Holy Cross Cemetery, located at 3620 Tilden Avenue in East Flatbush,

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, is an American Roman Catholic

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Notable burials

Jean H. Norris Jean Hortense Norris (born January 25, 1877 – died September 7, 1955) was an American judge, the first woman magistrate in New York City. She was appointed to the bench in 1919, but disbarred in 1931, for judicial malfeasance. Early life Jean ...

- Lawyer and first female magistrate of New York City. * John J. Bennett Jr. – Soldier and lawyer *

Diamond Jim Brady James Buchanan Brady (August 12, 1856 – April 13, 1917), also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman, financier and philanthropy, philanthropist of the Gilded Age. Early life and family Brady was born in New York City to ...

– American businessman and philanthropist * John Bullman – American jockey * Tommy Burns - Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame jockey *

Louis Capone Louis Capone (September 5, 1896 – March 4, 1944) was a New York organized crime figure who became a supervisor for Murder, Inc. Louis Capone was not related to Al Capone, the boss of the Chicago Outfit. Capone was convicted of murder in 19 ...

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figure * James Carey –

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recipient *

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– U.S. Representative *

Walter Donaldson Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 – July 15, 1947) was an American prolific popular songwriter and publishing company founder, composing many hit songs of the 1910s to 1940s, that have become standards and form part of the Great American Song ...

– Songwriter * "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons – American

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Joseph C. H. Flynn Joseph Charles Hugh Flynn (January 22, 1892 – June 26, 1941) was a lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. Life Flynn was born on January 22, 1892, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Hugh Flynn and Mary Curley. His cousin was Archbishop Mi ...

– Lawyer, politician, and magistrate * Edward H. Garrison – American Hall of Fame jockey *

William Russell Grace William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an Irish-American politician, the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City, and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. Early life Grace was born in Ireland in Riverstown near the ...

(1832–1904) – Irish-American businessman and former Mayor of New York City * Gil Hodges (1924–1972) –

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player and manager * Patrick Keely – Architect *

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, U.S. Representative * Frank J. Macchiarola – Chancellor of the New York City Schools, 1978-1983 * Hugh McLaughlin – Boss of the Brooklyn Democratic Party in the late 1800s * William R. Pelham –

recipient * Albert Weisbogel – two-time

recipient (unmarked grave) *

Frankie Yale Francesco Ioele (; January 22, 1893 – July 1, 1928), known as Frankie Yale or Frankie Uale, was an Italian-American gangster based in Brooklyn and second employer of Al Capone. Early life Yale was born in Longobucco, Italy, on January 22, ...

(1893–1928) –

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Mícheál Ó Lócháin Mícheál Ó Lócháin (1836 – 1899) was one of the foremost activists on behalf of the Irish language outside Ireland, and particularly in the United States. He founded the first periodical in which Irish had a major place. Early life Ó Lóch ...

(1836–1899) – One of the foremost activists in behalf of the Irish Gaelic language in the United States. Founded the first periodical in which Irish Gaelic had a major place.

External links

Holy Cross Cemetery at FindAGraveBrooklyn Catholic Cemeteries
the official site

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