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Meet the Family: Great Grandparents - CARR Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/7/2017
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Woodlawn Cemetery.  

 

This cemetery is special to me, as I have many relatives buried here.



CONGRATS TO n8trlvr for FTF!!!!!



The puzzle:


When you get to the posted coords, do not stop. It is just at the main gate of the cemetery. Your first task is to find Great Grandfather Carr. Your second task is to find Great Grandmother Carr.
Then some fun!!! Good luck!


Stage 1 is Great Grandfather Carr

Great Grandpa Carr - John Eulae Carr - was drafted into the army to fight in WWI and returned home very sick. He died a short time later.

What is his age at death? This is A.


Stage 2 is Great Grandmother Carr

Great Grandma Carr - Lousia Jane Wafer - was a very accomplished woman. She ran a number of huge houses back in England. After emigrating to Canada, they homesteaded at 42 Jane Street, Guelph, Ontario, where she had built a back kitchen during the depression. The room was always open and always stocked with food for people who were hungry during this very hard time in Guelph. For years, people would bring food to my Grandma, I never knew why, until I found out from one of my great aunts about how loving and caring Great Grandam Carr nee Wafer really was until her death in 1948.


What is year of her birth? Split this 4 digit number into two - 2-digit numbers. This is B and C.
i.e. if year of birth was 1958, the two numbers would be B=19 and C=58.


Stage 3 is finding the midpoint between Stage 1 and Stage 2.

The coordinate of the midpoint is N 43 xx.xxx W 080 yy.yyy. See hint or related pages.



From Stage 3 project a waypoint (A + 49) meters at a bearing of (B + C) - 13.5 degrees.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgntr 1: Cig. Wbua Pnee ... Jvyy or n yvggyr uneq gb ernq. Fgntr 2: Ybhvfn Wnar Jnsre Fgntr 3: Hfr jjj.trbpnpuvatgbbyobk.pbz gb svaq zvqcbvag, frr eryngrq yvax! Svany: Jnvfg ... ab arrq gb qrfgebl gerr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)