they were to perform funeral services at the cemetery when parish priests were unable to attend. The cornerstone for Holy Cross Church (now St. Vincent Pallotti East) was placed on October 26, 1879 and dedicated on April 20, 1880. The order blessed the cemetery on All Saints Day. On May 18, 2006 a construction worker unearthed human remains in the area believed to be the location of the Old Cemetery near 22nd and Michigan streets. Thirteen burials have since been identified, and archaeologists are unsure if they are remnants from the cemetery or an earlier burial site used by a Potawatomi village. Notable interments Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes. John Black, 24th mayor of Milwaukee, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Senate Erhard Brielmaier, noted architect who also designed the Basilica of St. Josaphat William Cary, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Wisconsin's 4th District Patrick Cudahy, industrialist and founder of the Patrick Cudahy meat packing company Peter Deuster, elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, Wisconsin State Senate, and U.S. House of Representatives Patrick Drew, served in the Wisconsin State Legislature Adrian Hoecken, Dutch Jezuit missionary among the Native Americans Robert Johnston, founder of the American Biscuit Company, a precursor to Nabisco Solomon Juneau, co-founder of the City of Milwaukee and its first mayor Philipp Jung, early brewer whose business was acquired by Pabst Brewing Company Matthew Keenan, local politician who helped to establish the Old Soldiers' Home Edward Keogh, 37th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, represented Milwaukee in the Assembly for 13 terms. John Luick, founder of the Luick Ice Cream company Frederick Miller, founder of the Miller Brewing Company Casper Sanger, businessman and representative in the Wisconsin Legislature William H. Timlin, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court George Weissleder, elected to the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly Joseph Anthony Murphy, Jesuit Priest, Titular Bishop of Birtha, and Dean of College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University See also List of Milwaukeeans List of mayors of Milwaukee Sources Calvary Cemetery List of notable people at Calvary (PDF) Historic Preservation Commission Study (PDF) External links