Sunday, May 18, 2008

Tales from (beyond) the Grave

We visited the Camperdown Cemetery the other day (they have guided tours the first Sunday of the month - which we will go back for one day - but this time we were on our own). We came across a couple of headstones which seemed to have a story attached. The first was Nicholas Charles Bochsa, and Anna Bishop ... who, according to some web research, seem to have eloped together and travelled to Australia, where Bochsa died from dropsy. The large harp erected above the tomb was destroyed by vandals.

The next was Ernestine (nee) Ernest. It seems someone (unknown except for the initials BLE and or AC) have chiselled out the name of Ernestine's husband. A quick look on the web failed to provide any information.

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