Tuesday, December 11, 2001
An interesting piece of family history surfaced yesterday. A while ago I sent off a letter to the cemetery administration offices for Childwall cemetery in Liverpool. I was led there by a mention in one of my Father’s diaries that mentioned a grave plot, presumably the one where his parents had both been buried in within that year. Yesterday I got a reply from the Childwall cemetery office.
It turns out that only my Great-Grandfather is listed – in other words, only he has a headstone marking the spot – but the records show a total of four graves for the plot. And it was in the area indicated by my late Father’s diary, so my conjecture had been right. There are no names associated with interment records at the cemetery, only four numbers. What’s interesting is that they appear to be numbers in sequence, the first in the 7,000s, the last two in the 40,000s. So it would appear that the following ancestors of mine are interred there: Teddy Roberts (who died in infancy in the 1910s), Great-Aunt Anne Okill (who died in the 1930s), and my Grandparents Annie Elizabeth Roberts (nee Lange) and Francis Okill Roberts (who both died in 1955), and in that order. Now I have to contact the Liverpool interment office to determine if this is correct, and hopefully they will be able to provide me with my ancestor's dates of birth and death as well (I don't have firm records of either for Teddy or Anne Okill.
Beginning to Get the Ball Rolling with Mom’s Affairs
Talked to my Aunt Audrey yesterday, and filled her in on the state of things with my Mother. Was pleased that she did not balk at my idea at trying to obtain power-of-attorney – in fact she was positively gung-ho that I should not delay. I am so glad I have such practically-minded relatives. ;-)
I didn’t get the call from the outplacement counselor yesterday, but I did spend some time doing some necessary research. I found a promising nursing home in Keswick, called them up and found out that they expect to have an opening very soon (a current resident there is moving out). This is promising.
I also had a good chat with Mom’s friend Morris last night. He seemed relieved at the steps I was taking, and reported that in the past few days my Mother’s condition seems to have improved. Apparently she thinks I already have power-of-attorney, and perhaps I do, if her living will sets out that provision. She will apparently be moved to the 5th floor within the next few days, which is a good sign, since that is where they place the non-chronic geriatric patients, so Mom’s condition must be better, or at least stable.
Tomorrow, I plan on taking a day off (though it will hardly be a holiday), and head up to the house in Keswick in order to find Mom’s will, and discover exactly what her wishes are. I’ll also find out who she has been using as a lawyer for her affairs, and hopefully visit the nursing home in order to size things up for the move. Much needs to be done, and I need to get the ball rolling. On my way back I’ll swing by the hospital and visit Mom again, since the next chance I’ll get would be Sunday at the earliest (since we are heading to Montreal for Mary Melenca’s memorial service).
Notice About Mary Melenca's Memorial
I did another check online to see if I could locate any reference to Mary's passing away. Found this on McGill's Centre for Continuing Education page:
Announcements
Melenca, Marie |
Erika and I plan on heading out Thursday afternoon after I finish work. Plan is to meet up with Jenny W. in Lansdowne and stay overnight at her place. The next morning we'll make the final trek to Montreal for the service, staying overnight at Bryce and Aggie's place.
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