Sacramento Historic City Cemetery in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

New Helvetia Cemetery

1849-1956

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado

1. New Helvetia Cemetery Marker

Inscription.

New Helvetia Cemetery. As early as 1847, our city’s founders began to bury their dead in the New Helvetia Cemetery located adjacent to Sutter’s Fort. They viewed this as a permanent memorial for the individuals who helped create and build the City of Sacramento. Over time, this 20-acre plot would suffer many indignities, including flooding, ownership change, and neglect. In 1875, the city acquired the property and in 1912 closed it to burials and transitioned it to park usage. Forty-two years later in 1956, New Helvetia received its most devastating blow when the city decided to pave it over and build a school. By 1956, over 5,000 bodies were exhumed and reinterred elsewhere in unmarked sites, with over 400 individuals finding a new resting place in the Old City Cemetery. Today, we honor these individuals who for so many years have lain unidentified on the cemetery’s grounds., Katie Adams . William Francis Adams . Hikotako Akimoto . Kiyo Akimoto . Alleman (infant) . Alleman (infant) . F.K. Alleman . Francis S. Alleman . George K. Alleman . H.A. Alleman . William Sumner Alleman . Grace Myrtle Anderson . Kathrine Leigh Anderson . May Violet Anderson . Millie Anderson . Sarah Camelia Anderson . Thomas Talman Anderson . Louis Arias . Frank Baccellia . Louis D. Baccellia . Catherine Baccellie . John C. Bartlett . William P. Bartlett . Willie Bartlett . James Beattie . Morris Beckwith . John Behrle . Nellie V. Bishop . Martin Theodore Bjornschon . Gorham G. Blake . Francis Blakely . William Bostic . Brinson (infant) . Rosetta Brown . Nepoline Butler . Frankie N. Cannon . Louis H. Cannon . Napolean B. Cannon . Carruthers (infant) . Spiro Chekanos . Nicolas Cizovich . William Cook . Menzo Countryman . Martin Croasman . Alice Curry . Grace May Curry . Myrtle Curry . Kathern Dunn . Elgina Elliott . Emerine (infant) . George Emerine . Louisa Emerine . Mable Emerine . Martin Emerine . Martin Thomas Emerine . Angelo Fava . James “Jim” Fell . A.P. Ferris . Emma P. Fletcher . Joy Fletcher . Ludwig Emil Fletcher . Myrtle Alma Fletcher . Ford (infant ) . George Washington Ford . Ludie H. Ford . Margaret A. Ford . Myrtle A. Ford . William E. Ford . Yashitaro Fukamachi . Adele Caroline Gaertner . Andrew Jackson Gann . Dimitrios P. Gochis . Goddard (infant) . Laura Ballard Bonetti Goldberg . Annie Gorman . Barnard Gorman . F. Goto . William H. Graham . John Haas . Ichiro Hamanaka . H. Hanschi . Lillian Hastings . Hjalmar Hedlund . Ray Henry . Juichi Hibara . Kiyono Higuchi . Yosa Hiromoto . Y. Hirota . John Hirst . Gustie Hoff . Frederick William Hollman . Fern. M. Holloway . Florence E. Hoyt . Clayborn Hubbard . Charlotte “Lottie” Hutchinson . G. Imai . Kainetara Ishehara . Hipati Itsuyo . Jackson (infant ) . Aaron Lee Jackson . Daniel S. Jackson . Oliver Cowderry Jackson . Phoebe L. Jackson . Mollie Jackson . Carissa Jones . Robert Kane . Kuasmo Kantaro . S. Kato . Mrs. Kane Kawichi . Franz “Frank” J. Keller . Maria Kemp . W.R. Kesseloff . Tankichi Kimura . S. Kusaka . George Lalus . Marcus “Mark” Langley . Martha Langley . William H. Langley . John Lauchlan Sr . Margaret Lauchlan . Julia Anna Lintow . Maria L. Logan . Charles Lohmeyer . William Long . Richard Lovell . William Henry Lovell . Mable Magee . Elvira Elsvig Marshall . Francis Littleton Marshall . George Washington Marshall . Mary Matilda Marshall . Toyo Masuda . M. Matsuoka . Cora McClure . John W. McClure . McGinnis (infant) . Christopher McGinnis . Elizabeth Helena McGinnis . Mary J. McGinnis . Minnie C. McGinnis . Shiguiki Mende . Weichi Mende . Zipparah W. Miller . Andrw Lewis Moke . S. Monwaki . George H. Morgan . Henry O. Morgan . Katie E. Morgan . Marie Elizabeth Morgan . Jeannie Moring . Henry Nancett . K. Nishibato . Morimitsu Nishimoto . Kumagusie Ogawa . S. Ohshita . A. Okomoti . H.O. Oohama . T. Otsu . N. Ouchi . Simon Perkins Page . Amanda Painter . John Painter . James Papas . Alfred Pueschel . Emilie Pueschel . John Archer Pugsley . Silas Russell . Jo Saburo . Mrs. Hatsumo Sakiyabo . "Little Caroline" Schmid . Caroline Schmid . Jacob Schmid . George J. Schmidt . Scott (infant) . Charles William Scott . John Scott . Levina W. Scott . Lilla Scott . Mary Frances Scott . Richard H. Scott . Robert F. Scott . Sarah Scott . Ninan Edward Silversteen . Helen Simons . John W. Simms . Fong Foo Sing . Charles Albert Smith . Elight D. Smith . Elizabeth Sprout . Emma Sprout . John Quincy Sprout . Rosanna Sprout . Bethel Stevens . Mary Melvina "Millie" Stoner . John Michael Striff . T. Sugita . T. Sugiyama . Yoshitaro Takada . Kiyo Takahashi . R.Takahashi . Sakuhiel Tanouye . Y. Tokulomi . Patrick Tracy . Leta "Famicita Spinoza" Travis . Tseuzo Tsutsumi . Earl C. Tullar . Benjamin F. Turk . Eliza Turk . Samuel A. Turner . Sadakichi Uyeskiba . Unknown . Unknown . Clayton J. Vaughn . Kumahiko Watanabe . Joseph West . George Williams . S. Yanone . Samuel Youlton . K. Yukama

