Crane Avenue South - Almshouse Cemetery
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Taunton, Massachusetts 02780 United StatesNo GPS information available Add GPS
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The Almshouse Cemetery should not be confused with the Crane Ave South - Thayer Family Burial Ground which is located in one corner of the Crane Ave South Burying Ground/Almshouse Cemetery. The Thayer Family tombstones and burials are recorded separately despite all Taunton City Records and Vital Records putting the two burying grounds together.
"Owned" by the City of Taunton; owner is listed as unknown with City Assessor's Office listed as contact. Taunton Cemetery office lists Crane Ave South Cemetery/Almshouse Cemetery among their overseen properties.
Established 1771. Probably as a pauper cemetery. There are only few tombstones visible, most graves have simple marker stones. Approximately 1.15 - 1.2 acres.
Referenced in the following:
"Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to 1850"; Published by New England Historic Genealogical Society as: G.R. 2
Massachusetts Historical Commission in MACRIS as: TAU808
Bristol County Massachusetts Cemeteries Database as: TA002
City of Taunton MassGIS as: 29-76-0 (Thayer Family Burial Ground is MassGIS 29-77 shown in corner of 29-76-0)
Historic Register:
Massachusetts: Yes
National: No
The Almshouse Cemetery should not be confused with the Crane Ave South - Thayer Family Burial Ground which is located in one corner of the Crane Ave South Burying Ground/Almshouse Cemetery. The Thayer Family tombstones and burials are recorded separately despite all Taunton City Records and Vital Records putting the two burying grounds together.
"Owned" by the City of Taunton; owner is listed as unknown with City Assessor's Office listed as contact. Taunton Cemetery office lists Crane Ave South Cemetery/Almshouse Cemetery among their overseen properties.
Established 1771. Probably as a pauper cemetery. There are only few tombstones visible, most graves have simple marker stones. Approximately 1.15 - 1.2 acres.
Referenced in the following:
"Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to 1850"; Published by New England Historic Genealogical Society as: G.R. 2
Massachusetts Historical Commission in MACRIS as: TAU808
Bristol County Massachusetts Cemeteries Database as: TA002
City of Taunton MassGIS as: 29-76-0 (Thayer Family Burial Ground is MassGIS 29-77 shown in corner of 29-76-0)
Historic Register:
Massachusetts: Yes
National: No
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- Percent photographed65%
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- Total memorials10k+
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- Percent with GPS3%
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- Total memorials10k+
- Percent photographed61%
- Percent with GPS13%
Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
- Total memorials2k+
- Percent photographed70%
- Percent with GPS0%
- Added: 26 Sep 2020
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2715466
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