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beyond_hatred t1_je4m7n8 wrote

Reply to comment by Double-Abalone7052 in Grave from 1682 in Portsmouth by Boats_are_fun

Do all the infant headstones have names? I think I remember seeing some that only say, "baby".

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raptorjesus2 t1_je4swwp wrote

Anecdotal but I grew up in in Hingham, MA that has one of the oldest cemeteries in the country. I used to walk through quite a bit and there was lots of what I am assuming was family plots that would have smaller headstones that would say "baby", and or "son/daughter", etc. Seemed so odd to me. I could only assume these families died at the same time from something tragic. But there was lots of plots that were like that.

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philandere_scarlet t1_jedcxgk wrote

stillbirths and babies that were obviously not going to live often weren't named. among my family i've seen an "our darling" lastname.

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