Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Pittsburgh Burials at Uniondale Cemetery

As I have been learning where my ancestors are buried and entering memorials for them at Find A Grave, I recently realized that not only are all four of my maternal grandmother's grandparents buried at Uniondale Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but all eight of her great-grandparents are buried there as well. (Uniondale Cemetery, at 2200 Brighton Road, is located in the North Side, previously known as Allegheny City.)

In addition, there are many extended family members buried in these family lots.

I created a chart in Family Tree Maker showing the burial locations for these four generations of my maternal grandmother's family. I now see why my mother feels such a connection to Pittsburgh, although she hasn't lived there in decades.


To see their Find A Grave memorials, scroll to the very bottom of this page, where I have a Find A Grave Search box, and enter the surname of the family member whose memorial you would like to see.
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6 comments:

  1. Heather Wilkinson RojoJanuary 28, 2014 at 1:54 PM

    Wow! I hope you get to visit that cemetery soon

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerJanuary 28, 2014 at 4:18 PM

      Yes, I haven't visited Pittsburgh in decades and I'm due for a visit.

      Thanks for reading and commenting.

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  2. MagdaJanuary 28, 2014 at 10:20 PM

    Same with my grandfather's line for 4 generations back (and my Dad is there now so that actully makes five generations ).It sure made things easier when I started with the one cemetery location !

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerJanuary 29, 2014 at 4:20 PM

      Five generations in one cemetery! I'm sure it's not that unusual, but my family seems to be all over the place and it was neat to find this whole cluster in one cemetery in Pittsburgh.

      Thanks for the comment!

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  3. Karen KFebruary 4, 2014 at 1:55 PM

    Sorry to be late to the party... I've said it before, but Find A Grave is awesome. And it's certainly great when you have so many ancestors/relatives in one place. I hope you get to visit. A friend and I are making tentative plans to visit Gettysburg this summer...

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerFebruary 4, 2014 at 5:07 PM

      Yes, this was a fun find, that I would likely only have "seen" by using Find A Grave.

      Thanks for reading a commenting!

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