Our Lady of the Rosary Church Cemetery
Located behind the church at 12911 East Main Street in Larose is the cemetery first known as the Harang cemetery, Octave Harang donated the land on which the cemetery was established in 1873. In the mid 1880’s a small chapel was built at the juncture of Bayou Lafourche and the Harang Canal, now known as the Intracoastal Canal. The area now named Larose was composed of about 300 inhabitants at this time. The earliest burial recorded was of Marie Guidry Diague (sic) who was interred on August 10, 1876.
The cemeteries of Lower Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes are not unique in the method of burial used. Raised tombs are common in the southern part of Louisiana due to the high water table. What is different in our cemeteries is the orientation of the tombs. Because of the lack of roads at the time many of the cemeteries were established, transportation was mostly by boat. The older tombs and many of the new tombs therefore are oriented so that the crosses or figurines face the bayou. Tombs of relatively recent construction are now oriented perpendicular to the bayou. In the older cemeteries some people were buried directly in the earth with cement coverings flush with the ground. Many infants, as well as a few adults, are thus buried. Many of the inscriptions on the crosses or markers are obscured by multitudes of paint coatings, usually applied just prior to All Saints Day.
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Main Entrance to Cemetery
.Rev. Alexander Juille's Gravesite
Rev. Charles J. Tessier's Gravesite
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