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| Courtesy of Fran Wheeler, used with permission |
This is another story of never giving up and don’t stop looking.
My maternal 4th great grandmother, Rachel Frampton, died 1 Nov 1855, probably in Lawrence County, Ohio.
I had never located her place of burial. I suspected she may have been buried in the same cemetery as her husband, William Gillen, but had no proof of that. He is buried in Burlington Green Lawn Cemetery in Lawrence Co., Ohio. I have a total of 43 ancestors buried in this cemetery. Perhaps more, because there are probably some I haven’t learned of yet.
This is a lovely old cemetery. I was able to visit back in 2012, but didn’t have the same base of knowledge on these ancestors that I do now. I found a few headstones in this old cemetery, but not hers. Was it buried? Or did I miss it? I don’t know. There is no sexton nor any cemetery office to check with.
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| The entrance to Burlington Green Lawn Cemetery and a partial view of the grounds |
A couple of days ago I received an email saying that one of my edits to a FindAGrave memorial at that same cemetery, had been approved. When I receive those emails I always check the memorial and make a follow up note in my Legacy program that the edit was completed.
While on the site I decided to check Green Lawn Cemetery (also known as Burlington Green Lawn Cemetery) for any other Gillen’s. Perhaps I had missed some or there may have been new ones added.
To my complete surprise and delight, up popped a memorial for my Rachel Frampton Gillen. AND……ta da! There was a photo of her headstone.
The wonderful volunteer who took the photo and created the memorial also gave permission to use her photo. I sent her a message thanking her. Any time a volunteer takes a photo or creates a memorial for my family, I send them a thank you message.
You may visit Rachel’s memorial here #230233403.
She is indeed, buried at the same cemetery as her husband, William Gillen who had died in 1841.
Today’s Tip – Always keep checking back on various websites you use. New information, documents, photos and in this case, memorials are always being added.
I hope you’ve had similar discoveries and will continue to have more.
Happy hunting,
Michigan Girl
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Great job Diane! Yes, so important to not give up and keep trying new ways to search.
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