Comparing

Me (1960)

My Granddaughter (2008)

Can you see a resemblance?

St. Peter's Lutheran Church "Old Cemetery"

The Old Bathy?

Question Of The Day

"Mom Mom, was I born catholic? Because I thought I was born public."

Patterson

MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT PATTERSON was born January 12, 1792 in Cappagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, and died August 07, 1881 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. He married SARAH ANN ENGLE 1817, daughter of JAMES ENGLE and MARGARET ADAMS. She was born 1792 in Pennsylvania, and died 1875 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Children of ROBERT PATTERSON and SARAH ENGLE are MARY ENGLE PATTERSON, b. July 12, 1810, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. August 14, 1874. GENERAL FRANCIS ENGLE PATTERSON, b. May 07, 1821, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. November 22, 1862, Virginia. SUSAN ENGLE PATTERSON, b. October 19, 1823, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. February 11, 1897. ROBERT EMMET PATTERSON, b. September 08, 1830; d. July 14, 1906. LOUISE PATTERSON, b. Abt. 1840, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. May 04, 1905, New York.

CHILDREN

MARY ENGLE PATTERSON was born July 12, 1810 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died August 14, 1874. She married BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE, JR. July 26, 1840 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, son of JOHN ABERCROMBIE and SARAH DE NORMANDIE. He was born March 04, 1798 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, and died January 03, 1877 in Roslyn, Nassau County, New York. Children of MARY PATTERSON and JOHN ABERCROMBIE are: SARAH "SALLIE" IOWA ABERCROMBIE, b. July 28, 1842, Iowa; d. April 24, 1935; m. WILLIAM ERNEST GOODMAN, October 20, 1870, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. December 10, 1838, Pennsylvania; d. March 22, 1912, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. CAPT. JOHN JOSEPH ABERCROMBIE, III, b. March 17, 1845, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. October 04, 1919, Washington, District of Columbia; m. LILY MARY NUGENT, August 27, 1881; b. November 1848, Illinois; d. April 12, 1925, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. MARY ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE, b. 1846, Iowa; d. August 26, 1869, Roslyn, Nassau County, New York; m. COL. SAMUEL APPLETON, JR., June 22, 1863, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. November 25, 1841, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. May 21, 1925, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. CAROLINE LOUISE ABERCROMBIE, b. December 22, 1849, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri; d. July 30, 1919, Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey; m. JOHN ENGLISH COALE, January 14, 1880, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. February 21, 1848, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. FRANCIS "FRANK" PATTERSON ABERCROMBIE, b. January 02, 1852, Fort Towson, Indian Territory; d. November 11, 1939, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; m. ELEANOR PACKER, 1877; b. February 1857, Pennsylvania; d. Abt. 1930. CLARA DE NORMANDIE ABERCROMBIE, b. November 03, 1854, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. December 08, 1942. SUSAN ENGLE ABERCROMBIE, b. 1856, Pennsylvania; d. 1934; m. CAPT. THOMAS H. WILSON. COL. WILLIAM RALPH ABERCROMBIE, b. August 1858, Fort Ripley, Crow Wing County, Minnesota; d. November 07, 1943, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington; m. LILLIAN HARRIET KIMBALL, October 13, 1886, Manhattan, New York, New York; b. Abt. 1868, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; d. March 01, 1934, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. IDA ABERCROMBIE, b. 1860, Minnesota; d. March 21, 1888, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; m. HAROLD P. NEWLIN, January 12, 1882, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; b. October 1855, Pennsylvania.

SUSAN ENGLE PATTERSON was born October 19, 1823 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died February 11, 1897. She married JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN September 13, 1848, son of NATHANIEL RANDOLPH SNOWDEN. He was born December 09, 1809 in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and died March 21, 1878. Child of SUSAN PATTERSON and JAMES SNOWDEN is: SARA PATTERSON4 SNOWDEN, b. Abt. 1849; m. JOHN STEVENSON MITCHELL.

ROBERT EMMET PATTERSON was born September 08, 1830, and died July 14, 1906. He married MARY LOUISA HOUSTON. Child of ROBERT PATTERSON and MARY HOUSTON is: MARY HOUSTON PATTERSON, b. December 23, 1863, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; d. April 04, 1944, Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois; m. HOWARD NIXON ELMER; b. April 17, 1856, New Jersey; d. Winnetka, Cook County, Illinois.

LOUISE PATTERSON was born Abt. 1840 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died May 04, 1905 in New York. She married MAJOR JOSEPH WARNER LYNDE. Child of LOUISE PATTERSON and JOSEPH LYNDE is: FRANCIS ENGLE PATTERSON "FRANK" LYNDE, b. Abt. 1863, Pennsylvania; m. HERMIONE; b. Abt. 1870, Texas. Jacqueline Sleeper Russell

A little Bit Of History

BURIAL OF General ROBERT PATTERSON (Phila.) in NY Times Aug. 12, 1881, The New York Times Aug. 12, 1881, BURIAL OF GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON PHILADELPHIA, - Aug. 11. - The funeral of the late GEN. ROBERT PATTERSON took place this morning from the family residence, and was attended by a very large assemblage of relatives, friends, and acquaintances of the deceased. The religious services were conducted by the REV. MR. DE WITT, Pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church -of which the deceased was a member - F. N. MILLER, D. D., and the REV. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, of the Ninth Presbyterian Church. The pall-bearers were Generals GRANT, SHERMAN, PORTER, and HANCOCK, JOSEPH PATTERSON, JOHN WELCH, JUDGE BIDDLE, and WILLIAM H. DRAYTON. The Generals named represented the Loyal Legion. There were also present Generals MOTT, HERRING, SCHOFIELD, LA MOTTE, HOFFMAN, SICKLES, and HARTRANFT, EX-GOV. POLLOCK, GEORGE W. CHILDS, and the HON. WILLIAM D. KELLEY. The Interment took place in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Because Other People Use This Blog For Genealogy Research

I try to take the time to photograph the graves of other families whether they have a connection or not to my genealogy history. Though our family has the surnames Keller and Wright, I do not know if these burial plots are connected to our history.

In addition to photographing "familiar" names, I also like to photograph any burial plot that is interesting and/or unusual. Believe it or not, some of the most "architectural beauty" around is in cemeteries, especially if the cemetery is old. Whitemarsh Memorial Park does not have the extraordinary artwork as Laurel Hill or other such-like Victorian Era Cemeteries, but it does have a simple peaceful feel in its surrounding grounds.

One Of The Things We Did On Easter Morning Was Drive Out To The Cemetery To Place Flowers On Molly's Grave