in hand laundries. The graves all belong to men. Due to the Chinese Head Tax of 1903 and a Chinese exclusion act of 1906, immigration from China was restricted to men and from the same region of southern China. The headstones in this section show a mix of English and Chinese inscriptions. These inscriptions show that all those interred in the cemetery were from Guangdong, a southern province in China. Some of the headstones appear with romanized names of those interred. It is not known how these individuals received romanized names, though some speculate that Anglicized names were used to make their names more recognizable and pronounceable to the English-speaking population of St. John's. Some of the members are given English nicknames, and one burial is recorded as "Jack Chinese." These early Chinese burials represent a highly Christianized practice, and may reflect not only a temporary strategy to be accepted into their new community, but also as a new way of life. The graves include that of murder victim Eng Wing Kit, who was killed in St. John's in 1938. Notable interments The cemetery is the final resting place of poets Margaret Peace and Isabella Whiteford Rogerson, as well as early social activist Mary Mann Pitts. Also buried in the cemetery is Patrick Tasker, a Scottish immigrant who was involved in community life and instrumental in setting up both freemasonry and a public health board in St. John's. See also Commonwealth War Graves Commission References External links General Protestant Cemetery St. John's City – Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site St. John's – General Protestant Cemetery – Interments, 1907–1912 Cemeteries in Newfoundland and Labrador