Found a poem

[iolaus]

Looking at Maria's siblings - her brother Thomas married an Eliza Hunt - I wonder if that was your Bessie?

I can't see any grandchildren Bessie's in the census but I haven't really tracked down the siblings

Charles Mills and Rose Hannah Harding had 10 children
David 1853-1927
Anne 1855-1859
Thomas 1856 -
William 1859
Hannah 1861
William Daniel 1863
James 1865
Maria 1866 - 1919
Mary Anne 1868
Elizabeth Ellen 1871 - 1896

Do you have the original poem?

[jaybelnz]

How really lovely-!
What a lovely thing to have. It has me all teary-eyed.
Congratulations on a wonderful memento.
 Expect some emotion from the person for whom it is intended.
Who could remain dry- eyed!
                                         Viktoria.

Yep -  me too Viktoria 😪

[Tosheroo]

Thank you for that information Iolaus. I will try and find out more information from family members. I don’t have the original poem only a copy which I first saw about 30years ago when my mother was sorting through some papers

[Andy_T]

iolaus you found a beautiful and poignant poem about your father-in-law’s gg grandmother and . . .                       
“ Wondered if anyone else had found similar? ”

Well no, nothing in this league but I did find a limerick written by my Dad when he was 9 and it was published for the "DERBY UCAN CLUB" in the Derby Daily Telegraph, June 9, 1929.
I was thrilled to find this, even if he didn’t receive the Nobel Literature Prize for it.
 
On my profile picture he’s the boy on the front row in middle and this photo was taken in 1930 with Derby Boy's Fishing Club.


Andy_T

[pinefamily]

One of my great grandfathers was a Swedish seaman. Out here in Australia he captained the  small ketches that sailed up and down the coast collecting grain and other goods to bring back to Port Adelaide. While at sea, he used to write poetry in his logbooks. He also wrote a beautiful poem on his wife's headstone.