It appears there's two threads speaking of cemetery information, etc. and mentioning children, so instead of posting this comment twice, I've started a new thread.
One of our family plots is at the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in San Jose, CA. One item I would note has to do with children's burials. Just because you don't see a headstone, don't automatically believe children are not buried in the plot (or section) with other family members. After doing much research on my Great Grandfather, Antonio da Rocha Borba, AKA Tony Borba and reading an old newspaper article I came across online, he and his first wife lost a child when they lived in San Jose prior to 1925. Not know where the child was buried puzzled me. A while back Susan Lucas offered me San Jose newspaper information about the Borba family. Her offer actually solved the puzzle while they didn't mention where the children were buried, it did note the dates of death. There were actually two infants who passed away. While my parents were at Calvary Cemetery last year, my mother called me from their office with a computer printout of all people buried in the plot. Mom was puzzled with two infants with the names, "baby Borba" and the dates of death. She wanted to know who these infants belonged to and their cemetery records didn't state. Remembering Susan's newspaper articles, I quickly pulled them out and the dates match! So, we were able to give the cemetery the actual infants names and who their parents were. It was interesting that the plot contains our Great-Great Grandparents, their 18 yr. old son who died from an accidental gun shot and two infants. Yet, the headstones only list the adults. Since my GGGrandparents had 12children, could have been one of their children had the headstone made after their Mother passed away and didn't remember or realize these infants were buried there. We still have one puzzle of a grammar school-aged child who was my Great-Uncle John Borba's son, DeAlton Borba, who I'm told died of possibly Leukemia, yet I haven't been able to prove where he's buried. If you can get your hands on actual records, you may find what your looking for vs' headstones alone. Good luck in your research. Robin Borba Besotes Researching: Bettencourt, Borba, Barbe, Da Rosa, Jacinto, Rodrigues, Mattos, Jorge, Souto, Silveira, Canhoto California Towns: Newman, Turlock, Crowslanding, San Jose, San Juan, Tres Penos, Hollister, Watsonville, Pacific Grove, Miliptas Azores: Terceira, Sao Jorge, Faial, Pico, Flores -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
