Monday, February 28, 2011

Feb. 28, 1869



broken marker in Hebrew Rest No. 1 in Gentilly,
and roadside scene, Filmore Ave. in City Park

10 comments:

  1. Well, happy birthday to Morris Hellman. Very touching post.

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  2. Thanks, Ellen. In recent years, I have gained a certain sympathetic feeling for past centuries in New Orleans. sp

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  3. Sad to see that little Morris Hellman only lived to age 5, he died 16 April 1874, parents were Bernhard and Babette Hellman. Yeah, I'm a genealogy nut.

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  4. Thanks Molly, I had been hoping it was until 1894, being broken left it mysterious. But here is another which I posted a while back... the little ones struggled, and this other one must have been premature or stillborn, as he only had one day. sp

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  5. Two beautiful pictures, the fragile and the fleeting.

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  6. Hi Glenn, Thanks so much, the end of this month is an early transition. sp

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  7. A small cemetery in Port Gamble, WA overlooks an inlet of Puget Sound. Many of the markers are for children. I suppose that a flu epidemic or something like that decimated Port Gamble at one time.

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  8. Dear K., the stories told by old cemetery markers are emotional ones, but they usually leave me with a feeling of love and reverence. This kind of "comes with the territory" when we live near or on a spot inhabited by people for many years. Nowadays we expect children to live to adulthood, by and large, but of course this can't be taken for granted. thanks, sp

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  9. Dear Sussah, This Morris Hellman lived only a few years. Not enough to know that the daughter of his brother Max was none less than Lilian Hellman, the writer !

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    1. thanks, I like to pay respects to the people from before. my job involves biographical research, although I'm not personally into genealogy. it's nice of you to look up morris hellman. sp

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