[or-roots] ~Re: tombstone inscriptions

[cuprum4445 at aol.com]

Hey Les - 
 
 
A person could get really depressed watching the news reports of that  
Haitian tragedy. We needed a good laugh today. I thought those tombstone  
inscriptions were a good diversion for us. I hadn't read most of those funny  
inscriptions before. We could be creative with some of  our own family names 
(but not really use them on the stones.)  I'm thinking  I could have fun with 
Grandpa & Grandma Showers' surname, and then we  have John & Johanna Hore, 
etc. 

 
I'll file that key list of Oregon county codes for future use. Some of  
those older divorce files are interesting. One of our great grandmothers  filed 
for a divorce, detailing her husband's 'problems', but dropped it. We'll  
never know why she didn't carry through with the suit, but she still had to  
pay the court filing costs. Never-the-less he thought he was divorced, 
according  to later census reports. They had 7 children, but he doesn't have a 
tombstone -  oh well.
 
Our genealogy club members wrote our own obituaries & read them  at one 
meeting. That was really fun - some were serious, others wishful  thinking 
(fiction) & I had fun being silly with mine. One friend saved  her serious obit, 
so her kids won't make mistakes. I was told by a  genealogist not to bother 
looking for my great grandmother's obituary in their  1901 newspaper, 
because "obituaries of that era were sentimental & didn't  provide much true 
data." Well hey - I loved the way they described Great  Grandma Bevercombe when 
I found the obit, & I felt more  connected to her, even if it was flowery. 
Grandpa B's was even better because it  told me about his adventures in 
freighting for a time. I'd never have  known that otherwise.
 
Gerrie
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2010 9:53:10 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
reedsportchapmans at verizon.net writes:

I would  have had I received such info from the person who sent this to me, 
but I  suspect in final analysis those are all bogus inscriptions, I just 
thought a  little humor might help in what has been on both a personal and 
international  level a fairly bleak  week.

Les

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