Wow!
I didn't expect to feel emotion like I did when I saw those pictures!
That has totally blown me away!
Mat, Thank you so much!
I really don't know how to thank you all for the amount of help you are all giving me on this thread.
The really interesting thing now is the info RK found on Edith's obit.....
Toronto Star - Friday, August 7, 1998
SMITH, Edith Florence- Peacefully at Scarborough General Hospital, on Thursday August 6, 1998, in her 93rd year, Edith, beloved wife of the late William, and dear mother of N and her husband H Whitmore, D and his wife B, L and his wife B, and the late Margaret Collins, Claire Gawman and William George Smith. Lovingly remembered by eight grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Friends may visit at the Jerrett Funeral Home, 650 Kennedy Road, Scarborough (between Eglinton and St. Clair Ave E.) after 12:30 pm Saturday August 8 followed by funeral service in the Chapel at 2:30 pm Saturday. Interment Pine Hills Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Arthritis Society or the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated.
The D mentioned can't be my Dad! He was married to Agnes, my Mum, and lived in Edinburgh. Dad had never been in contact with William, and knew nothing of Edith. So could that mean he has a half-brother with the same name?
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D is a family name on my Dad's side. It goes a long way back, and indeed my brother, and my own son, are also called D.
Erm... I may need to be careful what info I give my Dad now, as he's chuffed to think his Dad knew of him, when it may have been another brother!!!!!
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