On This Day in FEBRUARY ...

[genjen]

Thanks NJ.

My main one today is the birthday of my maternal grandmother, Amelia Alice ( Cissy) Smith, born 25th February 1894 in Middlesbrough, daughter of John Smith and Sarah Ann Bland.

She married James Frost in 1914, shortly before the birth of her first daughter, my aunt Lily. Another daughter, Alice, was born in 1915.

During the war years, as well as bringing up two small children,she worked in a munitions factory. I have her clocking-in disc and one of her payslips as a treasured possession.
 James Frost died in 1917, from the flu' which was so destructive during and after the Great War.

In 1919, Amelia married Thomas Smith ( son of John Smith and Harriet Knight) and went on to have four more children, my mum being the second one, in 1925. The marriage of my grandparents has given me the genealogist's nightmare of having two Smith lines to research, two great grandfathers called John Smith and two great grandfathers called William Smith!

My mother could be quite vitriolic when talking about her own mum. Apparently Amelia wasn't above going out when her husband was on night shift, leaving four small children at home. She liked her drink ( I inherited that trait then!) and apparently was a bit of a flirt as well. ( I am being kind here - the stories are less forgiving).

Tom Smith died as the result of a tragic accident at work in 1941, leaving Amelia widowed for the second time. She died in 1945 at the age of fifty-one. She was described as a hard, sharp-tongued woman, not very loving and quick to lash out. I say, living as she did in poverty and hardship, who can blame her. I never met her but it is my decision to love her nevertheless.

[LizzieW]

genjen - She doesn't look as if she started her adult life as a hard, sharp-tongued woman, not very loving and quick to lash out, does she?  As you say circumstances can change anyone.

Christopher Collett my 1st cousin 3 times removed was baptised in Mettingham, Suffolk in 1836

Anne Sharp (nee Gilchrist) my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mark’s Church, Frampton, Lincolnshire in 1808.  She was the 2nd child in the family to be called Anne, although the first one didn’t have the letter e at the end of her name.  She died aged 18 months.

Hannah Lockwood my 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Nicholas Church, Cumberworth, Yorkshire in 1815.  She was sister to Elizabeth Lockwood my 2 x g.grandmother who was baptised 3 7ears later but on 1st February.  Info about the family is shown on that day.

William Hobson my 5 x g.g.uncle was baptised at St Peter’s Church, Huddersfield, Yorkshire in1704/5

John Day my 3 x g.grandfather was buried at All Saints Church, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1874.  I did visit the graveyard a few years back and found my 2 x g.grandmother’s grave (John’s daughter) who died in 1844, but I didn’t find John, or his wife’s grave – she died in 1849. I would have expected it to be near to their daughter’s grave as from the wording on her grave it is apparent that they were the ones who bought her gravestone as she is shown as their daughter, before being mentioned as wife of Charles Cockett.

Martin Batty and Elizabeth Bagshaw my 5 x g.grandparents were married at Ecclesfield, Yorkshire in 1732/33 – according to Familysearch.org, ref index and sourcing film available, but I am not near to one of their places to view this record.  I have no idea why they married in Ecclesfield, as both of them were born and baptised in Penistone and both died in Denby Dale and were buried in Penistone, as were their parents and siblings.  I can only find one child for them so far, my 4 x g.grandmother who was baptised at Penistone in 1737.  I’m sure they must have had more children, perhaps in Ecclesfield before returning to Penistone.  Unfortunately, neither FindMyPast nor Ancestry have Ecclesfield baptisms on their sites yet but I live in hope. 

[Lydart]

I'm in and out all day tomorrow, so can I put tomorrows special one today ??

Mary Anne Trowbridge, my great grandmother, was born 26th February, 1846, Cole Hill, Wimborne Minster, Dorset.   Just to make things difficult for me in her future, she married a John Williams !   (Mary and John Williams !!   .... almost as bad as Mary and John Smith !)

She is my Dorset Button maker     http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,300158.0.html    and taught her grand-daughter, my mother, how to make 'high tops' as well as other things; my mother taught me, and I have taught my daughter !   

