HEADSTONE CLEANING HOW-TO "THE LaROCHE CHILDRENS GRAVES"

A headstone cleaning of two graves belonging to four of the eight LaRoche Children born to Isaac Drayton LaRoche (Aug 21, 1816-June 23, 1895) and Georgianba Roberts LaRoche (Jan 8, 1820-Dec 14, 1860). This grave is located in Historic Savannah.
Isaac Drayton was a Cotton Factor and Real Estate Agent in Savannah, Georgia. He and his wife Georgianna had eight children together before her untimely death of Typhoid Fever at 40. While married, the couple built a home at 214 W. Harris Street Savannah, GA, which is now a luxury rental.
After his first wife's death, Isaac would marry three more times and would go on to have six more children with two of his wives.
The Epithaths Read;
OUR GIRLS OUR BOYS
MARY E. LaROCHE ISAAC D. LaROCHE
Born Feb 23rd 1841 Born Dec 8th 1846
Died April 7th 1841 Died Jan 25th 1850
LAURA H. LaROCHE JAMES R. LaROCHE
Born April 8th 1853 Born April 22nd 1848
Died April 19th 1856 Died Oct 19th 1849
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Music Credits;
Yellow Ribbon - We Will Get There
Ryan Jones - Blink

[@Less1leg2]

Bless you for the attention to the long gone. I'm sure those Boys & Girls in Heaven are smiling. Look Mom they didn't forget me.

[@IrishAnnie]

I feel that way when I clean children’s stones. Parents have moved away or died. Wouldn’t they love it that I treated the stone of their loved this way? I love to clean children’s stones. Moms in heaven are smiling…..

[@danielperugini19]

There is something very poetic about living organisms growing and living on headstones....the circle of life

[@northernflicker6590]

My grandmother was a French Canadian LaRoche. Love what you do! Historic conservation in any form is priceless. Thanks

[@lindaneuman4801]

I also have French Canadian Laroche in my tree Where is this cemetery

[@northernflicker6590]

@@lindaneuman4801 I’m not sure where the cemetery is, but it looks like Louisiana. Which also makes sense. Glad to know another LaRoche. I bet that’s a very popular name in Eastern Canada, eh?

[@Mamamia3762OZ]

Bless you for the wonderful work you do. Here in our largest cemetery in Newcastle, Australia this type of work isn’t allowed to be done by just anyone, even repairs to a loved ones grave has to be done by those that work at the cemetery and it’s a paying job, meaning the families of the loved ones grave pay to have the work done and those that have no more living relatives are just left all neglected. It makes me so sad to see those that are like that, the cemetery would be so much more beautiful if volunteers were allowed to clean and restore the graves plus it shows love and respect for those dear souls that have departed. It shows they’re not forgotten ❤️

[@IrishAnnie]

Horrible. Always about the MONEY! Here if you are family, we are allowed.

[@adrianward362]

I work in church yards and cemeteries a lot. Mainly concentrating on the lawns and weeds. This is what I want to bring to those forgotten places. Thanks for sharing. I will seek further advice. Your efforts are appreciated.

[@ljcrown2375]

Wonderful job! I would have liked to been able to fully read both stone's. Thank you for your dedication.

[@fireflysparks1105]

Have a look in the description section, he’s kindly written it down for us :)

[@ljcrown2375]

Thank you! 😃

[@fireflysparks1105]

@@ljcrown2375 you’re welcome 😊

[@IrishAnnie]

God Bless you! They are beautiful. They will be gleaming white in no time. Stones I thought were impossible to clean, one year later are totally restored. D2 is a great product.

[@headstonesandhistory]

Love this video! I've been volunteering at local cemeteries cleaning and preserving headstones for over 30 years and love to see others doing this!!! New subscriber here

[@user-qs6xx7co9t]

Beautiful! Amazing work and transformation!

[@penelopeevensen1058]

Tx you for saving all this wonderful historic information. ❤

[@therichtershow]

Amazing results! what a great way to pay respect!

