At the turn of the century (1909) did children have markers on their graves?
Say a person was buried by the state from the poor farm. Were the poor buried without headstones or markers of sorts? I am wondering about my grt. Uncle who died at 5 weeks old. He was buried in Stoughton, Ma at St. Mary's cemetery. I've never been there butI was told I might not find his headstone. Do you have any ideas around this? Thanks.
Poor persons (regardless of age) were often buried with no marker. That is true, even today. What you describe is almost guaranteed to not have a marker.
You may have other sources, ie church register, cemetery records, or (depending on when/where the death happened)... the death certificate would usually have the burial location.
I have the plot map for a family plot in Illinois, which comes from the cemetery, and is incredibly detailed. In one case, the amputated leg was buried before the person died. THAT is on there.
Your best option is to contact either the cemetery itself.. OR a local funeral home. Ask the funeral home WHO is the contact person for burial records. When new burials happen, they have to have some way to determine if there is a burial, even without a marker.