Mary Anne had 13 children according to the 1911 census, but I have only been able to find ten of them.   She and John moved from Dorset to Hampshire, and then around the time of WW1, moved to be with several of their children in S. Wales.    They both died in the 1930's in Risca, but with such common names for Wales, I have never been able to exactly pin-point their deaths or graves.   

I have just three photo's of Mary, including this one with the lace collar .... and I have the lace collar .... a very precious heirloom, plus a lace edged hankie of hers, embroidered with her initials.   She looks SO like my mother at a similar age, its uncanny !

I find it strange that I moved here to S. Wales not knowing any of her history, and am now living only about 20 miles from where she did !

[genjen]

Today I have just one:

John Munro Raitt was born in 1837, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire. A 3 x great uncle of whom I know little except that he was the legitimate son of James Raitt and Christian Crichton, which is more than can be said for some of his "siblings". James Raitt fathered several offspring outside of his marriage, Christian Chrichton raised them as her own!
John married Margaret Allen and had eight children. He died in 1905 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire.

[DORAN54]

its our wedding anniversary  today 41 years ago  i got married to my lovely hubby where have the years gone!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[genjen]

its our wedding anniversary  today 41 years ago  i got married to my lovely hubby where have the years gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who knows; where did you last see them?

Many congratulations. Have a happy day.

If I had stayed married, I'd have been coming up to forty-three years. 

[LizzieW]

Congratulations Doran.  I celebrated my Golden Wedding anniversary last June - and I'm not even old enough    As you say where have the years gone.



Benjamin Collett my 2 x g.g.uncle married Bertha Philpot in Fressingfield, Suffolk in 1824.  They had 7 children but, unfortunately, Bertha died in 1834 either during or shortly after the birth of their 7th child.

Martha Stanton my 2 x g.g.aunt and George Bonnetts Abrahams were married in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire in 1844

Clement Tubbs my 2 x g.g.uncle was baptised at All Saints Church, Holbeach, Lincolnshire in 1822.  He died aged 2½.  He was the 4th child of my 3 x g.grandfather and his first wife.  My 3 x g.grandfather had already fathered a child, before he married his first wife,  my 2 x g.grandfather, but he had not married his mother. 

Clara Pemberton my 1st cousin twice removed died in Eccles, Lancashire in 1891 aged 9 months.

[stonechat]

Edward Jackson was born in 1860 in Hawk Green, Marple, Cheshire to George Jackson who would become a mine manager and Sally nee Booth

Edwards moved with his parents in the 1870's to the Barnsley area of Yorkshire, but Sally died in 1874 and George in 1879.

By 1881 Edward was an assistant colliery manager in Barnsley.
In 1888 he was awarded his certificate of competency at Silkstone near Barnsley.
By Jan 1890 he was undermanager at Hyde Colliery in Cheshire at the time of the explosion that killed 23 people. Edward found some of the bodies himself and was called to give evidence at the inquest on two days, and again for a final question later.
A first floodlit football match was held between Ardwick (now Man C) and Newton Heath (Now Man U) at Bell Vue, 10,000 attended, in aid of the victims families. This was the first floodlit Manchester derby match

At this time he was living in Hyde with Ann Aldous nee Lee as husband and wife
I have written here before about Ann's disappearing first Husband William Aldous.
In March my grandfather was born - Harry Jackson.

In 1899 he became the colliery manager at Breightmet near Bolton, Lancs,
In 1911 he was manager of a mine in Pendleton, Lancashire.
By 1918 he had become the manager of the Lingard Lane Colliery in Bredbury near Stockport, Cheshire. He died there in 1921 of Cancer of the Oesophagus.
I believe he had shortly previously left the mine and was presented with a clock. Unfortunately this was not preserved from a great aunts belonging when she died.

He was also briefly a mason.

[Treetotal]

My Uncle George was born on this day in 1910....103 today...Happy Birthday Uncle George
Carol