries within Oak Hill:

• Beth David Memorial Garden
• Home of Peace Cemetery
• Islamic Cemetery House of Peace (aka Dar-Us-Salaam Cemetery)
• Orthodox-Greek Cemetery

Records:

• Dignity Memorial
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• Home of Peace Cemetery
  • Temple Emanu El
    • “In 1869, the Bickur Cholim Society (later renamed Temple Emanu-El) purchased this land from the City of San Jose. Serving the entire Jewish community, this cemetery is still owned and operated by our congregation.”
  • Home of Peace Jewish Cemetery
• Find a Grave (Oak Hill Memorial Park)
• Find a Grave (Beth David Memorial Garden)
• Find a Grave (Home of Peace Cemetery)
• Find a Grave (Islamic Cemetery)

Rudell Cemetery
Lexington, CA GoogleMap

Notes:

• “This old cemetery, now abandoned, is located about a third of a mile west of the village of Lexington, on the road to The Montezuma School.” — Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly (Fall 1983, 20:2)

Records:

• Family History Library: Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1872-1908
• Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly (Fall 1983, 20:2)

St. John the Baptist Cemetery
651 Piedmont Road
Milpitas, CA 95035
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• St. John's Catholic Cemetery

Records:

• St. John the Baptist Cemetery
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1902-1985 / St. John the Baptist Cemetery
• Find a Grave

Saint Mary Cemetery (Old)
Broadway & La Coche Way
Gilroy, CA
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Old Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
• Old St. Mary's Cemetery

Records:

• Old St. Mary's Cemetery
• Old Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Billion Graves

Saint Mary Cemetery
1000 First Street
Gilroy, CA 95020
GoogleMap

Records:

• St Mary Parish
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Find a Grave
• Billion Graves

Santa Clara Mission Cemetery
490 Lincoln St
Santa Clara, CA 95050
GoogleMap

Also known as (AKA):

• Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery
• Santa Clara Catholic Mission Cemetery

Records:

• Santa Clara Mission Cemetery
• Partial Index of Burials: A-L | M-Z | Transcription #2
• Union Veteran Burials (old)
• Union Veteran Burials (new)
• CA Tombstone Project (photo collection)
• Find a Grave