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People of Calvary Cemetery Pioneer Memorial Park has approximately 147 headstones from the old Calvary Cemetary. Originally the cemetery had between 1,600 and 2,000 graves. Seven of the people buried in the cemetary to show the variety of people buried in the cemetery. Some were important to San Diego and others to the cemetery. Some are just interesting. Each has a headstone in the Pioneer Memorial except Moriarty because his headstone was lost during the conversion from Calvary Cemetery to Pioneer Park and was recently discovered by a 4th grade Seminar student at Grant School in the cayon behind the park. Albert Mayrhofer Albert Vincent Mayrhofer was born September 28, 1889. His wife’s name was Marie L. Mayrhofer and his son’s name was Albert V. Mayrhofer Jr. Albert was the president of the California Historical Society. His work in San Diego to restore Calvary Cemetery was very important. He became the head of the restoration committee. While working there he persuaded the government to give money to repair the Cemetery. He was raising the money to buy materials for fixing Calvary Cemetery. He died May 2, 1948 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. His wife did not let the people of San Diego put a headstone on top of his grave at first because of the condition of the cemetery. By Grace Edward Moriarty Edward Moriarty was born in 1841 and died in 1887. Nothing else is known about him, except written burial records that say he died in 1890. A tombstone fragment found in the canyon behind Grant School proves otherwise. This fragment was discovered by one of the students in our class in February 2005. by Connor
Cave Couts Cave Johnson Couts was born on November 11, 1821 in Tennessee. He married Ysidora Bandini and had ten children. Cave Couts was a graduate of West Point Academy with Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in 1843. He served on the frontier during the Mexican War. Cave Couts lived to be one of the wealthiest men in Southern California because of his business and land. He died on June 11, 1874. Cave Couts was first buried in the Old Town Cemetery and then buried a second time in Calvary Cemetery. by Connor Ysidora Bandini Ysidora Bandini was born on September 23, 1829 in the city of San Diego. She was the daughter of Juan Bandini, who was a leader of the old Spanish families in San Diego. On April 5, 1851 Ysidora married a man named Cave Johnson Couts. He saved her many times. Once when Ysidora leaned too far off the balcony and fell, Cave came and saved her on horseback. Ysidora had 9 sisters. She and her sisters made the first American flag to fly over the city of San Diego. After her death on May 24, 1897 she was buried in Calvary Cemetery. by Darian
Luis Serrano Luis Serrano was born March 20, 1845. He was a stagecoach driver. In the 1800’s Indians would attack coaches. The Indians really meant business. Luis would drive his passengers through these attacks on roads that were like little cow’s paths. Luis Serrano lived a very long life of 88 years. He died on July 14, 1933, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery. by Darian Father Antonio Ubach Father Antonio Dominic Ubach was born in Spain in September 1835. He came to the United States in 1854 and graduated from St. Louis College in 1859. He came to San Diego one year later and became a priest for twenty-three years at the Old Adobe Chapel in Old Town San Diego. People considered Antonio Ubach as the “Last Padre.” Antonio loved helping the Indians and also visiting the Indians Rancherias. The Indians would treat Antonio very nicely so he wrote letters to the government asking for help for the Indians. Father Ubach accomplished many important things including the founding of the St. Anthony's School for the Indian children in 1867, helping rebuild the Mission of San Diego, and also the founding of Calvary Cemetery in 1873 where he was buried on March 26 1907. by Grace Peter O’Malley Peter O’Malley was born June 29, 1846 in County Mayo, Ireland. He lived in San Diego for 50 years. His wife's name was Mary O’Malley. She lived in San Diego for 33 years. Peter’s wife died in 1916. Peter and his wife lived in the cemetery caretaker’s house at 1701 West Washington. Today this house borders Pioneer Park. Peter died December 27, 1933. Peter’s death certificate shows he was the Calvary Cemetery caretaker and the last time he worked was in 1922. Peter was buried in Calvary Cemetery. by Grace
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