Hello,
Forgive me as it has been a long, long time since I even thought of these folks and I saw them last in childhood. I don't have many details.
My great aunt, Jessie MCGREGOR (1883 - 1980), was a WW1 war bride from Scotland. She married a Canadian soldier, Jack KING (? - 1965), of the 48th Highlanders. They lived for years in Toronto. Had no children. It was Jessie who encouraged my parents to immigrate to Canada and we did so in 1967.
We sometimes attended a family reunion of Jack's extended family at a farm somewhere near Orono. I recall barns, a brick house with a porch, pony riding for the children and lots of people. I am not sure if these folks were of the KING family or the somehow related TAYLOR family. I remember a very elderly lady there, possibly 90 years old, (born 1880-ish?) named Winnie/Winnifred. This was late 1960s - early 1970s. Does any of that sound familiar to anyone?
I know they are inlaws of some sort, but I have a lot of love for some of these people. Aunt Jessie, my great grandmother's sister, was the closest thing I ever had to a grandmother. We had so few relatives in this country and she was wonderful. Ed TAYLOR (who may have been Jessie's brother-in-law?) was employed as a caretaker of some kind for a wealthy family. At Christmas, we received some fabulous toys (full toy kitchen set one year) that had been discarded by the wealthy family. Ed had given them to my parents rather than take them to the dump.
It would be great to learn more about these people or hear from anyone connected, or who remembers these family reunions of 45+ years ago Thank you!
Mary
