Tombstone Tuesday - Milawa cemetery

I am lucky to have found photos of many ancestors and family members headstones.

This post is for the geneabloggers daily blogging prompt, Tombstone Tuesday.

Some sadly no longer exist so I am recording those that do and I'm very grateful to Carol Judkins for all her work photographing and recording headstones.

My 4 x great grandmother, Mary Land, nee Bush, is buried with her young grandson, Robert Joseph Land, at Milawa cemetery, in North East Victoria, Australia.

The old original broken headstone has been replaced by a new one.  I don't know when or by whom as my request to Carol for copies of photos is the first time I have seen them.

The list of cemeteries photographed can be found at  Carol's headstone photos

Mary's husband Joseph died in Norfolk, England in 1852 so Mary came to Australia in 1862 with her daughter, Hephzibah and son in law William Cluff Hulme.  Other family members had earlier already migrated here.

My lineage to Mary Land is as follows:

me
mum - Amelia Joan Fleming (1937 -2012)
grandmother - Daisy Marion Fleming nee Morgan (1908 - 1998)
great grandmother - Ada May Morgan nee Hulme (1884 - 1965)
gg grandfather - Joseph Hulme (1843 - 1920)
ggg grandmother - Hephzibah Hulme nee Land (1815- 1887)
gggg grandmother - Mary Land nee Bush (1786 - 1875)

Tombstone Tuesday - Thomastown Lutheran Cemetery

Nebel, Georg, b. 2 Feb 1793, d. 2 Sep 1877, Und Seine Ehefrau, s/w Anna Dorothea Nebel,
Anna Dorothea, b. 18 Mar 1796, d. 29 Oct 1877, Selig Sind Die Todten Die in Dem Herrn Sterben, s/w Georg Nebel

Photos of the headstones in this post are courtesy of  Carol's Headstone Photos  

There is a list of cemeteries at which she has taken headstone photos.

Carol will very kindly email requested photos to you.

Carol also has a blog at http://carolsheadstonephotographs.blogspot.com.au/

My fourth great grandparents Georg Nebel and 

Anna Dorothea nee Shultz came to Australia with other family members in 1855 on board the Danish ship Acmel.

Many of those Prussian (German) settlers are buried at Thomastown (Westgarthtown) Lutheran Cemetery.

The photos below show the Nebel family plot.

Westgarthtown's Historical Legacy

A wonderful brief history of Westgarthtown

Whitehat.com.au has an interesting site about Thomastown (Westgarthtown) Lutheran Cemetery

A list of burials at the cemetery on interment.net website.

Tombstone Tuesday - But there is no Tombstone

John Kelly died at Yackandandah on the 28th of July 1905.  He seemed to have rather a tragic life.

An Inquest was held and John was buried at the Yackandandah cemetery on the 30th of July 1905.  There is no headstone but his grave has been photographed for me by Peter Ross.
He used his green folder as a marker.


The following articles appeared in the Melbourne Argus and the Advertiser Newspapers on the 29th of July 1905. From Trove 

Then the following article appeared in the Evening Post newspaper in Wellington New Zealand where John Kelly's brother, Thomas and their nephew Alexander Morgan were living. From Papers Past news archives

John was born at Dualla, Tipperary around 1840. Parents Cornelius Kelly and Mary Moloughney.
His Baptism record was dated 20 Jun 1840 at Newpark, Sponsors were William Mahony, Mary Ryan.

Along with his brothers Thomas and William he arrived in Australia from Ireland just in time for his elder sister's wedding in Melbourne on the 30th of June 1858.

John married Mary Ann Francis at Tarraville, Gippsland, Victoria on the 6th of February 1869.  They may have had a son John born in 1869 but I have found no further record or proof of his connection.

Mary Ann and John then had a daughter they named Mary Francis.  She was born in 1871.

Then came Alice Francis about 1874.  In 1900 Alice married a Denis Winters.
Alice died at Fitzroy in 1939.

Both John Kelly's wife Mary Ann and daughter Mary Francis died in Melbourne in 1888.  I have yet to purchase their death certificates and find out where they are buried.

Tombstone Tuesday - George Kellam Bird

George Kellam Bird was my great-great-grand Uncle - the brother of my great-great grandmother Catherine Bird. 
Like his father before him, George Bird was a wheelwright.  Actually George was a Master Wheelwright.
He was born in 1820 at Foston, Lincolnshire, England, the eldest son of Mark and Mary Bird nee Kellam.  Mark and Mary died young, both in 1834 aged  about 45 and 38 years respectively.
Their seventh and youngest child, Mark, was only 2 years old.
George would have been about 14 so probably already out earning a living.

