From St. Michael's Cemetery in Hayward, California the memorial of Peter Wilson ~
Died Oct. 17, 1820
Copyright © 2010 by Cheryl Palmer
Graveyard Rabbit of South Alameda County by Cheryl Palmer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Meet A Rabbit #74
Today we meet Graveyard Rabbit number 74, Julie Goucher. She is the author of Grave Encounters. Julie agrees with the rest of us Graveyard Rabbits that headstones and monuments deserve to be treated with respect and treasured. Sounds like a great addition to the organization to me! You can read more about her here, at the Graveyard Rabbit Association Blog. Enjoy!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Meet A Rabbit #73
The seventy third graveyard rabbit to join our association is Angela L. Burke. Angela's blog is "Headboards of Stone - A Mississippi Graveyard Rabbit Blog." Her featured bio can be found here at the main page of The Graveyard Rabbit Association Blog. Wait until you see how she spent her childhood! We welcome Angela! Enjoy!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
From St. Michael's Cemetery In Livermore
We share with you today, the memorial of Margaret Doyle.
In memory of
MARGARET.
Native of Bray Co. Willow
Ireland
beloved wife of
GEORGE DOYLE
Died August 23, 1876
Aged 65 years.
___
Erected by her daughter
AGNES.
Copyright © 2011 by Cheryl Palmer
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Meet Rabbit #72
I would once again like to share another Graveyard Rabbit feature from the Association. This time we meet Rabbit #72 Kellie Walton, author of the blog "She finds Friends." Kelli's father reminds me very much of my own father with his great sense of humor. Read what Kellie's father told his children when they were young! Do you think it has anything to do with why she became a Graveyard Rabbit today? You can find her story here! Enjoy!
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Bucannan Headstone
I wanted to share another view of the San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery. This view shares a bit of the destruction that happened here in the past, along with some mature trees. You see a bit of this behind the headstone that is front and center. This is a view down one side of the cemetery, where you can see there was a black cyclone fence installed to help protect these monuments. This photo was taken quite a while ago so I am looking forward to heading there again one day soon to see how the refurbishing project is coming along that the Hayward Area Historical Society has been working on.
The headstone front and center is the resting place of:
MRS. MARY BUCHANNAN
DIED
JAN. 22, 1888.
AGED 62 Y'rs 6 M's
NATIVE OF NEW YORK
Friday, July 15, 2011
Meet A Rabbit #71
There have been many new Graveyard Rabbits, I need to play catch up again!
Here is a start ~
Rabbit #71 is Sue Jones whose blog is "Sleeping Gardens and Other Final Resting Places." She is from Saffron Waldron in Essex England. You can read about her at the Graveyard Rabbit Association page here. Enjoy!
Thursday, July 14, 2011
A Deed for Sale on the Internet?
San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery
It has been almost 10 days since I found out about this article, just couldn't seem to get here to post about it until now:
Will your family history be sold on Ebay? written by Toni Mann.
Can you imagine seeing a deed for a cemetery plot for sale on EBAY?
The article caught my attention because it referred to San Lorenzo Pioneer Cemetery. It also caught my attention because Toni Mann wrote the article. She writes for the San Lorenzo Patch. I have never met Toni, but have had a couple of correspondences with her online. We have San Lorenzo definitely in common along with the cemetery and maybe even genealogy research.
Toni shared with me the research she did for this article and explained she found the picture of the grave site on Find A Grave. She did the usual genealogical research, looking through census records and learning about the family that is involved.
Head on over and read the article!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wordless Wednesday ~ Self
Rickey Self
May 4, 1941 ~ Sept. 4, 1955
Lonetree Cemetery, Hayward, California
Copyright © 2011 by Cheryl Palmer
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Meet A Rabbit #75
Time to meet Graveyard Rabbit number seventy five. Her name is Robin Simonton and she writes the blog Graveyard Rabbit at the Triangle, N. C. She says "cemeteries are repositories of stories, dreams and hopes." I like that way of thinking. Why don't you head on over to her bio and learn more about her! Enjoy!
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