Forgotten

[cemeteryconsort]

I was looking up a burial certificate today to find some genealogy information for someone who called (burial certificates are sort of the short form for death certificates and accompany the body to the place of finale disposition) and while looking for one person I noticed two others in the same year (like when you try to find a word in the dictionary and end up reading half the book). The name seemed familiar but I could not place it, and it was a mother and infant who died the same day. The mother died of eclampsia, which I believe is bleeding from the birth of the child, but I'm not sure of that. Anyway, I had a person a while back that I could not find who died in this time period, and it was a mother and child so it got me thinking if this person was properly recorded. I looked in the alphabetical listings and she was not there, and she was not listed in my 'master list' either. So I looked on the map that I had made up of the 'single grave' section, sort of the poor people area that was used in this time period, 1934, and sure enough, I had her listed along with her infant. I walked out to that section to see if there was a stone, and there was. Just the mother's name was on the stone, Flostena.  She was 34 years old when she died. I have now added her name to the other record books so hopefully she will not be lost again.

The nun is my great, great great grand aunt? if I have that right. My great great grandfather's sister. She's Blessed now. Just waiting for a second miracle and she might get Sainted.  So if you need intercessions, she's your lady! Let's bless one for the Gipper!