Mount Hope Cemetery

We want to thank all the volunteers who participated in the annual United Way Day of Caring at Mount Hope and Riverside Cemeteries yesterday. They helped with a number of landscaping projects and made a significant impact. We hope to see you at the next Day of Caring!

A big thanks to the Friends and the amazing volunteers who came out this past Saturday to help beautify Mount Hope Cemetery!

Photo credit David C. Gaudioso

Good morning! Reminder: The Cemetery gates open at 7:30 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. from now to the end of April.

It is our annual spring cleaning at Mount Hope and Riverside Cemeteries. We ask that you remove any personal or sentimental items you would like to keep.

POP-UP HISTORIAN EVENT LIVE AT MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY The South End Saunter: A Potluck Menu of Stories of Mount Hope Cemetery's South End Residents Presented by the Friends of Mount Hope When: Saturday, October 17 from 10:00am - 2:00pm... Please meet at the South Cemetery Entrance opposite the Distillery Restaurant to get location and times of Pop-up Historians throughout the cemetery. Visit/contact: https://www.facebook.com/events/417343509253959 or www.fomh.org for more information.

We want to thank all individuals, students, community organizations, young professional groups, and the Friends of Mount Hope Cemetery who came out today and throughout the summer to help maintain, clean and beautify Mount Hope Cemetery. Your time and effort is always greatly appreciated!

Our next Second Saturday Landscaping event is October 10, 2020. To register, please visit: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx

Photo credit: David C. Gaudioso.

Our next Second Saturday Landscaping event is September 12, 2020. To register, please visit: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx

Are you looking for Someone Laid to Rest at Mount Hope? Many of Mount Hope’s interment records have been converted to electronic formats and some information is available online. If you’re searching for an ancestor, cemetery interment records through 2002 may be found at the University of Rochester's cemetery records web site. The Rochester Genealogical Society, Inc.'s web site houses digitized plot maps for Mount Hope Cemetery on their web site at https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/mthope/search

Our next Second Saturday Landscaping event is August 8, 2020. To register, please visit: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx

Our next Second Saturday Landscaping event is July 11, 2020. To register, please visit: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx

Ida Jane Anderson was the first registered nurse in New York State. Born in Canada in 1869, she came to Rochester at the age of 18. Originally a dress maker, she later enrolled in and graduated from the Rochester Homeopathic Hospital of Nursing in 1902. She actively campaigned to pass the Nurse Act of 1903 which established to register trained nurses. During a smallpox epidemic in 1903 she nursed patients at Hope Hospital which was located behind St. Mary's in Hospital in Rochester. Later she also treated victims of a typhoid epidemic in the southern tier of New York State. She spent the rest of her career as a nurse up until her death in 1958. Her burial site is located in Range 3, Lot 416. Text Source: Buried Treasures in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, New York by Richard O. Reisem #RochesterHistory #mounthopecemetery

Help keep Mount Hope beautiful this summer. This Saturday is the start of our Second Saturdays Landscaping Volunteer Event. Events are held every 2nd Saturday of the month, 9- 11 a.m., June through October. To get more information and register, please visit https://www.cityofrochester.gov/mounthopevolunteer/

Thank you Friends of Mount Hope and volunteers for helping keep Mount Hope Cemetery beautiful. We appreciate all your hard work! If you are interested in volunteering at Mount Hope Cemetery, please visit our website for more information: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/mounthopevolunteer/

Today we remember and honor those who have lost their lives while serving. Thank you for your courage and bravery.