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From: "Peterson/McCormick" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 20:58:34 -0700
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All this transportation of the dead now rings a bell with me. I have a Hiram
G. & Janet (Munroe) McCormick who's bodies were transferred by Gillon
Funeral Home of Long Branch area of NJ in 1895. Hiram died 1892 and Janet
1870 so they had a grave site somewhere. Wondering how the bodies were
transported maybe by train or wagon?
I don't know what was considered "Long Branch Area" in the late 1800's but
checked this transportation with the oldest funeral home in area and had no
luck finding out any information.
I wonder if there is any way to check ledgers of RR to see if they were
transported on train.
Justine McCormick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Pena" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members


>I have family who worked for the railroad and one or two who actually were
>transported by rail after their death and most of the transportation was
>not during your timeframe by train of anyone. That left horseback and
>wagons or walking. I did a report once on embalming and there wasn't much
>of that during your timeframe either. If you know more, please feel free
>to add comments. The subject is interesting to me and I have often
>wondered about it because we take for granted fast transportation today of
>people alive and deceased. Mail didn't even get around that fast and
>phones of course, where very future to your timeframe. I think we can all
>agree on that.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bellis Genealogy" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 6:39 PM
> Subject: RE: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
>
>
>> Interesting input on embalming...and also Susan Pena's input on the use
>> of
>> the railroads. I suspect there wasn't much long distance transport of
>> bodies
>> during the 1750-1840 timeframe (which is what I'm researching),
>> especially
>> if we talking about the typical frontier pioneer family.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Roz BELLIS
>> Alexandria VA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [mailto:]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:35 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] Transportation of Dead Family Members
>>
>> My understanding, from a good friend and now a retired funeral director,
>> is
>>
>> that bodies were first embalmed during the Civil War so that the deceased
>> could be transported back home for burial. I believe arsnic was in wide
>> use
>> at
>> the time but that would be easy to check on.
>>
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