Assumption Cemetery Old (also known as Old Catholic Cemetery) is located on Kings Highway North, where the road meets Old Hill Road. It is adjacent to Christ and Holy Trinity Church Cemetery and less than a quarter mile down Kings Highway from the Old Burial Ground (Kings Highway Cemetery). There are many stones for people who were born abroad, from Italy and Ireland, in particular. Many families are interred here, with memorials for multiple members. The cemetery is still in use.

Estimated number of interments, as of February 2025: at least 1693.

Photos were taken 16 May 2022.

Memorial for Giovanna Piazza, with a metal plate engraved with her information.

"Died Aug. 27, 1920

Giovanna Piazza

Aged 28 years 5 mos"

Detail.

"JENNIE GEREMIA

Died Dec. 19, 1926.

Aged 1 y'r 4 mo's9 days"

Detail, memorial of Domenico Nuzzo.

1876 - 1931

Antonio Cilbertie

1870 - 1944

Maria Celeste Montana, his wife

1866 - 1928

(Detail.)

Mausoleum of the Dominick and Valiante families. 

Detail of the Carusone memorial. 

Tomb for Frank J. Keyser (1873 - 1952)

and his wife, Elizabeth M. Hessey 

(1872 - 1921).

"Frank Lasky

December 18, 1904

February 25, 1954

Father of 15 children"

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