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Photo Forum / Film Photography / 35 mm / September 2007A Wedding Photographer in Brisbane hears this all the time: "Till death do us part"
It may not apply in some instances!... http://www.weddingsnportraits.com.au/POD/27-08-07 Doug > It may not apply in some instances!... > > http://www.weddingsnportraits.com.au/POD/27-08-07 > > Doug Doug, nice, but it can't compare to the Utah cemeteries for the Mormons. >> It may not apply in some instances!... >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Doug, nice, but it can't compare to the Utah cemeteries for the > Mormons. Perhaps it is a Utah cemetery for Mormons........There is no denomination listed on the headstone...... > >> It may not apply in some instances!... > >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Perhaps it is a Utah cemetery for Mormons........There is no denomination > listed on the headstone...... One wife died before the other. Patrick Smith probably remarried after the first wife died. > In article <j5SdnYEWLZ99GUbbnZ2dnUVZ_ramn...@comcast.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > One wife died before the other. Patrick Smith probably remarried after > the first wife died. I somehow think no one actually got the message on the headstone. It's been loud and clear for over 100 years. Doug > > In article <j5SdnYEWLZ99GUbbnZ2dnUVZ_ramn...@comcast.com>, > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Doug What are we missing? >> I somehow think no one actually got the message on the headstone. It's >> been loud and clear for over 100 years. >> >> Doug > > What are we missing? Both of his wives name was Jardine, while his name was Smith. The fine print doesn't come across clearly on my screen, and I can't enlarge the photo to look at it, so I can't tell for sure, but it looks like the first wife died at age 55 in 1854, and the second wife died at age 50 in 1857, ... and he was only 63 when HE died in 1900. So he'd have been 20 when the first one died, and 23 when the second one died ... and he lived another 43 years as a bachelor unless there's still more wives buried somewhere else. Looks like he married some old spinster and she died; so he married her sister and then she died. Hmmmmm? Arsenic and old lace anyone? > >> I somehow think no one actually got the message on the headstone. It's > >> been loud and clear for over 100 years. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Hmmmmm? Arsenic and old lace anyone? My reading of the stone and got a different story. the Good doctor died in 1900 at 63 (born 1837 ) Agnes died in 1887 at 50 a similar age to the Doctor in 1887. Matilda poor soul was laid to rest as the good doctors wife seven years later in 1894 at 55 making her born in 1839. It is possible that Matilda was Agnes's younger sister.. It is possible that the 5's I read were threes making the story even more interesting. Since ladies don't easily disclose their ages and tombstones may indistinct or out of focus we have a ending with three stores. Patrick, MD died 9 Dec 1900 after a long and interesting life. D-mac whats the story here? w.. :) > > > In article <1188855789.204234.257...@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > w.. :) OK... How many marriages do you know where the male takes the wife's name - twice? In the 1800s Bigamy was a popular pastime for the wealthy in Australia. Polygamy however was likely to get you tarred and feathered. I haven't yet figured out how the three of them all lived in the doctor's house for the length of his stay on the Island. It was a Government provided house! I've searched all through the BDM records for the colony (Stradbroke was the quarantine station) and I can't find any record of either marriage to the ladies buried with him. The good doctor was indeed married but not to either of those women! Doug . >> The fine print doesn't come across clearly on my screen, and I can't >> enlarge the photo to look at it, so I can't tell for sure, but it looks >> like the first wife died at age 55 in 1854, and the second wife died at >> age 50 in 1857, > My reading of the stone and got a different story. the Good doctor died in > 1900 at 63 (born 1837 ) Agnes died in 1887 at 50 a similar age to the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It is possible that the 5's I read were threes making the story even more > interesting. Well, like I said, the fine print doesn't come across clearly on my screen. > Both of his wives name was Jardine, while his name was Smith. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > ... and he was only 63 when HE died in 1900. To me the dates look more like 1857 and 18_9_4. Comparing with other 9s and 5s, the bottom of the 5 swings further to the left than that of the 9. With the names of his wives being the same, perhaps he married a widow and then married her daughter.  SignatureMatthew Winn [If replying by mail remove the "r" from "urk"] |
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