Maple Grove Cemetery lot card: lot 27A, Summit, Frank E. Wade, owner (William Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson, Elizabeth J. Marritt)
Maple Grove Cemetery Association, Kew Gardens, New York: lot card ("Y and E" form 14008), both sides; photographed by Matt Wade, 4 April 2024
Named here: Frank Edward Wade, Eliza Keel, William Thompson, Elizabeth Jane Marritt
Transcription
Front (first image; typed, with later entries in ink and pencil):
[pencil, top, faint:] no care [illegible] 7/8/60 [?] … [illegible]
SEL 2386 · LOT No. 27A · PLOT Summit · AREA 54 FT. · DEED 572
OWNER Wade, Frank E [ink:] 2/65 - 124 Slocum Crescent
ADDRESS [typed, struck through:] 8511-120 St., Rich. Hill [ink:] Forest Hills, New York
NOTES [pencil:] Note re care & deed 3/27/65
A diagram of the lot, 6 by 9 feet, with graves 1 and 2; below it, in pencil, "Dig for 2" and "Gr #1 head 7 Foot 6" [?].
Back (second image):
| Grave | Name | Interment No. | R.F. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wm. Thompson | 21922 | 81 Yrs. Mch 23/[illegible] | |
| 2 | Elizabeth Thompson | 19131 | 8[?] · Apr 13/28 [?] [illegible] | |
| 2 | Elizabeth J. Marritt | 27932 | 84 · June 4/42 |
Each line is ticked in green.
Citation: Maple Grove Cemetery Association, Kew Gardens, Queens County, New York, lot card for Selection 2386, Lot 27A, Plot Summit (owner Frank E. Wade), front and back; photographed in the cemetery office by Matt Wade on 4 April 2024. Matt sent the back of the card to the researcher Mary H. (Fiverr) with his second commission.
What it says, against the tree
Each fact this record gives, set beside what the FamilySearch tree says: it agrees, it is new (the tree lacks it), it conflicts, or it is context.
| Person | Fact | Document says | Tree says | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Jane Marritt | Burial | Lot 27A, Summit, grave 2, 4 June 1942, aged 84 | burial 4 June 1942, no place | agrees on the date; new: the cemetery, lot and grave (FS-106) |
| Eliza Keel | Burial | "Elizabeth Thompson", lot 27A, Summit, grave 2 (identification: see notes) | burial 4 February 1925, no place | new: the cemetery and lot (FS-008 step 2, SEARCH-009) |
| William Thompson | Burial | "Wm. Thompson", lot 27A, grave 1, aged 81 | no death or burial; born September 1826 | new; conflicts on the age (see notes) |
| Frank Edward Wade | Lot | Owner of lot 27A, Summit; of 85-11 120th Street, Richmond Hill, later (February 1965) 124 Slocum Crescent, Forest Hills | — | new |