Burial records
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Anne H. Cutler Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00138
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to property owned by Anne Haughwout Cutler, of the Bucktrout-Braithwaite family in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cutler was the great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Bucktrout, a cabinetmaker from London who moved to Williamsburg in 1766, where he opened a business making funeral coffins. Upon the death of her mother, Virginia Braithwaite Haughwout, Cutler inherited several properties in the Williamsburg area. In 1954, Cutler helped create with other family members the...
Bucktrout Funeral Home Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1997.22
Scope and Contents
8 volumes of burial records, 1916-1945 of the Bucktrout Funeral Home:
Vol 1 Aug 1916-Nov 1920
Vol 2 Nov 1920-Jan 1925
Vol 3 Jan 1925-July 1929
Vol 4 July 1929-Sept 1932
Vol 5 Sept 1932-Dec 1935
Vol 6 Dec 1935-Apr 1938
Vol 7 Apr 1938-May 1942
Vol 8 May 1942-Feb 1945.
Bucktrout Funeral Home Records in Swem Library’s microforms area, 4 reels, call number F234 .W7 B83.
Elizabeth Ewell Letter and Benjamin Ewell Photographs
Collection
Identifier: SC 00432
Content Description
6 page letter from Elizabeth L. Ewell to her brother, Benjamin Ewell dated November 24, 1876. The entirety of the letter consists of her opinions regarding a monument for her mother's grave at the William and Mary burial site. A transcribed copy is stored with the letter. Accompanying the letter is a copy of a news paper article that describes the college grave site. Also in this collection are two photographs of Benjamin Ewell, President of William and Mary. One photograph depicts him...
Kyger Funeral Home Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1988.03 and 2011.568
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1988.03 includes funeral records from Robert W. Kyger's and Robert P. Miller's undertaking business, 1920s to 1940s, Williamsburg. There are 3 volumes as well as nine scrolls. Acc. 2011.568 includes four funeral home ledgers from 1929-1935,1936-1940, 1942-1947, and 1948-1949. There are also order forms for headstones, letters from people unable to pay for the funeral, and various government documents from World War II, including a receipt for tires that the Kyger family gave to the...