Genealogy Chat

My great grandfather split up from my great grandmother around 1913, he met someone else and to our knowledge had 2 more sons. I set off to find these 2 sons just to have some names for the tree. I placed a story in the Kent Messenger with a pic of my great grandad and the story around him hoping to find some grand children of his, as he was born in 1873. To my utter suprise I found sons, (My great grandad started having more children when he was 60) Thanks to that I am now in contact with 3 of my great grandads 6 sons and 1 of them aged 81 wants me to help him arrange his wedding to Ann the love of his life. We are all going to meet on Tuesday and exchange photographs and I cannot wait! The Kent messenger also wants to do a follow up story when th wedding comes around. I Just think its surreal, for me to track down relys missing for 50 years and then be organising a wedding for one of them who is actually the sweetest man ive ever met

What a lovely story, thanks for sharing it with us, hope you all have a lovely wedding, best wishes yvette

Lovely story! Hope it all works out well!!

Wonderful, dreams do come true. Brightened up my teatime. Thank you Elaine Bob

Thanks for sharing your lovely story.........restores the spirit. Good luck to the 'happy couple'............. Reg

wonderfull, what a smashing story, i hope you have a lovely time on the wedding day hazel.

Ancestors: The special book upon the shelf was made with many hands. Our ancestors who posed back then all came from different lands. Their pictures were all tucked away and rarely did we see, The importance of these treasures is The start of you and me. The history of our families now here in black and white Preserved with special care and time Each page is done just right. When time permits, we take it down and think of days long past. Our hopes, our dreams, our heritage All safe and made to last. Life is a scrapbook, torn and old In which our little lives are told, And when the twilight shadows fall This is the sweetest thing of all; To turn the pages of the years, Remembering with happy tears The faithful love, the perfect friend... These things are treasured to the end.

thats a beautiful poem Carol Thanks everyone for appreciating my story, I still have to sit here and pinch myself as I can't believe I have been so lucky in finding them alive and well!

A truly wonderful story, Elaine. Good luck to the happy couple too. Best wishes, from Beryl

It is a lovely story. I live in Kent so will be looking for the story in the Kent Messenger Josephine wife of John

What a lovely story. I live in Kent too so let us know when it eventually goes in the newspaper. Linda

Wonderful News Have a great day on Tuesday. Congratulations & Best Wishes to the Happy Couple. Sue

A lovely story. Will it be featured in all the Kent Messengers, I wonder. I know there are regional issues. Please update us nearer the time and I will look out for the feature. Gwyn

Ahhhh this had made my day. What a great ending to all the very hard work we have to put into this research. I bet you feel Grrrrrrreat!!! well done. Kathlyn