Thanks for that info Marg. I should have thought of that as my mother had her name on my father's stone for 55 years before she joined him there. Cheers! Doreen ====== >From: Marg McFarlane <mmcfarla@telusplanet.net> >Reply-To: ontario@rootsweb.com >To: ontario@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Missing Ancestor in Markham - BRADY >Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:54:36 -0600 > >Hi Doreen: > >One thing to keep in mind is that OCFA includes the names of ALL >persons' names appearing on the headstones, not just the names of people >who were actually buried in that plot in a particular cemetery, if >that's the way the contributor/organization recorded the headstones. > >For example, my female relative's headstone gives the name of her >husband, Mary Jones wife of George Jones, so his name is also included >in the OCFA index, even though he wasn't buried in that cemetery in with >her. He remarried, moved to the US, died and was buried there with his >second wife. > >He had never purchased a plot in that cemetery for himself either. Hers >was the only one purchased by him. > >You would have to check with the cemetery or view the actual headstone >transcript to determine if there really was a burial for this Patrick in >that cemetery or not, or if it was just on her headstone as Mary Jones, >wife of George, and that's how his name ended up in the transcription. > >As an example, on the OCFA website is "frequently asked questions": > >Why are these listings of people who are still alive? > >Most of the information in OCFA comes from the Indexes of Cemetery >Transcriptions. Many people have a tombstone carved with both the >husband's and wife's name after one of them has passed on. If the >Cemetery Transcript contains both these names, OCFA will contain them as >well. > >While the above entry is referring to persons still alive, the same info >applies to persons not actually buried in a cemetery but who are named >on the headstone. They all are in the OCFA database if the person/group >who transcribed the headstones included those references to spouse or >children that appear on the stones. > >Marg in Sunny Alberta > >D O' wrote: > > > Page 225, lines 24 & 25 of the 1851 Census, YORK County, Markham, > > shows Ellen Bready (sic) and daughter Susan are with son-in-law Robert > > Blakely and wife/daughter Elisha. The Census states Ellen will be 60 > > years old and Susan is 30 on next birthday, both born in Ireland, both > > RC. > > > > Can anyone tell if the writing shows them to be widowed, married or > > single? > > > > That's the last they're seen. They are not in the 1881 Census, no > > Ancestry record of a death of Ellen or a marriage of Susan... that I > > can find, so I don't know if they are visiting in the 1851 Census or > > even living in Ontario. > > > > Thanks for any hints, help or ouija board rattlings. > > > > Cheers! > > Doreen > > > > PS - A Mrs. Ellen Brady in Carleton County who died in 1893 at 102 yrs > > shows up in Ancestry, but while she fits the name, age and birthplace > > OCFA shows her husband Patrick buried with her. The Ellen Brady I'm > > looking for was a widow...or was she? > > ====== > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Windows Live Hotmail is the next generation of MSN Hotmail. It's > > fast, simple, and safer than ever and best of all - it's still free. > > Try it today! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA146 > > > > > > > > > > __________ NOD32 2355 (20070626) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >*********** > >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > >__________ NOD32 2355 (20070626) Information __________ > > > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >http://www.eset.com > > > > > > >*********** >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at >http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148