General Protestant Cemetery

[1] Burials within the St. John's city limits were forbidden by 1849 due to the passing of "An Act to Prohibit Interments within the Town of St. John's", making the General Protestant Cemetery, then on the outskirts of town, a desirable area for burials.

[5] Newfoundland and Labrador did not have a large Chinese presence until the late 19th century, and they predominately worked in hand laundries.

"[5] These early Chinese burials represent a highly Christianized practice, and may reflect not only a temporary strategy to be accepted into their new community, but also as a new way of life.

[9] The graves include that of murder victim Eng Wing Kit, who was killed in St. John's in 1938.

[10] The cemetery is the final resting place of poets Margaret Peace[11] and Isabella Whiteford Rogerson,[12] as well as early social activist Mary Mann Pitts.

[13] Also buried in the cemetery is Patrick Tasker, a Scottish immigrant who was involved in community life and instrumental in setting up both freemasonry and a public health board in St.