Calaveras Heritage Council

The attached PDF file includes names of people who are known or thought to have been buried in the Mokelumne Hill cemeteries but for whom there are no head stones or other plot information. The Cemeteries include the Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, and Jesus Maria.

Names were taken from newspaper accounts in Calaveras County in the 19th and early 20th century by members of the Mokelumne Hill History Society. Especially helpful was the Death Index provided by Gardella Mortuary in San Andreas which includes burials between about 1880 and 2000.

25 names were identified as being buried in the Catholic Cemetery.
69 names were identified as being buried in the Protestant Cemetery
448 Names are likely buried in Mokelumne Hill Cemeteries but we don’t know which one.
TOTAL 542 burials whose plot is unknown

1. Some were identified as “Buried in Mokelumne Hill” but did not identify which cemetery. In this case, they were assigned the cemetery where others of their family were buried.

2. Many other individuals were identified as “died in Mokelumne Hill” and we presumed they were also buried here. Unless they had known families in one of the cemeteries, they are listed as buried in “Unknown” cemetery.

3. Some individuals from Mokelumne Hill families who died elsewhere (such as San Francisco, Stockton, Placerville, etc.) are thought to have been returned to Mokelumne for internment in family plots based on information in the obituaries. The Notes column identifies where they died.

4. Other names that were not noted “died in Mokelumne Hill” had some other reference in the obituary to Mokelumne Hill that suggested internment here such as: resided in, born in, last known residence, formerly of, etc.

5. Some individuals who died in (or were from) nearby locations are included in this list: Chili Gulch, Happy Valley, Rich Gulch, Old Women’s Gulch, Gwin Mine. People from these areas were typically buried in Mokelumne Hill.

6. Some individuals from more outlying communities (Glencoe, Paloma, Campo Seco) were included if there were established family plots in Mokelumne Hill.

All names were checked against the list of known burials to eliminate redundancies. All work verifying the data was carried out by Carolyn Sturr Wagner.