Naoma (or Naomi in some documents) is one of John Church's multiple wives. But John marrying a bunch isn't the mystery- do you think son John Jr's birth date is wrong or is Naomi's death date wrong?
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Unfortunately Minnie's death date was never engraved, but her body did make it back to Fairport to be laid to rest near her husband Noah.
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Hair jewelry certainly a lost art, but is it more eerie than art? A staple of mourning fashion during the Victorian era, we won't see it being flaunted today; maybe it's time for a comeback!
Thanks to Genesee Country Village & Museum for having me and creating a great exhibit!
#victorianera #mourning #mourningjewelry #history #cemeteries #cemetery #graveyard #tombstone #museum #historical #historicpreservation
I had a blast at Genesee Country Village & Museum exploring their newest exhibit 'Everybody's Going To Be There: The American Rural Cemetery Movement’ which is open now until December 2025! Cemetery exhibits might not be everyone's cup of tea but it was everything I could have dreamed of!
The entire interview I had with their curator Brandon is on my YouTube channel now!
#cemetery #cemeteries #headstones #cemeterylovers #museum #history #historymuseum #historicpreservation #historical #graveyard #localhistory #cemeterypreservation #cemeteryexploring #tombstone
Some unexpected excavation had to be done to unearth (even if only a little) George and Elizabeth Drmacich's headstones! Thank you Jenna for trusting me to clean your great grandparents stone!
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Have you heard of Matilda Joslyn Gage? It's safe to say she is a rather unknown leader of the suffrage movement!
#suffragette #suffrage #VotingRights #voting #Election2024 #cemetery #headstones #familyhistory #history #womenshistory
I exercised my right to vote, but only thanks to trailblazing women like Susan B and Mary S Anthony! A voting tradition here in Rochester NY is to place you 'I Voted' sticker on Susan B Anthony's headstone as a 'thank you' to her (and all the suffragists) efforts to getting women the right to vote!
Thank to the Susan B. Anthony Museum & House for being an early voting location!
*Don't worry the cemetery places a plastic covering on their headstones 🪦*
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Cleaning this headstone for Blake was extra special! Thank you for trusting me to spruce it up a bit!
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Emma Beaumont; a lifelong servant born 1855 and died 1913. Young, unmarried, women could easily find jobs working as domestic, or household servants in the 1800's. It was also common for the servant to live with the family, as to always be available when they needed.
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Charity Brooks Hubbard 1782-1863
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Cemeteries filled with your family members is always extra special.
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Would you consider a green/natural burial? 💚🪦 #rochesterny #cemetery #greenburial #ecofriendly #naturalburial #graveyard #headstones
