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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: muffin74 on Wednesday 15 September 10 15:38 BST (UK)
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My G Grandfather Thomas Harkin/Harkins was a Butler and emigrated to NY in 1903 with the intention of bringing my G Grandmother and their children over at a later date but unfortunately died before he could do so, he died on 24th June 1906 and was buried on the 26th
I have got a copy of his death cert and have managed to locate were he is buried:
The Green-Wood Cemetery
500 25th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Grave 335, Lot 30010, Section 135
I believe he is buried with his Sister and her Husband (Ellen & Hugh Nesbitt) who died in 1900/1899
This is a bit of a long shot but I am hoping there is someone in the area with a bit of spare time that could visit the grave to check if there is is a headstone, and if so then take a photo and email it to me.
I visited NY in 2007 but unfortunately this was before I realised my G Grandfather was buried there!
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There are two volunteers on www.raogk.org who do gravestone pictures at that cemetery - maybe give one a try.
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Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply and for pointing me in the right direction! I have now sent a request to one of the volunteers so heres hoping :)
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from the following website: www.findagrave.com
Green-Wood Section 135, Lot 30010
According to cemetery records, the grave of Thomas Harkins (grave #335) is in this area, but a walk through of this section revealed no memorial stone.
A photo of the area in which Thomas is supposed to be is shown with the above information below the photo.
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Hi thanks for the reply, this is the same info the RAOGK Volunteer sent me and it appears to have just recently been added to the findagrave.com site so I presume it was them who added it.