Established 1858 Type Public Phone +1 714-973-3190 Owner Orange County | Country United States Founded 1858 No. of graves Over 400 | |
Size 40,000 square feet (3,700 m) Similar Cemetery of the Holy Sepulcher, Fairhaven Memorial Park and, Santa Ana Cemetery, Anaheim Cemetery, Loma Vista Memorial Park | ||
Yorba cemetery and the ghost of the pink lady
Yorba Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Yorba Linda, California, originally part of Bernardo Yorba's Rancho Cañón de Santa Ana. It was deeded to the County of Orange in 1967.
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- Yorba cemetery and the ghost of the pink lady
- Native american blessing at yorba cemetery
- Burials
- The Pink Lady
- References
In 1858, the hundred-square-foot plot of land was willed to the Catholic Church by Bernardo Yorba, as a burial ground to serve Yorba's family and friends. The last official burial occurred in 1939. There is also an even older burial ground north of the cemetery.
Native american blessing at yorba cemetery
Burials
Many members of prominent Californio families such as the Yorba, de los Reyes, Peralta, Dominguez, and Navarro families are buried at the cemetery.
The Pink Lady
According to local legend, a ghost referred to as "The Pink Lady" appears at the cemetery on June 15. Some sources say that she is Alvina de los Reyes, a descendant of the Yorba family, and that she was killed in a buggy accident while returning from a dance at Valencia High School. There are no official reports of the ghost's appearance since the 1980s. Although the ghost herself has not been photographed, energy fields at the cemetery have.