Cemetery Marker Readings of St. Peter's Catholic Church (also Known as Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery)

Download or read book Cemetery Marker Readings of St. Peter's Catholic Church (also Known as Nanny Goat Hill Cemetery) written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "St. Peter's Cemetery was founded shortly after the church was founded by Jesuits from St. Paul's Mission, Bally, Pa. in 1752 at 111 Duke Street (now known as 7th Street.) The Cemetery continued beside the Church until 1844, when it was moved to Tenth and South Streets Reading. Other wise known as Nanny Goat Hill. The land that the Church and the Cemetery had been located on was sold in 1845 so that a new Church could be constructed on South Fifth Street"--Prelim. p.