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Holy Cross Cemetery (Malden, Massachusetts)
The Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1868 and has over a half-million interments on 180 acres. History On May 19, 1868, the Roman Catholic Cemetery Association was incorporated to obtain up to 100 acres of land in Malden "for a rural cemetery or burial ground, and for the erection of tombs, cenotaphs or other monuments, for or in memory of the dead." The officers of the corporation were Archbishop John Joseph Williams, Father George A. Hamilton, and Father George F. Haskins. Holy Cross Cemetery was consecrated on September 27, 1868. A new chapel and mausoleum opened in 1984. Grave of Patrick J. Power In October 1929, pilgrims began flocking to the grave of, Patrick J. Power, a 25-year old priest who died in 1869. The pilgrims believed that the rain water caught in the depression on Power's tomb had curative properties. On November 10, 1929, between 100,000 and 150,000 people visited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter in the New Testament of the Christian Bible Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television * Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People *Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters *Roman (surname), including a list of people named Roman or Romans *Ῥωμ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brickley
Charles Edward Brickley (November 24, 1891 – December 28, 1949) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Johns Hopkins University in 1915, at Boston College from 1916 to 1917, and at Fordham University in 1920 with Joseph DuMoe as co-coach, compiling a career college football record of 22–9. Brickley also coached the New York Brickley Giants of the American Professional Football Association—now the National Football League—in 1921, tallying a mark of 0–2. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Early life and family Brickley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Everett, Massachusetts. He stood 5'10" and weighed 181 pounds during his athletic career. Athletic career Brickley attended Harvard College, where he played football from 1911 go 1914 for the Crimson as a fullback and placekicker under head coach Percy Haughton. He was named an All-American in 1913 and 1914. During the 1913 Harvard–Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Hurley (1890s Catcher)
Jeremiah Joseph Hurley (June 15, 1863 – September 17, 1950) was an American professional baseball player and government official. He played in Major League Baseball, mostly as a catcher, from to . Hurley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and enrolled at Boston University. He spent a decade playing professional baseball after he graduated, before his second career as a government official. His brief obituary in ''The New York Times'' stated that during his baseball career Hurley "was at one time associated with Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics and Clark Griffith of the Washington Senators." The surviving historical records do not shed any light on the connection between Mack and Hurley, although the two men almost certainly would have known each other. However, records do show that Griffith was one of Hurley's teammates in 1889 with the Milwaukee Brewers of the Western Association. After playing for at least seven minor-league teams, Hurley finally made it to the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Hafford
Leo Edgar Hafford (September 17, 1883 – October 1, 1911) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the major leagues. He attended Tufts University and Bowdoin College, and went on to coach football at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ... in 1911. He served as head coach only briefly, as he died from typhoid fever three weeks after accepting the position. He coached only coaching one game, but was credited as head coach for the whole season. Head coaching record References External links 1883 births 1911 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Cincinnati Reds players Rochester Bronchos players Trenton Tigers players Baltimore Orioles (International League) players Lancaster Red Roses players Troy T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas A
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Fitton (priest)
James Fitton (10 April 1805 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – 15 September 1881 in Boston) was an American Catholic Catholic priest, priest and missionary, active in New England. Biography His father, Abraham Fitton, went to Boston from Preston, Lancashire, Preston, England; his mother was of Wales, Welsh origin and a Catholic convert. His primary education was received in the schools of his native city, and his classical course was made at Claremont, New Hampshire, at an academy conducted by Virgil Horace Barber, a Catholic convert. He learned theology from Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, Bishop of Boston, Benedict Joseph Fenwick, by whom he was ordained priest, 23 December 1827. In 1828, he was sent as a missionary to the Passamaquoddy people. He subsequently labored among the scattered Roman Catholics of New Hampshire and Vermont, and soon the territory between Boston and Long Island was placed under his charge, with Hartford, Connecticut, as the center of his district. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Duffy
Paddy Duffy (November 12, 1864 – July 10, 1890) was an American boxer of Irish-American, Irish descent. He was considered the first world welterweight champion of boxing's gloved era. Boxing career highlights Paddy Duffy was born on November 12, 1864, to an Irish-American family in Boston. According to one source he worked for a while in his youth as a bootblack or shoeshine in a Boston West End saloon. He began his career as a boxer around 1883. Duffy won his first professional fight by knockout over Skin Doherty around February 1, 1884, at the age of 19. In 1884, he fought three bouts with Paddy Sullivan in Massachusetts with the first two ending in draws, and the third on June 28, 1884, ending in a six round win by points decision in Gloucester according to the ''Boston Daily Globe''. The bout was fast and hotly contested but the referee ruled in Duffy's favor. He lost to hard hitting Jack McGee in Boston on December 19, 1884, in a fast second round knockout before a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Donnelly (baseball)
James Henry Donnelly (January 6, 1867 – December 31, 1933) was a Major League Baseball third baseman for the Union Association's Kansas City Cowboys in . His statistics are often included with those of Jim Donnelly, though the two were separate players. Donnelly played in the minor leagues with the Minneapolis Millers and for a team in Lynn, Massachusetts, before signing with Kansas City. He played in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in and , and Medford and Randolph Randolph may refer to: Places In the United States * Randolph, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Randolph, Arizona, a populated place * Randolph, California, a village merged into the city of Brea * Randolph, Illinois, an unincorporated commun ... in . From , he managed the semi-pro Cambridge Reds. Off-season, he worked as a bookkeeper in Boston's Clinton Market. References Sources * Statistics aBaseball Almanac Major League Baseball third basemen Kansas City Cowboys (UA) players Baseball players from Some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard F
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are ''gari'' > ''ger-'' (meaning 'spear') and -''hard'' (meaning 'hard/strong/brave'). Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerrard (English, Scottish, Irish); Gerardo (Italian, and Spanish); Geraldo (Portuguese); Gherardo (Italian); Gherardi (Northern Italian, now only a surname); Gérard (variant forms ''Girard'' and ''Guérard'', now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (German, Dutch, and Afrikaans); Gellért ( Hungarian); Gerardas ( Lithuanian) and Gerards/Ģirts ( Latvian); Γεράρδης (Greece). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gerd (German) and Gert (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gerrit (Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Daly (comedian)
Dan Daly (c. 1854 – March 26, 1904) was an American actor known as the "eccentric comedian". He was born in 1854 in Revere, Massachusetts, the fifth child in a family of eight children.. Career In 1896 he appeared in ''The Lady Slavey'' in New York co-starring Marie Dressler. In 1901 he appeared with Edna May in ''The Girl From Up There'', and starred opposite Virginia Earle in ''The New Yorkers''. He also appeared in '' The Belle of New York'', ''The Rounders'', ''The New Clown'' and in ''John Henry''. Daly worked in a manner peculiarly his own. He had a nasal drawl that was the funniest thing Broadway had ever listened to. He never smiled. He vocalized, but it wasn't singing. It was just a Dalyization of a lyric. He was surprisingly nimble and graceful, and his acrobatic feats were at once a marvel to the audience and a source of fear to the company. He would be seen one minute on the stage, and the next the audience would see him gesticulating in an upper box, from which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Curran (baseball)
Simon Francis Curran (October 30, 1874 – May 19, 1936) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Beaneaters of the National League in one game on August 1, 1902. Previously he played at Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learning. .... External linksBaseball Reference.com page 1874 births 1936 deaths Boston Beaneaters players Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Massachusetts Manchester Manchesters players Norwich Witches players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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