Tombstone Translations & Initials

Rock County, Wisconsin

  • AE - aged
  • Ålder - age (Swedish)
  • Alter - age (German)
  • år - year (Norwegian; Swedish)
  • b. - born
  • barn - child (Norwegian; Swedish)
  • d. - died
  • dau. - daughter
  • d/o - daughter of
  • død - death (Norwegian)
  • d's - days
  • ektemann - husband (Norwegian)
  • far - father (Norwegian; Swedish)
  • född - born (Swedish)
  • foreldre - parents (Norwegian)
  • gattin - wife (German)
  • geb. - geboren - born (German)
  • geboren - born (German)
  • h/o - husband of
  • hustru - wife (Norwegian; Swedish)
  • Jahr - year (German)
  • kone - wife (Norwegian)
  • m. - married
  • mann - man (Norwegian)
  • mo. - month
  • mor - mother (Norwegian)
  • mutter - mother (German)
  • nd - no date
  • ossw - on the same stone with (two or more people listed on one stone)
  • s/o - son of
  • sohn - son (German)
  • tochter - daughter (German)
  • uncut - not carved
  • vater - father (German)
  • w/o - wife of
  • Y's - years

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