BARRACKS YARD, KILLAMARSH

[claypit]

Hi Pat are you from Killamarsh originally or is it that you just found that address on the marriage certificate,if you look at the photo that green fence on it was where my grandad used to live,there has now been a new house built there.
Claypit

[Pat]

Hi Claypit,

No, I'm not from the Killamarsh area.  My husband's Grandparents lived there, although he never knew them.
This makes researching rather difficult.   I've had a lot of help from people such as yourself which makes things easier.
Add to that, the fact that my husbands mother was fostered by someone in Sheffield, doesn't make the task any easier.
We don't know if she ever knew her real family, as she never spoke of them.
We have also found she had numerous siblings.
The really sad part is that we have found some of her aunts came to Australia, as she did, and lived quite close.
She was born in the Rose Villas, Loch Hill, Killamarsh.
Her father was Samuel Johnson, a coal miner.
Cheers,
Pat.

[claypit]

Hello Pat,
I know it's been a good while since we have been in touch, but as you were interested in Barraks Yard at Killamarsh, and we sent you the photo as it is now, we thought you might be interested in the photo we have found today on the Killamarsh Heritage web site, of Barracks Yard as it was when they were celebrating the end of WW1 in 1918.
Best Regards Claypit.

[Pat]

Thank you so much for the pic.  I can't remember having looked at the Killamarsh Heritage web site you have mentioned, so that may be helpful too.
It was very nice of you to remember me.
Kind regards,
Pat.

[claypit]

Hi Pat,
I don't think the site has been going that long, but I hope the photo is of some help to you.
All the besy Claypit.