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How odd Marriage date on Headstone ?
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Where is the stone, Val - abroad, in a cemetery?
I don't think the inclusion of the name of a living spouse would be allowed in a churchyard in England, where the rules are much stricter than for municipal cemeteries. A "blank " headstone in a neighbouring village always used to spook me out and I used to always pop round the back expecting the inscription to be there, but of course it wasn't! (The churchyard was about to be closed and the elderly single verger wanted to buried there when the time came, so he got permission to reserve his plot and to put up the headstone and planned and paid the stonemason for the inscription which would be added later.)
I think people not of the parish can now request a space for a fee, and then a small cement plinth with the name is put down, but nothing in the way of a headstone until there has been an interment.
JayJanet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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I've seen many gravestones in the US that have the names of both spouses, and one of them has a death date, the other does not. Sometimes it's obvious that the surviving spouse must also have died (e.g., the DOB of the deceased one is quite old). Sometimes the one is just waiting for the other to join them.
And, yes, I've seen marriage dates, too. And a list of all the children of the marriage - with some of the children planted around 'em.
Last edited by PhotoFamily; 26-05-16, 13:32.
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I was photographing a church near Colchester a few years ago and a couple (50 ish) turned up with their daughter and son-in-law to be, to view the plot they were all going to be buried in!Those who were seen dancing, were thought to be insane, by those who could not hear the music.
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Originally posted by Stacky View PostI was photographing a church near Colchester a few years ago and a couple (50 ish) turned up with their daughter and son-in-law to be, to view the plot they were all going to be buried in!
I do have a problem with the names of living people being inscribed on headstones though, so that all that needs to added later is their date of death.
Photographs inserted into headstones has been allowed in many municipal and privately owned cemeteries for some decades now, but as far as I know, is not allowed in C of E churchyards, which are governed by a different set of regulations.
JayLast edited by Janet in Yorkshire; 27-05-16, 08:11.Janet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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Originally posted by Val wish Id never started View PostI would hate to have my name on a Gravestone before I'd even died.Last edited by PhotoFamily; 27-05-16, 14:40.
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