Cemetery Day, 18 June 2017
Today is “Cemetery Day”. A day to commemorate and share our love of cemeteries, and our loved ones who have passed.
I’ve had the opportunity to visit numerous cemeteries as I’ve travelled. I mean, why go to the tourist sites, when you can visit your great great grandparents grave, eh? That’s so much more interesting. So here’s a collection of just a few of them for you, for #CemeteryDay.
I’ll start off with one that’s close to my heart, and that is one of my little brother, whom I never knew.
my brother’s grave, Cudlee Creek Cemetery, South Australia
Frederick Hannaford’s grave (my 3x great grandpa), Cudlee Creek Cemetery, South Australia
Phebe Randell (nee Robbins), she was my 2x great grandma. Her grave (along with her brother Abner) is at the Salem Baptist Church, Gumeracha, South Australia
the tall pointy one is the grave of William Beavis Randell, husband of Phebe (photo above). He is my 2x great grandpa. His grave is at the Salem Baptist Church, Gumeracha, South Australia
the headstone of George and Mary Ann Phillips (my 3x great grandparents), who are buried at Kadina Cemetery, South Australia. They were one of my immigrant families.
Now for some others more distant … firstly here’s some from Scotland. I don’t have relatives here, but the cemetery was gorgeous.
Cemetery at St Magnus Cathedral Church of Scotland, Kirkwall, Orkney
Cemetery at St Magnus Cathedral Church of Scotland, Kirkwall, Orkney
In 2014 when visiting England, we (my family and I) Â went to a number of towns our ancestors came from, so here’s some photos of those cemeteries.
Lamorran, Cornwall – looking for relatives of my 3x great grandma who was born in the parish (didn’t find them)
Kenton All Saint’s churchyard, Devon
Kenton All Saint’s churchyard, Devon – such a beautiful old graveyard
I’m busy transcribing some Randell/Randle headstones at Berry Pomeroy church, Devon
more lovely headstones at Berry Pomeroy churchyard, Devon
And when I visited Finland, naturally I visited the cemetery there too … and found some relis!
this is Gustaf Wilhelm Winter’s grave in the Helsinki cemetery. He was my 3x great grandpa. And that’s me with my dad standing next to it.
Otto Edvard and his wife Hedvig Winter are my 2x great grandparents. They’re also buried in the Helsinki cemetery in Finland
And one last photo … the Helsinki cemetery is incredible. So quiet, so picturesque it was very “park like”, so here’s a ‘general’ photo of the cemetery, though it really doesn’t do it justice at all.
a small portion of the huge, park-like Helsinki cemetery in Finland
So till next year, that’s my collection of a few of my cemetery photos.
4 Responses to “Cemetery Day, 18 June 2017”
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Lovely photographs. The Kenton All Saint’s churchyard looks so picturesque, especially the ivy over the headstone.
Thank you Ruth, and you’re so right about the Kenton cemetery being picturesque.
Beautiful photographs.I always find it very moving when I find a headstone of a family connection.
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Thank you, Chris
love the photos..