Four Trees -Our Great Grandmothers

[Sharon01]

Just thought I would add mine too.

Elizabeth Robinson born 1895, Clerkenwell, London
Elizabeth Louisa Sills born 1898, Mile End Old Town, London
Esther Salkeld born 1894, Hexham, Northumberland
Mary Killen born 1891, Liverpool, Lancashire

I also have my gg grandmothers.

Only one grandmother still living aged 92, daughter of Elizabeth Robinson.

Sharon

[pinefamily]

Here are mine:

Florence Ellen Smith- B. 1900 Barton Mills, Suffolk, D. 1967 Suffolk.
Phyllis Mary Shinn- B. 1915 Worlington, Suffolk, D. 1989 Tuddenham St. Mary, Suffolk.
Gladys Cook- B. 1911 Stetchworth, Cambs, D. 1991 Hertfordshire.
Bessie Patton- B. 1919 Langham, Suffolk, D. 2009 Suffolk.

When i was born 3 of these were still alive but i was too young to remember Phyllis and Gladys. I knew my Nanna Bessie, although she suffered an unfortunate stroke in 1997 which she never properly recovered from. I always remember her with fondness however 

Wow! I only had one grandmother alive when I was born, let alone any great grandmothers.

[Duodecem]

I only ever knew one grandmother- whose own mother died when she was a baby so no memories at all. I  never knew any great grandparents who all died long before I was born. They all seem to have been quite resourceful women with far from easy lives:
Emma Amelia Harvey-born Shoreham by Sea Sussex , 1827, a dressmaker. Married in Scotland aged 26 and travelled with her husband -a gunner in the Royal Artillery, to Ireland and to Essex. Had 4 children died Northamptonshire 1908.
Rosina Sophia Morton born Windsor in 1845, married in London aged 19, lived in Battersea, 7 children moved back to Windsor by 1881, died 1908.
Hannah Royal born Yarmouth Norfolk 1857. Married to a mariner, aged 21,  3 children died Yarmouth, October 1886 when her youngest child was only 6 moths old.
Sarah Charlotte Tann born Norwich 1853 married aged 19 had 13 children, (4 of whom died within 7 weeks of each other in 1887). Widowed when her youngest child was only 2 she died in 1927.
I've found out the names and some information about  all of their mothers as well- 8 great grandmothers. I think having few relatives left alive from the older generation when I was a child made me want to find out their stories.

[LymondSevigny]

Lillias Barr - b.1861 Abercrombie St., Glasgow (m. Duncan Buchanan)
Jeanie Buchanan - b.1874 Johnstone, Refrewshire (m. David Thomson) - no relation to Duncan Buchanan above
Agnes Robertson Jamieson b.1869 World's End Close, Edinburgh (m.Charles Swanson, originally from Orkney)
Margaret McGillewie McNaughton - b. Remony, Acharn, Perthshire (m. Donald McDonald) - their daughter (my grandmother) was called Margaret McDougall McDonald.

Anne

[DavidG02]

Edith Jenkins 1869 - 1957 Cornwall background

Margaret Sheehan  1870 - 1907 Irish Background

Susannah Olive Amelia Hatherell 1887 - 1973 Wilts Background

Caroline Brighton 1884 - 1957   Lincolnshire Background

All married in Australia and 3 known born here as well. ( Sheehan is the unknown)

[777777]

Ellen Sanfey b.1879 Oylegate, Co. Wexford; d.1955 Oylegate, Co. Wexford

Annie Doyle b.1901 Rathmore, Kilscoran, Co. Wexford; d.1974 Clonmel, Co. Tipperary

Ann McCahey b.1875 Drumbrone, Drumcarrow, Co. Monaghan; d.1930 Greaghlone, Drumcarrow, Co. Monaghan

Alice McKenna (in my profile picture) b.1877 Ballymacolgan, Drumconrath, Co. Meath; d.1967 Lisagoan, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan

[healyjfch]

Three of my Great grandmothers came from same parish, and stayed there for their lives.

All my great Grand mothers lived in Co Kilkenny in Republic of Ireland.
To date I have not found any ancestor to have come from another county.

When I was researching an individual person in parish register which was on microfiche, I found other relatives that I had not expected to find so soon.

[Sandgroper]

Adding mine too:

Margaret Ogilvie             born 1858 in Victoria, Australia
Mary Wall                      born 1868 in Shropshire, England
Caroline Martin              born 1881 in Victoria, Australia
Margaret Stuart             born 1861 in County Clare, Ireland

I met Margaret at her 100th birthday celebrations when I was a small child and I'm amazed that I can say I met someone born in 1861.
 

[Cell]

I've just realised I have photographs of all of my Great grandmothers . Never connected it really,  I've always had the photos, but never thought of it that way.

Kind regards