Compiled by Terry Abraham <tabraham @ uidaho.edu>
The overseas Chinese diaspora scattered them to the four corners of the world. In many cases, all that is left of their experience is a Chinese cemetery. The practice of secondary burial and removal meant that many former cemeteries are considered "empty." This is not a valid conclusion because not all bodies were removed and returned to China; in particular, women seldom participated in the arrangements which funded the systematic removal. Others were not exhumed because they failed to pay for the service. Where the context has been lost, the land appears available for redevelopment.
The following list includes substantial cemeteries that are well marked, small rural cemeteries with few or no markers, Chinese sections of community cemeteries, and areas where local tradition claims a Chinese cemetery.
Generally speaking, cemeteries with only a few Chinese graves are excluded.
Additions and corrections would be appreciated.
Pioneer Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4; Golden Threads.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
St. John's Anglican Cemetery. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
(Map) Masonry burner, constructed in the early 1990's. Citation: Golden Threads; State Heritage Register.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. "The site...has been lost" Citation: McGowan, Barry. "Chinese market gardens in southern and western New South Wales." AHR Issue 36, July 2005.
"Replica Chinese burning tower" Citation: Golden Threads 2001.
Pioneer Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).
Jembaicumbene Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Jembaicumbene Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4.
Chinese Cemetery. Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).
Chinese section. Citation: Northam cemetery.
Chinese section of Nyngan General Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner; State Heritage Register. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Parkes General Cemetery. "three of which are Chinese." Parkes General Cemetery Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese section of Rookwood Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 6 & 7.
North Head Quarantine Station. Six Chinese markers; Potential Heritage Sites (PDF). Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. Heritage NSW (PDF);"The Chinese cemetery in Moonlight Gully, Tambaroora, is now empty." Hill End Family History. Citation: Tambaroora Chinese Cemetery.
Pioneer Cemetery. Citation: Golden Threads 2001.
Chinese Cemetery. State of the Environment Report (PDF).
(Map) Masonry burner, painted. Citation: Golden Threads; Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 4.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in New South Wales Vol. 11.
Chinese Cemetery. "ceremonial roasting pit"?; Heritage NSW (PDF); Chinese Cemetery and Oven Citation: Chinese Cemetery and Oven; Windeyer General Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Potential Heritage Sites (PDF).
Chinese Memorial Cemetery. (Map) Darwin Chinese cemetery. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 303; Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10.
Brookfield Historical Cemetery. (Map) "also of Chinese gold-miners from the late 1800s although no markers were noted for the latter" Citation: Brookfield Historical Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: ASHA Newsletter 33:2(2003)3.
Chinese Cemetery. "located on the junction of Copper Mine creek and of Copper Mine creek and Anabranch" Citation: Welcome to Cloncurry (PDF).
Two burners adjacent to altar. Citation: Australian Heritage Places Inventory.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Grimwade, Gordon. "After 2001: Can We Maintain A Future For Cultural Heritage Tourism?".
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Trek Notes.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 304; Mount Morgan.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Rough Guides Travel: Queensland.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Areas of Conservation Significance on Cape York Peninsula.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10.
Citation: Chinese Graves in Cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10; Moorina.
Moorina Cemetery. Burner. Citation: Pioneer.
Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific 304.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
New Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner.
Old Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner, sheet metal top.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
General cemetery. (Map) Twin towers, metal caps. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific 302, 304.
Redcastle Cemetery. "Heathcote records comment that there were 'approximately 50 Chinese burials in unmarked graves, interred along fence near dirt road'" Citation: Redcastle Cemetery Listing.
Bendigo Cemetery. (Map) "hexagonal (80 cm for each side) tuckpointed brick structure some 4 metres high"; Chinese Cemeteries in Australia Vol. 2 Citation: Australian Heritage Places Inventory; Bendigo Public Cemetery - Bendigo Cemeteries Trust.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
(Map) Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
ASHA Newsletter (PDF). Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Castlemaine Cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 1.
Pennyweight Flat Cemetery. Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Springvale Botanical Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Clayton.
Creswick Cemetery: Chinese Section. Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Dunolly Cemetery. (Map) Burner.
Citation: Golden Dragon Museum. Chinese Memorials & Memories. Bendigo: 2001. p. 37.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Harcourt, Victoria.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map)
Chinese cemetery. (Map)
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
(Map) Brick, triple dome on top. Built by John South, see http://www.samuelsouth.btinternet.co.uk/update048.htm. Citation: Jack, R. Ian. 1995. Chinese Cemeteries Outside China. In Histories of the Chinese in Australasia and the South Pacific, 304.
