Category: Earl Williams

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Gravestone Photos

Tue, Jan 12, 2021, at 3:50 PM
Lisbon Historical Society <lisbonhistsoc@gmail.com> wrote:
Beth,
Here is John Elcik and his wife….

Took photos of all the old unreadable gravestones at St Cyrils…..and then cleaned them up in my program and this  one surely had the death dates. Will try to clean up in the Spring…. – Earl Williams
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Gravesite Photo

Jan 13, 2021, at 5:41 PM
Beth,
That was a tough one for sure… it bothered me for a while … I hate to be beaten!!

I went to the Catholic Church in Lewiston to get the map. They said all cemetery maps are at the St Peters Cemetery office.  Good to know… (We will see.)
If you hadn’t given me the death dates, they probably would never be found…That was about all that was readable…
I always had a hard time taking pictures there as the sun is in the wrong place… It is shining only on one side of the stones, so the other side of the stone gets moldy…
 This cemetery is the only one I know of that the stones face South to North. The Cemetery rule is that your feet face the rising sun (East) and the sunsets behind your head (West)… Didn’t know that, huh????
I did put them in Find A Grave and put obits and linked everyone … The problem arose when the two last generations used their middle name Paul as their first name. Also, even the oldest names all were John P.  (Genealogy nightmare)
Take care………… And stay safe…
Earl Williams, Lisbon Historical Society