New Haven Municipal Burial Grounds
Identity, burial-record leads, numbered markers and selected family documentation. Blake Street is behind Westville Cemetery and Congregation Mishkan Israel’s cemetery, accessible through the 661 Whalley Avenue cemetery tract. Woodin Street is by Rockview at the base of Mueller Drive near the Hamden border. The earlier almshouse burial ground has not been located by the cited researcher and is not equated with either site. No complete original burial register or rights-cleared historic photograph of these grounds was acquired.

id: PAU-001
title: A Cruel Husband — Horan household newspaper notice
kind: Newspaper clippings
date: 1885-09-23 (date supplied by reproducing researcher)
summary: A contemporary notice reports that Thomas Horan left his wife and one child without furniture, food or a home, and anticipates an almshouse admission. It supplies family circumstances, not a burial record.
url: https://buried-stories.com/2026/04/11/anna-horan-brings-descendents-together-in-new-haven/
credit: New Haven Morning Journal and Courier, historical clipping reproduced by Sherill Baldwin, Buried Stories
notes: Public domain in the United States: newspaper item published in 1885. The visible surname reads Horan. This is a historical newspaper allegation; Anna is not named in the crop. Her identification and later Blake Street burial depend on the linked modern research, not this notice. No original issue page was acquired.
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accessed: 2026-09-08
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id: PAU-002
title: Charles R. Hale Collection — cemetery inscriptions and indexes
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 1930s compilation
summary: Original collection guide at the Connecticut State Library; starting point for the Blake Street compilation.
url: https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/cemetery/Hale
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Request the appropriate New Haven cemetery volume and inspect complete pages and front matter. Public access to a later transcription is not proof that this archive holds a complete original burial register. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-003
title: Who is buried at Blake Street?
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Current research
summary: Baldwin’s explanation and links to sorted versions of the Hale-derived data.
url: https://buried-stories.com/whosburiedatblakestreet/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Derived modern finding aid. Some older WordPress links redirect and should be checked before embedding. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-004
title: The Dead Rescued
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2019-09-06
summary: City-staff reporting on Woodin Street’s location, dates, record book, trust and preservation needs.
url: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/2019/09/06/cemetery/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Modern article and photographs are linked only. The report locates the 2019 record book in Community Services Administration custody; current custody requires confirmation. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-005
title: John Bray (about 1835–1891)
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2024-11-01
summary: Research linking a 29th Connecticut veteran to Blake Street and identifying children in the New Haven Orphan Asylum census.
url: https://buried-stories.com/2024/11/01/john-bray-abt-1835-1891/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Follow the cited Hale entry 215-22, p. 1673 and New Haven Register, November 12, 1891, “Fatal Attack of Rheumatism.” Blog image caption/link for an 1882 Donation Day article is mismatched with an 1890 court clipping; do not reuse under the 1882 caption. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-006
title: Anna Horan — descendants and numbered graves
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2026-04-11
summary: Research narrative supplies the 1885 clipping and explains the identification of marker 685.
url: https://buried-stories.com/2026/04/11/anna-horan-brings-descendents-together-in-new-haven/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: A second clipping has a caption date June 2, 1891 but a filename suggesting February 6, 1891. Omitted from selected assets until the issue is checked. The account says John Horan died at St. Francis in 1907 but leaves his burial unresolved. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-007
title: Friends of Blake Street Cemetery
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2025–2026
summary: Community research, tours and grounds-care information.
url: https://buried-stories.com/friends-of-blake-street-cemetery/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Photographs and authored modern text remain linked rather than republished. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-008
title: Grove Street Dignity Project — distinct burial history
kind: Sources & research leads
date: 2024
summary: Another New Haven cemetery’s research into marginalized burials and reinterments.
url: https://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/sites/default/files/grovestreetcemeteryepitaphsfall24.pdf
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: Disambiguation lead only: Grove Street is not Blake Street or Woodin Street. External source reference; the complete source is not reproduced in this download.
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id: PAU-009
title: Supporting source: buried-stories.com
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://buried-stories.com/cemeteries-in-new-haven/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: PAU-010
title: Supporting source: ctmirror.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://ctmirror.org/2026/07/19/new-haven-blake-street-cemetery/
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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id: PAU-011
title: Supporting source: www.trinitynewhaven.org
kind: Sources & research leads
date: Source consulted September 2026
summary: Supporting source for the collection history and chronology.
url: https://www.trinitynewhaven.org/tritton
credit: Original publisher or holding institution, linked at source
notes: External source; consult the original publication for its full context.
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