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Eileen's avatar

Margaret I found this fascinating the tale of your beloved mother and connection to Bridget Cleary. How the seams of life align. Both our mothers named for Bridget

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Margaret O'Brien's avatar

‘How the seams of life align’. I love that Eileen! Thank you for reading and for your lovely response.

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Terri Seddon's avatar

So lucky to have these ancestors and their stories so close, Margaret. Here in Melbourne, ancestors have such silenced histories. The Earth Carrie’s these stories but so often they do not speak.

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Margaret O'Brien's avatar

So much truth in what you say here Terri - thank you for reading.

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Joann's avatar

"We found a grave that was marked but which to me had maddeningly incomplete information. And we found that a grave was unmarked, in the expected sense, but yet present and freighted with tragedy and history." What a lovely description of your search in the cemetery for stories of family and local lore. I love cemeteries too.

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Margaret O'Brien's avatar

Thank you for reading Joann, and yes, cemeteries and graveyards are such interesting places.

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