Remembrance Day

In my research of the family tree, I found out about my grandfather's brothers Richard and John and was proud, yet saddened of what happened to them in the first world war. I began, around 2008, to attend the Remembrance Day activities at our local Canadian Legion, I was surprised how much emotion was inside me, for two people that I had never met.

In recent weeks, through this blog and a facebook page for Prescot Geneology, I have found relatives of Ellen Weldon who remember their Gran, Nellie, very well and have told me that every year, on Remembrance Day, Nellie would cry for her lost brother, Richard.

I will carry on the tradition and I will also include Ellen in my thoughts on Remembrance Day and raise a toast to another family member.

I have a couple of pictures of Ellen and hope in the next months to obtain more from her grandchildren in the UK, here's one of my favorites, Nelly, with her daughter Evelyn.

Lets do our best to remember them all.

Mary Wright and Derek Hennin marriage

In 1954, a year or so after my mum and dad's wedding, Mary, who had been maid of honor at their wedding, married a footballer called Derek Hennin.

The above photograph had been written on the back, by Mary Wright, she listed the participants from right to left :

Uncle Tom, Jenny, Bill Watkinson (best man), June, Mum, Me (Mary Wright), Derek, Derek's mum, Pat, Derek's sister, Ann, Alda's daughter, Derek's dad.

So, I'll expand on the list as the Weldon family is well represented, it is interesting that Mary Wright's Uncle Tom (assuming Thomas Wright) is on the far right of the photograph, but not her father John Wright, (I have not yet established if he was alive in 1954) Jennie Lunt is next, the daughter of James Lunt and Jane (Jinnie) Weldon. Bill Watkinson the best man and then June Phillips, the daughter of John Phillips and Violet Priscilla Weldon.  Rachel Weldon is next, Mary's mother who was married to John Wright, the bride, Mary Wright, the groom, Derek Hennin and then his mother followed by Pat Hennin, his sister, Ann Lewis, daughter of Robert Lewis and Alda Weldon and then, at the far left, Derek's father.