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Hi all,

I require some help in deciphering the wording on this 1946 POW message sent home to Schleswig-Holstein from Berkshire.

Can anyone help me work out what it says, in German and English?

My attempt so far:

datum 21 Juli 1946.
Ihr Lieber in Gedanken bin ich stets auch und lebe nur dem Augenblick unserer Wechevereinigung (?). Wir werden sehr einen Anfang finden wenn wir nur unsammenstehen. Aus allen Unglück gibt es einen Weg. Ich freue mich über jede Zeile und das Ihr über alles einigermassen hinweggekommen seich. Wohl auch ein Verchemst (?) des artigen Jungen. Es ist doch ein guter Trost nicht mein Schatz ... (?) wieder die schönsten Küsse und liebsten Grüsse von ...?... Papi.

Thanks
Matt

Hi all,

In the obituary of my great-great grandmother, Annie Louisa Johnson (nee Little), published in the Marlborough Times (Wiltshire) in 1949, it makes reference to 'Mrs. J. Samuels (sister)' being present as a mourner in the church at Ramsbury. In the list of floral tributes, the children of the deceased are listed in age order after a mystery couple, 'Jenny and Harry,' at the top of the list of flower-givers. This suggests to me that Jenny could be 'Mrs J. Samuels,' as she preceded Annie's children in the list.

Annie Louisa Little was born on August 4, 1877 at Lambourne in Berkshire. Her appearance on the Censuses is sketchy, but I have found them all, under names including Lucy (1881), Annie (1891), Louisa (1901) and Ada (1911). Her parents, Charles Little (born 1856) and Clara Jane Knott (born 1857), married in 1876 in Lambourn, Berkshire, and had four children: Annie, Charles (b 1879 in Lambourn Woodlands, Berks), Clara Jane (b 1884 in Bishopstone, Wilts) and Martha (b 1894 in Calne, Wilts). The 1911 census for Charles and Clara states that they had four children born to them, and all were still living. Clara Jane Knott actually had an illegitimate son in December 1871, named William Grantham Knott. He lived with his maternal grandparents in Lambourn Woodlands and married in 1889 and moved away. Charles Little (Snr) was a shepherd, and they moved around quite frequently:
1881 - Lambourn Woodlands, Berks (Charles & Clara with Annie and Charles)
1891 - Rowde, Wilts (Charles & Clara with Annie, Charles and Clara)
1901 - Over Norton, Oxon (Charles & Clara with Charles, Clara and Martha)
1911 - Filkins, Oxon (Charles & Clara). Annie had married in 1898 and lived in Ramsbury, Wilts; Charles Jnr was also in Filkins in 1911; Clara Jane was married (see below) and living in Hook Norton, Oxon and Martha was in service in Brentford, Middlesex.

Charles Little (Jnr) married in 1902 in Bicester (Oxon) RD to Agnes Leach, they had two daughters, and he died in 1929. Clara Jane Little (Jnr) married in 1902 in Bicester (Oxon) RD to Stephen Nurden, they had five children. Never found a death for Clara Jane Jnr. Martha was living in service in 1911 in Brentford, Middlesex. I have never found a marriage nor a death for Martha.

My question is this - who is Mrs J. Samuels, and who are Jenny and Harry? Could they be one and the same? And could 'Jenny' be a corruption of Jane (Clara Jane) - maybe why I have never found a death for her? Or was Mrs J. Samuels actually Martha, who had married in the meantime?

I am looking for anyones opinions or further avenues for research, for I am a bit stumped by this family.

Thanks for reading.
Matt

Not one of mine, but from the 19th-Century grave of sisters Amelia and Catherine Robbins at Midgham Park, Berkshire:

'Two sisters in one grave now rest,
Who for their parents did their best,
Who labour'd hard with joy and pride,
That all their wants might be supplied.
With tender love and anxious care,
They watched and waited, the much loved pair,
Whose hearts with gratitude o'erflow'd
That God such children had bestow'd.

Honour thy Father and the Mother,
that thy days be long in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.'

Matt

Quote

..........seems to have been a foster parent or baby farmer of some sort. ..........

Oh Matt I love it! Imagination running wild...thanks for the smile

Well as the saying goes... You've got to speculate to accumulate!!

Matt

Thanks, guys.

Looks like I'm going to Staffs for the records then!

Thanks again.
Matt