St. Louis Cemeteries and Burials

Cemetery Name:  Gaertner

Location: Bouquet Road, Wildwood
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 1
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G01
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: Private Property

Cemetery Name:  Gatewood Gardens

Location: Gravois and Hampton
Year Opened:  1917
Year Closed:  1996
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ
Number of Burials: 30588
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 4
StLGS CD Ref. Number: N05
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Notes: Located at Gravois Road and Hampton, cemetery included the second and third "Picker's" cemetery properties - See: New Picker's (Old Side) and New Picker's (New Side). Originally known as "New Pickers", later names include St. Louis Memorial Gardens and Gatewood Gardens. Founded by Independent Evenagelical Protestant Church. Closed 1996 and ceized by City of St. Louis for back taxes. See: PastPorts Newsletter, February 2013 and St. Louis County Library Finding aid to Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  George Williams

Location: Larkin Williams Industrial Court, Fenton
Year Opened:  
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 18
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: W13
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Notes: Many stones in need of repair.

Cemetery Name:  Georgetown

Location: 9111 Watson Road, Crestwood
Year Opened:  1811
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 106
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: S06
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 9
Additional Sources: Sappington Cemetery, 1811-1970, Crestwood, R 977.865 G537S
Notes: AKA: Sappington Burial Ground and Long Cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  German Protestant

Location: Compton - Wyoming - Louisiana - Arsenal
Year Opened:  1845
Year Closed:  1917
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ
Number of Burials: 3950
Removals To and From: To: New Picker's (Gatewood Memorial Gardens)
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 4
StLGS CD Ref. Number: H19
Fiche / Film: 0
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Notes: AKA: "Holy Ghost", AKA: "Old Pickers".  The St. Louis Board of Education purchased land for future Roosevelt High School.  By 1917 the removals were complete - moving to New Pickers Cemetery located at 7212 Gravois.  The old site became known as "Old Picker's"  after the Rev. Frederick Picker. Handwritten orginal records in collections of Eden Theological Seminary. See: PastPorts Newsletter, February 2013 and St. Louis County Library Finding aid to Gatewood Gardens Cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  German Protestant Orphans' Home

Location: St. Charles Rock Road
Year Opened:  
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ
Number of Burials: 22
Removals To and From: St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G04
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Notes: Burials removed to St. Peter's Cemetery in 1942.

Cemetery Name:  Gimbel

Location: Highway T and Ossenfort Road, Wildwood
Year Opened:  
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 2
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G05
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
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Cemetery Name:  Glencoe

Location: Old State Rd at Highway 109, Wildwood
Year Opened:  
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Catholic
Number of Burials: 68
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 1
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G06
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: Privately Owned

Cemetery Name:  Grace (Old)

Location: Warren and Eleventh, St Louis City
Year Opened:  1832
Year Closed:  1851
Type or Affiliation: Episcopal
Number of Burials: 245
Removals To and From: To: Bellefontaine
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G07
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Notes: AKA: Old Grace Church Graveyard, North St. Louis Burial Ground. It was used as a "free burial place" before it became Grace Church Graveyard in 1844.  Cemetery was completely filled in 1849-1850 due to Cholera Epidemic.  1869 -grading at 11th and Warren exposed graves, coffins.

Cemetery Name:  Grauer

Location: Melrose Road in Wildwood MO.
Year Opened:  
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 7
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G08
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
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Cemetery Name:  Greb

Location: Wildwood - Unknown
Year Opened:  1879
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 3
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G10
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Additional Sources: At Rest in Wildwood, R 977.865 A861
Notes: Family located in the St. Paul Lutheran and St. John Lutheran church records with first burial recorded 1879.

Cemetery Name:  Greenwood

Location: 6571 St. Louis Ave., Hillsdale
Year Opened:  1874
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: African American
Number of Burials: 0
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Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 0
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G11
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 425
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Notes: Burials include Harriet Scott, wife of Dred Scott.  Owner shared handwritten records with STLGS. Many are difficult to transcribe and years are missing: 1906-1940, 1942-1943, and part of 1944. Originally indexed on STLGS CD # 2, over 6000 additional entries were added and all were included on CD# 4.

Cemetery Name:  Gumbo

Location: 245 Long Road, Chesterfield
Year Opened:  1851
Year Closed:  
Type or Affiliation: United Church of Christ/Non-sectarian
Number of Burials: 461
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G12
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Sacred Green Space (Pg.): 53
Additional Sources: Chesterfield, Missouri Cemeteries, R 977.865 M575C
Notes: AKA: Missouri Bottom Cemetery & St. Thomas Cemetery.  Old Church and Cemetery est.  by Damian Kroenung.  New church was built on Wild Horse Creek Road.  The Gumbo cemetery is located a few miles from the new St. Thomas UCC Church but is often thought as their cemetery.

Cemetery Name:  Gutman

Location: Eureka - Unknown
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Type or Affiliation: Family
Number of Burials: 5
Removals To and From:
Old Cemeteries of St. Louis Vol. (Pg.):
StLGS CD Vol. Number: 2
StLGS CD Ref. Number: G13
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