Susan.... You have gone to www.findagrave.com and looked at her memorial # 108794042? If you click on the memorial's creator, Eileen Thomas, and look at the last message, it gives source information. RC ________________________________ From: Susan Stuart <marigoldsglen@yahoo.com> To: "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, April 25, 2013 10:31:23 PM Subject: [NORCAL] George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery - Transcription? Well, we've all been on a roll lately so I'm hoping it's my turn to get lucky.  A fellow researcher and I have been on a long and tedious search for Hester Dolly Watson McClain Wygal McVey.  "Watson" being her maiden name, and "McVey" being her buried name.   Seriously, this is one of those awesome stories where two years ago, we knew that Hester was born in Los Angeles in about 1899, had her in the 1910 census and then nothing.  Fast forward to today, we have most of Hester's story pieced together, including two of her three marriage certificates and her death certificate from 1932. (She was only 32 years old.)   The death certificate gave us the mortuary, Treadway & Wigger, which is still in existence in Napa, and we contacted them.  They told us this:  "Our records indicate that $30.00 was advanced for a grave at Yountville Cemetery and that $15.00 was advanced to a Mr. Crowley to open & close the grave. "   The kicker here is that they don't have plot information.  Okay, this is the mortuary that buried her, and they don't know where!  We have to assume that "Yountville Cemetery" means the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, and so the question is, does anybody know if this cemetery has been transcribed?  I know it has been photographed without captions.  I know there is a Yountville Cemetery Association that has no web presence, and so far, it's like a black hole in genealogy.  I can't believe that my friend and/or I have missed anything, but I know there is always that chance.   Any thoughts, suggestions as to this cemetery will be very much appreciated!   Thanks to all. Susan ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Susan, You might want to contact the Napa Valley Genealogical Society. In 1990 they published *Cemetery Inscriptions Napa County, California, George Yount Cemetery, Yountville, California*. On page 45 it lists: McVay, Hester Dollie, 34 yrs 8 mo, May 7, 1932. (no record of where buried). Looks like there might not be a headstone. I know of at least one other burial at that cemetery where the headstone no longer exists. Ellen White On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:46 AM, RC <rc13@att.net> wrote: > Susan.... > > You have gone to www.findagrave.com and looked at her memorial # > 108794042? If > you click on the memorial's creator, Eileen Thomas, and look at the last > message, it gives source information. > > RC > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Stuart <marigoldsglen@yahoo.com> > To: "norcal@rootsweb.com" <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, April 25, 2013 10:31:23 PM > Subject: [NORCAL] George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery - Transcription? > > Well, we've all been on a roll lately so I'm hoping it's my turn to get > lucky. > A fellow researcher and I have been on a long and tedious search for Hester > Dolly Watson McClain Wygal McVey. "Watson" being her maiden name, and > "McVey" > being her buried name. > > Seriously, this is one of those awesome stories where two years ago, we > knew > that Hester was born in Los Angeles in about 1899, had her in the 1910 > census > and then nothing. Fast forward to today, we have most of Hester's story > pieced > together, including two of her three marriage certificates and her death > certificate from 1932. (She was only 32 years old.) > > The death certificate gave us the mortuary, Treadway & Wigger, which is > still in > existence in Napa, and we contacted them. They told us this: "Our records > indicate that $30.00 was advanced for a grave at Yountville Cemetery and > that > $15.00 was advanced to a Mr. Crowley to open & close the grave. " > > The kicker here is that they don't have plot information. Okay, this is > the > mortuary that buried her, and they don't know where! We have to assume > that > "Yountville Cemetery" means the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery, and so > the > question is, does anybody know if this cemetery has been transcribed? I > know it > has been photographed without captions. I know there is a Yountville > Cemetery > Association that has no web presence, and so far, it's like a black hole in > genealogy. I can't believe that my friend and/or I have missed anything, > but I > know there is always that chance. > > Any thoughts, suggestions as to this cemetery will be very much > appreciated! > > Thanks to all. > Susan > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >