Wednesday's Child - "The Boy in the Boat"

Louis Ernest Mieusset
b. 21 Dec 1881
d. 26 Sep 1886





This inscription is in French.  I believe it means "Well-beloved Son".
 Age 4. He was 3 months shy of his 5th birthday.

I ran across this gravestone when we were visiting Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain, Mass to find my Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather. 

Tombstone Tuesday - James A. and Edna J. Mullens Blades



James Anthony Blades 1857-1917
Edna Jane Mullins Blades 1868-1950


James Anthony Blades was born November 22, 1856 in Oak Park, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.  He married Edna Jane Mullins, born March 5, 1868 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia on September 22, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts.  Together they had two children James William Stanley Blades (1868-1958) and Grace Evelyn Blades (1905-1969).  Jamed Anthony (he was sometimes known as Anthony James) died at the age of 61 on December 15, 1917.   Edna Jane died December 31, 1950 at the age of 82.  They both are buried in Section 24 in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston, Massachusetts.

Military Monday - William Robert Blades

Here is a picture of my dad with his group at the Navy Training Station in Newport, RI in December 1940.  He is standing to the left of the person holding the flag on the right of the picture.

Funeral Card Friday - Virginia Pauline Handy Clifton 1921-1991