Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens)
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Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York. The cemetery occupies the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor Cadwallader Colden.
History[edit]
It was established in 1893 and is still in operation.[1] When Union Cemetery in Brooklyn closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery.[2] As of 2009, Cedar Grove had recorded a total of 36,000 burials.[3]
Mount Hebron Cemetery was established in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery and is the burial site of several prominent participants in Yiddish theater.[4]
Cedar Grove was a filming location for cemetery scenes in the 1968 film, Bye Bye Braverman.[5]
Notable burials[edit]
- August Claessens (1885–1954), Socialist politician, who served in the New York State Assembly[6]
- Sabrina Grigorian (1956–1986), Italian-born Armenian actress.
- Eddie Leonard (1870–1941), American vaudeville performer[7]
- one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Gunner of the Bermuda Artillery Militia of World War I.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Carolee Inskeep (1998), The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries, Ancestry Publishing, ISBN 978-0-916489-89-2
- ^ Rhona Amon, The Cemetery Belt, Newsday website, accessed February 20, 2009
- ^ About Us Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cedar Grove Cemetery website, accessed February 20, 2009
- ^ Jeff Gottlieb, Queens Jewish Heritage Trail Archived February 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Published by Queens Jewish Historical Society, Spring 2007
- ^ Bye Bye Braverman – Technical Details Archived 2013-04-19 at archive.today, Theiapolis.com (accessed February 21, 2009)
- ^ The Political Graveyard website, accessed February 20, 2009
- ^ "Eddie Leonard". Daily News. 1941-08-01. p. 40. Retrieved 2023-01-28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
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