CEMETERIES- Dennis Village Cemetery

There was vandalism here late last year ( 2020) and I kept meaning to check it out. I had a specific  stone to look for though that has been on my list for a while- Desire Howes. Did not find hers but found the wolf box  I had documented over 10 years ago and was able to transcribe the inscription because the stone was treated with D2 or something. Also adding pix of some cleaned and or downed stones. They sure are more visible when extra white but NOT natural.

To the Memory
Of
Capt. John Hedge
Who died in April 1782 on board
A prison ship New York
AE 46
Of
Mrs Tempe Howes
Who lies beneath this stone
She was the widow of Capt.
John Hedge and late the
Wife of Jereh. Howes Esq.
Obt. May 17 1805
AE 66
Happy Woman She went to meet her God
Of
Capt. Daniel Hedge
Son of John & Tempe
Hedge who died with
His whole crew at Sea
In the winter of 1801
AE 29

now some of the damaged and or cleaned stones there.

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STRUCTURES: Gas vent pipe and cover - 2021

 March 6

I was hearing this noise for a few days. Sounded like squirrels were trapped somewhere trying to get out- a racket of noise. I went outside and looked up on the roof and saw nothing different. I took photos as "looking up" triggers vertigo for me. Then one day as I was arranging laundry on racks to dry I looked below and saw what looked like an old fashioned trash can lid. I thought good grief where did that come from. Then after checking it out I realized it was the stack cover that had blown off in the winds. At least the noise had stopped! But where it landed was exactly where I stand to turn on the faucet below to rinse my boots or fill a jug with water. Close call!

March 13th when it flew off

just noticed that there are shingles missing on the roof. So last year when I showed the huge shingle in the yard to Jer- it WAS from this roof. good grief.

CEMETERIES: Pine Grove West Harwich and Brewster and Mount Pleasant-2021

 196 Bank street
When I was a teenager I dated ( use that term loosely) 2 guys who turned out to be cousins. Not a remarkable thing seeing as the Cape is one big "small town". Back then it meant nothing. TODAY if that happened wow I would be asking who their grandparents were and where they were buried. LOL. But a few years ago when the first one I will call A died I began to wonder and tried to research. That was before a computer. Got one in 2000 and it has been slow going and not serious research. But recently I decided to dig further. All this time I thought it was an Ellis connection but they lived in Brewster. The house where we used to drive up a long driveway was in Harwich. Drove by a few weeks ago and could not find it. BUT bingo when I found it was a Ryder connection. B died in 2006 and trying to find his father has been impossible. Found out A's brother died in North Carolina.
So when I found out the house number on Bank street where the Ryder's lived I decided to drive there yesterday- going the other direction coming from rt 28. Bingo there was the driveway as I remembered but the house is totally changed. Love Bank street homes. So many interesting ones.
as an end note found that some Ryder- Riders are buried in the same cemetery as relatives of mine in Cranston Rhode Island.

I started a tree on ancestry to try and solve the mystery I revisit every once in a while. Sure would love to find out where his mother is buried.

But went to Mount Pleasant I swear on the coldest day on earth to find's Carl's parents again. 

But the house on Bank street first - March 6th

 

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CEMETERIES : zinkers - white bronze markers

 March 20 2021

I had a list for photo taking while I was in Hyannis  and forgot it! So took photos of the zinkers in Oak Grove cemetery.  Got a good hour walk in at least. See if I can remember to add to this post from other cemeteries.

Nothing says Spring on Cape Cod like big tree bare of leaves and a big blue sky!

 

Oak Grove Cemetery in Hyannis- great lighting for capturing the zinkers in there. They discontinued the manufacture when war broke out in Europe in the early 1900s. They needed the metal, white bronze for the war effort. Over the years they were also used as hiding places for illegal liquor and then starting in the 1960s and on for hiding drugs.

May 1

Orleans Cemetery

Thygeson

Sarah daughter of Hanson and Sarah

William and Sarah Thygeson Snow

 

their son Hanson whose stone is practically unreadable

Hanson Thygeson and Sarah Darling his wife

 Rev Hanson and Addie Thygeson

Thygeson name plates

 

Hurd family

as seen from Thygeson

 

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