Funeral Card Friday: Rebecca (Dawson) Mayo

Image from shamurah on Ancestry.com

Rebecca Dawson was born in Virginia on 5 January 1814. On 24 November 1834, she married my 5th-great-grandfather Stephen Mayo. They had a daughter, Martha. Stephen died on 16 March 1847. By 1850, Rebecca lived with her daughter in Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia. She died on 7 March 1904. She was the second to last surviving Revolutionary War widow.

Funeral Card Friday: Samuel August Samuelson

Image contributed to Find A Grave by Eva Hopkins, researcher at the Westchester Township History Museum, Chesterton, Indiana.

Funeral card for Samuel August Samuelson, brother of my 3rd-great-grandmother Johanna Carolina Samuelson
Born 3 January 1839, Västra Harg, Östergötlands, Sweden
Died 14 January 1908, Porter County, Indiana

Funeral Card Friday: Henry Cornelius Gatlin

The program for the memorial service celebrating the life of my paternal grandfather Henry Cornelius Gatlin:

Funeral Card Friday: John Schneider

Another memorial card for my great-grandfather John (Johann) Schneider

Born 6 December 1878, Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Died 11 June 1955, St. Louis, Missouri

Funeral Card Friday: John Schneider

Memorial card for my great-grandfather John (Johann) Schneider
Born 6 December 1878, Remagen, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Died 11 June 1955, St. Louis, Missouri

Funeral Card Friday: Paulina (Gersbacher) Schneider

Memorial card for my great-grandmother Paulina (Gersbacher) Schneider
Born 13 August 1876, Niederwihl, Waldshut, Baden, Germany
Died 1 December 1966, St. Louis, Missouri