Last additions - Cemeteries of Chatham-Kent gallery

Last additions

Tablet site pic # a~1
**the assortment of tools used
to complete the following grave tablet site.
**brushes, rakes, lifting bar, shovel,
prodding rod, knife, hand trowels,
pruners to cut roots and a pail,
**also used a wheelbarrow Aug 29, 2010

Tablet site pic # 1
**site being dug up
**you can see in the bottom
& top left corner the stones that
still needed to be dug & lifted
**this was a fairly large jobAug 29, 2010

Tablet site pic # a~2
**checking and making sure
that the tablets are lying in the
correct order they were
originally installed in.
**each tablet must lie with
the correct grave site
**site in bottom of circle in
Old St. Anthony's next to roadAug 29, 2010

Tablet site pic # 2
Peggy O'Rourke works to
shovel crushed gravel in around
the base and the stones, to give
them a firm foundation to rest on.
**work being done in bottom of
circle in Old St. Anthony'sAug 29, 2010

Tablet site pic # 3
*these old tablets, marking
the graves of ancestors of
the community, are now up
and standing, to preserve
them for many more years.
**site in bottom of circle in
Old St. Anthony's, with still
more to work on.Aug 29, 2010

McGRAILL site pic # a~1
*these stones were found
hidden below the grass and
soil, by Peggy.
*they were cleared, lifted and
restored to a viewable position
**lie inside circle of Old St. Anthony'sAug 29, 2010

McGRAILL site pic # b~1
* grave stones were slowly
cleared of grass and soil which
had been hiding them from view.
*these stones were starting to sinkAug 29, 2010

McGRAILL site pic # 2
* two project volunteers,
Tom Millard & Peggy O'Rourke are
working to clear and then fill the areas
under and around the grave markers,
**1 1/2 wheelbarrows of grass and soil were
removed from the completed site to
prepare for final packing and leveling
with crushed gravel screeningsAug 29, 2010

McGRAILL site pic # 3
**the finished product, shows
a clean, tidy site, with the grave
markers clearly visible and
free from grass and soilAug 29, 2010