johnston mausoleum

hi doing a bit of research for my cousin over here in fermanagh ireland,these johnstons are his ancestors and also have a vault dedicated to them from johnstons of broadway in our cemetery in boho fermanagh grand but nothing on the scale of calgary,thanks on behalf of my cousin for your interest and great pics slan paddy.

Posted by patrick jones (guest) on Sun 12 Jul 2009 02:12:58 PM EDT

Johnston Mausoleum

I grew up in Queens when I was young and my family is from Queens and Brooklyn. My mom and dad left when I was 7 years old in 1987. I have not been to Queens in 22 years until recently. I went back in June of 2009 for my grandmother 76th b-day, she still lives in Brooklyn in Green Pointe and still hangs out at Connie O’s every night drinking. She is strong and kicking! One of my request to my Aunt was to take me and my sister to see some old Cemeteries. Living in Las Vegas most of our life we had no culture or sense of history, this is one of the things I miss about the East Coast. Everything for the most part in the west is new. She took us to Calvary and said it was one of the oldest and prettiest cemeteries and the it was also the cemetery in the Godfather movie.
The entrance was very over whelming yet calming. We drove around right before closing so we didn’t have to much time, it was also raining at the day and there was some thunderstorms. Driving around and taking pictures its very easy to ...

I grew up in Queens when I was young and my family is from Queens and Brooklyn. My mom and dad left when I was 7 years old in 1987. I have not been to Queens in 22 years until recently. I went back in June of 2009 for my grandmother 76th b-day, she still lives in Brooklyn in Green Pointe and still hangs out at Connie O’s every night drinking. She is strong and kicking! One of my request to my Aunt was to take me and my sister to see some old Cemeteries. Living in Las Vegas most of our life we had no culture or sense of history, this is one of the things I miss about the East Coast. Everything for the most part in the west is new. She took us to Calvary and said it was one of the oldest and prettiest cemeteries and the it was also the cemetery in the Godfather movie.
The entrance was very over whelming yet calming. We drove around right before closing so we didn’t have to much time, it was also raining at the day and there was some thunderstorms. Driving around and taking pictures its very easy to get lost and the surroundings sometimes seem to drown together and everything starts looking the same. All of sudden, we went around and down a curve and there it was the Big, Beautiful Mighty Johnston Mausoleum. My sister and I could not stop taking pics. It was so epic I could even believe it was real, I didn’t touch or walk on the steps because the sight if it was so intimidating it was like looking at the Mona Lisa or being in the Sistine Chapel. My Aunt and Grandmother had no Idea who the Johnston’s were but my Aunt says she remembers playing on it and running around the cemetery with her friend in the 60’s. So I said I would Google it and see what came up.
Recently one of my grandmother friends buried her brother in Calvary and we could even believe how much a plot would be or how you would even get a plot there unless you knew someone or bought it out of the newspaper or something. Anyhow I told my Aunt and Grandmother I would do research on the Johnston Mausoleum, and you have answered many of my questions, so thank you so much for your site and research! It’s nice to have pieces of a puzzle fit together.

Posted by Jolene (guest) on Tue 07 Jul 2009 06:49:26 PM EDT

Johnston Mausoleum

Hi - very interesting site you have. I have walked the length and breath of what is called the Old Calvery and have also seen interesting sights. In regard to the Johnston Mausoleum - a few years ago while picking herbs (the best place is the cemetery when you have no garden of your own - at least you know they are well fertilized!) I got to chatting with one of the groundskeepers who told me that what he heard (so this is strickly a who told who sort of tale) Mr. Johnston made big money on Wall St back in the day and with all his money built this edifice. On that black day when all those rich people lost so much in the stock exchange it is rumored that he traveled home (where I have no idea - the GK thought it was Brooklyn) on the subway and suffered a massive heart attack and died on the train. Tried over the years to find something to substantiate the story but to no avail. Figured I'd toss it to you! Thanks for the interesting photos. Next time you are there you might try to find the grave stone to the...

Hi - very interesting site you have. I have walked the length and breath of what is called the Old Calvery and have also seen interesting sights. In regard to the Johnston Mausoleum - a few years ago while picking herbs (the best place is the cemetery when you have no garden of your own - at least you know they are well fertilized!) I got to chatting with one of the groundskeepers who told me that what he heard (so this is strickly a who told who sort of tale) Mr. Johnston made big money on Wall St back in the day and with all his money built this edifice. On that black day when all those rich people lost so much in the stock exchange it is rumored that he traveled home (where I have no idea - the GK thought it was Brooklyn) on the subway and suffered a massive heart attack and died on the train. Tried over the years to find something to substantiate the story but to no avail. Figured I'd toss it to you! Thanks for the interesting photos. Next time you are there you might try to find the grave stone to the left (sorry I am not good with that whole N,S,E or W directional thing) of the enterance of the Alsop site - maybe a block or so - there is a gravestone shaped like a bathtub with a cloth draped over it (fairly large). Another interesting stone is set about 12 rows up from the road. To the left is the K Bridge & to the right (3 or more blocks away) is the beehive shaped chapel. There is this stone marker that has sunk over the years and at one time was probably a woman raising her weeping eyes to the heavens and reaching for the top of the cross but now it is sunken into the earth and it looks as if she is trying to pull herself up out of the ground. I spotted it years ago when I laid a hand made-stone for my Grandfather's first wife who died of TB in 1926 and this is her 'neighbor'. Anyway thank you again for such an interesting appreciation for Cemeteries, therealcorrine@aol.com

Posted by Corinne (guest) on Sat 28 Feb 2009 01:35:15 PM EST