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Rodney tombstone mixup? lookup please

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Rodney tombstone mixup? lookup please

bethrau1  (View posts) Posted: 21 Aug 2008 8:47PM GMT
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I wonder whether there is a mixup / error in the transcription of burials in the Rodney Cemetery and hope someone can sort this out for me.

I finally found my gggrandfather in Ontario death records, but he is not listed as buried with his second wife and teenage daughter in the Rodney Cemetery:

Ontario Canada Deaths, 1869 - 1934 Elgin, Aldborough pg 78

HOTHAM, Thomas, record #007748, died January 25, 1899. Resided in Rodney. [transcribed as Hotham, Thoms]

The Rodney cemetery lists:

HOTHAM, Christina (second wife)
HOTHAM, Clara E. (daughter)
HOTHAM, Donal ????

I don't find this "Donal" in onine records. Could someone please check whether this is actually Thomas, born about 1825, or whether it is perhaps a son who died young?

Also, does anyone have access to obituaries from this time period? I do a large amount of volunteer lookups for people here in the States, but don't have access to newspaper microfilm from Canada via interlibrary loan.

Any help most appreciated.

Beth

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