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/