Charlotte Jane Memorial Park Cemetery

Mar 2024

I have a feeling that my father and his sister which was my aunt is buried here. I don’t know much about this cemetery but I could be wrong. Or I could have relatives from his side of the family that’s buried there.

Oct 2021

My grandmother is buried here. I did not have the time to actually find her but the grass is cut and walking around you can see it is taken care of. Some of the graves are worn and hard to read but it was beautiful to see the history of the cemetery. Will visit again and see if I can find grandma’s grave.

May 2021

Bahamian immigrates moved to this area known today as West Grove in Coconut Grove in the late 1800's. A mass immigration from the Bahamas to South Florida and the Keys took place when agriculture became unsustainable due to rocky soil. Most of the Bahamians that settled in Coconut Grove were from the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Many were former slaves from West Indian Plantations. Florida had a similar geography and climate so the people who immigrated knew how to farm the land. Later in the 1920's, many were hired by George Merrick to build nearby Coral Gables. Charlotte Jane Memorial Cemetery is a historic cemetery in West Coconut Grove. The first burials took...read full review