Kaytee posted:

Evening all 

Evening Kaytee 

Hi Kaytee 

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Wasn’t it unusual for a married woman to retain her maiden name in those days?

Yogi19 posted:

Wasn’t it unusual for a married woman to retain her maiden name in those days?

I’d have thought so 

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Maybe the families in the intervening years were boring, or they couldn’t get enough info on them.

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Yes,to 1946

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Wasn’t it unusual for a married woman to retain her maiden name in those days?

I’d have thought so 

And her daughter also had her mum’s surname 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Maybe the families in the intervening years were boring, or they couldn’t get enough info on them.

Yes 

Yogi19 posted:

Wasn’t it unusual for a married woman to retain her maiden name in those days?

Definitely 

My grandma ( on mums side ) was in service 

Could just be a friend 

Baz posted:

My grandma ( on mums side ) was in service 

My nana was, for a cousin of the queen 

Oh she was divorced 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Maybe the families in the intervening years were boring, or they couldn’t get enough info on them.

Knowing that house they were probably murdered😂

Baz posted:

Could just be a friend 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

My grandma ( on mums side ) was in service 

My nana was, for a cousin of the queen 

Oooo you iz well posh 

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Maybe the families in the intervening years were boring, or they couldn’t get enough info on them.

Knowing that house they were probably murdered😂

 Yes

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Have we jumped forward a lot 

Maybe the families in the intervening years were boring, or they couldn’t get enough info on them.

Knowing that house they were probably murdered😂

Yes 

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

My grandma ( on mums side ) was in service 

My nana was, for a cousin of the queen 

Oooo you iz well posh 

Hardly, nana was a table maid 

😱bigamist 

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

Hi Syd 

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

 My mum has old B&W photos of her parents, aunties and uncles and grandparents

Hi Syd 

Same could be said of some people today, but many don't Marry anymore......

Bigamy was common 

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

Kaytee posted:

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

 A nice surprise 

Kaytee posted:

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

So they lived next to each other 

Walter is his middle name - Smyth is his surname 

Poor Gladys 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

 A nice surprise 

Not judging by the look on my granny's face in the picture 😂

Awwww she died 

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

 A nice surprise 

Not judging by the look on my granny's face in the picture 😂

Rofl 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Poor Gladys

Kaytee posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Syd posted:

I think most of  us have old Black and white/ Sepia photos of our parents Grandparents......dressed for the photo...........

I have pictures of me as a small baby and child and looking at them my grandkids (and kids) think I must be ancient now............

I have a photo of my dad's family.......all eleven of them my dad is a baby in arms, must have been 1908 or 1909.....because he was the little surprise for his parents

 A nice surprise 

Not judging by the look on my granny's face in the picture 😂

ROFL 

They had their daughter late in life 

Makes me glad I have lived a happy life....in general.........

Syd posted:

Makes me glad I have lived a happy life....in general.........

Me too