Lost at sea

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Carolyn Simonton

Lost at sea

Legg inn av Carolyn Simonton » 20 feb 2005 16:46:47

I just found reference to a David Ross Christopher on the LDS site. It
states that he was lost at sea, inbound to Boston in February 1931, but that
he is buried in Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT. Am I missing something here? If
a person is LOST at sea, how can he be buried?

TIA

Carolyn

singhals

Re: Lost at sea

Legg inn av singhals » 20 feb 2005 17:56:07

Carolyn Simonton wrote:

I just found reference to a David Ross Christopher on the LDS site. It
states that he was lost at sea, inbound to Boston in February 1931, but that
he is buried in Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT. Am I missing something here? If
a person is LOST at sea, how can he be buried?



The well-known SKS who submitted the information was probably indicating
(1) David lived at Bridgeport, or (2) there is a Memorial Stone for him
at Bridgeport or (3) that lost-at-sea is used incorrectly to indicate a
death at sea. Other more far-fetched scenarios include the body washed
up at Bridgeport, or the body was recovered from whatever accident occurred.

In which of the dozen-or-so data sets at familysearch.org did this appear?

Cheryl

Carolyn Simonton

Re: Lost at sea

Legg inn av Carolyn Simonton » 20 feb 2005 21:10:40

The well-known SKS who submitted the information was probably indicating
(1) David lived at Bridgeport, or (2) there is a Memorial Stone for him at
Bridgeport or (3) that lost-at-sea is used incorrectly to indicate a death
at sea. Other more far-fetched scenarios include the body washed up at
Bridgeport, or the body was recovered from whatever accident occurred.

In which of the dozen-or-so data sets at familysearch.org did this appear?

Cheryl


Cheryl, I found it in an ancestral file. Looking a little further, I see
that his wife died and is also buried in Bridgeport, so your #1 theory seems
to be correct. They may have had a stone already in place and just added
his death information. Thanks for your input.

Carolyn

Ron Martell

Re: Lost at sea

Legg inn av Ron Martell » 22 feb 2005 02:01:29

"Carolyn Simonton" <keena@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

The well-known SKS who submitted the information was probably indicating
(1) David lived at Bridgeport, or (2) there is a Memorial Stone for him at
Bridgeport or (3) that lost-at-sea is used incorrectly to indicate a death
at sea. Other more far-fetched scenarios include the body washed up at
Bridgeport, or the body was recovered from whatever accident occurred.

In which of the dozen-or-so data sets at familysearch.org did this appear?

Cheryl


Cheryl, I found it in an ancestral file. Looking a little further, I see
that his wife died and is also buried in Bridgeport, so your #1 theory seems
to be correct. They may have had a stone already in place and just added
his death information. Thanks for your input.

Carolyn


It was quite commonplace for families to erect memorial stones in
their local cemetery when a person was lost at sea. I have
encountered so many of these that I have created a custom event in
PAF5 to record them instead of using the Burial event.

And I have found instances where a husband and wife were buried in
different cemeteries, and both names are recorded on at least one and
sometimes both of the gravestones.



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