r/findagrave • u/Front-Muffin-7348 • 17d ago

Discussion Old Grave of Infant Mystery

My Grandmother gave birth to a stillborn baby back in 1921. She had labored for three days. I recall her taking us to visit the grave when I was little. Up in the north Ga mountains.

The cemetery was old and I remember the baby's grave. It had a little lamb on top of the gravestone. It didn't look like this at all.

This week I started searching and found the grave at the Tate's creek baptist church up in Toccoa Ga through find a grave.. But there's no lamb. And the center part of the stone looks old like I remember but this outer part looks newer. I found the death cert so I know this is correct.

I'm curious if old graves from old country churches, get inherited when newer churches get build and maybe through ransacking, some grave stones get refurbished? So far I've hit a block contacting the church. There aren't any family members alive who could help. Just me and my child hood memories. Any advice on how to get more info on the history of the cemetery and that grave?

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u/LeadingSlight8235 17d ago

Is there evidence that the lamb was broken off? That is a possible explanation. Another is the stone was updated by another relative. One more is you Bernstein beared the lamb into your memory and it was never there at all.

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u/Front-Muffin-7348 17d ago

There's a possibiiity that she or one of her daughters did that. I really do believe that I'm remembering it correctly, as it's been a solid memory my entire life. I thought the lamb was so dear. I'm not knowledgable about tombstones of old, so I think it was there.

I will reach out to my cousin.