FIRST - Burial at Mission San Juan Bautista Cemetery - San Juan Bautista, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 36° 50.760 W 121° 32.130
10S E 630571 N 4078789
4,300 souls were buried in Mission San Juan Bautista's Cemetery- the first in 1798.
Waymark Code: WMRTYA
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/04/2016
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A wooden sign at the cemetery reads:
"MISSION CEMETERY
BURIED IN THIS SACRED GROUND IN UNMARKED
GRAVES ARE ABOUT 4300 MISSION INDIANS,
SPANISH AND PIONEER SETTLERS.
THIS MISSION'S FIRST OFFERING TO GOD. MARKED
WITH THE SIGN OF THE HOLY TRINITY WAS A
CHILD, MARIA TRINIDAD, BURIED APRIL 23, 1798.
FR. JOSE MARTIARENA OFFICIATED."
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