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I found this quote online about the hand gesture:
Hands with thumbs (and sometimes forefingers) joined. On Jewish tombstones you will sometimes see a symbol showing two hands arranged for the priestly blessing. This is a symbol of the kohen (Hebrew for "priest"). The plural form is kohanim. Kohanim are assumed to be direct male descendants of Aaron, who was the first kohen and the brother of Moses. Some Jewish surnames frequently associated with this symbol are Conn or Cohn (Kohn), Cahn (Kahn), and Cohen (Kohen), but you will find the symbol on the grave markers of people with other surnames. Today families can sometimes verify a priestly lineage from the tombstones of ancestors that have this symbol.
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The grave of Declaration of Independence signer John Hancock. The memorial stone is the largest marker for a single individual in Boston's Granary Cemetery. Hancock, who signed his name extra large so that "King George could read it without his glasses on", would no doubt find a degree of humor in the situation. The stone reads, " This Memorial Erected AD MDCCCXCV By The Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Mark The Grave of John Hancock".
Charles Avery, died Oct 4, 1881, aged 70 yrs, born in England 1811
Matilda Avery, died Jul 18, 1884, aged 58 yrs wife of Charles Avery, born in England
Three children are buried here:
Sarah A. died Nov 27, 1851, aged 3 years, 6 months
Elsie A. died May 15, 1865, aged 2 years 6 months
Charles W. Died Feb 24, 1873, aged 2months
One daughter may have survived, she is in the 1880 census, Sarah aged 26.
One of the nicer tombstones in the Saline area.
Coconut vendor in Cemetery of Angel. As much as there was death in this cemetery there was also much life. A young woman mans this vendor of coconut sweets, something that would be unheard of in a US cemetery.
Photo credit: Karin Orr, 2010 Peace Fellow
Ziegler Cemetery
Albee Township West
Albee Township, Michigan
* Also known as West Albee Cemetery & West Pinegrove Cemetery
Shadow / Light / Reprise by Robyn Woolston.
124 lights placed around the cemetery as a celebration of its restoration and those who lie there.
Ross Bay Cemetery is located at 1516 Fairfield Road in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, Canada. Many historical figures from the early days of the province and colony of British Columbia are buried at Ross Bay. The cemetery was opened in 1873.
Elmwood Cemetery
Norfolk, Virginia
Listed 8/27/2013
Reference Number: 1300643
Elmwood Cemetery is a 50-acre municipal cemetery established in Norfolk County (now in the City ofNorfolk), Virginia, in 1853. It is contiguous with Norfolk's first public cemetery, Cedar Grove, established in 1825. Elmwood is filled with an abundance of Victorian funerary art and displays a wealth of material culture relating to the Victorian attitudes toward death and mourning. It contains the graves of individuals and groups who made noteworthy contributions to the city, state, and nation. The works of both local and nationally recognized artisans, sculptors and stonemasons may be found there. It contains abundant resources for the study of the social, political, economic, cultural and ethnic heritage of the area. Elmwood continues to serve as an active city cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery is locally significant under Criteria A and C and areas of significance are Social History, Art, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture. The property is locally significant under Criterion B as the final resting place for numerous individuals whose contributions to Norfolk's development are significant, as well as historic figures who achieved prominence on a statewide or larger scale, in particular the following individuals: Littleton Waller Tazewell, Sr., Hugh Blair Grigsby, James Barron Hope, David Minton Wright, Walter Herron Taylor, Robert Morton Hughes, William Sloane, Williams. Forrest, and Lycurgus Berkley, Sr. Elmwood Cemetery meets Criteria Considerations C and D as it derives significance from its association with historic events and individuals and its design characteristics. Elmwood's period of significance begins with the establishment of the cemetery in 1853 and ends with the construction of the Superintendent's Office in 1931.
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Jewish Cemetery Oedheim
Erna Rosenstein.
Oedheim, Germany
Landkreis Heilbronn
Baden-Wuerttemberg
N49 14.784'
E9 14.538'
JCEAA ID: C070274
9 September 2007
Juedischer Friedhof Oedheim
Cemetery is located in a wooded area accessible by a footpath.
Masonic Cemetery (technically, I think it's Masonic Cemetery #1 & #2) is located on City Park Avenue in New Orleans near a number of other historic cemeteries. It's on a triangular plot bisected by Conti Street (perhaps the two halves are considered #1 & #2?). It was founded in 1865 by the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana Free and Accepted Masons.
Here rests the sweetest buds of hope.
Beatrice M. Died July 13, 1889 Aged 3 Y's. 6 M's. 4D's.
Clara H. Died June 15, 1889 Aged 5 Y'rs. 7 D's.
Children of W.J. & S.J. Roberts.
Hebrew Cemetery
Herman Wolff 1845-1901.
Charlottesville, Virginia
USA
N38 1.478
W78 29.100
JCEAA ID: C040092
20 March 2004
Across 1st Street from Oakwood Cemetery
Plot 11: Ellen Laing
In Loving Memory Of
ELLEN
beloved wife of
Harold W. LAING,
died 3rd May 1945 aged 60 years.
Also their loved son
Geoffrey
killed on active service Italy
9th July 1945.
To memory ever dear.
LAING.—On May 3. at a private hospital, Nellie, dearly-beloved wife of Harold Waldron Laing, Kumeu; aged 60 years. Service in W. H. Tongue's Chapel at 10.45 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday) then leaving for Walknmete.
LAING.—On May 3, at a private hospital, Nellie dearly-loved mother of Jean (Mrs Gibbs), Annie (Mrs Reardon), Lillie (Mrs Thomas), Jim Allison, Waimiha, Jack Allison, Matamata, Tom and Clarrie, Auckland.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19450504.2.6
LAING.—Accidentally killed in Italy on July 9, Geoffrey, dearly-beloved youngest son of Mr H. W. Laing, Kumeu, and loved brother of Jack, Mervyn and Marjorie; aged 24 years.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19450721.2.2
View and/or contribute to William’s profile on the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph data base:
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I found some Halloween Decorations scattered throughout the cemetery. I have no idea why but it was neat!
I did not pose this!
This cemetery is up in the woods in the middle of Bear Mountain State Park, and served the families of Doodletown while the town was active, and even after (I saw a few headstones placed after the town was abandoned in the 50's). Some of the stones were so old they were just little nuggets that could hardly trip you if you walked past them. Most of the stones were from the late 1800's and early 1900's.