Wednesday's Child

__________  Silver

Daughter of

Francis & Sarah E

Silver

March 20, 1926

March 22, 1935

Suffer little children

to come unto me

This grave stone is not that old, but it has seen more than its share of weather wear.  The engraving was difficult to read.  The first name may be Elizabeth, or some abbreviation for it, but I wasn't quite sure. 

This stone is in Darlington Cemetery here in Maryland.  The Silver family was a prominent family in the area.  They probably still are.  They may even be dear friends or many-times-removed relatives of my Harford County family; I have at least one great-great-uncle with the middle name Silver. 

Update:  Leslie Brinkley Lawson said...

Perhaps you could review the 1930 census for the parents household to see if this child was listed? Just a thought!

Thanks, Leslie!  I didn't think to do that, so here it is...

The 1930 Census, enumerated on April 29 of that year 1930, has this family living in the Darlington area.  In the first column, for street/road, is listed "Conowingo Dam in Darlington." 

Francis, age 32

Sarah P, age 33  (I thought it was an "E" on the stone)

Bette, age 5

Millicent, age 4

Williams, age 3

Nancy C., age 1.5

So there is our Wednesday's Child, known as Bette, at age 5.  Her father is a canner in a canning factory.  In this post, I mention my Jordan ancestors and the other side of their family, the "Jourdans."  The Jourdan family owned and operated canning factories.   So while this doesn't confirm that the Wednesday's Child family is a certainly a relative of mine, at least I know I'm in looking along the right lines.

Thanks again, Leslie, for the suggestion.