Maryborough Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Melbourne General Cemetery. (Map) "Chinese funerary ovens"
37 Chinese graves. Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Carlyle Cemetery. (Map) "Chinese burning towers from the goldrush era." Citation: Walkabout: Wahgunyah 2001; Image 8.
(Map) "hexagonal (80 cm for each side) tuckpointed brick structure some 4 metres high." Identical to Bendigo burner Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 5; White Hills Public Cemetery.
Citation: Chinese Graves in cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 9.
Citation: Chinese cemeteries in Australia Vol. 3.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Chinese Graves in Cemeteries in Victoria Vol. 10. Citation: The Courthouse.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Redeveloped. "A plaque on Bronte Street near the corner of Plain Street marks the location of the Chinese cemetery". Citation: Wikipedia: East Perth Cemeteries; Ryan, Jan. "Chinese burials in Western Australia." (1991) p.10.
Karrakata Cemetery - Chinese Section. (Map) Citation: Ryan, Jan. "Chinese burials in Western Australia." (1991) p. 12.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Teochiu burial ground. Citation: Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia.
Citation: Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Red brick burner, concrete top. Citation: Chinese Cemetery; also 1920s photo at Calgary Cemetery.
Queen's Park Cemetery. (Map) Two brick burners and center altar.
Rockyview Garden of Peace. (Map) Buddhist Section; masonry burnerr, memorial tablet.
Edmonton Cemetery, Chinese Section. (Map) Citation: Personal communication.
Mountain View Cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Mountain View Cemetery.
Armstrong Spallumcheen Cemetery. (Map) "a number of Chinese graves" Citation: Armstrong Spallumcheen Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. 1 km South on Highway 97C.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map)
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Photo: Altar in Chinese Cemetery, Wild Horse BC.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Kamloops Municipal Cemeteries .
Kelowna Memorial Park (Chinese Section). (Map) Citation: Kerkkonen, David. Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery, Kelowna, BC. 2005.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: See City of Nanaimo Heritage Inventory.
Nelson Memorial Park. (Map)
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Site of New Westminster Secondary School development project. Citation: www.boothill.ca/faq.html.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC.
Pioneer Cemetery, Chinese Section. Citation: "Spooky cemetery tour".
Chinese Section. Citation: Quesnelle Forks.
Chinese Cemetery. Near Barkerville; 2002 - 2003 Report on Multiculturalism (PDF).
Rossland Cemetery. Citation: Rossland Mining Museum Virtual Tour.
Lansdowne Cemetery. Citation: "Cemetery marks milestone".
Near Barkerville. Citation: Abraham, Terry and Priscilla Wegars. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. 2005. p. 150.
Mountain View Cemetery. (Map) Reconstructed burner next to altar and pavilion. Citation: Photo of original burner at Vancouver Public Library. 1910 photograph by Philip Timms. VPL 7356.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Cemeteries in BC.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Twin burners and altar. Citation: Old Cemeteries Society.
Chinese Cemetery. "an investigative journalist ... is discovering considerable evidence of a Chinese cemetery on the Youbou millsite" Citation: Youbou TimberLess Society.
Beechwood Cemetery. (Map) "local Chinese were buried in a small section" Citation: Beechwood Cemetery.
Regina Cemetery, Chinese Section. (Map) Regina Ethnic Pioneers Cemetery Walking Tour (PDF).
Riverside Memorial Park. (Map) Chinese Section. Citation: City of Regina Cemeteries.
Woodlawn Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Chinese-Canadian Genealogy.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chinese cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Havana's graveyard: Chinese Cemetery.
Anfield Cemetery. "features a number of Chinese graves" Citation: Liverpool Cemeteries.
East London Cemetery. (Map) Citation: East London Cemetery.
Egg Buckland Cemetery. Chinese Labour Corps burials. Citation: Benton, Gregor, & Frank N. Pieke. The Chinese in Europe (1998) p. 71.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia: Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery on Reservoir Road. Citation: Graveyard cash woes.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Harry Yee from Labasa passes on.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) WWI Chinese Labour Corps cemetery and memorial. Citation: Noyelles-sur-Mer Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) WWI Labor Group. Citation: Ruminghem Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Lloyd's Road, next to Jewish Cemetery. Citation: ISJM Jewish Heritage Report.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia: Tambun.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: In Riau, the dead lose worldly space.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Harold and Florence Fitzner.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Lombok Chinese Cemetery.
