Tom Tom
11-01-11, 19:35
Sadly, my Grandad's cousin died just over a year ago and had no family of her own.
At her funeral I was given a big old album of postcards and photographs which I will treasure.
Recently, I have been sent another hundred or so photographs from the early 1900s tracing the life of my great great aunt.
Here are four of my favourites -
L-R my great great grandfather, his grandson, my great great aunt, my great grandfather (driving)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyThomasWillisFreddieConnellyKateAConnellyJo hn.jpg
My great grandfather on the far left with two of his sisters, their husbands and two of their children.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/Connellyfamilycart.jpg
The family outside their house in Barry. Great Great Grandparents are the older couple in the middle. The lady on the far left was a family friend called Granny Edie and the others are all family members too.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyFamilyBarry2.jpg
My Great Great Aunt (who my Great Grandfather was very fond of) and the cousin who died was devoted to her mother.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyAliceViolet1890-1977.jpg
I feel lucky to have these photos (and many more) but sad in the circumstances they came to me. I knew the lady who owned them and met her several times.
My Great Great Grandfather had the same name as me (apart from my middle name) so I feel a certain connection with him.
Just thought I would share :)
At her funeral I was given a big old album of postcards and photographs which I will treasure.
Recently, I have been sent another hundred or so photographs from the early 1900s tracing the life of my great great aunt.
Here are four of my favourites -
L-R my great great grandfather, his grandson, my great great aunt, my great grandfather (driving)
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyThomasWillisFreddieConnellyKateAConnellyJo hn.jpg
My great grandfather on the far left with two of his sisters, their husbands and two of their children.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/Connellyfamilycart.jpg
The family outside their house in Barry. Great Great Grandparents are the older couple in the middle. The lady on the far left was a family friend called Granny Edie and the others are all family members too.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyFamilyBarry2.jpg
My Great Great Aunt (who my Great Grandfather was very fond of) and the cousin who died was devoted to her mother.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/colwoodtom/ConnellyAliceViolet1890-1977.jpg
I feel lucky to have these photos (and many more) but sad in the circumstances they came to me. I knew the lady who owned them and met her several times.
My Great Great Grandfather had the same name as me (apart from my middle name) so I feel a certain connection with him.
Just thought I would share :)