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Peterkinz | Report | 16 Sep 2008 04:48 |
They say you need three sources to confirm something - so try this.... |
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SylviaInCanada | Report | 16 Sep 2008 05:25 |
Peter, |
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Karen | Report | 16 Sep 2008 09:59 |
I have something similar with my grandfather. I have absolutely NO IDEA where his ashes are, and neither do the rest of the family, but there is a plaque on his parents grave for him. I have checked with the cemeteries department who confirm catergorically that he is not there, but you would never know it from the plaque. |
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Kate | Report | 17 Sep 2008 23:27 |
I've done a bit of transcribing of gravestones in my local area and a number of times I have found things like, "And also of James Henry, son of the above, who died aged 34 in South Africa and was interred there" added on a family stone. |
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Peterkinz | Report | 18 Sep 2008 04:53 |
Not an official government one - it was after the Maori Wars and he had been in the local militia, was also a mason so it was a fairly big funeral. The newspaper report says he was buried according to his wishes "at the top of the hill" - in heavy rain and very slippery with mud. Considering he had been to organise life insurance, lost his temper when they told him what the premiums were, then dropped dead (uninsured) he must have been quite a character. |
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