Tanooma Chinese Cemetery. "227 unidentified casualties of the Chinese Labour Corps who were attached to the Inland Water Transport during the First World War" Citation: Basra War Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Kingston Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Bidor Jln. Bruseh Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Hokkien Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Hokkien - Cantonese Cemetery. Citation: Sabah's Oldest Chinese Cemetery Vanished.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Guang Dong Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
29th Mile Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Bukit China. (Map) List of cemeteries. Citation: Carolyn Cartier. "Preserving Bukit China: ...Melaka's Chinese Cemetery" in Elizabeth Sinn, ed., The Last Half Century of the Chinese Overseas, Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong Press, pp. 65-89. 1997.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Memorial Center. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Mount Erskine Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
United Hokkien Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Sandakan - Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Tenghilan Chinese Cemetery.
Nirvana Memorial Park. (Map) Burner.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: La Paz, El Triunfo and Cabo Pulmo.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: A more leisurely alternative.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: New Zealand 2006.
Citation: Chinese: The 19th century .
Southern Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Chinese: The 19th century.
Northern Cemetery. (Map) Citation: James Ng notes (2000) AACC.
Andersons Bay Cemetery. (Map) "Chinese were segregated there into their own subdivision" Citation: Andersons Bay Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Lawrence.
Citation: Chinese: The 19th century.
Makara Cemetery - Tung Jung Section. (Map) Citation: Tung Jung Assoc cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery.
Cementerio Parque la Gloria. (Map) Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) In El Chorrillo, "foot of Ancon Hill". Citation: Chinese respect their ancestors.
Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Pan, Lynn. Sons of the Yellow Emperor (1994) p. 72.
Cementerio Chino. Citation: Cavagnaro.
Green Hills Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Citation: Old Calbayog Chinese Cemetery.
Celestial Gardens Chinese Cemetery. Citation: History of St. John Cebu.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia; Cotabato City Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "Kim" Burner Citation: See <http://community.webshots.com/photo/ 163376852/1163379385057477332iyKxnM>.
Sta. Cruz (Chinese Cemetery). Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment.
San Roque (Chinese Cemetery). (Map) Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment.
Tumaga (Chinese Cemetery). Citation: Zamboanga City. Urban Environment.
C. K. Tang, 310-320 Orchard Road. (Map) "This was formerly the location of a Chinese cemetery" Citation: C.K. Tang.
Shuang Long Shan Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Historic Chinese Architecture in Singapore.
Bukit Brown. "the old abandoned Chinese cemetery off Sime Road and Kheam Hock Road" Citation: Bukit Brown.
Choa Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Traffic Arrangements for Qing Ming Religious Observance Day 2007.
Chinese Cemetery. Dawes Street. Signal Hill. Citation: Yap, Melanie & Dianne Leong Man. Colour, Confusion and Concessions: The History of the Chinese in South Africa (1996), p. 12.
Everlasting Rest Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Everlasting Rest Cemetery.
Cemetery for Memorable Deceased Chinese Experts Assisting Tanzania. Citation: Africa, China's new frontier.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chinese Cemetery near Doi Saket.
Near River Kwai Bridge. Citation: Kanchanaburi.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Thailand Cemeteries.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Miller, Elizabeth Ann and Jones, E. B. (n.d.) The Chinese Cemetery at Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska: A Biological Interpretation of Immigrant Life at the Karluk Cannery. Manuscript in preparation.
Chinese Section, Boothill Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Asian Pacific American Timeline, Boothill Graveyard.
Chinese Cemetery. North of Angels Creek.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner. Citation: Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: Auburn.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Removed, developed. Gia, Gilbert. "Our Fair City: What became of the Old Chinese Cemetery?" Bakersfield Blackboard. June 2002. Citation: Bakersfield's Old Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese section, Union Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Lost Treasures: Union Cemetery.
Bodie Cemetery (Chinese Area). (Map) Citation: Wikimapia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Chinese Cemetery Monument.
Chico Cemetery. (Map) Book, Susan. "Ashes to Ashes: Chinese Cemeteries in Butte County." Diggins, 18(1974)9.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Personal communication.
Cypress Lawn Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Rouse, Wendy L. A History of Chinese Death Ritual, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 37.
Golden Hills Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Cemetery Information.
