tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post7930586682293128533..comments2024-03-27T11:32:49.791-07:00Comments on Papergreat: Provenance clues in 1878's "The Old Church, and Other Stories" Chris Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-67846674159333874972018-04-16T15:06:57.565-07:002018-04-16T15:06:57.565-07:00It is quite possible that "Hiram William M. B...It is quite possible that "Hiram William M. Bickel" is a name which refers to one person. See this grave in Shillington, Pennsylvania: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84459400/hiram-w_m-bickel#view-photo=55225275<br /><br />His date of death matches this obituary in the <i>Reading Times</i> (scroll down or search for "Reading"): https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?uidh=000&rank=1&new=1&so=3&msT=1&gsln=Beachel&gss=angs-d&MSAV=1&cp=0&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&db=mediaphotopublic&sbo=t&gsbco=Sweden&gl=&gst=&hc=20&fh=220&pgoff=11&noredir=true<br /><br />That obituary lists his parents as Moses and Mary Bickel. See: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55061306/moses-s.-bickel#view-photo=30800989 and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55061275/mary-c.-bickel#view-photo=30800972<br /><br />At the bottom of Moses' grave is the inscription "Erected by H.W.M. Bickel."<br /><br />At the bottom of Mary's grave is the inscription "Erected by Mrs. Ella M. Gromis."<br /><br />Might that be Ella M. Bickel's married name? Perhaps, yet despite assiduous sleuthing, there the trail goes cold....<br /><br />-- M.F.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com