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Emmeline
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Emma Louisa Tricker (1885-1958)
' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« on: Thursday 18 August 05 02:37 BST (UK) »
I'm very fond of this poem ' Heredity ' and hope others like it too.

         I am the family face;
         Flesh perishes, I live on,
         Projecting trait and trace
         Through time to times anon
         Leaping from place to place
         Over oblivion.

         The years-heired feature that can
         In curve and voice and eye
         Despise the human span
         Of durance - that is I;
         The eternal thing in man
         That heeds no call to die.

I love the thought of that family face leaping from place to place. Let's know if that's happened in your generations.
Our grandchildren are certainly a living demonstration of it !

       


           
           
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Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 18 August 05 17:11 BST (UK) »
Hi Emmeline,
(have said it before, the little photo of Emma at the side is beautiful)

Yes, My brother is the spitting image of an Uncle of my Mother.

When I was looking through some old photo's I came across a photo of him, and really thought it was my brother. 

Both extremely handsome men I might add. 

Su
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Emma Louisa Tricker (1885-1958)
Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 18 August 05 21:42 BST (UK) »
Dear Su - Thank you for your your comments on my Grandma (my mother's mother) - yes she was lovely.
I was interested to hear that the family face had certainly re-appeared in your brother. Would you be able to post the two photos - just an idea !
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Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 18 August 05 22:42 BST (UK) »
My grandad's youngest brother emigrated to Canada. His granddaughter looks scarily like my sister.

I googled my grandad's older brother the other night (he died in 1917). I found a photograph of him on the silent cities site. As I couldn't quite believe that I had found a picture of him, I called my other half in to the room who promptly said, "You can see he's a Meehan".

So I guess it's true - there are just certain features that seem to recur throughout the generations.

Wotty.
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Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #4 on: Friday 19 August 05 14:20 BST (UK) »
I'll give it a go Emmeline, when I figure out how to do it...

Su
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Timperley Warburton/Dunham Massey
Yarwood Great Budworth,Lymm,Dumham Massey

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Emma Louisa Tricker (1885-1958)
Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #5 on: Friday 19 August 05 22:19 BST (UK) »
Thanks Su - I believe it is more good luck  than good mangement ! Do give it a go sometime. Kind regards.
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Re: ' Heredity' by Thomas Hardy.
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 20 August 05 04:01 BST (UK) »
Now its funny you mention lookalikes in the family,down the years,I have a lookalike to 'mine' from another part of the world.He would fit in very well with a family photo!!
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