Wow!!!! This is such a great story!!! Thanks for sharing. aggie >I love that - a year younger than she was saying! > >Gil's Ggrandfather is buried in Texas; his youngest son was present at the >funeral. Seventy years later, the son finally put a tombstone on the grave. >He was promptly beseiged by indignant cousins who said no, their >great-grandmother was buried in that spot, he'd have to move that stone! He >was sure he was right, so declined. The cemetery director was caught in the >middle, and got the brunt of it from both sides, said wherever he went there >was somebody cussing him out. The squabble went on for years until Great >Uncle Henry died. Don't know if the cousins went secretly and moved the >tombstone after his death, and if so, where in the cemetery they moved it >to! > >Many years ago we bought a plot in the Biloxi cemetery. A few years after, >there was a scandal - someone who had bought a plot died, and when they >opened the grave they found an ancient coffin and human remains. The >cemetery director had been reselling old, unmarked plots and pocketing the >cash. We got our money back from the city - but who knows who was buried in >that grave we thought would be ours! > >Happy hunting, > >Sonia > >-----Original Message----- >From: AAgg435@netscape.net [mailto:AAgg435@netscape.net] >Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:41 AM >To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [MLN] Clutching at straws -- OFF TOPIC > >Hahahaha!!! This is so sweet. You reminded me of my mother. She lied about >her age. After her death I checked her date of birth, she lied so often she >forgot her age she was a year younger then she was saying. > >Headstones are also misleading. My father died a tragic death all paper work >was destroyed. The atty for his estate without research or my consent gave >the monument company the wrong year of birth. To correct a one to a O wasn't >a good move. >A funeral director told me many people have wrong dates on headstones. > >aggie > > > >>Also - Because men seem to think they are entitled to younger wives, >>women often take years off their age. My stepfather thought my mother >>was ten years younger - she performed a little sleight of hand with her >>birth cert., changing the year from 1906 to 1916, and got a passport >>and other documents based on it - when she died at 86, her doctor >>thought she was 76. One of my husband's GGgrandmothers had the >>fountain of youth. She aged 12 years over >>3 censuses - from 1850 to 1880 in the U.S., she aged twelve years in >>thirty, went from being 28 (truth) to being 40! >> >>Happy hunting, >>Sonia >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Sally Taylor [mailto:taylor.sally@comcast.net] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:56 PM >>To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: RE: [MLN] Clutching at straws >> >>I don't think paying the GRO to search a pre-1855 death will be of any >>use, since there was no official death registration in Scotland prior to >1855. >> >>The 1801-1806 range for year of birth is likely acceptable. People did >>not always know exactly when they were born, and sometimes only gave >>their children an inkling of their age. Bear in mind that the >>information on the death certificate is given by whoever registered the >>death, and in many cases, Yes even in those of a child of the deceased- >>they did not always know the precise info. >> >>My Maternal Grandmother was born to James Davidson and Annie Chalmers, >>but her death certificate has her born to Alexander Davidson and Agnes >>Pollack and she was put down as 3 years younger than she would have >>actually been at death! >> >>My father- born 1920 in England, never knew his parents dates of birth >>or where they were born even. In 1960 my father applied for life >>insurance and put down his fathers age as 70, however at that time my >>grandfather was actually 75. >> >>Sally Taylor >>Boxborough MA USA >> >>For what are we but reflections of our masters- those that came before >>us and whose blood flows in our veins- the ancestors who don't wish to >>be forgotten >> >>surname interests: ADAMS, BOOKER, DAVIDSON, DONALDSON, DUCKETT, >>FREELAND, GRAY, MacARTHUR, MacGREGOR, PRIDE, SKINNER, WESTCOTT England >>and Scotland >>http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=n0055504 >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Kylie [mailto:wencheh@optusnet.com.au] >>Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:44 PM >>To: MIDLOTHIAN-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [MLN] Clutching at straws >> >>I'm starting to think its time to throw a tanty! I thought that maybe I >>could get more clues to finding my William Noble's (Pilot in Leith) >>death by finding his wife's death certificate. Her name is Janet >>Edmonstone and on their marriage certificate it said daughter of John >>Edmonstone (Porter in >>Leith) so following that I found that she was born approx 1806. I found >>a certificate that has a Janet Noble, widow of James Noble, Pilot. She >>lived in Yardheads, Leith (which is the last area I can find my Janet >>residing in) and her father is listed as James Edmonstone. The age at >>death and the year would make her born in 1801 and to a different set >>of parents. The informant is listed as nephew and is the son of another >>of James Edmonstone's daughters. >>I have looked up marriages and cannot find a Janet Edmonstone married >>to a James Noble. >> >>It is SO so close with all the information but if I took it as gospel >>its not her. Can I assume that they got her fathers name wrong on her >>marriage certificate and her husbands wrong on her death certificate? >>There are no Johns in the family until Janet and Williams son Alexander >>had a son but John Logan Noble is named after Alexander's wifes family. >> >>I am stumped on both William AND Janets deaths. To top it off Scotlands >>People doesnt have death records before 1855, I suppose I will have to >>bite the bullet and pay a fee to the GRO for them to search for it. >> >>If anyone would like to impart genealogical wisdom on this I would be >>oh so grateful. >> >>Pulling my hair out, >>Kylie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >__________________________________________________________________ >Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > >Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > >New! 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