In a message dated 3/10/06 1:00:48, PAPHILAD-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Hello - Does anyone have any information about "vaults", where a body was held before burial ? I have just learned that my GrGrandfather HENRY H. EDEL, who died in Sept. 1877, was held in the Wharton St Vault, and buried April 29, 1878, in the Edell Mausoleum in Fernwood Cemetery. ... also the location of the Wharton St Vault, where on Wharton ? ... >> 00000000000000000000 Bodies were kept in vaults in the winter when the ground was too hard to dig. Vaults may also refer to above ground mini buildings used by the rich = mausoleums. The concrete shell surrounding the coffin for waterproofing? There are probably other meanings. Milton E. Botwinick [professional genealogist] botwinick@aol.com botwinick@alumni.rowan.edu MEBotwinick@alumni.temple.edu http://hometown.aol.com/botwinick/myhomepage/index.html
Thank you, I am wondering about the Wharton St Vault, I have been advised the body of my GrGrandfather was held there from Sept. 1877 until burial in April 1878, in the Mausoleum., at Fernwood....... please can you advise me if there are City Records of this that can be accessed? Thank you, Sally ----- Original Message ----- From: <Botwinick@aol.com> To: <PAPHILAD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 6:32 AM Subject: Re: "vaults" > In a message dated 3/10/06 1:00:48, PAPHILAD-D-request@rootsweb.com > writes: > > << Hello - Does anyone have any information about "vaults", where a body > was held before burial ? I have just learned that my GrGrandfather > HENRY H. > EDEL, who died in Sept. 1877, was held in the Wharton St Vault, and > buried > April 29, 1878, in the Edell Mausoleum in Fernwood Cemetery. ... also > the > location of the Wharton St Vault, where on Wharton ? ... >> > > > 00000000000000000000 > > > Bodies were kept in vaults in the winter when the ground was too hard to > dig. > > Vaults may also refer to above ground mini buildings used by the rich = > mausoleums. > The concrete shell surrounding the coffin for waterproofing? > There are probably other meanings. > > > Milton E. Botwinick [professional genealogist] botwinick@aol.com > botwinick@alumni.rowan.edu MEBotwinick@alumni.temple.edu > http://hometown.aol.com/botwinick/myhomepage/index.html > > ______________________________