On a day off from work, I am going through my paper files. The task is to get them organized, digitally scanned, and stored in archival albums. After collecting family papers and notes since 1980, I have amassed a large collection which desparately needs my attention. There are numerous papers in my folders that I was not aware that I had. Such as a receipt for the purchase of the plot where my great great grandparents, John and Sophia Albert are buried in Our Lady Help of Christians cemetery in Glenmont, New York. A scan is below.
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| Plot deed |
The receipt is dated 23 November 1909. The day before Sophia Albert was buried there. It was purchased by two of her children John M. Albert and Julia Albert for $35. According to the plot card, (scan is below) the lot held twelve graves.
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| Plot card |
Many years later on 6 June 1929, John and Julia Albert paid another $100 for perpetual care for the lot of their parents.
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| Perpetual care receipt |
A photo of their lot is below.
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| Albert Headstone |
John Albert (1855-1899) married Sophia Albert (1858-1909) on 13 Sept 1874 at Our Lady Help of Christians church on Second Avenue. Both were children of German immigrants from Baden. As far as I can determine, the two were not related. John was a moulder working for Ransom Stove Company, in Albany.
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| John & Sophia Albert |
The family resided for many years at 55 Second Avenue, opposite and below their beloved church, Our Lady Help of Christians.
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| 55 Second Avenue, 2015 |
Children of John and Sophia were:
- John Michael Albert (1876-1956) married Sarah Elizabeth Baker (1884-1955)
- Michael Alfred Albert (1877-1934)
- Joseph Clarance Albert (1879-1936)
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| Joseph Clarance Albert |
- Julia Agnes Albert (1881-1969)
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| Julia Agnes Albert |
- Harry Alvin Albert (1883-1950)
- Mary Margaret Albert (1886-1963) married Joseph William Koreman (1886-1979)
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| Mary Margaret Albert |
