This was just the start of a project but when you think the stone above is from 1895.

Let’s turn back the Clock and see what else occurred in 1895

February 8th 1895 Tchaikovsky/Petipa’s "Swan Lake," premiers in Petersburgh

February 14th Oscar Wilde’s "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London

May 25th Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labour for being a sodomite

June 17th U.S Ship Canal (W 225th St) IN THE Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan

June 20th 1st Female phD Science (Caroline Willard Baldwin)

September 5th George Washington Murray elected to congress from SC

September 11th F.A Cup stolen in Birmingham

September 21st First auto manufacturer opens Duryea motor wagon company

September 24th first round the world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)

November 13th 1st shipment of canned Pineapple arrives from Hawaii

November 27th Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize

December 28th Worlds first movie theatre opens in Paris

Through our history we have such a lot to pass on to future generations. I can remember as a boy standing in front of a grave whilst similar stories from long ago were told.

Lost forever not necessarily at Memorial Memories we offer a find and describe service within Lincolnshire. Provided you have the details name and if possible the date the deceased died we will search for the death certificates and find and locate if there is one placed your ancestors’ memorial. As these examples show we can also find in most cases the inscription placed upon. Words of a previous chapter in a book to which we belong.

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