Girod Street Cemetery of New Orleans Lousiana
Submitted by 	Doris Ryan January 2003

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Today my husband and I visited Hope Mausoleum, 4841 Canal St., New
Orleans, where  remains from the Girod Street Cemetery  were re-interred
after the latter was deconsecrated in 1957.
There are in-ground burials and above-ground tombs here, as well as
vaulted crypts.

A gentleman in the office informed us that the remains from Girod were
placed collectively in drums and buried beneath the mausoleum building.
He led us to a commemorative plaque marking the event; and further down
that hall to Crypt #1083-A (bottom row by the windows)  where the
surnames of those who had been interred in Girod are listed.

On the commemorative plaque, in a cross-walk:
In loving memory of those once interred in the Girod Street Cemetery
(founded 1822), whose mortal remains were removed and re-entombed in
this building by Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) A.D. 1957,  and of
Rev. James F. Hull DD,  1776-1833, rector of Christ Church 1816-1830
Rev. Wm. T. Leacock DD,  1797-1884, rector of Christ Church  1852-1882
Richard Relf  1776-1857, a warden of Christ Church  for 52 years.
Rev. John Henry Kleinhagen, 1815-1885,  pioneer Evangelical & Lutheran
pastor
Glendy Burke 1806 -1879, merchant,  banker, leading  citizen
Jane Placide, 1804-1835, distinguished actress whose remains lie in
Crypt 1083-A.
I (possibly meant to be "Aye"), Tis a holy rite in remembrance of the
dead that will not let oblivion blight around the grave be shed.


Plaque on crypt, 1083-A:
In loving memory of the following families whose mortal remains were
removed to this crypt from Girod Street Cemetery  A.D. 1957:
Annan, Bell, Brand, Brinkman, Brothers, Buchanan, Christy, Churchhill,
Conrad, Dietrich, Dow, Doyle, Erichson, Evans, Ferguson, Forsythe,
Friend, Girod, Goldenblow, Grant, Hollins, Jewell, Jordy, Kenny,  Kipp,
Lambert, Lathrop, Laudun, Lee, Leiris, McClellen, McCoard, McLeod,
Madere, Montague, Napier, Nicholson, Ogden, Perkins, Pulley, Reed,
Salkeld, Saul, Scruggs, Seale, Smith, Thorne, Vail, Veeder, Ventress,
Wallace, White, Wilkinson, Wire, McArthur, Morris, Beck, Waggaman.
NOTE: It appears only the actress, Jane Placide, is actually interred,
according to above-mentioned plaque.

We were informed that the Girod St. Cemetery was located on the present
site of the parking lot of the main U.S. Post Office in New Orleans.

A few other Hope Mausoleum burials:

Louis Hoffman, 1891 (above-ground tomb)
B (or H)ier ruht lu.Frieden  (faint & I'm not familiar w/German
language)
Maria Hoffmann
De borne Frank
Born 7 Jan 1818
Died 27 May 1891
Also 4 kinder (children) Maria, Johanna, Louisa, and Mary Frank
Wife of Ludwig Hoffman, native of Hanover, Germany, b. Jan 7 1818, d May
27, 1893
Ludwig Hoffman, Sr., native of Mecklenburg, Germany, b . Apr 21, 1811,
d. Jan 14, 1899
Louis Hoffman, native of Germany, b June 10, 1843, d. June 18, 1904
Dorothea Rambow, widow of the late Louis P. Hoffman, native of
Mecklenburg, Ger., b. Jan. 12, 1845, d. Dec. 2, 1909

Clark (in-ground tomb)
Kenneth B. Clark, Feb. 27, 1931
Sheldon Clark, Jan. 27, 1933
Edna Clark Riley?
____(missed this name on my recorder.  May show up on pic. I took)

Very old plaques in outside wall of  (original?)building:
Pilot Thos. H. Montague, a native of Virginia, aged 33.
Lost his life Dec. 27, 1866, in saving the passengers of the burning
steamer, Fashion.
(cannot read the rest)

To the memory of William Smith Clark
(very dim) departed this life ___________ 11 (?) April 1865??

William W. MacDonogil who died of   (looks like) cholera  Nov. 18__
L.A.R.

To the memory of Jane Placide, d. May 16, 1835, aged 31 years.

At the top of this plaque are sculpted a cross, wings, an hour glass and
(a long slender implement-oar?)
Henry Young, a native of New York, d. Nov. 3, 1832, aged 45 years.
His trust in his God, hope of a Tar
His compass, his helm, his guide and his star.

Long
(above ground tomb)
Catherine Clark, wife of Webster Long, d. Sept. 24, 1932
Felix Poursine, d. Mar. 15, 1935
Mary Long Abrams, d. Feb. 9, 1949
Arthur L. Long,  d. May 25, 1961
Olivia Long Poursine, d. Jan 4, 1963


Far wall to the right,  in the wall:
Virginia Pendergrast, Apr. 23, 1941
Sidney C. Pendergrast, May 4, 1955

In-ground:
Backer
Florentine M. Backer, d. Apr. 25, 1923
Christine A. Backer, d. Oct 1, 1927

Only the Girod Street markers are in a mausoleum corridor.  Others
listed above are in the cemetery-like section behind the building facing
Canal St.

Hope some of this information is helpful.
Doris Reese Ryan