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Help with Gravestone Letters
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 16:25 |
Can anyone help with letters on my ...X great grandfather's gravestone, please? |
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Dermot | Report | 7 May 2017 17:03 |
Sorry - no idea. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 18:17 |
Thanks anyway Dermot. |
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Caroline | Report | 7 May 2017 18:34 |
Would the profession of your great grandfather have any bearing on it? |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 18:39 |
My several times grandfather was a farmer, Caroline, as were his descendants for several generations. |
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Caroline | Report | 7 May 2017 18:44 |
Sorry can't help then. Good luck though. |
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LondonBelle | Report | 7 May 2017 18:57 |
Were there any children with those initials that might have been buried with him, Joy? |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 19:00 |
Not that I've found Belle. He was buried with his second wife (not my ancestor) and neither of them had initials C or H. |
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Caroline | Report | 7 May 2017 19:10 |
Along those lines but any group or fellowship would apply, it's not unheard of to have initials for any group you're in on the stone. |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 19:13 |
Durham, Caroline. He died in 1711. |
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Caroline | Report | 7 May 2017 19:24 |
Putting thinking cap on....... |
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Gwyn in Kent | Report | 7 May 2017 19:33 |
No idea at the moment, but just to clarify, |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 7 May 2017 19:33 |
Abbreviations Found on Headstones - RootsWeb |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 19:37 |
Yes Gwyn, on the top narrow width of the stone - not on the face. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 7 May 2017 19:39 |
Epigraphy - Wikipedia |
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Kense | Report | 7 May 2017 19:39 |
I am sure this subject came up a few years ago and a photo of the gravestone was put on Keepsafe. Unfortunately the search function on here doen't work properly so I have no hope of finding the old thread. |
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'Emma' | Report | 7 May 2017 19:42 |
I remember that also Kense but for the life of me |
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JoyLouise | Report | 7 May 2017 19:56 |
If you remember, would you please let me know. |
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Kense | Report | 7 May 2017 20:28 |
No it wasn't solved |
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Kay???? | Report | 7 May 2017 22:13 |
IHS The sacred monogram: an abbreviation of the word for Jesus in Greek.? |