2nd pic of Ogle
I am slowly preparing this stone
for future restoration
*seems to be in fairly good
condition
*although the inscription is
starting to weather
*with soil cut away on an angle
it can now be left until later to do
more work next year
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3 Tablets Lie Flat
*these tablets were dug up and
laid in a bed of crushed gravel.
*were buried 3 deep at the same site
*John McDonald --Killed in The Ontario Mill Explosion
*Faith Preston ---The Salvation Army
*Martha Anne_____?
*lies next to Maple Leaf Drive road
*Old M.L. Ward B
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"A Big Repair For a Tiny Stone"
LAIRD
HENRY son of
George B. & Miriam J. Laird
Died Jan. ____, 1880
**this tiny stone was in great need
of some gentle repairs
**repaired with epoxy and still
standing sturdy in 2010
**stands near front road
Old M.L. Ward B
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Tablet site pic # a~1
**the assortment of tools used
to complete the following grave tablet site.
**brushes, rakes, lifting bar, shovel,
prodding rod, knife, hand trowels,
pruners to cut roots and a pail,
**also used a wheelbarrow
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Tablet site pic # 1
**site being dug up
**you can see in the bottom
& top left corner the stones that
still needed to be dug & lifted
**this was a fairly large job
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Tablet site pic # a~2
**checking and making sure
that the tablets are lying in the
correct order they were
originally installed in.
**each tablet must lie with
the correct grave site
**site in bottom of circle in
Old St. Anthony's next to road
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Tablet site pic # 2
Peggy O'Rourke works to
shovel crushed gravel in around
the base and the stones, to give
them a firm foundation to rest on.
**work being done in bottom of
circle in Old St. Anthony's
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Tablet site pic # 3
*these old tablets, marking
the graves of ancestors of
the community, are now up
and standing, to preserve
them for many more years.
**site in bottom of circle in
Old St. Anthony's, with still
more to work on.
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# 1 - WADDICK
Graves of
Ann Waddick
Dennis Waddick
2 small markers beside the
McGregor family grave stone.
There are also small flat
grave markers at the foot
of the graves with more
information on them.
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# 2 - WADDICK
2 small grave markers
for : Ann Waddick
& Dennis Waddick
will be set into a fine
bed of gravel.
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# 3 - WADDICK
small grave markers for:
Ann Waddick ( A. W. )
Dennis Waddick ( D. W. )
firmly packed and stood upright
at the head of the graves beside
the large McGREGOR family
grave monument.
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Pic # 1
starting the process of
preservation of the
KEEGAN
monument.
Digging out the base
to level & straighten the
stance of the tall tablet
type monument.
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