Old Hadley Cemetery
There is a nice book with images of all gravestones. EXTERNAL




John Webster


John Taylor
Gravestones that Need Repairs


Old Hadley Cemetery
There is a nice book with images of all gravestones. EXTERNAL




John Webster


John Taylor
Gravestones that Need Repairs


Springfield Cemetery
The Springfield Cemetery has their own web site. EXTERNAL It includes their history, some gravestones, and book to buy.


Josiah Holland – FINDAGRAVE
Pelatiah Bliss – FINDAGRAVE



MAP (at OpenStreetmap)


CHAPEL





OFFICE

Holding Tomb
The first tomb was from 1841 and expanded in 1856. A new one was made in 1873.
Methodist Cemetery
A child of Samuel McNary was buried here on the 12th of December 1825. This was the first burial in the Methodist Cemetery. The Union Street Methodist Episcopal Society sold this cemetery in 1858.

Beth El Cemetery has its temple in Springfield. LINK The Beth El Cemetery is in West Springfield. The cemetery started in 1915. The chapel within the cemetery is from 1927.





Samuel Hoyt was the leader of the Highland Park Associates. Hoyt at FINDAGRAVE. This was a real estate group that was based on North Pleasant Street at the SE corner of Yale Street. From 1920 to 1925, his company was at 85 Dartmouth Street.

In 1923 he started up another company called Hoyt Construction. In later life, he would be the real estate manager at People’s Bank and at Mechanics Bank.
| homes | starts | ends | notes |
| Brooklyn, New York | 1900 | census | |
| 365 Appleton Street, Holyoke | 1910 | census but not in directory | |
| 84 Pleasant Street | 1911 | 1911 | |
| 25 Stanford Street | 1912 | 1913 | |
| 37 Dartmouth Street | 1914 | 1918 | |
| 2 Taylor Street | 1918 | 1920 | |
| 11 Yale Street | 1921 | 1922 | |
| 2 Cleveland Street | 1923 | 1924 | near Harvard |
| 57 Park Slope Road | 1925 | 1925 | |
| 210 Pleasant Street | 1926 | 1926 | |
| 37 Stratford Street | 1927 | 1927 | |
| Stony Point, Rockland County, New York | 1928 | 1933 | removed to NY |
| 8 Brooks Street (now called O’Connor Avenue) | 1934 | 1954 | from census, plus 1934-1946 and 1955-6 directories |


Saint Aloysius Cemetery (Springfield) is from 1876. FINDAGRAVE It is at 1273 Berkshire Avenue. It is also called Saint Louis Gonzaga Cemetery.
The church is from 1874 and the school is from 1893. STORY
STORY about this saint.
Gates



Pastors

Ethnic Groups

Baby Section


Potters Field

Moved

Saint Michael’s Cemetery is from 1871.
stop 0 – Introduction
stop 1 – Chapel
stop 2 – Mausoleums
stop 3 – Sisters of Saint Joseph
stop 4 – Bishop Beavan

stop 5 – Military Deaths
stop 6 – Mausoleum and more


Stop 7 – Rev J Alfred Lane

7A – Oldest Burials
and his son James both in 1871
8 – Interesting Stones

9 – Babies Section
Dr Paul Nathan











2025 Holyoke Massachusetts area guided tours and presentations — FREE and OPEN to the public. [Except for the listed private tours and presentations.] Keep checking back since information will change. Presented by Robert Comeau. Sign up at Eventbrite for most of these tours. The Holyoke Preservation Trust is the promoter for most of the events and oftentimes the host too.

2025 tours and presentations:
EARLIER this year:
Precious Blood Church Fire of 1875 (Holyoke)
Elmwood Cemetery tour (Holyoke)
South Hadley Canal – a presentation, a tour, and a display (South Hadley)
Precious Blood Church (Holyoke) and Precious Blood Cemetery (South Hadley)
The Six Navigational Canals of the Connecticut River (South Hadley)
Sacred Heart Church (Springfield)
Southampton Center Cemetery (Southampton)
Holyoke Canal System Walking Tour (Holyoke)
The Six Power Canals of the Chicopee River (Chicopee)
Warner Pine Grove Memorial Cemetery (Belchertown)
The Catholic Churches of Chicopee (Chicopee)
Canals in the Connecticut River Valley
Ashleyville Cemetery (West Springfield)
Saint Anthony of Padua Church (Chicopee)
Brookside Cemetery (Easthampton)
Chicopee Center Canal (Chicopee)
Who Were the Militiamen from Ireland Parish? (Holyoke) – (see Revolutionary War Veterans in Holyoke)
East Street Cemetery (Chicopee)
Burial Grounds of Southampton throughout its History (Southampton)
Cherry Lane Cemetery (Springfield)
East Street Cemetery (Easthampton)
Lake Vale Cemetery (Belchertown)
United Congregational Church of Holyoke (Holyoke)
Dufresne Park – A History and Nature Walk into its Woods (Granby)
North Amherst Cemetery (Amherst)
Main Street Cemetery (Easthampton)
Green Lawn Cemetery (East Longmeadow)
A House in Holyoke through Time – The Lewis Smith Homestead – (Holyoke)
The Springfield Blanket Company – part of series called A Mill in Holyoke through Time – (Holyoke)
Catholic Cemeteries of Springfield – Burial Grounds of Springfield throughout its History