Hoy Sun Memorial Cemetery. (Map) Burner; "November 1988" on marker.
Woodlawn Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Crowder, Linda Sun, Chinese Mortuary Tradition in San Francisco Chinatown, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 198.
Columbia Cemetery, China Plot. Commemorative marker placed October 2004. Citation: The Chinese in Columbia.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Behind Sun Sun Wo Co. store; bodies removed. Citation: Area history.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) 329 IMPERIAL WAY (Ning Yung Cemetery ? Or Tung Sen Cemetery ?). Citation: GNIS.
Look San Chinese Cemetery, Callan Blvd. (Map) Citation: Bay Area Cemeteries - Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: California's Calaveras County Cemeteries.
(Map) Damaged Burner. Citation: Personal communication.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "Reports state Chinese grave stones removed so area could be used for horse grazing" Citation: Endangered cemeteries.
Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery, Union Avenue. (Map) Burner.
Chinese Cemetery. "disinterment lists from the Chinese cemetery at Fiddletown, Amador County" Citation: Working People of California.
Young Wo Cemetery, Forrest Street. (Map) 1997? construction date on burner.
China Mission-Chung Wah Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: China Mission - Chung Wah Chinese Cemetery.
Fong Wah Cemetery. "13 depressions" Citation: National Register Nomination Form (1975) AACC.
Franklin Cemetery. (Map) "There are also early Chinese immigrants buried in the Franklin Cemetery" Citation: Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Sacramento County, CA (PDF).
Chinese Cemetery. "Chinese Cemetery are southwest of Hughes and Belmont avenues." Citation: Ask Me.
Chinese Cemetery. "a burial ground near Wilson and McKinley avenues believed to have been an early Chinese cemetery." Citation: Ask Me.
Sam Yup Chinese Cemetery. (Map) South of Belmont and West of Hughes Ave. Citation: Cemeteries of Fresno County.
Sandakan - Chinese Cemetery. "just to the west of the seventh green on the Gilroy Golf Course on Hecker Pass" Citation: Plaque honors Chinese cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Near Elm Ridge Cemetery. Citation: SACUNION.COM SPECIAL REPORT: What Lies Beneath.
(Map) Burner.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "located adjacent to Jackson Elementary School"; Jackson City Council Minutes (PDF)
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Farkas, Lani Ah Tye. Bury My Bones in America (1998), p. 135.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: GNIS.
Former Chinese cemetery. Brick burner, on private property. Citation: Morita, Jennifer. 2001. "Forgotten Past." Sacramento Bee, August 26, B4.
Evergreen Cemetery. (Map) Two burners with altar. Citation: Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. 1998; Greenwood, Roberta S. 1996. Down by the Station: Los Angeles Chinatown, 1880-1993. Los Angeles: UCLA Institute of Archaeology.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Orignal twin burners with altar replaced with pavilion, altar, and burner, 2007. Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Markleeville Chinese American Cemetery. Citation: Five Views.
Alhambra Cemetery - Potter's Field. (Map) Burner foundation only, also brick rubble. Citation: Cemetery Tour of Martinez.
Historic Marysville Cemetery. (Map) "a volunteer builder is restoring a rare Chinese oven in the cemetery. The last episode of vandalism caused over $25,000 in damages." Citation: COUNCIL NEWS COORDINATOR. 13:3 (May/June 2001); Preserving a piece of history. Appeal-Democrat, April 29, 2002.
Sierra View Memorial Park. (Map) Citation: Chace, Paul G. On Dying American, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 54.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Section of Hillcrest Cemetery?. Citation: Notes for McCanse/ce.
San Carlos Cemetery. (Map) Burner and altar.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "the Hopkins Marine Station Laboratory, occupying ground that was once the Chinese cemetery" Citation: Cathay in Eldorado.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Hagaman, Wallace R. 1998. A Short History of the Chinese Cemetery at Nevada City, California. Nevada City: Cowboy Press; Five Views.
Mountain View Cemetery. (Map) Chinese Section. Citation: Ching Ming.
Ogilby Cemetery. "is mostly made up of Chinese who worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad" Citation: Ogilby Cemetery.
Sierra View Memorial Park. (Map)
Old Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Feather River Blvd. Citation: Discover 2006 (PDF).
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "Weber Creek; south of Lotus Road within Sierra Rock Company's Weber Creek Quarry property. This cemetery may have already been quarried out" Citation: Endangered Cemeteries.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Quincy Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Rio Vista map. Citation: Commuting from the East Bay to Sacramento.
