Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Frederiksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Frederiksted, Saint Croix U.S. Virgin IslandsCoordinates: 17.71285, -64.87984 - Cemetery ID:
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A thick masonry wall encloses the church building and the surrounding church yard/cemetery. Of the remaining tombstones, the earliest records a death in 1804. Burials continued until space was no longer available. The tombstones that are listed below are all that are left standing in the once crowded yard. Most graves were marked only by traditional conch shells, which have deteriorated and in most cases, disappeared. The remaining grave markers, of granite, marble and masonry, were more resistant to deterioration, but even some of these have been lost or have disappeared, as becomes evident when this list is compared with a partial recording made in the 1940's by Rachel Colby. In the 1950's, when a parish house was built in the church yard, a number of gravestones were removed from their original site and affixed to the inside of the church yard wall. In more recent times, members of the congregation have been buried in the Frederiksted public cemetery across the street, where the northwest section has traditionally been the Lutheran area.
The first grave you sees upon entering the church from the street on the east side is the that of Frederik v Scholten, which can easily be distinguished by its ornate wrought iron fence. Then if you turn immediately to the right (North) you will see the grave markers which have been incorporated into the wall itself. After continuing to the end of the wall, turn left and you will enter the church cemetery. The graves in this cemetery are arranged in the book from right (North) to left (South), top (East) to bottom (West). After viewing the last grave in the church cemetery, which is found in the bottom left corner of the yard, if you follow the wall back to the front of the church, you will encounter seven more marker cemented into the south wall and two more additional graves.
A thick masonry wall encloses the church building and the surrounding church yard/cemetery. Of the remaining tombstones, the earliest records a death in 1804. Burials continued until space was no longer available. The tombstones that are listed below are all that are left standing in the once crowded yard. Most graves were marked only by traditional conch shells, which have deteriorated and in most cases, disappeared. The remaining grave markers, of granite, marble and masonry, were more resistant to deterioration, but even some of these have been lost or have disappeared, as becomes evident when this list is compared with a partial recording made in the 1940's by Rachel Colby. In the 1950's, when a parish house was built in the church yard, a number of gravestones were removed from their original site and affixed to the inside of the church yard wall. In more recent times, members of the congregation have been buried in the Frederiksted public cemetery across the street, where the northwest section has traditionally been the Lutheran area.
The first grave you sees upon entering the church from the street on the east side is the that of Frederik v Scholten, which can easily be distinguished by its ornate wrought iron fence. Then if you turn immediately to the right (North) you will see the grave markers which have been incorporated into the wall itself. After continuing to the end of the wall, turn left and you will enter the church cemetery. The graves in this cemetery are arranged in the book from right (North) to left (South), top (East) to bottom (West). After viewing the last grave in the church cemetery, which is found in the bottom left corner of the yard, if you follow the wall back to the front of the church, you will encounter seven more marker cemented into the south wall and two more additional graves.
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Frederiksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Frederiksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Total memorials26
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Frederiksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Frederiksted, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Total memorials2
- Percent photographed100%
- Added: 15 Jan 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2433705
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