His maternal grandfather, George Kellam was also a Master Wheelwright.
This could be how George's parents met.

George would have been taught his trade by his father and following his father's death his grandfather would have continued to teach him the trade.. Young Mark was living with his grandfather in the 1841 census at Waltham-on-the-Wolds and then with his big brother, George at Corby in the 1851 census.

He moved to Corby Glen in Lincolnshire and lived there for many years until his death in 1885.
In 1847 George had married Ann Loughter.  They had one son in 1849, also named George and this George Bird junior also became a wheelwright.

The cast iron grave marker for George's grave at St. John the Evangelist churchyard at Corby Glen is rather impressively painted black with gold lettering.

My cousin Cathy is currently about to visit Lincolnshire where our Bird family originated.

This photo is from the website   http://www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk/Cast_Iron.htm#corby
but I don't know how long ago it was taken.  Perhaps Cathy will visit the resting place of our relative, George Kellam Bird.

Tombstone Tuesday - Farquhars at Rathen Aul' Kirk

My 3 x great grandparents Alexander Farquhar and his wife Margaret nee Yule are at eternal rest with some of their children at the Old Kirkyard, Rathen, Aberdeenshire,Scotland

Erected by Alexander and Margaret Farquhar Quarryburn, New Aberdour in memory of their children Margaret and Elizabeth Jane twins b 11 April d 16th and 21st April 1859, George d 18 Feb 1868 aged 2, Alexander d 26 May 1872 aged 14, Alick W Farquhar grandson d 22 Aug 1891 aged 7,  Above Alexander Farquhar b 21 April 1820 d 28 Feb 1899, his wife Margaret Yule b 23 Oct 1822 d 15 May 1907.  Their daughter Ann b 20 march 1849 d 2 April 1908, Mary their eldest dau d 31 Oct 1932 aged 87

Two Farquhar headstones at the Auld Kirkyard

Auld Kirkyard at Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Many thanks to Wayne Easton of Tyrie for taking these photos for me.

Tombstone Tuesday - Forsyth's at New Aberdour

Aberdour Graveyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

There are more graves around behind the old building and that is where my Forsyth family headstone is situated.  My 3rd great grandparents, Robert Forsyth and Helen nee Thomson, are buried here with their second youngest son, Edward Gerrard Forsyth and his family.  The following two photos were taken a couple of years ago for me by Robert and Helen's grandson, Patrick.  As this is in Scotland and I am in Australia I am extremely grateful to have these photos.

FORSYTH

Errected by Edward G Forsyth, Mid Cowbog, in loving memory          of his wife Helen Y Jamieson b. 1871-d. 1918; 

Also their sons Henry Alexander died in infancy;

Gnr Edward Gerrard b. 1894 d. in France 1916 - interred in St. Sever, Rouen;

John b. 1896 d. 1918. 

His father Robert Forsyth b. 1824-d. 1886;

And his mother Helen Thomsonb. 1825-d. 1917; 

His grand daughter Elizabeth Ingram b. 1907- d. 1914. 

His mother in law Elizabeth Thom b. 1838- d. 1915; 

His daughter Annie b. 1911- d. 1953 

The above Edward G Forsyth b. 1863-d. 1956.

Also their daughter Georgina who died 22nd June 1986 aged 77 years.

Also their daughter Jane Helen who died 8th Sept 1988 aged 87 years.

Tombstone Tuesday

The family grave of my Morgan and Kelly ancestors originally from Ireland.  It is situated in the Roman Catholic section F Grave 53 at the Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Victoria Australia.

The headstone inscription reads:

MORGAN

Erected by
Alice
in memory of her beloved husband
John MORGAN
died at Essendon
24 Feb 1880
age 48 yrs

also their second daughter
Alice
died 5 Nov 1872
age 6 yrs

also
Michael KELLY
died at Essendon
19 Apr 1898
age 59 yrs

also their dearly beloved youngest daughter
Agnes Mary Magdelen MORGAN
died at Essendon
30 Apr 1900
age 24 yrs

also their son
Francis
died at Essendon
11 Jun 1900 age 40 yrs

also the beloved mother of above
Alice MORGAN
died at Essendon
30 Sep 1904
age 69 yrs.

John Morgan and his wife Alice, nee Kelly owned the original Cross Keys Hotel at Essendon.

http://morganandkellyfamilyhistories.weebly.com/index.html