What was the saddest death in your Tree ?

[Michael72.]

My Sister Evelyn Rose was born September 1939 when I was five...........by June 1940 she had died of German Measles aged six months and my Mum had died of TB in Branston Hall Sanitorium Lincoln.........God only knows how my Dad coped with that...........

Michael72.

[icini]

Hello: Ancestor Appreciation Day is a Buddhist  tradition. Of course it has much deeper/ religious meaning for a buddhist.  However ever since I started this research, and knowing what diseases were associated with the men's jobs, and the toll of endless pregnancies on women, I have always wanted to do something in appreciation. I did a Google search for "ancestor appreciation" , and there it was.   There is also a poem called " To My Ancestor" . I think I saw it here; I loved that.  If it wasn't for those who survived terrible disease, privation, and worked  at horrible jobs, we wouldn't be here.   I often wonder- could I do it?    Donna

[kerryb]

What a nice idea, Ancestor Appreciation Day! 

So long as Hallmark doesn't start marketing cards and spoil it!

Kerry

[MarieC]

Thanks for filling me in on Ancestor Appreciation Day.  I think it's a nice idea too, and I agree, hope the card companies don't commercialise it and spoil it!!!

MarieC

[Gadget]

Thanks for filling me in on Ancestor Appreciation Day.  I think it's a nice idea too, and I agree, hope the card companies don't commercialise it and spoil it!!!

MarieC

Oh yes they will Marie - as I write this, they are all preparing 'suitable' cards - especially the internet ones 

Perhaps we should just stick to Mother's Day (Mothering Sunday) and that later invention, Father's Day - just add as many greats as you want.

Sceptical Gadget

[MarieC]

Well SHUSH Gadget! 

Don't tell 'em!!  They don't read Rootschat messages, do they??? 

MarieC   

PS  Anyway, who would you send the cards to??  Don't think anyone has yet found a way to get letters or cards through to The Other Side!! 

[kerryb]

Apparently there is now Grandparents Day in September too.  There were a few ads on TV last year, so it will get bigger!!!

Kerry

Personally I never need a special day to appreciate either of my parents.

[Gadget]

Oh they'd find a way. Nice little gnomes as card holders for the graves, cards on spikes to plunge into the earth, nice little tableaux for the sideboard, special candles for the churches.................

Ancestor barbies and balloons....................

Maybe I'll patent it 

Gadget

[MarieC]

Tacky, Gadget, tacky!!    Come on, you're a person of good taste and good bloodlines!    Whatever the perceived financial rewards, stay away from it!!

MarieC