Old City Cemetery (Chinese Section). (Map) Citation: Sacramento City Cemetery.
Chinese cemetery. (Map) Burner. Citation: Farkas, Lani Ah Tye. Bury My Bones in America (1998), p. 147, n. 13.
Mount Hope Cemetery (Chinese Section). (Map) Citation: San Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Removed and site redeveloped. Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Lincoln Park Golf Course. (Map) Altar and headstones remain. Citation: Lincoln Park Golf Club History.
Historic Chinese American Cemetery, Curtner Road. (Map) Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: San Jose. Citation: Abandoned Chinese Cemetery.
Bai Ling Yuan (Skylawn Memorial Park). (Map) Citation: Cemetery Information.
Evergreen Cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner. Replica, see Lydon, Sandy. Bringing the Dead to Life. 2005.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Sonoma County Biographies.
"26 depressions" Citation: A Brief History of Plumas County, California.
Chinese Cemetery. "old Chinese cemetery east of here" Citation: The Airplane Man of Slab City.
Chinese Cemetery, West Mathews Road, French Camp. (Map) Altar and two brick burners near entrance. Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Douglass, Bruce A. Paper: "Truckee's Chinese Cemetery" [Regional History]. Citation: Douglass.
Chinese Cemetery. Disinterred; "Apparently near or a part of the old cemetery near Andrews Park". Citation: Solano County Cemeteries.
Cemetery Memorial Park. (Map) Citation: Restore St. Mary's.
Chinese cemetery. (Map) Masonry burner.
Chinese Cemeteries 1-3. Citation: Rouse, Wendy L. Archaeological Excavations at Virginiatown's Chinese Cemeteries, in Chinese American Death Rituals, (2005), pp. 81-106.
Pioneer Cemetery, Freedom Boulevard. (Map) Masonry burner. Also referred to as the Freedom Cemetery.
See Yup Cemetery. Citation: The Search for Gold in Weaverville, Cal. (2007).
Hong Kong Cemetery. Citation: The Search for Gold in Weaverville, Cal. (2007).
Chinese American Cemetery. (Map) Burner Rebuilt by Wheatland Historical Society, 1978. Citation: Wey, Nancy, compiler. n.d., Chinese Sites in California. Unpaginated, arranged by county. Photocopy in the Asian American Comparative Collection, University of Idaho, Moscow: Wheatland.
Chinese Cemetery at Rose Hills. (Map) Citation: Tombstone Transcription Project.
Chinese Cemetery. "A single marker remains, inscribed in Chinese characters" Citation: Attractions in the Gold Country.
Cheesman Park. (Map) Graves removed and site redeveloped. Citation: Cheesman Park.
Greenwood Cemetery. "an area of Chinese graves" Citation: Greenwood Cemetery.
Fook Ong Tong Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 188.
Hana Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 186.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: GNIS.
Tong Wo Tong Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Tong Wotong Cemetery.
Manoa Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Bone house, gate, family memorial. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 175-185.
Tung Sing Tong Cemetery. (Map) 356 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Chinese Christian Cemetery. 352 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Hook Chu Cemetery. (Map) 2209 Pauoa Road. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Lin Yee Chung Society Chinese Cemetery. (Map) 3477 E. Manoa Road. Citation: Chinese Cemetery; Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Yee King Tong Chinese Cemetery. (Map) 351 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Yee King Tong Chinese Cemetery; Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Ket On Cemetery. 385 Auwaiolimu Street. Citation: Cemeteries in Honolulu county.
Papaloa Cemetery Areas. Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Headstone resetting part of larger preservation project on Kalaupapa.
"Chinese Cemetery off Apopo Road". Citation: Ancient Chinese cemetery to be honored, restored.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 188.
Man Fook Tong Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 186-187.
Chang Family Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 186-187.
Pa'ia Chinese Cemetery. Paia Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 187-188.
Personal communication.
Pauoa Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Obituaries.
Pu'unene Chinese Cemetery. Plantation cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 175-185.
Kwong Fook Tong Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors in Hawai'i, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 187-188.
Waihu Chinese Cemetery. "from Kahekili Highway near the Waihu Chinese Cemetery" Citation: Names of Certain Public Highways; Chung, S. F. & Neizman, R. Remembering Ancestors.... Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p.190.
