Here’s a quick addendum to my last post. I was driving into Manchester last week when I realized that I was driving past Pine Grove Cemetery. I recalled that my dad’s Aunt Mayme (Mary) Bradshaw Delaney is buried there. I knew this because I’m the kind of person who remembers where their long dead relatives are buried. The snow had finally receded, and I had some spare time, so I went looking for her, armed with an inquisitive nature and an email from the City of Manchester telling me the location of the grave. It’s a huge cemetery, but I found the grave with after just a few minutes.
She’s buried with her husband John in the Rowell family plot, in a part of the cemetery full of massive tombstones and crypts. There’s just a low headstone, already succumbing to the ravages of time and careless lawn mower operation – broken at the corners, and covered with lichen.
In contrast – this is the stone for the Rowells:
It’s curious that Aunt Mayme and her husband John are buried in this plot, while Aunt Alice, who worked for the Rowell’s, and lived with them for decades is buried across town. Mayme and John must have had some connection to them, since Charles Rowell – the last of the Rowells – left them $10,000 in his will. My next research task is to check out Alice Bradshaw and Charle’s Rowell’s wills at city hall. Maybe I’ll find out then.
Fascinating stuff. I just went back and reread your post on Aunt Mayme to put this into context.