Margie, Thanks! My Mom lives in North Smithfield, RI, so I do get up that way from time to time. But if you are nearby and it is convenient, I would really appreciate knowing more about the moving cemetery mystery. Debi C. Bristol, RI (PS - The son of Katie Darling Brown, Roscoe Brown, lived most of his life in Northbridge and is buried in St Patrick's Cemetery on Spring Street. I am looking for his mother and grandfather's graves in the Darling Repose Cemetery) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie" <margie92@earthlink.net> To: <MA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:37 PM Subject: [MA-CEM] DARLING REPOSE CEMETERY > I'm not sure what cemetery I saw. I do know it was on the same side of the > road as the restaurant, and that it caught my eye that the stones were being > removed. It looked very unusual to me. I wondered if they were moving the > cemetery, or what! > > I didn't stop and look closely, though. At the time, I didn't see a reason > to look into it further. I'm not sure what cemetery it was. I just know > I've driven by it many times on my way to Blackstone from Northbridge. > > If I didn't have such a busy day tomorrow, I'd take a quick ride over there > to check it out. I might do that on Sunday. I'll let you know what I find > out. > > Margie > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debi" <RootsLilla@cox.net> > To: <MA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MA-CEM] DARLING REPOSE CEMETERY > > > Margie, > > YIKES! I am hoping the scene you witnessed does not mean what it seems to > mean. I am thinking that the Darling Repose Cemetery should be on the > opposite side of the road from the Cocke 'N Kettle - at least that is what > the map I received from the Town Hall seems to indicate. The restaurant is > on the eastern side of the Rt 122 (Millville Rd) and the cemetery on the > western side of the road. It looks like it should be pretty close to where > Old Millville Road joins back into Millville Road. > > On the east side of Rt 122 in the same general area, should be two other > cemeteries. One is noted as the Norden-Swedish Cemetery (#6) and the > other - for which I have not yet found a reference name - is noted as (#28). > > I am still hopeful that I will be able to find the Darling Cemetery. I > believe that both "Pickles" Darling and his daughter, my ggg grandmother > Katherine Darling Brown, are buried there. > > Debi C. > Bristol, RI > > > > ==== MA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. > Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >