To all I have found reference to a lady named Mary Johnson McElheney who led a very early effort to catalogue several of the St. Charles cemeteries. This could in deed be the MJM reference I am looking for. Thanks to all Bill LaBarge
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Lee Bruch <[email protected]> wrote: > My speculation is that the instances of MJM in the comments column of each > of those webpages is the initial of the person who supplied the info. > There is, on Find A Grave, a person w/ initials MJM who usually puts their > MJM initials in the comments column of all the entries they submit. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruce Uttley [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 3:15 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Tombstones > > > > There is a website about the 'Freese' family name that documents > > burials in St Charles County, Missouri. Many of the 'Comments' on > > these headstones includes "MJM". > > > > Richards Cemetery, Cuivre Township, St. Charles Co., MO (Missouri) > > http://heritage.freese.net/Cemetery/StCharles/Richards/index.htm > > - Several are marked 'infant' -- noted by MJM as 'infant children > > of > > Lewis & Fannie Bondurant'; she also notes one grave marked > > onlywith > > rough stones, which are still there. > > > > Gillette Cemetery, Dardenne Township, St. Charles Co., MO (Missouri) > > http://heritage.freese.net/Cemetery/StCharles/Gillette/index.htm > > - Information found then [mid 1920s] is noted here as 'MJM' in > > comment > > column. > > > > Humphrey Kline Cemetery, Cuivre Township, MO (Missouri) > > http://heritage.freese.net/Cemetery/StCharles/HumpKile/index.htm > > - Eleven names are listed by MJM, and only 7 were found in 1987. > > "MJM" > > marks those not found in 1987. > > > > McRoberts Logan Cemetery, Cuivre Township, St Charles Co., MO > > (Missouri) > > > > http://heritage.freese.net/Cemetery/StCharles/McRobertsLogan/index.htm > > - The stones noted 'MJM" at the beginning of the comments column > > are > > those not there today. > > > > The 'Freese' website also mentions St. Francis Cemetery, but there are > > no burials given. > > > > It appears that "MJM" are the initials of a woman who created > > transcripts for cemeteries in St Charles and Warren Counties in the > > 1920s. I've no idea who she was. > > > > On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Bill LaBarge wrote: > > > > > To All > > > Interesting comments all. The cemetery that started this all is the > > St. > > > Francis Cemetery, St. Francis Catholic Church, Portage des Sioux, > > > Missouri. I have not personally seen any of the tombstones but my > > wife > > > and will be visiting the cemetery in a couple of months and will > > check > > > out the site. My father's side of the family are Catholic from way > > > back. The MJM letters seem to appear on both male and female stones > > > and the referenced publication also lists their baptisms so I would > > doubt that any are Jewish. > > > Thanks again > > > Bill LaBarge > > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
