Gravsten i USA för emigrantfamiljen Åkerberg

[Carin Cullander-Stiberg]

Lars Fredrik Åkerberg föddes  31 dec 1861 i Dalstorps socken, Älvsborgs län. Han emigrerade och dog[/size] 29 dec 1942 i Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Han är begravd på den gamla svenska kyrkogården där. Hans gravsten är speciell (se bild) och hans namn står på baksidan av stenen. Hans dotters namn står på sockeln. En svenskättling som släktforskar undrar nu över symbolen G som står inristad på stenen om den kan ha någon hänsyftning till Sverige ?  Är det någon som får några associationer - hör av dig.

[Scott Johnson]

Ursäkta att jag skriver på engelska.

It looks like this side of the gravestone was originally engraved for someone with whose surname began with the letter G. This is a common decoration, and in the background you can see that the Johnson gravestone has a J at the top.

On the Okerberg stone it also looks to me like there was originally raised lettering below the G that was removed at some point.

Curiously, Find-a-Grave lists Hilda's memorial but not Lars's, so I cannot see what is on the other side of the memorial. If would be interesting to see if it is in the same style as the reverse. I hope the Okerberg family got a good discount on the gravestone.

[Scott Johnson]

You've probably seen these images but I add them here for context.

Hilda: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64619913/hilda-okerberg
Lars Fredrik: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64619915/akerberg
Lars Fredrik is listed simply as "Akerberg", as the volunteer was unable to read his given name. I'll ask her to add the name and dates.

I wanted to see the front of the headstone, which bears no resemblance to the back. I think this is a repurposed stone.

[Scott Johnson]

There is a much more legible photo of Lars's memorial on Ancestry that shows his name and dates and also his two wives. Anyway...