Graveyard Rabbit Carnival - Occupations and Hobbies

An Occupation Or Hobby Memorialized in Stone - this is the theme of October's Graveyard Rabbit Carnival.

Here's a favourite of mine from Fraser Cemetery in New Westminster, BC, Canada - a loving remembrance.

Kathleen Booth marker, Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Photograph taken by M. Diane Rogers, June 2010. [Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, BC, Canada. Marker for Booth, Kathleen, Section: IOOF 6-7, Row: 5, Stone: 5.]

Take a look at what's on the one side of the marker though. Whether Kathleen Booth sewed for love or from necessity, we know she was likely never idle.

Kathleen Booth marker, Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, BC, Canada.
Photograph taken by M. Diane Rogers, June 2010. [Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, BC, Canada. Marker for Booth, Kathleen, Section: IOOF 6-7, Row: 5, Stone: 5.]

The British Columbia Genealogical Society (BCGS) published a CD about Fraser Cemetery in 2010 with photographs, gravestone inscriptions and descriptions. Contact the BCGS for more information: www.bcgs.ca