Monday, March 14, 2016

Earliest burials in Pere-Lachaise -- was 1817 all that magical?

1817: 239-1103-8106-9448
1818: 264-1330-8107-9701
1819: 331-1495-7502-9328
1820: 413-1685-7258-9356
1821: 481-1664-7784-9929
1822: 568-1780-7650-9998

By the end of 1822 the total number of interments had grown to 111,737 of which 2,986 were permanent and 12,720 temporary graves and 96.121 were buried in mass graves.

Skipping ahead, by the end of 1875 the cemetery had witnessed 629,572 burials, which included 31,348 permanent and 118, 195 temporary grave sites.

(Source: Archives de Paris, VI.15.1.1326W, Archives des Pompes funèbres de Paris - Paris municipal funeral home archives.)