On This Day - Feb 4th

On This Day...

1685 - Marriage: John Merrick and Mary Day, Springfield, MA

1710 - Birth: Agnes Adams, Suffield, Connecticut

1712 - Death: Catherine Chapin, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

1713 - Alternate Death: Catherine Chapin, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

1746 - Alternate Birth: Isaac Wiseman, Orange County, Virginia

1746 - Alternate Birth: Isaac Wiseman, Frederick County, Virginia

1795 - Birth: Hannah Olmstead, Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut

1844 - Birth: Catherine Batman,

1849 - Death: Lewis M Martin,

1849 - Birth: Martha Ann Jeffers, Alabama

1868 - Death: Bjorguf Gunnarson Bratterud Turtedalen, Lardal, Norway

1868 - Birth: Laurent Delphis Beaudreau, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

1877 - Birth: Thomas Cox, Fort Branch, Perry County, Indiana

1897 - Marriage: Henry J. Simmons and Mary Lou Wright, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

1904 - Death: Nicolaus Wagner, Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin

1920 - Burial: Arminthia Belle Wiseman, Walnut Ridge Cemetary, Jeffersonville, Indiana, Old Singles section, Row I, Grave 1

1971 - Death: Jennie Pitcher,

1976 - Death: Nellie Edith Davis, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

1984 - Death: Anton Leo Hoeschen, Stearns County, Minnesota

 

The 1920 entry - I have visited and photographed the gravesite for Arminthia Belle Wiseman (who always went by Belle).  She was my paternal great-grandmother.   I was going to link to a post I had written about her and her gravesite, but I can't immediately find it.  Either I need to find it when I return home and have my full computer records at my disposal, or I need to write the article I think I already wrote!

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Advent Calendar - Dec 22nd

December 22 – Christmas and Deceased Relatives
Did your family visit the cemetery at Christmas? How did your family honor deceased family members at Christmas?


 When I was growing up, just one of my relatives had died over many years, and certainly no one nearby, so we did not focus on deceased relatives or visit any cemeteries.  As I've mentioned, my family is very spread out, and the only relative who had died was my paternal great-grandfather, Clyde J. Wyman Day in 1973.  His death was not near Christmas, so it didn't get associated with it. 

While more relatives have passed on over the decades, none happened near Christmas, so there's still not an association.  We tend to focus on the living and present people at our Christmas gatherings.  It will be interesting to observe this year, though, as it will be the first Christmas since the death of my father-in-law.


This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2012 by Daniel G. Dillman

Teen Makes Database of Arlington National Cemetery

This article in the Los Angeles Times has all of the details, so I'll just provide the link.  This is a boon for anyone buried in Arlington!