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Cemetery
Mysteries
A slender monument in Rosedale Cemetery marks
the graves of Theodore and Harold Holland, twins. Whatever became of
this Chinese family that lived in the Valley of the Sun from about 1880
to 1927? If you have information about the Hollands,
please contact the PCA.
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In City/Loosley Cemetery, there is a family
plot containing three Alvarez headstones. Except for the
inscriptions on the headstones themselves, PCA researchers have
found no other written records mentioning them--no death certificates,
no newspaper obituaries, no entries in the federal census of 1880.
The fairly modern design of the headstones
leads one to believe that they were placed many years after the burials took
place...perhaps as replacements for the original markers that had deteriorated
over time. This suggests that the Alvarezes had family members who
were still living in Phoenix well after the turn of the century.
If you know anything about this Alvarez family,
please contact the PCA. We
want to know about all the pioneers who are buried in the
Pioneer & Military Memorial Park.
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For many years, members of the PCA wondered
whose life was commemorated by the pink granite boulder inscribed "In Adoring
Memory of Jay". Then a fortunate accident
on 25 November 2006 solved the mystery!
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