An ancestor's moment you'd like to have witnessed?

[Kim1980]

Far too many to mention but I was struck by China's original story as the same thing happened to my grandfather and his brother:

Just got to thinking about this, due to a thread on the Photo board.

My dad was in the Royal Canadian Navy during the war. His brother was in the Black Watch.

So dad was on leave in London, wandering around Trafalgar Square, and who does he spot but his brother!

Of course during wartime, you aren't to tell anybody where you are, or even drop hints. So neither of them knew the other was going to be there.

Dad comes running up to his brother and jumps on him. They pound each other on the back so hard dad said they were both sore for a week.

My grandfather (also in the Black Watch) bumped into his brother in Tripoli (his brother was in the Royal Navy). On the back of the photograph, which was sent back at Christmas to their mother, it says that they spent two days together.

Kim

[sleepybarb]

Strange though it might sound I'd have liked to have been there when my Mum (now deceased )took charge of the Bragg/ Rayworth family Bible at the start of World War two.then maybe I'd be able to find it and find a few of the missing family members.
                             Barb

[Redroger]

Agreed about brickwall ancestors, but my favourite would have been to witness my paternal grandparents' wedding. She was 35 and he was at least 66, gave their ages as 35 and 55.Wonder the church roof didn't cave in!!

[vvbg]

This topic has made me laugh so much since it started
What fab stories you all have to tell.
If there is such a place where we will meet them all again, can't
imagine they'll be too pleased with us discovering all the family secrets
they tried so hard to hide.
My ancestors seem so dull and boring after reading this.

Keep them coming!!!!


Marie

[meles]

I'd have liked to have been at great great auntie Mary's second wedding, to see the expression on her face when the vicar asked "Does anyone have anyone just cause or impediment...?". Luckily her existing husband was not there...   

meles

[Redroger]

I'd have liked to have been at great great auntie Mary's second wedding, to see the expression on her face when the vicar asked "Does anyone have anyone just cause or impediment...?". Luckily her existing husband was not there...   

meles

Nice one! That must surely apply to every bigamist!

[carol8353]

This topic has made me laugh so much since it started
What fab stories you all have to tell.
If there is such a place where we will meet them all again, can't
imagine they'll be too pleased with us discovering all the family secrets
they tried so hard to hide.
My ancestors seem so dull and boring after reading this.

Keep them coming!!!!


Marie

Oh dear you've got me worrried now Marie 

I wonder what they will say when we meet up with them again?

I thought we'd hidden that very short pregnancy from everyone
Or.... why did you have to find out that my son was illegitimate.
Blimey are you saying my parents never married 

Carol

[Seoras]

I would like to have been stood outside the house after the moment my Great grandmother concieved my grandfather,just to give me some idea who his flipping father was

Just Looking,me and you both

George.

[rachelralph]

loved reading these.

totally off away from the subject of seeing whom made out with whom and the game of who's the daddy lol......

my husbands ancestor was a domestic servent/carter boy/odd job boy on a large estate. he worked there from the age of about 6 until he was about 18. it had come to the attention of the lord of the estate that his odd job boy had taken a fancy to his daughter. rather than let this continue (it seems the daughter quiet like him too) the lrod arranged for the young man to go to canada and work over there.

i would have loved to have been a fly on the wall there, and witness his face when they told him of his new life waiting for him in canada without the love of his life.

turned out for the good though as the ancestor went on to become a major in the salvation army, married a wondeful lady and became very prominent.

a little extra thing in this story that i would have loved to have witness. during ww2 this man was reliabley informed that his brother(who had come over to america some years after his older brother) was travelling through his town by train with his regiment. he had had contact with the brother of sorts but never saw him. he waited all day at the station and come the evening the porter at the station told him to go home and that no other trains would be through. he did, and then unknown to him the train came and went and he missed his brother. he didnt see his brother for another few years. how sad!