I THINK THE CEMENTARY IS BEAUTIFUL LOOKS SO PEACEFUL FOR THE DECEASED SO QUIET THEY REALLY DO TAKE CARE OF THE DEAD I ALSO HAVE A AUNT JOAN BURIED HERE BUT I WAS YOUNG WHEN SHE DIED BYT I DONT KNOW HOW ICAN SEE HERE GRAVE JUST TO PUT FLOWERS THERE and let her know im always thinking about her all the time please help me my email is edgarwifey@hotmail.com thank u so much if anyone could help me her full name is joan garvey she lived in babylon ny thank u so much to anyone who can help me out
Posted by JESSICA RODRIGUEZ (guest) on Fri 20 Nov 2009 01:39:05 PM EST
Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
This is an example of some of his work:
Mark,
Found this on a search for Alex today (Nov, 11 - Remembrance Day, 2009)..thank you for posting it on your site.
My great uncle Alex (born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia) fought and survived the battle of Vimy Ridge in WW1. From there he went on to another minor skirmish a few weeks later and was wounded and sent to London to recover. Once recovered, they didn't send him to the front lines again, they made him a Sgt Major, (Drill Sargent) in England until the end of the war. It was after the war he moved to New York with his wife, (a nurse) and she worked while he attended Columbia University where he attained his Mechanical Engineering degree. From there he gained employment with a company called Combustion Engineering Superheater Inc...a company that over time became The ABB Group.
aha, no, i did not make a point of connecting these faces to their names. many of the stones were unreadable to begin with but i intentionally avoided documenting the identities. i was going for a tableau, a wall of anonymity that characterizes the cemetery to most visitors, and a wall of anonymous people whose faces fill a style of portraiture that i happen to love. this page is not so much about the gravestone context as the style of portraiture. a few months after i started in to this project i was chagrined, but ultimately not surprised, to learn that others had already focused on this style of tombstone portraits. john yang did it best in his mount zion series while ronald william horne had a different approach focusing on the stories behind the faces. look for the book "forgotten faces" by ronald william horne if you can find it, it's a well done survey of this style of grave portraits in california, with a lot of research into who the people were. john yang's book (which i like better) is called...
aha, no, i did not make a point of connecting these faces to their names. many of the stones were unreadable to begin with but i intentionally avoided documenting the identities. i was going for a tableau, a wall of anonymity that characterizes the cemetery to most visitors, and a wall of anonymous people whose faces fill a style of portraiture that i happen to love. this page is not so much about the gravestone context as the style of portraiture. a few months after i started in to this project i was chagrined, but ultimately not surprised, to learn that others had already focused on this style of tombstone portraits. john yang did it best in his mount zion series while ronald william horne had a different approach focusing on the stories behind the faces. look for the book "forgotten faces" by ronald william horne if you can find it, it's a well done survey of this style of grave portraits in california, with a lot of research into who the people were. john yang's book (which i like better) is called "mount zion sepulchral portraits".
Posted by mark thomas on Sat 31 Oct 2009 11:51:38 PM EDT
pictures on headstones
what a great project--do you have the names to go with the pictures ???
Posted by lillian (guest) on Sat 31 Oct 2009 01:15:30 PM EDT
Green-Wood Civil War Project
Thank you for recognizing our work which still continues. We have found another 1500 Civil War vets for the project.
Posted by New York City Historian (guest) on Sat 05 Sep 2009 01:39:34 PM EDT
I do not know this family, but it is a stately mausoleum in a prime section of Old Calvary
Posted by mark thomas on Sat 29 Aug 2009 01:01:46 PM EDT
Beautiful picture! Thank you. Do you know this family?
Posted by pat padian (guest) on Sat 29 Aug 2009 01:25:34 AM EDT
Visited tomb yesterday. My grandmother Mary Schnappauf and my father Leonard Schnappauf are entombed in the crypt. It was a beautiful experience. Hadn't visited since my grandmother passed in 1956.
Posted by Leonard Schnappauf (guest) on Fri 07 Aug 2009 02:02:05 PM EDT
johnston mausoleum
hi doing a bit of research for my cousin over here in fermanagh ireland,these johnstons are his ancestors and also have a vault dedicated to them from johnstons of broadway in our cemetery in boho fermanagh grand but nothing on the scale of calgary,thanks on behalf of my cousin for your interest and great pics slan paddy.
Posted by patrick jones (guest) on Sun 12 Jul 2009 02:12:58 PM EDT
WOW!
These are really great. I wonder who defaced some of them and why. random acts of vandals? Or deliberate attacks by someone they new with a grudge?
I love the one of the deep sea diver in his suit holding his dive helmut. Great!
Posted by Waits (guest) on Fri 10 Jul 2009 12:43:19 PM EDT
