The theme for Week 37 is "Tombstone." If you're like me, cemeteries are your happy place. (I even had shirts made!) Have you found an interesting tombstone for one of your ancestors? Has a tombstone given you a surprising piece of information? Check out all of the 2024 prompts here.
Just the other day, a local genealogical society had a
Cemetery Walk at the cemetery that my 2nd great-grandmother, Nellie
Booth Hiltz Pansie is buried at. I decided I wanted to go and my husband tagged
along.
This society gave all the attendees a handout about the people whose graves we were going to be visiting. I applaud this effort; however, I wish the guide didn’t read verbatim from the handout. We were supposed to visit 10 sites, in an hour, when the first site took 15 minutes, I knew this wasn’t for me and we left.
However, we did arrive early and I showed my husband my 2nd great-grandmother’s grave along with her grandchild’s grave, my great-grandfather’s niece. My husband, then wandered around the cemetery as I visited with those who were arriving for the cemetery walk.
As we were driving home, my husband made a comment on how people today don’t realize how lucky we are. He was struck by how many people had to bury their children and in general how young people were when they died. Especially, wives, how many he saw that died in their 30’s.
This also got me thinking about a comment a fellow member of
a genealogy club I belong to made. She stated that she doesn’t look for anyone
other than her direct ancestors. I mentioned that I do genealogy as a way to preserve
and honor all my relatives.
On that drive home, it made me think of my great grandfather’s niece who was buried in that cemetery. Mildred Buehring only lived six short years. She will never have descendants who will research her. She died before her family moved to Canada. She also died six years before her younger sister, Mabel was born. Mabel also died young at the tender age of 12. Mabel and Mildred would be fated to be forgotten if she was a relative of my fellow genealogy club member. However, they will never be forgotten in my genealogy endeavors.
Mabel Carlina Hiltz was born in Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin on Dec 31, 1876, the daughter of Seymour Hiltz and Wilina Booth. On Oct 13, 1895 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin she married William George Buehring. Three of their children, Mildred born Sep 18, 1897, George William born Dec 9, 1905 and Paul Henry born Jan 5, 1907, all in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Sadly, Mildred died on Jan 19, 1904 in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin and is buried in the Ellenwood Cemetery, Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin. Thus, she passed before her younger siblings were born. The Buehring Family moved to Winnifred, Alberta, Canada in 1908. While there, their fourth and youngest child, Mabel Maria was born in 1910. The family moved in 1914 to Beiseker, where their daughter Mable Maria died in 1922. She is buried in the Beisker Community Cemetery, Beiseker, Alberta, Canada. The family moved to Calgary in 1929 and on Oct 21, 1945, Mabel died and is buried in the Queen’s Park Cemetery and Mausoleum in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
My suggestion: even if you only want to research your direct
ancestors, how about also adding their siblings to your tree. This way if they
died with no descendants, they won’t be forgotten completely.
Remember to have fun and Just do Genealogy!
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