
St. Peters Cemetery - Gentilly MN
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PeterNoG
N 47° 47.664 W 096° 26.756
14T E 691271 N 5296607
This Cemetery is near the St. Peter's Catholic Church which is on 185 Street NW about 1000 feet north of 260 Street NW (County Highway 11) in small community of Gentilly, Minnesota
Waymark Code: WMEPRZ
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2012
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Father Bouchard saw the erection of the first church and rectory in the early 1880's at a cost of $1,200. Eighty acres of land was purchased by Father Gamache in 1885 and work began on the cemetery. (
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The impressive brick Gothic architecture church with stained glass windows was built in 1914 at a cost of $35,000.
One marker reads:
Maurice
Ghouinard
decede
le 23 Dec 1913
age
De 8 ans et 6 moisThe sign on the arch has the name
St. Peters Cemetery but the Minnesota Genealogical Society (
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Holy Cross Cemetery with an alternate name of
St. Peter's Church Cemetery