General Chat

Putting my pho's on next gen made me think about the family i didnt really know. Out of my family, there are a couple who I wished i'd met. Firstly my great grandfather because i'd love to hear his stories myself instead of having them passed down to me. The other is my uncle Lesley. He died when I was a year old, so i didn't know him. But my mum talks about him alot. She adored him, He was her older brother and she was very close to him. He had a very adventurous life, travelling alot (keeping the family tradition!). He was in Australian water, aboard the Canberra when he took ill. He was flown home, but died a short time later. He was only 45 years old. Pat

my grandad Ives so I can solve the mystery

my dad, as my mum was adopted, so as you can imagine....my family tree is only a twig lynn x

Malc, I could add quite a few more names to my list to solve my myseries! lol Pat

Lynn, A tree is made up of twigs really! :-) Pat

My great grandparents, to ask them about Romany life. My other great grandparents to ask them about Swedish/Latvian life. My great great grandmother, to ask if she knew who her father was, and general questions.

My Irish gt grandfather to find out the real reason he left Ireland. rosex

I would like to ask my grandad if he was born Clayson or Ives and in Northampton or Wrexham as its a bit of a family mystery especially as he had a brother with the same first name (who I can't find)

Romany Star, Were yours English Gypsies? I know what you mean about the foreign ones, I have found that part of my tree particularly difficult, but not impossible! :-) Rose, Ooh sounds interesting! In an article I have written about my great grandfather it states about him and his family leaving the Balkans forever over a dissagreement with another tribe of gypsies. The author did not give the reason as apparently it was not 'in good taste'! I'd love to find out the reason too! Pat

My Great Grandma Key. She was an adored only child. She married my Great Grandad, moved away from her family to South Wales when he worked on the railways, had 2 sons and a daughter and then G Grandad decided to emigrate to Canada in 1911. Her elder son followed 6 months after his father, then G Grandma followed 4 months later with her 2 younger children aged 10 and 11. They homesteaded in Saskatchewan on the praries and my poor genteel G Grandma had a really hard life. She missed her parents dreadfully. Then her elder son died in 1912 from TB. Then her other son was killed in WW1. I can't imagine how she felt. Still, G Grandad and G Grandma had a long life together, celebrating their Golden Wedding in 1945, before G Grandad died in 1946 and she followed 2 years later. I am lucky enough to have photos of her and I often look at them wondering what she was thinking and how she coped with her life. Sue xx

Hi Pat :):) I have seen your lovely photographs on Next Gen, they are really lovely :):) If I could meet one person it would be the person who could supply one photograph of my grandfather George Deacon (Mums side ) My grandparents were divorced when my mum was really young. Mum speaks so highly of her dad and each time we talk about family history the look on mums face as she mentions just having one picture of her dad is sad to see. I have tried for a few years now and I am sure she has a half brother in Reading Berkshire but no joy as to give mum what she so much needs. Colin

Malc, Maybe he didnt know himself! I always asked my aunt where she was born, She had no idea! I know he DOB but her birth wasn't registered so no luck there! Pat

They came over from Italy in the late 1800s, and settled in Bristol.

My great Grandfather Hackart, There are so many questions that he could answer in an instant. Lindy ;))))))))))))

My brother, He died aged 4, eighteen months before I was born. Mum talks about him alot, so I've feel I know him, would just like to meet him, Visit his resting place and talk, but not the same Jan x

Sue, It must have been very difficult for her. Colin, I know exactly where you are coming from with the photo story. I'll add my story in a sec, (will see if I can paste it from another thread as it's quite long!) Pat

Just had a look - lovely photos, Pat. There are two people specially I want to talk to - great-granny Susan Harrison nee McCusker; no, not just her, her brother and sister and their parents, too! - and Mary Ann Dyball, who erected an incredible gravestone for my great-great-great-grandparents Jonathan and Sarah Sadd in Suffolk, and whose life I have been following. And after that, there will be more ... :-)

Colin, My mum's dad is not listed on her birth cert. Her mum died when she was a baby and she was brought up by her grandparents (Who she calls mum and dad) who didn't tell her anything about her mum or dad. All we knew was that her mum was a bit of a tearaway and my mum was born in a children's home. After a long search I racked down some hospital records relating to my grandmother. There was one passage written down that went ' Rose was discovered on the (date) in the Laundry room with _______ and as a result she is now pregnant'. It took me a long time to get the records office to disclose to me his name, as they were bound by the Data Protection Act. Eventually though, they did (Only because he had since died). My story didnt end there....... I found out as much as I could about my grandfather and discovered he had a daughter who used this site. Very cautiously I contacted her and told her my story. She was great about it and sent me some photo's of her father. When I got them the resemblence between him and my mum was astounding. There was no question in my mind that he is her father. I will never forget the day I took the photo's to my mum. At that time she didn't even kow here dads name, let alone have a picture of him. I honestly think it's the best 'present' I could have ever given her. Pat

David, Too many people and too many questions! Romany Star, Some of 'my' Gypsies put Italy as place of birth on census, etc When really they were Romanian. I think it was because it was seen as 'nicer' to be Italian than Romany. Lindy, Again too many people to ask! Jan, That's sad. I can see why you would want to meet him. MM There will always be more!! Pat

Hi Pat :):) Thank You for adding your story for me to see. To be honest just reading this has me choked a little for my mum. The desperation to find this one photograph gets to me often. Your story does give me hope that I may find just one, sadly mum is getting older as the years go by and If I could do just this one thing I would feel so much better. I managed to trace the main details including the service records of which I had hoped would have carried the photograph also but was not to be, There was an error made a while ago which I wished I had held back on some information regarding who I believe is mums half brother which I feel led to a brickwall being put up also. Mum made a direct contact even though I asked for it to be done gently and it appeared at that time that the second wife was still alive and into her late 80s and of course it would have been wrong to bring back painful memories for her also. You see they married not long after the divorce and sadly my grandad died within months of the wedding also. Hopefully there will be time for me to make further contact if just for that one photograph. Colin :):)