DescriptionMabel A. Cain (1875-1955) letter from May 27, 1943 concerning the death of Abraham Kershaw (1814-1854) on October 9, 1854.png	English: Mabel A. Cain (1875-1955) letter from May 27, 1943 concerning the death of Abraham Kershaw (1814-1854) on October 9, 1854
Date	27 May 1943
Source	Somerset County Historical Society    Native name Somerset County Historical Society Location Van Veghten House, Bridgewater, New Jersey Coordinates 40° 33′ 25″ N, 74° 35′ 18″ W   Established 21 November 1882  Website somersethistorynj.org  Authority file : Q105309604 institution QS:P195,Q105309604
Author	Mabel A. Cain  (1875–1955)     Alternative names Birth name: Mabel Cain; Mabel Van Nostrand; Mabel Cain Van Nostrand Description American housewife Date of birth/death October 1875  25 May 1955  Location of birth/death New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Authority file : Q65007955 creator QS:P170,Q65007955

Mabel A. Cain (1875-1955) letter published in All Known Burials Found In The Compton - Castner Burying Ground in Bridgewater, New Jersey by Charles A. Miller.

There is no publication date or copyright notice for the book. The letter is dated May 27, 1943, so it is assumed that the publication date was circa 1950. Mabel A. Cain died in 1955. Publication, for the purpose of copyright, is the distribution of a "visually or aurally perceptible copy of the work."

"My great-grandfather, Abram Kershaw (born October 23, 1813; died October 9, 1854) … with his nephew William Duryea (the Glen Cove, Long Island, Starch Co. family), left New York during the gold rush to seek their fortunes in California. Great-grandfather died on the ship just as it reached San Francisco. I have several letters he wrote to my great-grandmother while on the voyage around the Horn, also the letter written by William Duryea telling of his sudden death."

• Mabel A. Cain (1875-1955) is the writer of the letter
• Abraham Kershaw (1814-1854) died on his way to California
• Sarah Oldrin (1816-1894)
• William Henry Duryea (1827-1903)
• Mary Elizabeth Kershaw (1837-1915)
• George W. Remer (1830-1903)

The Compton-Castner Burying Ground
Copy of a Letter
Adamsville Road
Somerville, N.J.
May 27, 1943
Dear Charlie,

* * * * * *

I do not know of any record of the burials in the Compton-Castner burying ground in either the Van Nostrand or Remer families.

I do not know when or where George Remer died or if he is buried beside his wife Rachel, but I presume he was.

I saw Gus Campbell and asked him if he could locate the graves of his parents, sister and brothers. He said he could.

Bryan Remer's wife, Eliza Cain, was a sister to my grandfather, Joseph Cain.

Joseph Cain, Jr., a brother to my father, is not buried there. He is buried with his family at Newark, New Jersey. My great-grandmother, Sarah Oldrin Kershaw (born August 15, 1815; married Abram Kershaw February 11, 1836; died November 22, 1894), lies in an unmarked grave, I think, just north of the Remer graves. She was the mother of Mary E. Kershaw, who was the wife of George W. Remer.

My great-grandfather, Abram Kershaw (born October 23, 1813; died October 9, 1854) is not buried beside his wife. He, with his nephew William Duryea (the Glen Cove, Long Island, Starch Co. family), left New York during the gold rush to seek their fortunes in California. Great-grandfather died on the ship just as it reached San Francisco. I have several letters he wrote to my great-grandmother while on the voyage around the Horn, also the letter written by William Duryea telling of his sudden death.

I do not know where Rachel Hodge Cain is buried.

* * * * * *

Sincerely, Mabel Van Nostrand.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart as well as a detailed definition of "publication" for public art. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца) ∙ čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ italiano ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ Nederlands ∙ português ∙ русский ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenščina ∙ ไทย ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ 中文（简体） ∙ 中文（繁體） ∙ +/−