Graafschap Cemetery - Holland, Michigan
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theHostas
N 42° 46.090 W 086° 08.180
16T E 570659 N 4735431
A cemetery in Holland, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM11D79
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 10/01/2019
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Graafschap Cemetery
The history of the Graafschap Cemetery area has been handed down from generation to generation more as oral history than written word. Caskets were transported by horse-drawn wagons or hand-carried to the cemetery. One story describes casket bearers, exhausted from illness and malnutrition, making a burial just off the road they were traveling; they were unable to reach the cemetery in Graafschap.
A sexton kept records in his home, where most were destroyed by fire. The records have been reconstructed as much as possible, but a portion of the information remains missing. Graafschap Cemetery became part of the City of Holland's cemetery operation in the late 1950s, when the area was annexed by the city. (see Holland City website below)
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Holland, Michigan USA
Approximate number of graves: 9000
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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