The barely legible inscription begins "HEIR LEIN MEIN FRAU" and was misread as 'Henry Frau' on the contractor's list of removals. This loving tribute to the wife (see inscription below) did not include her husband's name.
The barely legible inscription begins "HEIR LEIN MEIN FRAU" and was misread as 'Henry Frau' on the contractor's list of removals. This loving tribute to the wife (see inscription below) did not include her husband's name.
Inscription
Rough translation from the German : "Here lies my wife Anna Margaret Dietriche. She was born 21 of September in the year 1741, and died the 26 of January in the evening about 10 o'clock, in the year 1808. So was her age 66 years, 6 months and 5 days.'
Gravesite Details
Moved from St. Paul's Lutheran-Reformed (Old German burial ground) to NW field in New Rosemont Cemetery. Newspaper articles regarding removals:
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/columbia/cemeteries/old-ge-cem.txt
Family Members
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