Connections, six degrees of separation and jigsaw puzzles!
Today's blog is all about connections to other cemeteries and that six degrees of separation factor. Jigsaws abound and who doesn't like a jigsaw to complete? The central person in this tale had his headstone liberated from an entanglement of weeds and overgrowth by the hard-working small band of volunteer gardeners a few months ago. After cleaning another grave nearby, it appears the central person was present at a pivotal period of that person's life. Later it was discovered that this central person was related by that "six degrees" to a man at the heart of one of the greatest battles of the First World War that Australian troops ever participated in. Without further ado let me introduce REVEREND THOMAS HAYDEN Thomas Hayden was born in 1820 in Country Cavan, Northern Ireland, the eldest son of the Reverend Robert John Hayden, the Archdeacon of Londonderry in Northern Ireland. His life was destined to be in the Church. Thomas married Agnes Gray Cory o...