[@lorrainedrake6462]

Love your dedication in bringing these headstones back to where they can be read and the plot revamped , you give people a chance to look back in time at the souls resting there ,good on you 👍

[@maryhirsch7170]

Nice to see this form of respect.

[@Hawkspirit09]

Haha...yes the cape is perfect.. You are an angel 🙏👏🙌

[@brey1720]

😱 wow the difference 🙌 Bless y'all for what you do!

[@johngreen3543]

I think it is a good idea to have squads of cleaners on Veterans day to clean up some of those veteran headstones in cemeteries not managed by the Federal Government. I have seen some real nasty looking headstones of some of our Civil War dead.

[@mygrammieis]

Awesome thanks for sharing this video

[@cecelia6909]

God bless you!✝️💗

[@malcolmstewart7968]

Respect mate if i lived near you i would give you a hand keep it up all your hard work

[@robdee81]

You sir have a big heart.

[@lindellhamilton5852]

Fantastic job!!! Beautiful 💖 hearts👍🏼.

[@lyndowling8179]

Great job, Jeb.

[@KLUNKET]

I found some family graves while doing genealogy that were almost un-readable. I wish a cleaning would help, but in this case erosion has nearly destroyed the lettering.

[@TheJodilicious6]

Great job 👍

[@blackangel6305]

سنصبح مثلهم ذات يوم .. مجرد ذكرى .. فكما حزنا عليهم اليوم عندما شاهدنا قبورهم .. فهل سوف يحزنون علينا عندما نموت وتذهب ذكرياتنا وذكرى أحبتنا واطفالنا واولادنا وكل ذكرياتنا بحلوها ومرها .... الحياة مجرد قصه في مسرح كبير .. ونحن مجرد ممثلون .. وعندما ينتهي دورنا .... نغادر ..... من العراق

[@dirklyssens8936]

Nice job. Well done. Love it. Greetings from Belgium. Dirk.

[@deborahsteele9185]

Aww so nice god bless 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@anitaludovici2859]

I would love to work at this cemetery in the spring or fall. So rewarding. I hope if you do more to please film. Thanks for what you do.

[@debraadkins-brown399]

Very cool!

[@debraadkins-brown399]

How do you clean bronze and iron headstones?

[@nj2mddude205]

I used D/2 to clean my grandparent's granite headstone. D/2 did a good job in cleaning the headstone, but I thought it also removed the glossy shine.

[@nj2mddude205]

I saw a YT video where the vlogger said the granite would have to be sealed after cleaning and then polished. My polisher is corded though. I don't understand why cemeteries don't offer headstone cleaning/polishing services. I'd pay to have my family's headstones serviced annually.

[@maryhall4756]

What a wonderful thing to do!

[@jeffbaxter8770]

Good job bro

[@anitaludovici2859]

I could have done without the grub but the rest was fantastic.

[@rawbacon]

Rough times back then, so many children died young.

[@cleide5285]

👏👏👏

[@iamj9127]

Would like a chance to read the clean headstone.

[@maryburkitt1733]

Are you using a metal or plastic scraper?

[@1995ss100]

What exactly do you use?

[@ethanhutchinson3915]

Where at in Ga. are you? I’m in Baxley I have a little grave cleaning and monument business

[@historicheadstonehelpers6413]

Hi Ethan, I am in Savannah, GA. We service Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, and Tattnall County. We have a business we just started. Have you found success in this field as your business

[@stonecoldrestorations4591]

I haven't come across any grubs in my work, but plenty of FIREANTS

[@historicheadstonehelpers6413]

In GA we have tons of fire ants as well! I have plenty of bites to prove it 😆

[@patrickvanhoesen9425]

I'm in southern Colorado and I absolutely hate fire ants

[@stonecoldrestorations4591]

@@patrickvanhoesen9425 Yes, I live in NM for a few years and remember the large pyramid-shaped red ant hills; nothing you want to step on or play with

[@IrishAnnie]

The date on the stone reads “died Oct, 1849”. The stone was most likely laid in 1850. By the measure of the date of your cleaning, the next cleaning will be 2196. Let’s pray the next three generations will clean this stone for prosperity. I cleaned one dated 1886. That means it will need a restoration in 2158. I won’t live to see the day, but, hopefully, someone will take up the mantle to clean it. It’s just an obsession with me to clean the old ones. It’s an honor especially if they read, “Gone but not Forgotten” and are a total mess.

