First - Happy St. Patty's Day (a very belated one anyway!) My goal for the day was to film St. Patrick's Cemetery No. 3, in honor of The Emerald Isle, but alas, crews were once again working on the cemetery and I had to seek out another location.
Second - It feels like I am always apologizing for one thing or another; a cold, tripping, rain, low mic, high mic, and this is no exception. Except this time, it's especially bad... the wind. I knew, from experience, that my mic is better at picking up wind that my own voice, but March 17 was a particularly windy and cold day and the wind noise is so bad, it overloads the mic at some points. Again, I am sorry. When things stabilize for me personally and I have regular, consistent income again, I will be upgrading my recording set up, for now, I just have to do better at working around it. I could have opted to not film, but I am happy to have recorded this footage. Again, my apologies for the noise.
St. Joseph Cemetery 1 and 2, sadly, are two cemeteries that are not discussed or widely appreciated as many of those I and others have filmed. In fact, I couldn't find any footage of it on YouTube. So, I'm quite elated to be the first, I just wish I had better audio. I will return.
St. Joseph Cemetery No. 2 was established in 1873 as an extension to St. Joseph Cemetery No. 1. Overcrowding was occurring in less than 20 years of St. Joseph 1 being established, courtesy of yellow-fever; a familiar story we have discussed consistently. Like many of our city's older cemeteries, copings were a popular, and standard form of burial in accordance with Catholic beliefs. The St. Joseph moniker was derived from it's founders, The St. Joseph's German Orphan Asylum Cemetery, and managed by The Sisters of Notre Dame. It likely comes as no surprise, but space within the cemetery was occupied almost as quickly as it's predecessor, leaving the Sisters of Notre Dame without a steady source of revenue. In 1968, The Archdiocese of New Orleans took ownership of both St. Joseph Cemetery 1 and 2.
One puzzle piece I pondered for many years was an old postcard of St. Joseph Cemetery, denoting it's famous chapel. Though I did find a church-like structure, it was a mausoleum, and there is no chapel (save a modern one) in the cemetery today. I discovered in my research, that in 1996, St. Mary's Chapel was moved from St. Joseph Cemetery to 1516 Jackson Avenue, and now serves as a chapel for St. Alphonsus.
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Size: Small
Access: Monday - Saturday 8:30 - 3:30, Sunday 8:30 - 3:00
Visitors: Low
Safety Risk: Medium-High
Uniqueness: Medium-High
Oldest Burial: 1873
Veteran Burials: Yes
Notable Burials:
Ernest "Doc" Paulin (1907 - 2007) . A native of Louisiana, and born to Creole French parents. He was a renowned New Orleans trumpeter, and fronted a jazz brass band beginning in the 1920s through to the 1990s. As a band leader, he lead hundreds, maybe a thousand marches and parades through New Orleans. In 1960, Paulin recorded with Emile Barnes, and in 1980, his own brass band released an album. As a father to 13 children, his influence lead to six of his children pursuing a music career as the Paulin Brothers Band. In 1996, he performed on an album recorded by his sons. "Doc" Paulin's music has been featured in award-winning films.
YouTuber, Nick Gautier caught a snippet of the Paulin Brothers Brass Band in the French Quarter. Music from his video was used in the intro to this video. You can check out his video here: [ Ссылка ]
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Frank Lee Wills Jr.: Another Louisiana native; it's true you know, the natives always come home. Frank was a Major League Baseball player from 1983-1991 and pitched for the K.C. Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians and Toronto Blue Jays. Prior to joining the MLB, Frank played baseball, football and basketball for Tulane University. As a member of the Green Wave Baseball Team, they reached the NCAA Tournament. As a punter for the football team, he played in the 1979 Liberty Bowl. An obituary and a guestbook is available here: [ Ссылка ]
