May Her Soul Rest in Peace. Amen. The Irish Immigrants of Saint Patrick’s Cemetery
March 21, 2022, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Historic Geneva's 2021 Spring Lecture Series kicks off with the program, "May Her Soul Rest in Peace. Amen. The Irish Immigrants of Saint Patrick’s Cemetery," by Eric Lewis and Emily Oberdorf.
Established in the early 1840s, St. Patrick's Cemetery in Geneva was the primary burying ground for the community's Roman Catholics for many years. Most of the 19th-century burials are of Irish immigrants, the first sizable group of Catholics to reside in the village. Eric Lewis and Emily Oberdorf have been researching the history of the these immigrants. This presentation will focus on their efforts to find, excavate, document, and restore the stones in the oldest, Irish part of the cemetery. They will tell the stories of some of those buried in the cemetery and their connection to people living in Geneva today. Many stones contain inscriptions about the Irish communities the immigrants came from, and Lewis and Oberdorf will share their research on these communities as well.
Eric Lewis is a History and English teacher in the Lyons Central School District. Emily Oberdorf is an English teacher in the Lyons Central School District. Both are residents of Geneva.
This lecture will be presented in person at the Geneva History Museum and simulcast virtually through Zoom. Advance registration is required for virtual participation. Click here to register. The necessary login information will be sent to registrants via email 24 hours prior to the program. For any problems with registration or to register by phone, call the Historic Geneva office at 315-789-5151. Registrations must be complete before 12 pm, March 21, the day of the program.
This program is supported in part by the Samuel B. Williams fund for programs in the Humanities and is free and open to the public. For more information about the program, call the Historic Geneva office at 315-789-5151.
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