General Chat

When I first started I bacame very fond of my Great Great Grand mother ELizabeth Gurr b 1837. She was widowed young but remarried and moved to another town to start again presumably. I just felt that she had great courage and for some strange reason felt drawn to her... Recently quite by chance another member on here contacted me and allowed me access to their tree and I found out some more about my Elizabeth. Her first husbands step father had a sister Elizabeth Honeysett and when Elizabeth remarried Elizabeth Honeysett then became her mother in law. So basically she married her dead husband step cousin

Yes my great grandfather Alfred who was born 1852 and lived till 1954 and until a week before he died he walked 8 miles everyday. Davex

Blimey that was a good achievement. Did you actually meet him then or was that before you were born?

I was born 1950 so cant remember him really Dx

I met my great aunt Christinna shortly before she died in 1968. She was born 1890 so I think that is the earliest born person I met.

Yes, my great grandmother. Her name was Sarah and she gave birth to my grandfather in 1852 out of wedlock. I have tried in vain for 3 years to find out who her parents were and when she was born. From 1852 until 1892 she disappeared literally from the face of the earth. When I obtained the death certificate of my grandmother(grandfathers wife) I had the shock of my life . The informant of the death was my Sarah who was signed as 'mother in law'. that was in 1892. No further trace of her have I found although she apparently did not marry according to the surname on the death certificate. Unfortunately a large portion of the census of 1861 is missing and my grandfather was in lodgings in the census of 1871.I have trawled through17000 names trying to find her. Sarah has become to me a lady I would dearly love to find. Rupert.

Gosh Rupert, if she was still aorund in 1892 and well enough to be the death informant then she must be somewhere in 1891 census. I have a SMith that disappears. He is on 1841 then reappears on 1871 with his wife. He may well have been in the work house and a lodger in between times but no ay of proving that as Smith is such a common name and the birth places are different to the ones i have found

I feel drawn to my great grandmother, Emma. I never met her but she was a mother figure to my own mother and by all accounts a kind person, - sometimes too kind for her own good. She ran a little village shop in her front room, but because times were hard in that Welsh village and she wouldn't see children go without food, she'd often let housewives have things on credit. After a while, my mother was sent to ask if they could spare a shilling off their bill because times were then hard for her own family, with very little money coming in. Prior to marriage, Emma had been the mother figure to her little sister, after their mother had died when the baby was 4 days old. I feel she had such a hard life and yet she could still be warm and giving to others. Gwyn

I have special affection for my grandmother who died when I was 8. She was so warm and caring, had dozens of grandchildren, and loved us all. There always seem to be loads of other relatives around. Lots of laughter and happiness. By extention I feel a closeness to her parents who lived in the same street. They must have been very special people too, to have such a close and loving family. Lynda x

dozens of grandchildren sounds nice I wonder what the world record is for the most grandchildren. WOuld cost a lot in birthday and christmas pressies though

Yes I have a soft spot for my great great grandmother her name was Caroline Esther Castle but local people called her Carrie Castle. She was born and died in the same house in Pembrokeshire, the house was then handed down to my g grandmother and my Nan was also born in it and in turn my Uncle was born in the same house. It was sold by my g grandmothers 2nd husband but when I walk past it most days I always think of Carrie and all the generations of my family born in the house. I recently was given a photo of her by a lady that remembers her, it has Carrie just before she died at the ripe old age of 96, with her in the photo are her 5 daughters and her grandsons. Jackie

I feel drawn to one of my GG Grandmothers. I really think she had it a bit hard. From being born in 1835 till 1860 I can find no trace of her ( I think she was with relatives but they had so many the same name it is hard to be sure just yet) then I find her she has been arrested for theft. Find out she is a prostitute in prison then she has a son out of wedlock. Eventually she does marry and leads a what seems to be an unevetful but happy life. Stories through the family seem to have twisted the truth a little and I don't remember her grandaughter my grandmother though born before she died ever mentioning her but she talked often about her great uncle who was a vicar. Sounds to me as if they ashamed of her. But what took her to that kind of life must have been hard times . Often wonder what she was like and what she went through. I feel really sorry for her. Germaine x