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Cemetery NumberPW003
TownPAWTUCKET
Cemetery NameST. FRANCIS CEMETERY
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Graves ListDisplay Graves List
LocationSMITHFIELD AVE
StateRI
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Pole Number19-1
Distance25
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Inscriptions6081
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Exist?YES
Last seen date?2013
Newest1999
Oldest1871
VandalismN
Veteran 
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Commentstarted in 1871; 105 acres and 125,000 interments four books of records contain name, burial date, age, sect & lot # Robert Degnan has been superintendant for 43 years (1999) book #1 is at the diocese office in Providence book #2 starts 12 Nov 1898, about 40 names per page pg 11: 12 Nov 1898 - pg 50 14 Nov 1899 (abt 1600/year) pg 100 6 Jan 1901 pg 200 24 May 1903 pg 300 17 Nov 1905 pg 400 28 May 1908 pg 500 10 Feb 1911 pg 600 23 Jul 1913 pg 700 7 Feb 1916 pg 800 1 Jun 1918 pg 900 Jul 1919 pg 1000 18 Oct 1921 pg 1100 21 Jul 1924 pg 1103 end about 40,000 entries Very little of this cemetery has been recorded. There are many late 19th century Irish stones with information on where in Ireland the people came from. We are looking for a volunteer to photograph these. John Sterling recorded several hundred gravestones, most in section 10 in 1997. Bill Kelley photographed about 4500 gravestones in 2015 in sections 3,4,7,10,12,14,15.
Conditionexcellent
Enclosuremetal fence
Gateiron gate
Growthgrass-well kept
Terrainhilly moderate
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Cemetery Burial Map N/A
 

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