view gallery |  102 - Nellie R Grand - Beechwood, Ottawa, Ontario
in Headstones of Centenarians The burial plot is located at section 40, plot 149. posted by: elyob location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 4/29/2013 last visited: 4/30/2013 |
view gallery |  100 - Rosa L. Bund - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Rosa L. Bund was born the same year that the Preakness Stakes horse race was run for the first time (in Baltimore, Maryland). posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/29/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Ada B. Hollie - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Ada B. Hollie was born the same year that Rudyard Kipling published the story Mowgli Leaves the Jungle Forever in The Cosmopolitan illustrated magazine posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/29/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Carrie Warren - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Carrie Warren was born the same year that U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (in New York Harbor). The ensuing spontaneous celebration in New York City leads to the first Ticker tape parade. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/28/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  103 - Irene W. Cornforth - Oklahoma City, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Irene W. Cornforth was born in 1904, the same year that the first underground line of the New York City Subway opened. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/27/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Virgil V. Cease - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Virgil V. Cease was born the same year that Booker T. Washington delivered the Atlanta Compromise speech posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  104 - Anna Grossman Fleishman - Boston, MA
in Headstones of Centenarians This grave in the Grossman family plot has engraved on it, "Devoted Sister and Wife, Beloved Aunt, Family was Her Treasure." posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Fannie Greenside - Boston, MA
in Headstones of Centenarians The Fannie Greenside grave is located near a ledge-rock and bears the text, "Beloved Wife and Mother." posted by: NorStar location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/25/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  112 - Louis N. Baker - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Louis N. Baker was born the same year that The United State Congress established a uniform date for federal elections, which will henceforth be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/24/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Faye F. McKean Dansby - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Faye Dansby was born the same year that SOS became an international distress signal. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/23/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102- Betsy Joynes - Elsecar Holy Trinity Churchyard, Yorkshire.
in Headstones of Centenarians Stone marking the resting place of the ashes of Betsy Joynes, born in 1883 during the reign of Queen Victoria. posted by: wireworm location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom date approved: 4/23/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Roscoe B. Barker - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Roscoe B. Barker was born the same year that The Music Hall in New York (now known as Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/23/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Elsa A. Scheihing - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Elsa A. Scheihing was born the same year that Marie and Pierre Curie announced the discovery of a substance they call radium. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/22/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Teresa M. Jenkins - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Teresa M. Jenkins was born the same year that the Hague Peace Conference was opened in The Hague by Willem de Beaufort, Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/21/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  101 - Mildred Pearl Holland - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Mildred Holland was born the same year that the 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt resulted in possibly as many as 11,000 deaths. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/19/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  105 - Ruby E. Geddes - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Ruby E. Geddes was born the same year that the first modern World Series, pitting the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates against Boston of the American League, began at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/18/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  103 - Frances M. Walton - Hazelwood Cemetery - Springfield, Mo.
in Headstones of Centenarians This brownish-red, black, and white speckled granite headstone is located towards the southern end of the Hazelwood Cemetery - 1642 E Seminole Street in Springfield, Mo. posted by: iconions location: Missouri date approved: 4/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Mary E. Wilson - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Mary E. Wilson was born the same year that Gandhi committed his first act of civil disobedience in India. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  103 - Adwon Adwon - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Adwon Adwon wsa born the same year that the Point No Point Treaty was signed in the Washington Territory. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/16/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  106 - Myrtle C. Ralston - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Myrtle C. Ralston was born the same year that the first penalty kick is awarded in a football (soccer) match; John Heath scores it for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Lela Arlene Stafford - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Lela Stafford was born the same year that the first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Josephine Gerhards - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Josephine Gerhards was born the same year that Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor that is known as the famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus letter. posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  100 - Giles T. Eubanks - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
in Headstones of Centenarians Giles T. Eubanks was born the same year that The Poor Law Amendment Act in the United Kingdom states that no able-bodied British man can receive assistance unless he enters a workhouse (a kind of poorhouse). posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 4/13/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  106 - Oma Adams - Sweetwater Cemetery - Near Decatur, TX
in Headstones of Centenarians Oma Adams was born the year that Brigham Young University was founded in Provo, UT. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 4/12/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  102 - Pearl Perry Gravley - Perry Cemetery - Carrollton, TX
in Headstones of Centenarians Pearl Perry Gravley was born the same year that "Separated at Birth?" candidates Adolf Hitler and Charlie Chaplin were born. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 4/12/2013 last visited: never |
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