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The Haddock Family
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To have the remains exhumed and relocated to a proper burial site, permission would have to be obtained from Hilda's descendants. However, Sandra decided that whoever occupied the graves had been there a long time and they weren't going to hurt her, so why bother. The Durnfords elected to leave the graves undisturbed, in their backyard, where they grow less visible with each passing year.

No one is certain as to which members of the Haddock family were buried there, nor how many. The fact that bones were uncovered during excavation confirms that it was a burial site at one time. Originally there may have been more than the four remaining graves. It is possible that the evidence of some graves was erased during excavation, or simply by the passage of time. It is possible, therefore, that all of the deceased Haddock family members may have been buried in their own private, backyard burial site.

While much information about the Haddock family is gathered from stories handed down through several generations, it is largely supported by official documents. There are still some uncertainties and unanswered questions, but this simply adds to the intrigue. Attempts to locate descendants of this family have so far been unsuccessful.

The children of Joseph and Amelia Haddock:

1. Mary Elizabeth Hayter; born 1859, Burin; died May 1876, age 17, of diphtheria.
2. Thomas Birkett; born before 1864, possibly 1861(?), Burin; lost at sea.
3 & 4. Herbert George and Harriet Amelia; born 1863, Burin; died in infancy.
5. Sarah Sophia; born 1864, Fortune; died April 1876, age 12, of diphtheria.
6. Emma Amelia; born 1866, Fortune; died April 1876, age 10, of diphtheria.
7. William Benjamin; born 1867, Fortune; died April 1876, age 9, of diphtheria.
8. Jessie Ella; born 1869, Fortune; died December 1889, age 20, no cause given.
9. Edith Gertrude; born 1870, Fortune; died April 1876, age 6, of diphtheria.
10. Hilda Violet Jane; born 1880, Fortune.
11. Thomas William Diamond (?)

(NOTE: one source lists this child, Thomas William Diamond, but no further details are given. If this is indeed another Haddock child, we can safely assume that both Thomas Birkett and William Benjamin were both deceased before he was born; therefore, Thomas William Diamond was born sometime after 1876; it is also known that daughter Hilda was the only surviving Haddock child, so Thomas William Diamond would have died young.)

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