Sorry to have to repost.
You will also notice notations for S/O, D/O, etc for son of, daughter of....
Good luck with your search and God Bless!
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob <boblin(a)bright.net>
To: <INRIPLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [INRipley] Re: St. Maurice Catholic Church
Aren't you referring to a notation such as,
"Elizabeth, W/O Jacob" on the tombstone?
That would normally be an abbreviation for
Elizabeth, WIFE OF Jacob.
----- Original Message -----
From: Rikard E. Hill <rhill01(a)mail.win.org>
To: <INRIPLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: RE: [INRipley] Re: St. Maurice Catholic Church
> The note at the cemetery web site says Elizabeth was buried "w/o Jacob".
>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripchs/stmaur.html
>
> Possibly Jacob remarried and is buried with his second wife elsewhere in
> the county. If you have the time you might want to pour through all the
> Ripley County cemetery lists at
>
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inripchs/graves.html
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlene [mailto:ckhoff@lightbound.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 11:40 AM
> To: INRIPLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: Re: [INRipley] Re: St. Maurice Catholic Church
>
> Thanks for your response. I am researching the Hoff/Huff families. I
> found
> an Elizabeth Hufe buried in the St. Maurice Catholic Church cemetery and
> was
> trying to find out if her husband Jacob was buried with her. Even
> though it
> appears as Hufe, I am pretty sure it is Huff, as the dates match up and
> all.
> This family moved around quite abit. I have found them in Decatur Co.,
> Dearborn Co., Jennings Co and Ripley Co.,IN
>
> Thanks
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rmuckerheide(a)yahoo.com>
> To: <INRIPLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 3:39 PM
> Subject: [INRipley] Re: St. Maurice Catholic Church
>
>
> > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
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> >
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4h.2ADI/1798.1
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> > Message Board Post:
> >
> > Charlene,
> >
> > I used to live in Napoleon and attend St. Maurice, and the people
> > associated with St. Maurice are very nice. It's a very small town
> (~230
> > people). Just send a letter to St. Maurice Catholic Church, Napoleon
> IN
> > 47034 and I'm sure you'll get an answer.
> >
> > I live in Arizona now, so I can't help with lookups or anything.
> However,
> > I might know something about the person or family you're looking for.
> No
> > promises, but if you tell me who you're looking for, I'll share what I
>
> > know (if anything).
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
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