« Reply #259 on: Tuesday 01 July 08 19:31 BST (UK) »
Hi Bonnie and welcome to Rootschat..........I'm sure you'll be getting lots of PM's from Tiggi, Cathay and the girls regarding the Bucklands, they've made for a very interesting search.
Could you tell me what the sabre, what looks like horns and star mean on Mark Bucklands headstone. A most unusual sign.
All the best
Barbara
http://www.shrinershq.org/Barbara,
Many of the Romani (British) families that are here in the USA have similiar affiliations on their headstones. I would say nearly half of the newer interments have some symbol to some fraternal organization (IOOF -Bryers, ELKS-Harrisons, etc). I have not spent much time exploring the "reasons" for these affiliations. The Shriners do some remarkable fundraising. They also have a popular TRAVELING circus... that may hold some clue as it would have been a source of employment for travelers?
I will be placing my website with cemetery pictures online by the end of July (hopefully). I am not certain of the URL as yet... it is graphic intensive and I need lots of space so I am still pricing different web hosting providers (I need a good deal for my money so that I can put on all of the pictures in high definition so that people can actually enlarge the files to read all the inscriptions).
I am so delighted that I found this site! Maybe I will receive fewer gray hairs now that there are others to share my frustrations!
Bonnie
TOLEDO, OHIO, USA - FAMILIES:
BROADWAY, BRYER, BUCKLAND, BURTON, COOPER, HARRISON, HICKS, JEFFERY, JEFFREY, JEFFRY, LOVELL, RILEY, SHAW, SMITH, STANLRY, WELLS, WILLIAMS