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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves -Day 8 #Glass & sticking with my broad take that memorials of any kind are included - these are the stained glass windows in CofE church, Grenfell, NSW installed by my gg grandfather & his brother as a memorial to one of their brothers. I love - “Let Brotherly Love Continue”

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 1d

I discovered recently that the “best” photo I took of a gx3 grandmother’s grave in the cemetery in Grenfell, NSW - a solid 5 hr drive - had empty alcohol bottles next to it (to the left)

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 7 #Angel when my grandfather’s brother died of wounds sustained in a shelling attack, his parents didn’t know whether he would have a grave. This is from his mother, Cissie’s little autograph book where she noted significant events in her life & the first memorial to him

I’m using a broad interpretation of grave to mean commemorate a person
This is from Cissie Newman’s little autograph book

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 2d

Weeping angels - one of the best Doctor Who episodes ever

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting- I wonder if that was respectful to the children of his first marriage? Or an economic decision- he’d bought the plot for two & may as well use it?

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves #Gender Dearly Beloved Mother in the wild old CofE section at Rookwood & two sisters in the Catholic section - both dearly beloved wives of Joseph Thomas Rich. He’s buried in his mother’s plot, as is his sister. One of my early cemetery forays - a massive sprawling area in Sydney

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

I swapped from Chrome (spinning nothingness ) to Edge yesterday & hey presto all was working ok for personal tax. For business- it made me use the MyId system ages ago

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

I know several family historians who would love to crack the file naming code! Especially photos with lots of people in them

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating & beautifully told. I posted two panels from Menin Gates for #31DaysOfGraves today using the tenuous connection of a soldier called J. Swan. His story has many parallels to Thomas Wootton’s. My grandfather’s brother is buried in a small cemetery on the outskirts of Ypres.

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 3d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 5 #Bird these are the panels at #MeninGates listing the soldiers of my Pop’s 1st. AIF 19th Battalion with no known grave, including J Swan. NAA records show he was a farm labourer, single & died “in the Field Belgium” I don’t think his mother truly had adequate means?

Centre top panel -19th battalion continued including J Swan - photo in September 2022

Extract from John Swan service number 5639 - records born Dumfries Scotland, joined AIF Cootamundra, NSW 6 April 1916, 29 years old, farm labourer

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysOfGraves Charles Rae arrived in Australia in 1855 from Udny, Scotland, lived in Forbes NSW for many years & his granddaughter, born over 40 years later said his accent was so strong he may as well have been speaking another #language This plot is at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney NSW, Nov 2015

Rookwood Cemetery - Old Presbyterian- Charles Rae, wife Emma Jane Rae née Bradford, formerly Wright, her daughter-Louisa Chesher née Wright, Lillian Mary Christian (née Rae, formerly Keating but I suspect Louisa’s daughter) & a memorial to Sophia Morrison

Source unknown- I was given this by a descendant of Charles Rae & Emma Jane Bradford - my husband is also a descendant

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

Indoors so the inscription survives! So long ago

Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

I was reminded of the scene in Succession when they arrive at the cemetery & the kids get a first look at the Tomb their father had purchased 🤣🤣🤣

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

I need to figure out how to weave gravesite unknown within the cemetery for my Edinburgh ancestors. I have one who fell though the ceiling of St Giles in 1833 landing on approximately the spot where The Queen was lying in state in 2022. He was buried in Canongate Kirkyard

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

Yes - tombs aren’t a thing for my family either. One idea I had was that I use the tombs to orient myself in the huge cemeteries- Dad is a left turn just past the tombs at Macquarie Park cemetery but I’ve never taken a photo of said tombs!

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 5d

#31DaysOfGraves Day3 #Tomb As a teenager, i didnt see the point of those WW1 memorials in each suburb or town. But a physical location to mourn is important to many & this is the nation’s tribute www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11...

What do we know about Australia's Unknown Soldier?

How and why was an unknown soldier chosen to represent all Australians who have been killed in war?

www.abc.net.au

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 7d

#31DaysOfGraves Day 2 #Nautical in the middle of this headstone at Waverley Cemetery is the name William Moreton Newman commemorated after falling overboard on a Syd-Mel trip. Waverley Cemetery has the most spectacular view of the Pacific Ocean - taken November 2020

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 7d

#31DaysofGraves - belated day 1 - Flowers. This is my great uncles grave near Ypres. The black & white photo shows flowers laid by his parents in 1920in front of the cross erected by his fellow soldiers & the other I took in 2022 perhaps the first family to visit since 1920 & a photo sent in 1918

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 10d

Is this at NGV now? Or from a previous display @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social it’s beautiful

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 12d

I love their charge for access model. I dip in every now & then and pay about 10 pounds to top up mid way through my session- I have plenty of Scottish ancestry & I find their indexes can often reveal enough for cousin research

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 12d

Can’t comment on breakfast venues but in 2022, Five March & Ubiquitous Chip were both excellent & sufficiently delicious to get a mention in my husband’s daily email update

Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 18d

22 does driving a stick shift vehicle which needed a pair of pliers to pull the choke out count as wild? And it’s 23 if you count transiting through LA to Vancouver & a bonus point for every state & territory in Australia? And can I substitute Fiji for Tahiti - both tropical holiday destinations?

Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 21d

I might have been exaggerating about the sun 🤣 luckily we had better things to do that day, West Ham were playing at Stamford Bridge (another weird experience for an Aussie - no beers in the stadium 😱)

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Jenny Hart @jenniferirvinghart.bsky.social · 21d

Yes - I’ve got Jane who was baptised twice several years apart in different parishes in Bristol with other sibling’s baptisms on the same day.

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