Bridge Street Cemetery

There was a burial ground at the Meeting House in the center of the town from 1658 to 1663. There were about 10 burials there. In 1680 these were moved to the Bridge Street Cemetery. The Bridge Street Cemetery was formed in 1662 at the present location. The cemetery is part of the Pomeroy Terrace Historic District. Historic Northampton has a wonderful story and resources. EXTERNAL LINK The city has a master plan for the cemetery with veterans registrations also – EXTERNAL. Likewise, there is a MACRIS form. Historic Northampton has a VIRTUAL TOUR – EXTERNAL.

Isaac Bates Mausoleum

burialbirth yeardeath yearFindagrave
Isaac Chapman Bates18171875FINDAGRAVE
Arthur Edward
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18531873FINDAGRAVE
Frances Sarah Attwill Bates18281916FINDAGRAVE

The tomb is from 1875 and was made by Richard Upjohn.

Table Gravestones

FINDAGRAVE – The Reverend Solomon Stoddard is buried here as one of nine table gravestones. He is in a group of three tables in sequence. He is to the right and his wife is in the middle. Their son John Stoddard is on the left.

Old Burials

Holding Tomb and Family Tombs

Sectional Map of the Cemetery – External Link to Northampton Site

Full Drive

GAR Monument – 1908

Sacred Heart Old Cemetery

Sacred Heart Old Cemetery is a French Canadian ethnic group cemetery in New Bedford. A cemetery section map is HERE. It is also called the Sacred Heart Cemetery number 1. The Levasseur family mausoleum is obvious. It was most likley built in 1910.

Typical of burials in this cemetery is my great grandfather Joseph Treflé Comeau born in Warwick of Quebec, Canada but baptized in St-Christophe-d’Arthabaska.

Saint Anthony of Padua Church

Saint Anthony of Padua Church

The campus is at 1359 Acushnet Avenue.

The founder and first pastor of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church is buried alongside the church. CHURCHYARD The Saint Anthony of Padua Parish started in 1895. They built a wooden church in 1896. This was on the side street of Bullard Street. The school was in this wooden building. The basement of the masonry church was ready in 1908. The full church was ready in 1912. It is made in a heavy Romanesque style. Longmeadow brownstone is used.

pastor
Hormidas Deslauriers18951916
Louis Arthur Marchand1916

My grandfather Laurent Comeau (HIS LINK) did the artwork found on this page.

The Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church Parochial School is in back of the campus. This school is from 1925. The convent to the back side right is from 1922. The rectory is in the front right and is from 1896.

Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard

Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard

Saint Anthony of Padua Churchyard is on Nye Street in New Bedford. It has one burial there and that is of the first priest of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church – Hormidas Deslauriers. The gravestone is surrounded by an iron fence and hence a close up of the stone is hard to obtain. Painting seen on this page was done by my grandfather Laurent Comeau.

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Rev Father Hormidas Deslauriers died in 1916 of heart problems – FINDAGRAVE – First pastor of the Saint Anthony of Padua Church in New Bedford. Died in the rectory after a month long struggle with heart problems. He was buried in the churchyard with an iron fence surrounding him.

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Saint John the Baptist Cemetery

Saint John the Baptist Cemetery has a beautiful chapel inside it plus a nice gate and sign. A MAP is available.

This is a Portuguese ethnic group Catholic cemetery at 664 Allen Street in New Bedford.

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Burials from people that were born in Portugal, Madeira, or the Azores are typical.

Jacintho Fernandes – FINDAGRAVE – Jacintho was born in Madeira and his wife Odilia was born in the Azores.

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