Milwaukee County Almshouse and Poor Farm Cemetery
Also known as Milwaukee County Cemetery , Potters Field
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
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Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226 United StatesCoordinates: 43.04866, -88.02057 - Cemetery ID:
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Find-a-Grave's memorials for most individuals buried at Milwaukee County Grounds is based on entries in a burial ledger. This ledger is held and is accessible at the Milwaukee County Historical Society. It is also accessible through Wauwatosa Historical Society.
There are three cemeteries at County Grounds and are identified as 1, 2, or 3. A fourth exists but held separately on Find-a-Grave named Milwaukee County Asylum Cemetery.
Interment dates indicate which cemetery an individual was buried. Cemetery 1, also called Windsor Tract, located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Windsor Court, interred from 1852-1882. Those buried at this cemetery were not listed in the ledger. It is presumed any Find-a-Grave memorials during this time frame are based on death certificates and/or Coroner's Inquests.
Cemetery 2, named Froedtert Tract, interred frequently 1882-1925. This cemetery is located within the hospital grounds. Due to hospital growth, it was disturbed twice resulting in exhumations of 2,480 individuals. The exhumed remains reside at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for research purposes. Most names, though not all, were listed in the burial ledger.
Cemetery 3 at County Grounds Park, north of Watertown Plank Road and off 87th Street, interred from 1925-1974. Most names, though not all, were listed in the burial ledger.
Descendant Community of Milwaukee County Grounds Cemeteries, Inc., is an associated non-profit organization formed in 4/2023 which serves the families of those buried at County Grounds.
Find-a-Grave's memorials for most individuals buried at Milwaukee County Grounds is based on entries in a burial ledger. This ledger is held and is accessible at the Milwaukee County Historical Society. It is also accessible through Wauwatosa Historical Society.
There are three cemeteries at County Grounds and are identified as 1, 2, or 3. A fourth exists but held separately on Find-a-Grave named Milwaukee County Asylum Cemetery.
Interment dates indicate which cemetery an individual was buried. Cemetery 1, also called Windsor Tract, located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Windsor Court, interred from 1852-1882. Those buried at this cemetery were not listed in the ledger. It is presumed any Find-a-Grave memorials during this time frame are based on death certificates and/or Coroner's Inquests.
Cemetery 2, named Froedtert Tract, interred frequently 1882-1925. This cemetery is located within the hospital grounds. Due to hospital growth, it was disturbed twice resulting in exhumations of 2,480 individuals. The exhumed remains reside at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for research purposes. Most names, though not all, were listed in the burial ledger.
Cemetery 3 at County Grounds Park, north of Watertown Plank Road and off 87th Street, interred from 1925-1974. Most names, though not all, were listed in the burial ledger.
Descendant Community of Milwaukee County Grounds Cemeteries, Inc., is an associated non-profit organization formed in 4/2023 which serves the families of those buried at County Grounds.
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- Added: 30 Apr 2009
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2303724
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