Four Trees -Our Great Grandmothers

[MarieC]

Yes JK, I certainly am green with envy!!!

MarieC

[Reyz]

My four 

Mary Ann LONG aka JONES born 1865 in Merthyr Tydfil Wales. Lived in Brynmawr in later years.

Sarah Ann HOPE born 1851 in Llanfabon Glamorgan, lived in Peny-graig.

Emily LODGE born 1850 in Roxwell Essex. My Dad remembers her talking to the Milkmans horse.

Alice Emily PERRY born 1870 in London and after putting Nan in a Home in 1897 vanishes.

Reyz.

[kerryb]

Prue

How lovely to have photos of all 4!

Mine were
Ethel Mary Cruse born Sussex
Dorothy Gladys Harmer born Sussex
Naomi Elizabeth Winchester born Sussex
and just to be different
Emily Payne born Surrey

3 died before I was born but I got to meet Dorothy Harmer, what a sweet little lady she was!

Kerry

[nanny jan]

My 4 are:

Elizabeth Mary Ann Burgess b London
Amelia Sophia Rayner  b Kent
Ellen Mary Eliza Viney   b London
Annie George b Middlesex

I've photos of all; some better than others!

Annie and Ellen met me but I can't remember them!

Nanny Jan

[Raels]

My four g grandmothers were:

Rose Matilda James born Elmore Victoria Australia 1869, Married John Emil Maass John was actually born Emil took his older brothers name when he died at 5 months.

Ada Georgina Breeze Born Yambuk Victoria Australia 1861, married John Jones.

Harriet Mary Cureton born Hereford Hereford England 1879 married John Ellis Lancaster.

Florence Ethel Fabian born ? 1885 married Alfred Alexander Hucklebridge

The only one i remember was Ethel we used to pick blackberries at her house

Raels

[PrueM]

BTW Prue having photographs of all 4 is just showing off, I bet many of us are green with envy of that!!

  Sorry!  I wasn't showing off, honest! 
In fact I sort of hadn't realised I had all of them, if you know what I mean - I knew I had photos of each lady, but until I decided to post on this thread it hadn't clicked that I had all four 

There are plenty of ancestors I would dearly love to have piccies of, but they remain faceless (for now) 

Prue 

[Gadget]

It could also be, Prue, that you are younger than some of us 

I have two photos of one great grandmother (b. 1853) taken in 1904 and 1920s but none of the others, although I have a photo of another grt grandmother's (b.1842)  brother and wife. I have photos of both grandmothers (b. 1873 and 1878) -  first ones taken in the 1880s and others through into the 20th century.

Some younger members of RChat may even have photos of their great great grandmothers.

My niece, who is a couple of years older than you, has pictures of all 4 great grandparents and at least one great great grandparent.

It's all a matter of time periods and our ages, maybe.

Gadget

Added their birth years to make more sense!

[PrueM]

Thanks Gadget, that makes me feel better 
I am very young  although the wrinkles on my face might indicate otherwise!

Prue

[julianb]

Not wishing to brag but I have photos of them all as well!  They were all widowed.

Annie Langridge (1861-1936) was mother of my father's father.  She was illegitimate - born Ann Coleman in Croydon.  Her mother married two years after she was born, and to all intents and purposes, her husband was Annie's Dad (and there's no proof either way about who the biological father was).  6 children (at least).  Pic 32

Mary Ann Gibbs (1862-1920) was mother of my father's mother.  She was a twin.  Her first husband (my great grandfather) died in his thirties, and she married again.  She was a laundress.  The work probably killed her - coronary before she reached 60. Her three sons who reached adulthood all killed in the line of duty in WW1.  9 children first time round, plus 2 from second marriage. Pic 120

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