And gravestones for children, even in prominent families, were rare. Strahan used the example of Col. John Worthington, a merchant who died around 1800. He had three sons named John who all died ...

The cemetery, located on Fleetwood Drive, dates back to the 1800s, with its earliest known burial around 1850 and the last ...

Image: A Christmas Island Chinese grave (R Emery SBS) It began in the late 1800s with phosphate mining and left hundreds of Chinese mine workers dead from poor nutrition. It continues up to the ...