Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery formerly known as Coconut Grove Bahamian Cemetery, is a historic cemetery in Miami, Florida where many Bahamian settlers were buried.
For other cemeteries in Florida, see Cemeteries In Florida
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Geography
The Historic Coconut Grove Cemetery located at 3575 South Douglas Road in Coconut Grove.
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History
Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery was first used as a graveyard in the late 1850's and this date was discovered by Michael Nine on August 23, 2017. Michael was borne at Mercy Hospital in Coconut Grove. The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1913 for a total of $140.00 by five prominent families; the Burrows, Higgs, Reddick, Ross and E.W. F. Stirrup.
The cemetery was renamed Charlotte Jane Memorial Park after the wife of E.W.F. Stirrup a prominent land owner and millionaire in the Grove. The layout of the cemetery is of the above the ground burial style which is very popular in locations at or below sea level and are prone to flooding. The Coconut Grove Cemetery is located at 3650 Charles Avenue in the Coconut Grove District of Miami, Florida. The cemetery is a historic site for the Coconut Grove Bahamian community.
Inspiration For Thriller
It is said that Michael Jackson's song Thriller was inspired by the cemetery.
Buried Bahamian pioneers
Many prominent Bahamian pioneers are buried in this cemetery in either marked or unmarked graves:
- Joseph Mayor, owner of bicycle shop in the Grove.
- Daniel Anderson, seaman
- Catherine Anderson, one of the founders of Christ Episcopal Church
- Captain John Sweeting, land developer and commercial fisherman
References
External links
- http://wikimapia.org/17612845/Coconut-Grove-Cemetery
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140913010117/http://www.historymiami.org/files/resources/update-v3-n2.pdf
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~langolier/charlotte_jane.html
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