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Wednesday’s Child – Ruth B Thomson
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Continue reading →: Wednesday’s Child – Ruth B ThomsonRuth’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.
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Continue reading →: The Last to Die
As you may already know, I visit a lot of cemeteries and I read a lot of grave markers. I try not to make assumptions about the deceased based on the information on their headstones. For example, sometimes the memorial lists more than one person. I never assume a relationship between the people listed…
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Continue reading →: Cemetery Plants
It must be challenging for caretakers to maintain cemetery grounds when plants grow around and between headstones. But it certainly makes the cemetery beautiful.
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Continue reading →: 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?
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Three-Dimensional Grief
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Continue reading →: Three-Dimensional GriefMost of the headstones in Chicago’s Irving Park Cemetery are the run-of-the-mill variety one sees at many cemeteries. I took hundreds of photos for Find A Grave when I visited the cemetery in July of 2015. As I was leaving, the sun caught a large white headstone on my left. The feeling of deep loss…
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Continue reading →: Time’s A-Wastin’!
Every time I hear of another cemetery threatened by catastrophic weather or destroyed by vandals, I feel a greater sense of urgency to photograph headstones. Although a picture cannot replace a monument, it can provide a record for the family, law enforcement or insurance companies who may wish to replace a damaged memorial. Thoughts…
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Continue reading →: From and To
As a genealogist in America, much of my research is focused on my ancestors’ countries of origin. From whence did they come? Researchers on the other side of the pond are also curious about the “to”. My husband has been helping a Norwegian genealogist learn more about his emmigrant ancestors’ lives in America. For my small…
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Continue reading →: Independence Day in the Cemetery
A weather-worn obelisk stands proudly in section 7 of Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis Minnesota. On one side, a plaque pays tribute to a Revolutionary War soldier’s descendants. To all those who fought, and continue to fight for our independence – thank you.
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Continue reading →: W B Porter, Jr and Sr
Eternal life is represented by an obelisk. A monument with two pillars symbolizes the passageway into the next life. W B Porter Jr, who died 07 May 1881 at the age of 36, is interred under an obelisk. One can assume it was his family’s hope that he was granted eternal life. W…
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Continue reading →: Youngest and Beloved Son
The following obituaries were printed on the front page of the June 9, 1883 issue of the Chicago Daily News;
Hello,
I’m Laura
and I’m interested in all things genealogy. Join me as I continue my decades-long quest to learn more about my family history and the lives of my ancestors.
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