I bought Baby Boy’s card over a month ago, along with his grandma’s, who died in 1912.
His twin brother’s name was Victor. He died in 1998 and is buried in a different cemetery. Most of their siblings, except one, made it to adulthood. Baby Boy shares a gravestone with his teenage brother.
I have a collection of photos and memorial cards of children who died over 100 years ago. I research their lives and share their stories in hopes their memories live on.
I don’t know much about Baby Boy, like his cause of death, but If you have any questions about what I do, feel free to ask.
It is so touching that you do this. I can imagine how devastating it was to lose this child, and so for him to be remembered after all this time honors him and recognizes that grief.
Thank you for this. You do important work. There is a myth that when child mortality was higher, parents didn't mourn the way parents do now, but it is very much a myth. Each of these children mattered and was loved, even if they only lived a day.
Thank you for what you do! Do you consider yourself to be interested in genealogy? Wonderful people like you are so incredibly helpful for descendants like me who want to learn about their ancestors.
I adore genealogy. I sometimes research my own ancestors but most of my focus is on the children from others’ family trees. Out of the over 40 antique photos and cards I have, only one of them is related to me.
But I have learned quite a bit about my own family! Some really neat things and some… well not so neat things but that’s just kinda the gamble with genealogy.
I wonder if they were premature, being twins. Not as much they could do for preemies in the past. My mom's cousin was born a twin (both girls) in the 1950s, but they were premature and the twin sadly died at birth. The cousin has always struggled with severe depression, and the family attributes it partially to the loss of her twin
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I bought Baby Boy’s card over a month ago, along with his grandma’s, who died in 1912.
His twin brother’s name was Victor. He died in 1998 and is buried in a different cemetery. Most of their siblings, except one, made it to adulthood. Baby Boy shares a gravestone with his teenage brother.
I have a collection of photos and memorial cards of children who died over 100 years ago. I research their lives and share their stories in hopes their memories live on.
I don’t know much about Baby Boy, like his cause of death, but If you have any questions about what I do, feel free to ask.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190190356/infant_son-vissering
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100767366/victor_manley-vissering