Kindred Footprints: Mother Monica ~ Tombstone Tuesday

Mary Flynn aka Rev. Mother Monica

(1851 - 1931)

St. Andrew's RC Cemetery,

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

I thought my Series on Mother Monica was finished but this past weekend someone did a very generous Random Act of Genealogy Kindness (#RAOGK).

I had contacted a lady in Thunder Bay about doing an edit on a cemetery listing for Mother Monica which she very promptly did and then asked if I would like a photo. She actually made a stop at the cemetery and photographed the grave markers and sent them to me. If you have a research interest in the Thunder Bay, Ontario area check out Jude's Family Research & Local History Site. Thank you so much Jude ;-)

Original Monument c. 1931

New Monument dedicated in 2007

Not sure when this was added

View of all 3

Related Posts:
Mother Monica ~ Part I - Part II - Part III - Part IV - Part V
Mother Monica ~ Bonus Postcard
Mother Monica ~ Tombstone Tuesday

Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
~ Author Unknown ~

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