Name/Title
Receipt St. Mary's Ceremony to Ann Gilroy, 1902Entry/Object ID
1996.138.2Description
ACC. NO. 96.138.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: 1902
OBJECT: RECEIPT
DESCRIPTION:
RECEIPT WITH PRINTED BILL HEADING, "ST. MARY'S CEMETERY." INFORMATION BLANKS FILLED OUT IN INK.
SIZE: L 7" X W 8-1/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: RECEIPT FROM ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, OAKLAND, DATED DECEMBER 8, 1902, TO MRS ANN GILROY, FOR DOWN PAYMENT ON GRAVE SITE AND PERPETUAL CARE OF SITE. MRS GILROY WAS THE GRANDMOTHER OF ANNE M MACDONALD. MS MACDONALD WAS A LONG-TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, OAKLAND (LATER ALAMEDA). HER FATHER, NEIL MACDONALD, BUILT THE FAMILY HOME AT 2066 SAN JOSE AVENUE, ALAMEDA, IN 1904. HIS WIFE, MAUDE; HER BROTHER, THOMAS B; AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, ANN GILROY, ARE BURIED IN THE FAMILY PLOT AT ST. MARY'S CEMETERY.
ACQUIRED FROM:
JEANNE AND NEIL CLARK
DATE: APRIL 13, 1996