Monthly Archives: November 2025

JENNIE POLAND DAUGHTER OF MRS. NELLIE GUERBER, DIED SEPT. 23, 1878, 18 YEARS, Gone to join the Angels. The Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut published a 127-page catalog of their designs in October 1882.  The company’s range of grave … Continue reading →

The Niver Family monument in the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York, depicts a mourning figure—in this instance, an angel. We know it is an angel by its wings.  Christian art began depicting angels with wings in the fourth century.  … Continue reading →

Sometimes artisans display their craft on their gravestones, as did this gondola maker who is buried in the San Michele Cemetery in Venice, Italy.

Many organizations were founded in the later part of the 19th Century that required the prospective members demonstrate that their ancestors had been in the United States before a certain date or that their ancestors had served in a war.  … Continue reading →