Author: Friends of Eloise

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 180

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"From a small start in 1839, the Eloise complex grew into the State's ... largest hospital complex. It started out with only 35 residents in 1839, and reached a peak of over 10,000 residents in the 1930s. ... There are about 7100 people buried in the Eloise Cemetery ... patients in the Eloise hospital complex whose family did not claim the bodies, and it is Eloise's "potter's field." The grave markers are only numbered blocks, and many of the records of those buried here have been lost to history. ... In addition to burials, remains were sent to the Detroit Medical College, later called Wayne State University Medical School, and a small number to the University of Michigan. ... The Friends of Eloise have been working on maintaining the cemetery and identifying as many of those buried there as possible. The burials and removals included here were abstracted from the original Wayne County death certificates at the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library. Information includes first and last name, sex, race, marital status, place and date of birth, date and place of death, and cause of death. In some cases the names of parents are given. These records have also been posted on www.findagrave.com"-- Introduction.