Maryborough in Ontario

[Ron O]

Hi

Trying to establish year of death of my long lost uncle Ronald William Osgathorpe.  Buried in Hollen cemetery, Wellington.

Funeral took place on Friday March 24th, year not known, possibly early 1960s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Ron

[eillo]

your uncle's cemetery record is online at OCFA. When you go there you will see a Reference Code. Just mark it down, then click on Field Codes, then Addresses. You will find the mailing address for the Wellington Co. OGS. That's where you send for the full transcript of his gravestone

http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/addresses.html

[Ron O]

eillo

Many thanks.

Have now managed to find the reference and will put pen to paper.  Hopefully it will not take too long to travel from Somerset to Canada and back.

Thanks again 

[vbain]

I will be in Somerset this spring. We will be in crewkerne. Is there a stone you wanted transcribed?
Maybe you can give me a few picw of Mathiesons?

[KarenM]

I will be in Somerset this spring. We will be in crewkerne. Is there a stone you wanted transcribed?
Maybe you can give me a few picw of Mathiesons?

Vbain, this is a post from 2005 and the original poster has not been online since 2009.

Karen

[Stephen G]

Hi Ron
 I hope you are still monitoring this post as I have some good news for you. I am Ronald Osgathorpe's grandson - Stephen Grosz and my mother is Francis Grosz nee Osgathorpe - Ron's eldest daughter. Ron and Hazel had two daughters Francis and Jeannie. Ron passed away from a heart attack at age 47 when I was only 3 years old so I have only a faint memory but I do know he was very well liked and respected by people in Hollen. Ron was very happy living in Hollen, Ont. and had a good job as the Conestoga dam operator - he was the first operator hired on the new dam that had just been built. I still have the steamer trunk that he packed up to immigrate to Canada as a farm hand. Ron was sent to an amazing farming family in Ontario - the Coles that treated him as their own son when he arrived in Canada. I know my aunt Jeannie would love to make further contact with you if possible to chat. Thanks Stephen Grosz

[Ron O]

Hi Stephen, just managed to catch up with Roots Chat, Have been offline for quite some time. Back in to if I can find an Osgathorpe - Osgathorp connection.