Morris Hill Cemetery. (Map) White painted brick burner in Chinese section.
Bonanza Cemetery. Chinese Section. Citation: Bonanza Cemetery.
Crossport Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Idaho Cemetery listing.
Cemetery. Chinese burial ground, in a field northwest of downtown; not the town cemetery on top of a hill to the west. Markers rotted off, now a cow pasture.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Abraham, Terry and Wegars, Priscilla. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. (2005), p. 165.
Portion of Florence Cemetery. Exhumation pits, interpretive sign. Citation: Florence Cemetery.
Old Hope Cemetery (Chinese). (Map) Mostly demolished by road construction. Citation: Old Hope Cemetery.
Boise County Pioneer Cemetery, Chinese Section. (Map) Citation: Idaho City Pioneer Cemetery.
Chinese Section, Normal Hill Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Normal Hill Cemetery.
Prospect Park. (Map) Interpretive sign at former Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Prospect Park.
Moscow City Cemetery. (Map) Exhumations, graves reused. Citation: Abraham, Terry and Priscilla Wegars. Respecting the Dead, in Chinese American Death Rituals. 2005. p. 151.
City Park (Chinese Cemetery). (Map) City park with picnic tables, interpretive signs, and exhumation pits. Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Parking lot with interpretive sign.
Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Exhumation pits and interpretive signs. Citation: Warren Chinese Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. "next to Indianhead Road...." Citation: "Lost but not forgotten." Weiser Signal American, November 12, 2003 (photo).
Rosehill Cemetery, Chinese sections (2). (Map)
Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Chinese section. (Map) Citation: Historic places in Chicago's Chinatown.
Cypress Grove Cemetery. (Map) "several unusual tombs such as that of the Chinese association Soon On Tong" Citation: New Orleans Cemetery Tours.
Parklawn Memorial Park (Chinese National Cemetery). (Map)
Mount Hope Cemetery. (Map) Citation: OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT MISSION (PDF).
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: GNIS.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Citation: GNIS.
Valhalla Cemetery. (Map) "northeast corner holds section of graves of early Chinese-Americans, 1925?" Citation: St. Louis Area Cemeteries.
Mount Moriah Cemetery. (Map) Burner Southwest corner of cemetery. Concrete over brick. Vandalized.
Forestvale Cemetery (China Row). (Map) Citation: Poorhouses in Montana.
Demersville Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Shea, Marie Cuffe. Early Flathead and Tobacco Plains. [Eureka? Mont.]: M.C. Shea, 1977. p. 82.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Under the nearby Prescott School is also mentioned. HISTORICAL LOCAL CEMETERY SITES (PDF). Citation: Montana:A State Guide Book.
Philipsburg City Cemetery. (Map)
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Mineral County Historical Sites.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Redeveloped. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), pp. 107-145.
Chinese Cemetery. Nevada State Museum Newsletter. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Cherry Creek, Nevada.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) Graves exhumed, "but never shipped". Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110.
Chinese Cemetery. Now a school yard. Citation: Personal communication.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Mineral County Historical Sites.
Chinese section, Lone Mountain Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Cemetery renovations are underway.
"China Town Cemetery". (Map) Citation: China Town Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn and Wegars, Priscilla. Introduction in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 8.
Chinese Cemetery. Citation: Personal communication.
Chinese Cemetery. "All appear to have been exhumed and shipped out of state" Citation: Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p.110.
Virginia City Cemeteries. (Map) Citation: GNIS.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "CHINESE CEMETERY, with a pagoda-topped brick oven"; Redeveloped Citation: Nevada:A Guide to the Silver State; Chung, Sue Fawn, Frampton, F. P., and Murphy, T. W. Venerate These Bones, in Chinese American Death Rituals (2005), p. 110.
Bayview New York Bay Cemetery. (Map) Citation: Hall, Bruce Edward. Tea That Burns. NY: Free Press, 1999. p. 46.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map) "No evidence of this cemetery remains today" Citation: Cemeteries of South Brunswick.
Laurel Grove Cemetery. (Map)
Chinese American Memorial Gardens section.
Citation: Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: NEW-MEXICO-L Archives.
Mount Pleasant Cemetery. (Map)
Citation: New York TimesMay 6, 2001.
Greenwood Cemetery. (Map)
Citation: Hall, Bruce Edward. Tea That Burns. NY: Free Press, 1999. p. 46.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map)
Unmarked.
