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Other Countries / Re: India, British Army - Simla, King/Golding
« on: Monday 30 July 12 07:41 BST (UK) »
Hello Rose,
Yes you are correct about the other brother Ernest and a sister Maud. There were about 9 King births both in India and Victoria. Not all were Kings and not all survived. I'd say it was a particularly sad and difficult time for Ada. She lost her husband Thomas 4 months after landing in Australia in 1896, and then lost 3 children in just a few years, already losing 2 or 3 previously in India. She was 22 years old with no husband in a strange land. She was married at 15 to Thomas who was 30. I cant imagine how she coped, but bless her she lived to be 85!!
I know nothing about her but feel blessed that she was my great Grandma.
Talk again soon.
Sue
Yes you are correct about the other brother Ernest and a sister Maud. There were about 9 King births both in India and Victoria. Not all were Kings and not all survived. I'd say it was a particularly sad and difficult time for Ada. She lost her husband Thomas 4 months after landing in Australia in 1896, and then lost 3 children in just a few years, already losing 2 or 3 previously in India. She was 22 years old with no husband in a strange land. She was married at 15 to Thomas who was 30. I cant imagine how she coped, but bless her she lived to be 85!!
I know nothing about her but feel blessed that she was my great Grandma.
Talk again soon.
Sue