Oh my goodness - this is so outstanding!!! Wonderful work George!! This following the great job done by Doug at age 18 and his little "bro"!!! Looks like I had the wrong BURNETT (John M and Ellen Casey BURNETT) as possible parents of this child. WELLINGTON CLEVELAND BURNETT & wife also have bios with their pictures in HISTORY OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION. Wellington BURNETT's wife is called Jane Cromwell Cleveland (a Mayflower descendant) Burnett in these bios. Doug, I wonder if you would like copies of these bios, with pictures of the parents of the child who's stone you rescued to add to your now wonderful collection - you have the little guy's Death Notice!!! This IS really "cool" as Pam says! I would like to share this story with the researcher on the Mariposa List who is a member of this BURNETT family - can I? RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: George Rushton [mailto:g_r_rushton@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:57 PM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] San Francisco tombstone/ family found > > > Doug > > From Alta California, of May 5, 1863, pg 4 col 2. > death notices: > > At Long Bar, 3nd inst Cleveland son of Wellington C > and Jennie C. Burnett, a native of San Francisco, aged > 2 years, 1 month and 27 days. > > Friends are respectfully invited to the attend the > funeral, to-morrow, (Wednesday), at 11 o'clock a.m. > from the residence of the parents, No. 1711 Dupont > Street San Francisco, without further notice. > > From the San Francisco City Directories: > > 1861-62; W.C. Burnett (Murphy and B. (a law firm) ) > dwl W s Dupont nr Lombard > > 1866-63; William C Burnett attorney at law, office > rooms 20 and 22 Court Block 636 Clay dwl 1713 Dupont. > > George > --- Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> wrote: > > With the effort to make accessible the name of those > > who died prior to > > the '06 earthquake, I was curious whether there will > > ever be an effort > > to recover the tombstones (or the names thereon) > > dumped off ocean beach > > and lands end in San Francisco. Occasionally at > > minus tides these > > tombstones rise into view and re-excite the media. > > About 35 years ago > > off lands end my younger brother and I struggled one > > up the cliff. That > > they're still there is a testimonial to the time and > > difficulty we had. > > But an 18 and 9 year old were fascinated, not > > knowing at the time how > > anyone could be so disrespectful. So now I possess > > one of these > > recovered tombstones. Did anyone else rescue a > > tombstone and hold it > > dear? > > > > For the record (with the obscured but deduced > > letters enclosed in { }) > > and the unknown with a wildcard *) here is the name: > > > > (CH)ARLES CLEVELAN(D) BUR**ETT > > Died May 3 1863 2 yrs & 2 mos > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >

George Rushton has helped so many people that I know of over the past two years I've been "monitoring" the lists in California. What a treasure you are, George! We could use a hundred more of you, I'd be willing to bet. Think of the work that we could do! Good going, George! Sue Silver ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Skewis" <ruth4527@mindspring.com> To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: RE: [CASANFRA] San Francisco tombstone/ family found > Oh my goodness - this is so outstanding!!! Wonderful work George!! This > following the great job done by Doug at age 18 and his little "bro"!!! > > Looks like I had the wrong BURNETT (John M and Ellen Casey BURNETT) as > possible parents of this child. WELLINGTON CLEVELAND BURNETT & wife also > have bios with their pictures in HISTORY OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY REGION. > Wellington BURNETT's wife is called Jane Cromwell Cleveland (a Mayflower > descendant) Burnett in these bios. > > Doug, I wonder if you would like copies of these bios, with pictures of the > parents of the child who's stone you rescued to add to your now wonderful > collection - you have the little guy's Death Notice!!! This IS really > "cool" as Pam says! > > I would like to share this story with the researcher on the Mariposa List > who is a member of this BURNETT family - can I? > > RUTH > > _________________________________ > Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA > ruth4527@mindspring.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: George Rushton [mailto:g_r_rushton@yahoo.com] > > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 4:57 PM > > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] San Francisco tombstone/ family found > > > > > > Doug > > > > From Alta California, of May 5, 1863, pg 4 col 2. > > death notices: > > > > At Long Bar, 3nd inst Cleveland son of Wellington C > > and Jennie C. Burnett, a native of San Francisco, aged > > 2 years, 1 month and 27 days. > > > > Friends are respectfully invited to the attend the > > funeral, to-morrow, (Wednesday), at 11 o'clock a.m. > > from the residence of the parents, No. 1711 Dupont > > Street San Francisco, without further notice. > > > > From the San Francisco City Directories: > > > > 1861-62; W.C. Burnett (Murphy and B. (a law firm) ) > > dwl W s Dupont nr Lombard > > > > 1866-63; William C Burnett attorney at law, office > > rooms 20 and 22 Court Block 636 Clay dwl 1713 Dupont. > > > > George > > --- Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> wrote: > > > With the effort to make accessible the name of those > > > who died prior to > > > the '06 earthquake, I was curious whether there will > > > ever be an effort > > > to recover the tombstones (or the names thereon) > > > dumped off ocean beach > > > and lands end in San Francisco. Occasionally at > > > minus tides these > > > tombstones rise into view and re-excite the media. > > > About 35 years ago > > > off lands end my younger brother and I struggled one > > > up the cliff. That > > > they're still there is a testimonial to the time and > > > difficulty we had. > > > But an 18 and 9 year old were fascinated, not > > > knowing at the time how > > > anyone could be so disrespectful. So now I possess > > > one of these > > > recovered tombstones. Did anyone else rescue a > > > tombstone and hold it > > > dear? > > > > > > For the record (with the obscured but deduced > > > letters enclosed in { }) > > > and the unknown with a wildcard *) here is the name: > > > > > > (CH)ARLES CLEVELAN(D) BUR**ETT > > > Died May 3 1863 2 yrs & 2 mos > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > >