The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 5)

[karenlee]

No worries Deb.  I have to race off and do boring mundane things now.... like making a dent in the ironing pile before it topples over...

Be back later...

[deb usa]

Karen ...

Ironing ...bletch arrghhhh


I wonder if you and Ruskie live near each other?

WAKE UP RUSKIE!!! 

deb

[deb usa]

hi guys


I wonder if the whole family is buried there .... I just looked at the photo again .... scroll down to near the bottom , right hand side, just above the brown dead vine ...there are still engravings of letters!

I wonder if it was carefully cleaned that more would be revealed?

deb

added ...I love the fact that we know something "fab" is going to happen on the 9th and NB + Ann have no clue 

[karenlee]

I think it might be "..ears"  as in "years"??

Just noticed that there is more writing over on the left side tooo

[deb usa]

I think you're right, Karen


Supposedly Sarah and the 2 Nathaniels are buried there but when I look at the grave stone , going upward from the dead vine it looks like there maybe 3 "(Y)EARS" below Sarah's. So at least 4 people honoured !

I also see carvings on the left side next to tree trunk ...what I wouldn't give to be able to be there to clean it up!!!   

deb ...soon off to bed

[karenlee]

You and me both Deb.... wonder if they let you "prune" the foliage to really get close to it??

[deb usa]

karen ...

strange you you mention that as I was thinking that it's not as overgrown as I would have thought it to be if Nathaniel was buried there in 1911 ...almost 100 years ago. I do wonder why Sarah's name is at the top if Nathaniel died 21 years after her?

deb

[karenlee]

Maybe the headstone was erected over a multiple gravesite when one of the Nathaniel's died and they put Sarah on the top as she was there first... so to speak 

[deb usa]

hummmm


I think I get what you're saying ... so they would maybe remove first head stone and make a new one with a new name added? or keep the old one and add a name ... ?

Nathaniel bc 1827 ..died march q 1911, Mile End Old Town
Nathaniel bc 1858 died march q 1911, St Pancras
Sarah Bryceson bc 1826 died Dec q 1890, Islington
Sarah Clark Bryceson died sept q  1855, Islington
Mary Ward Bryceson died June q 1865, Islington
there were other children but can't remember ...late here 

i wonder if they are all there?

deb