Citation: Auburn.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chinese Section. (Map)
Chinese cemetery. (Map)
Burner reconstruction, masonry; corrugated iron roof; one marker; exhumation pits.
Boot Hill Cemetery. (Map)
Citation: Grant County Cemeteries; Micnhimer interview (2001) AACC.
Champoeg Cemetery.
"Outside edge lots were for Paupers and Chinese burials"
Citation: Champoeg Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery.
"on Telegraph Hill"
Citation: Coos Bay; 1940 Oregon Coast Tour.
Chinese Cemetery. (Map)
Removed.
Citation: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 40.
Jacksonville Cemetery. (Map)
"Chinese miners were dug up by family members in the 1920s and returned to their homelands for proper burials"
Citation: Fun Walks Through Historic Cemeteries.
Restlawn Cemetery. (Map)
AKA Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: Restlawn Cemetery.
Chinese Cemetery.
S. of mill on hill West of town - exhumation pits.
Citation: Micnhimer interview (2001) AACC.
Olney Cemetery. (Map)
Burner vandalized, now has concrete cap.
Citation: Asian American Sites.
Lone Fir Cemetery. (Map)
Most graves removed for building construction; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF
MULTNOMAH COUNTY'S MORRISON PROPERTY (PDF).
Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: GNIS: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 23.
Chinese Cemetery.
Removed.
Citation: Wegars, Priscilla. The Ah Hee Diggings. (1995) p. 24.
Pioneer Cemetery. (Map)
"There is said to be a Chinese section of this cemetery west of marked burial ground"
Citation: Pioneer Cemetery.
Waldo Chinese Cemetery.
"Cave Junction vicinity"
Citation: National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List.
Merion Memorial Park. (Map)
Burner.
Citation: Zhang, Juwen. 2001. Falling Seeds Take Root. PhD thesis U of Pennsylvania; 215 (photo p. 235).
Mount Moriah Cemetery. (Map)
Burner removed.
Citation: Mount Moriah.
Concordia Cemetery. (Map)
Masonry? burner with concrete facing.
Citation: Crawford, Sybil. 2001. 19th, 20th, and 21st Century Gravestones. AGS (Association for Gravestone Studies) Quarterly 25:2(Spring) 11-12.
Chinese Cemetery.
Citation: Texas Haunted Cemeteries.
Salt Lake City Cemetery. (Map)
"a square cement box where,
when a burial took place, a part of the clothing of the deceased,
prayers written on paper, and incense were burned"
Citation: HANDCART-L Archives.
Chinese Cemetery.
"There was a Chinese Cemetery"
Citation: Historical Silver Reef, Utah!.
Forest Memorial Gardens. (Map)
"located just inside the gate, on the raised ground to the left"
Citation: Olympia Chinese.
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. (Map)
"home to the Chong Wa Society Chinese Cemetery"
Citation: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
Mountain View Cemetery. (Map)
Red brick burner, sloping cap.
"Chinese gravestones in the old cemetery at Vila"
Citation: Early History of the Chinese in Vanuatu.
Thanks to those who have contributed information for this list: John Adams, John Atkin, Peter Bell,
Randall Bloch, Anthony Briggs, Mel Brown, Jerry Bryant, Sue Fawn Chung, Mellissa Edwards, Roberta
Greenwood, Gordon Grimwade, Wallace R. Hagaman, Barbara Hickson, Glen Hodges, Jenny Hodges, Carol
Holsworth, Gilbert Hom, Lon Johnson, David Kerkkonen, Hiroko Kowta, Sandy Lydon, Mary L. Maniery, Randy
Meeks, Chris Merritt, John Mihelich, Sylvia Sun Minnick, LaVada Nudo, Lucky Owyang, Gertrude Perkins,
Wendy Rouse, Ted Shaw, Carrie Wills, Ian Welch, Janis Wilton, Jim Wong, Ken Wou, and especially
Priscilla Wegars.New Mexico
Gallup
New York
Hawthorne
New York - Brooklyn
Oregon
Auburn
Baker City
Canyon City
Champoeg
Coos Bay
Granite
Jacksonville
John Day
Pendleton
Portland
Sparta
Sumpter
The Dalles
Waldo
Pennsylvania
Bala Cynwyd
South Dakota
Deadwood
Texas
El Paso
San Antonio
Utah
Salt Lake City
Silver Reef
Washington
Olympia
Seattle
Walla Walla
Vanuatu
Port Vila
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