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Minneapolis Deaths 1888

Wednesday’s Child – Ruth B Thomson

Ruth’s headstone is no longer attached to its base. It lies in the soft grass near her parents’ headstones. Ruth is buried at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis and has a memorial on Find A Grave. May she and her parents rest in peace. Advertisements

July 27, 2016 in Genealogy, Minneapolis Deaths 1888, Tombstone Tourist.

Wednesday’s Child – Ella Louise Hankenson

A necklace around the top of Ella’s memorial caught my eye the first time I visited her at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. And the second time. And every time thereafter. Who, I wonder, it adding this piece of jewelry to a monument erected in 1888? And why?

July 13, 2016 in Genealogy, Minneapolis Deaths 1888, Tombstone Tourist.


1961. When I had no idea how many decades I would devote to family history research.

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