As early as 1847, our city’s founders began to bury their dead in the New Helvetia Cemetery located adjacent to Sutter’s Fort. They viewed this as a permanent memorial for the individuals who helped create and build the City of Sacramento. Over time, this 20-acre plot would suffer many indignities, including flooding, ownership change, and neglect. In 1875, the city acquired the property and in 1912 closed it to burials and transitioned it to park usage. Forty-two years later in 1956, New Helvetia received its most devastating blow when the city decided to pave it over and build a school. By 1956, over 5,000 bodies were exhumed and reinterred elsewhere in unmarked sites, with over 400 individuals finding a new resting place in the Old City Cemetery. Today, we honor these individuals who for so many years have lain unidentified on the cemetery’s grounds.

Katie Adams • William Francis Adams • Hikotako Akimoto • Kiyo Akimoto • Alleman (infant) • Alleman (infant) • F.K. Alleman • Francis S. Alleman • George K. Alleman • H.A. Alleman • William Sumner Alleman • Grace Myrtle Anderson • Kathrine Leigh Anderson • May Violet Anderson • Millie Anderson • Sarah Camelia Anderson • Thomas Talman Anderson • Louis Arias • Frank Baccellia • Louis D. Baccellia • Catherine Baccellie • John C. Bartlett • William P. Bartlett • Willie Bartlett • James

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Beattie • Morris Beckwith • John Behrle • Nellie V. Bishop • Martin Theodore Bjornschon • Gorham G. Blake • Francis Blakely • William Bostic • Brinson (infant) • Rosetta Brown • Nepoline Butler • Frankie N. Cannon • Louis H. Cannon • Napolean B. Cannon • Carruthers (infant) • Spiro Chekanos • Nicolas Cizovich • William Cook • Menzo Countryman • Martin Croasman • Alice Curry • Grace May Curry • Myrtle Curry • Kathern Dunn • Elgina Elliott • Emerine (infant) • George Emerine • Louisa Emerine • Mable Emerine • Martin Emerine • Martin Thomas Emerine • Angelo Fava • James “Jim” Fell • A.P. Ferris • Emma P. Fletcher • Joy Fletcher • Ludwig Emil Fletcher • Myrtle Alma Fletcher • Ford (infant ) • George Washington Ford • Ludie H. Ford • Margaret A. Ford • Myrtle A. Ford • William E. Ford • Yashitaro Fukamachi • Adele Caroline Gaertner • Andrew Jackson Gann • Dimitrios P. Gochis • Goddard (infant) • Laura Ballard Bonetti Goldberg • Annie Gorman • Barnard Gorman • F. Goto • William H. Graham • John Haas • Ichiro Hamanaka • H. Hanschi • Lillian Hastings • Hjalmar Hedlund • Ray Henry • Juichi Hibara • Kiyono Higuchi • Yosa Hiromoto • Y. Hirota • John Hirst • Gustie Hoff • Frederick William Hollman • Fern. M. Holloway • Florence E. Hoyt • Clayborn Hubbard • Charlotte “Lottie” Hutchinson • G. Imai • Kainetara Ishehara • Hipati Itsuyo • Jackson (infant ) • Aaron Lee Jackson • Daniel S. Jackson

Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

2. New Helvetia Cemetery Marker

• Oliver Cowderry Jackson • Phoebe L. Jackson • Mollie Jackson • Carissa Jones • Robert Kane • Kuasmo Kantaro • S. Kato • Mrs. Kane Kawichi • Franz “Frank” J. Keller • Maria Kemp • W.R. Kesseloff • Tankichi Kimura • S. Kusaka • George Lalus • Marcus “Mark” Langley • Martha Langley • William H. Langley • John Lauchlan Sr • Margaret Lauchlan • Julia Anna Lintow • Maria L. Logan • Charles Lohmeyer • William Long • Richard Lovell • William Henry Lovell • Mable Magee • Elvira Elsvig Marshall • Francis Littleton Marshall • George Washington Marshall • Mary Matilda Marshall • Toyo Masuda • M. Matsuoka • Cora McClure • John W. McClure • McGinnis (infant) • Christopher McGinnis • Elizabeth Helena McGinnis • Mary J. McGinnis • Minnie C. McGinnis • Shiguiki Mende • Weichi Mende • Zipparah W. Miller • Andrw Lewis Moke • S. Monwaki • George H. Morgan • Henry O. Morgan • Katie E. Morgan • Marie Elizabeth Morgan • Jeannie Moring • Henry Nancett • K. Nishibato • Morimitsu Nishimoto • Kumagusie Ogawa • S. Ohshita • A. Okomoti • H.O. Oohama • T. Otsu • N. Ouchi • Simon Perkins Page • Amanda Painter • John Painter • James Papas • Alfred Pueschel • Emilie Pueschel • John Archer Pugsley • Silas Russell • Jo Saburo • Mrs. Hatsumo Sakiyabo • "Little Caroline" Schmid • Caroline Schmid • Jacob Schmid • George J. Schmidt • Scott (infant) • Charles William Scott • John Scott • Levina W. Scott • Lilla Scott

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Photographed By Joseph Alvarado, May 7, 2023

3. City Cemetery Map

Founded 1849

• Mary Frances Scott • Richard H. Scott • Robert F. Scott • Sarah Scott • Ninan Edward Silversteen • Helen Simons • John W. Simms • Fong Foo Sing • Charles Albert Smith • Elight D. Smith • Elizabeth Sprout • Emma Sprout • John Quincy Sprout • Rosanna Sprout • Bethel Stevens • Mary Melvina "Millie" Stoner • John Michael Striff • T. Sugita • T. Sugiyama • Yoshitaro Takada • Kiyo Takahashi • R.Takahashi • Sakuhiel Tanouye • Y. Tokulomi • Patrick Tracy • Leta "Famicita Spinoza" Travis • Tseuzo Tsutsumi • Earl C. Tullar • Benjamin F. Turk • Eliza Turk • Samuel A. Turner • Sadakichi Uyeskiba • Unknown • Unknown • Clayton J. Vaughn • Kumahiko Watanabe • Joseph West • George Williams • S. Yanone • Samuel Youlton • K. Yukama

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 38° 33.817′ N, 121° 30.024′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. Marker is on Magnolia Avenue east of Chapel Square, on the left when traveling east. The resin marker is mounted to a metal stand in plot 78, lot NH1. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1000 Broadway, Sacramento CA 95818, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Marcus “Mark” Langley (here, next to this marker); City Cemetery

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(a few steps from this marker); Newton Booth (within shouting distance of this marker); John A. Sutter, Jr. (within shouting distance of this marker); General George Wright (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of the Old Tier Grounds (within shouting distance of this marker); Sacramento City Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Hardin Bigelow (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. New Helvetia Cemetery

Also see . . . New Helvetia Cemetery. Wikipedia

"The cemetery was founded by Swiss pioneer John A. Sutter in c. 1845 (some sources state 1848), under the name the Sutter Fort Burying Ground (or Sutter Burying Ground), and in 1850 the name was changed to the New Helvetia Cemetery when Sutter donated the land. The name New Helvetia (or New Switzerland)..."

(Submitted on June 27, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Credits. This page was last revised on June 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 27, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 27, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 3. submitted on June 29, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.