Goodrich - Kirtland

GOODRICH/KIRTLAND

Bounded on the North by Lake Erie

Bounded on the South by Euclid Avenue

Bounded on the West by E. 30th St. (called Sterling Ave. before 1906)

Bounded on the East by E. 55th St. (called Willson Ave. before 1906)

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The Goodrich - Kirtland Park area was annexed to the City of Cleveland in 1850. Industries developed north of St. Clair Avenue. Slovenians, Lithuanians, Croatians, Germans and Poles settled in this area. The Croatians formed St. Paul's Catholic Church in 1904 at E. 40th and St. Clair. They also formed St. Nicholas' Byzantine Catholic Church in 1913 at E. 34 and Superior. Also found in this neighborhood is Immaculate Conception Church at E. 41st and Superior which was founded in 1873.

MAIN ETHNIC GROUPS:

Slovenians, Lithuanians, Croatians, Serbians, Germans, Poles, Irish

NEARBY CEMETERIES: For a Spreadsheet showing where records can be found for the cemeteries mentioned below, see this site: http://usgenwebsites.org/OHCuyahoga/Cemeteries/index.html

Erie Street Cemetery

Monroe Cemetery

Scranton Cemetery

Woodland Cemetery

Lakeview Cemetery

St. Joseph Cemetery

St. John Cemetery

CHURCHES: Click here to see church histories and possibly pictures of the churches below

https://sites.google.com/site/faqcuyahogactyresearch/cleveland-pastors-and-their-churches/cleveland-individual-church-histories

Immaculate Conception, E. 41st and Superior

St. Paul Catholic, E. 40th & St. Clair

St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic, E. 34th & Superior

North Presbyterian

St. Lavas Greek Orthodox

St. Michael Greek Orthodox

St. Paul Catholic

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