Yes, they are buried near the perimeter of the cemetery; the side toward the main street, I think. Homebound? Another one of those words with almost opposite meanings. home·bound1 (h½m"bound") adj. Heading homeward. [home + bound4.] home·bound2 (h½m"bound") adj. Restricted or confined to home: homebound invalids. [home + bound3.] In this case we can tell by the context that you are restricted. Also, homebound in the first sense has been replaced almost completely by homewardbound. I should think that the latter should also have been replaced by homeridden, as in bedridden; but American Heritage disclaims homeridden. Google lists it three times; so it is not a popular word. I never did have the straight of the cousin _____ removed designation. I know that people with a common grandparent are first cousins; those with a common great grandparent are second cousins; and so on. So, since John and Maria are my 2gps and your 3gps; doesn't that make us 2.5 cousins? }:-) Richard Emlin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Achenbach > Richard - Wow! I didn't know that Elizabeth Achenbach and Nathan Gruber > were also buried at St. John's! I've been pretty much homebound for the > past while and have not been able to get over to St. John's to poke around > for several years, certainly not since I've discovered Elizabeth & Nathan > were Mary Gruber's parents - that discovery only came to me within the > past year or so. I did know that their daughter Mary E. Gruber and her > husband Thomas Henry Dehart were buried at St. John's. Mary & T. Henry > Dehart's daughter Ada was my paternal grandmother. Ada and her husband, > Earl L. Yohn are also buried at St. John's. > > Hmmm...Elizabeth's parents were your gr-gr-grandparents and my 3x > gr-grandparents. > > I THINK that makes us 3rd cousins, once removed, yes??? If so, I think > that's awesome! > > (I can't place right now the source where I obtained Elizabeth's middle > initial as "M"...it's probably somewhere in my random miscellaneous notes > that have yet to be properly dealt with and filed LOL) > > Karen from Berks Cawhnty > > Richard wrote: > "Ja, gewiss, Elizabeth ("M"?) Achenbach, 6 Dec 1831-27 Jun 1913, was the > daughter of my great, great grandparents, John and Maria (Bechtold) > Achenbach. She married Nathan Gruber, 31 Dec 1827-12 Feb 1889, on a date > unknown to me. They are buried on St. John's Cemetery in Mt. Aetna. "