Hi List, Didn't get a response to this so am reposting. Does anyone have the date of death please, just curious. Bev Tmba >Taken the the Queenslander, Brisbane, Saturday, November 3, 1894 > >Page 825 > >We Australians are almost accustomed to the prevision that leads a man to >secure his family lot in a cemetry in a good time, but it is something of a >novelty to find a worthy couple in sound health arranging all the details >for their egress from this world of care even to the setting up and >inscription of the tombstone. >In wandering round a little country cemetry the other day, in a locality in >which German settlers largely predominate, I was much interested by an >elaborate grave and headstone, apparently just completed. The stone bears an >inscription somewhat as follow:-- > > RUHE STADTE > Fur > HERMANN > PETER SCHULTZ, > Geboran in Holstein, > Germany > September 20, 1824 > -------------------- > > Und > CHRISTINA SOPHIA SCHULTZ, > Geboren in Prussia > May 28, 1828. > --------------- >The tombstone is of neat design, with pointed arch supported by Corinthian >pillars, and it is enclosed within iron railing on a stone base. The blanks >following the dates of birth are designed to be filled in later with the >dates of death. The old couple are living on a farm in the district, and are >supposed to have taken this precaution to save trouble after their deaths. >They perhaps have not too much faith in those who will come after them, and >desire to insure a fitting resting place. There must be a good deal of >comfort in knowing that one's last bed is all ready-- that one has only to >lift the coverlet, so to speak, and jump in. If there is any pleasure in >dying that old Teutonic couple should find it. " Put not your trust in heirs >" is evidently their motto. > >How about that. >Cheers >Bev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== AUS-QLD Mailing List ==== > Free Legacy Genealogy Software > www.audps.com > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp