Hello all. I have a mortuary record from Ancestry's "California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980" for Walter Morris SIMON. Walter is recorded on the MI of his mother in Wales, where Walter was born in 1866. But he died on 13 June 1896 at the City & County Alms House in San Francisco. I have information about his life, gathered from the usual sources and family stories, but do not know where he is buried. The record mentioned has his burial place as "City". Would that refer to a specific cemetery? Or maybe "City" equates to a pauper's burial wherever they could find room? Other burial places appearing on the same page include Holy Cross, Masonic, Odd Fellows, Cooper College, Cypress Lawn, Hills of Eternity, Calvary and Laurel Hill. The physician was W. E. Conlan and the undertaker was McAvoy & Gallagher. "City" is the burial place for 10 of the people on this page, of about 45 entries. I'm in Australia and hope that someone with local San Francisco knowledge might know what "City" means in this context. Thanks.
