Mission San Jose Cemetery

GPS Coordinates: 37.534124, -121.919731
County: Alameda
Record count: 181

Ownership: Mission San Jose Cemetery is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, St. Joseph's Parish.

Directions: Mission San Jose Cemetery is located the grounds surrounding the historic mission building. The mission complex is on the east side of Mission Blvd, in the far east side of Fremont, about a half-mile south of the I-680 freeway.

Background: Mission San Jose was founded in 1797. Each mission maintained its own cemetery, which was always located on mission grounds, usually next to the chapel.

Once Spanish settlers inhabited the area, they spread viral disease to Native people who had never developed a tolerance. Tens of thousands of natives died. Those who had been baptized into the Church were often buried in mission graveyards, yet without any kind of markers. Their bodies were later exhumed to make way for more burials.

Transcriptions

We have 1 transcription for this cemetery.

• Tombstone Transcription, compiled by Devon Hawkins, August 15, 2000, (181 records)