[@janettebraam9396]

Did you find a stone just labeled annie

[@bellecabello3762]

How do you choose which stones to clean? Are you related to the girls?

[@kevinnapier8996]

#RestInPeace

[@demo4425]

I have a really dumb question my house sits adjacent to a cemetery it hasn't had any new burials since like the sixties and some of the stones are in pretty much the same condition as the two that you worked on here the cemetery beside my house is not very big I think it's like a old family plot I live kind of out in the boonies but I would like to know what kind of chemicals and where to get them at so I can clean the stones in the cemetery next to my house

[@melindaostergren8115]

Please consider dropping the dumb question part. You’re sharing interesting information about what you’re observing and it’s fascinating to think about. Have you tried Queen Google yet? What a mitzvah it is to tend to gravestones!

[@calicocritterscrafts886]

From what I can find on Good Ole Google, water with a small amount of washing up liquid and a very soft nylon hand brush is the best way. Other cleaning agents are too acidic or basic and damaging to the stone.

[@NEKingdom241]

D2 Environmental cleaner. Same thing that is used at Arlington Cemetery

[@chuckwatson5811]

I agree about D2, but I think you can only get it online. Wet and Forget is also now an approved solution and is available at a lot of hardware stores.

[@cathleensuan7845]

The innocent angels so sad they didn't have a chance in life.

[@MrWhothefoxthat]

always clean stone or marble from the bottom up, it stops all the run marks.

[@NEKingdom241]

makes no difference with D2

[@spacer567]

good job could have redone the lettering

[@ashleymitts]

Better to let the d/2 sit for 15 minutes them scrub it in, them rinse

[@historicheadstonehelpers6413]

Thank you for the advice. We typically do wait, we just sped it up for the camera.

[@patrickvanhoesen9425]

I would also suggest using plastic scrapers. Metal will permanently scratch the stone

[@patrickvanhoesen9425]

What is d2 and where can I buy some??

[@darrylvanorder588]

@@patrickvanhoesen9425 AMAZON has just about everything you can imagine. Ain't the internet grand ?

[@historicheadstonehelpers6413]

Definitely! I never use metal and you can get D/2 at atlaspreservation.com/

[@janettebraam9396]

Family name le roch

[@lorieo4197]

do you ever get spirits follow you home after you clean the stones???

[@kristinebailey6554]

Ridiculous comment.

[@lorieo4197]

@@kristinebailey6554 why???

[@lyntarn3424]

It is not the dead we need to worry about, it is the living.

[@Cutter-jx3xj]

Be careful about cleaning headstones. In some places here in Texas it's totally frowned on. I don't know about anywhere else but I would check

[@jamesjones4296]

Beautiful. Want more likes? -> P R O M O S M!!!

[@abigaildunn5169]

To clean headstone to get all the green some of it use bleach scrub brush and it take the green color off faster I need water to rinse it breech at the store

[@dlrightnow]

Using anything with bleach on marble will cause the stone to dissolve.

[@Dulles-jt6sr]

Thats what they just said: Never use bleach!

[@janettebraam9396]

Her mother was a van Der byle and her father an allsn she died at 15 months due to a bad vacation she was my great aunt

[@kathee5258]

I'm sorry but he's too creepy for my liking

[@robertkreiling1746]

Now tell me ! Why did you ruin this neat video with Stupid music ?

[@bellecabello3762]

I liked the music so much I used Shazam to find it. 🤣