Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Found a Death Date at FindAGrave!

I recently had a FindAGrave.com photo request fulfilled for my third great-grandmother, Sarah (Smith) Lowell whom I wrote about here. I had been looking for her death date for years! I now know she died on March 1, 1884.

She is buried in Calais Cemetery, Calais, Maine. Her FindAGrave memorial links to memorials for her husband, parents and children.



Many thanks to FindAGrave volunteer Janice Gower for taking this photograph. She also provided the following transcription:

REUBEN LOWELL
Died May 18 1837
AE. 42 Yrs.
SARAH LOWELL
Died March 1, 1884
AE 88 Yrs
SARAH TRUE
EGBERT & REUBEN
Infant Children
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
Died in San Francisco, CA
Jan 9th 1854
AE 25 Yrs.
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6 comments:

  1. Marian B. WoodAugust 11, 2015 at 2:54 PM

    Great breakthrough! Findagrave volunteers are very kind and many of us owe them a debt of thanks for clearing up mysteries in our family trees.

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerAugust 11, 2015 at 8:41 PM

      Yes, Marian, this was great. My memorial had the name and the birth date and a blank for the death date, and the volunteer photographer found it. This was a genealogy happy dance moment!

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  2. MagdaAugust 11, 2015 at 5:31 PM

    I bet you were amazed that it was still standing !

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerAugust 11, 2015 at 8:44 PM

      19th century New England gravestones are certainly around - the question is always are they readable. I have other relatives buried in this cemetery, so I was hopeful that a stone was there. I was pleasantly surprised that the stone was legible!

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  3. Devon Noel LeeAugust 12, 2015 at 6:50 PM

    I'm doing a happy dance over here with you. What a discovery... legible date to close the loop, so to speak. I'm so happy for your discovery. Lots of love for the FindAGrave volunteers!

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    1. Elizabeth HandlerAugust 12, 2015 at 7:18 PM

      Thanks for sharing my excitement! As I've noted before, I'm due to go out and take some photographs to "pay it forward."

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