FIRST Burial in Montague Catholic Cemetery - Montague, TX
N 33° 39.520 W 097° 42.301
14S E 620069 N 3725062
A 2016 Texas Historical Marker at Montague Catholic Cemetery notes that the first burial was that of an infant, Girolomo Vitali in 1901.
Waymark Code: WMYPVP
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2018
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The historical marker provides some background:
Settlers from mountain provinces of Northern Italy began arriving in Montague in the early 1880s. The families of Barretto Raimondi, Jack Fenoglio, Antonio Perona and Charlie Corado were among the earliest here. By the early 1900s, there were as many as fifty Italian families. Most of these Italian immigrants were Catholic, and in 1901 they established St. John Catholic Church in Montague. The Most Rev. E.J. Dunne, Bishop of Dallas, bought three acres for a cemetery on April 28, 1900. The land was laid out in four sections surveyed into blocks, and Giroloma Vitali was the first burial in 1901. Gravestones exhibit Italian heritage as well as families of German, Polish and Hispanic descent. More than 250 marked and unmarked graves are now recorded here.
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The historical marker does get the first name wrong, though, as it's rare for a male Italian first name to end in -a. "Andrea" is a good exception, derived from the greek for "male", but a female name in the United States! We would translate this as "Hieronymus" or "Geronimo." Little Girolomo is buried with members of his family, and his grave is marked with a short marble headstone with a peace dove below his first name. It reads:
Son of
J. & N. Vitali
Born
Nov. 11, 1900,
Died
Mar. 29, 1901.
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Those whom God loves
die young.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 03/29/1901
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