Merry
26-09-13, 06:49
I've spent much of the past week trying to reorganise the family photos - ours, mums, my aunt's, my grandparents, my parents-in-law etc all of which are now in my home and which contain hundreds of duplicates and multiple similar shots. I'm about halfway at the moment and have got through 1,200 of those sticky triangular corners whilst moving some pics around in the albums, have consolidated about 45 albums into about 15 and am probably approaching the half way mark soon. Not long before I reach the trunk of loose pictures!!
Anyway, I digress..... I came across the wedding photos for the only wedding where mum was a bridesmaid. This reminded me of the family story which was also written on the back of one of the snaps - Mum only ever had an official role at two weddings (bridesmaid and bride) and at both of them the groom's surname was Burchill, which is a fairly uncommon name. She wasn't keen on the groom when she was bridesmaid so heavily underlined on the back of the photo is written "Same spelling but No Relation!" (to mum's future husband).
As the bride at this wedding was mum's cousin she is on my tree and so I looked this morning to see what I have recorded about the groom. Turned out I only had the marriage record as I'd not been able to determine any other information. Mum had only been able to tell me she thought he was from London (not Bristol like all my dad's family) and that he was a lot older than his bride.
It's years since I looked at this part of my tree and now we have the benefit of the 1911 census and fully transcribed BMD records. It took my about five minutes to realise I have the groom's father on my tree! Turns out my paternal grandfather and the groom where mum was bridesmaid were first cousins! lol
Mum will probably be horrified (only in a jokey way!) - I hope she can remember all about it as her longer term memory is starting to follow her short term memory and is getting a bit hazy. I think she will and it will make her laugh. Gives me something to talk about when I see her later today!
Anyway, I digress..... I came across the wedding photos for the only wedding where mum was a bridesmaid. This reminded me of the family story which was also written on the back of one of the snaps - Mum only ever had an official role at two weddings (bridesmaid and bride) and at both of them the groom's surname was Burchill, which is a fairly uncommon name. She wasn't keen on the groom when she was bridesmaid so heavily underlined on the back of the photo is written "Same spelling but No Relation!" (to mum's future husband).
As the bride at this wedding was mum's cousin she is on my tree and so I looked this morning to see what I have recorded about the groom. Turned out I only had the marriage record as I'd not been able to determine any other information. Mum had only been able to tell me she thought he was from London (not Bristol like all my dad's family) and that he was a lot older than his bride.
It's years since I looked at this part of my tree and now we have the benefit of the 1911 census and fully transcribed BMD records. It took my about five minutes to realise I have the groom's father on my tree! Turns out my paternal grandfather and the groom where mum was bridesmaid were first cousins! lol
Mum will probably be horrified (only in a jokey way!) - I hope she can remember all about it as her longer term memory is starting to follow her short term memory and is getting a bit hazy. I think she will and it will make her laugh. Gives me something to talk about when I see her later today!