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Afternoon one and all,
tonights the night as they say, lol. Looking forward to the party. The stress of keeping it a secret will be over and I can get my sanity back ;-)
Mo please get well soon, I'm mssing you.
Yvonne sometimes I have no problems getting on and at other times I feel like pulling my hair out and just give up. I wonder why GR can't sort it out.
Sun has just come out and drizzle has stopped, its been very warm and stuffy all day though.
Hope you all have a good weekend,
Back later, if I can see straight :-0 :-0
Cath xx
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Hi all, I've been out Christmas shopping, got quite a few things in. Have you started yours yet Shelly? You're usually first to start.
Cath, she'll be over the moon with her party, you'll all have a great time.
Mo, I didn't know you were ill, I thought you were just having trouble getting on here. Hope you're soon feeling better.
Dermot came back with a vengeance!! :-D :-D
Shelly, I can only see 2 marriages between a John Marrow and an Ann but none of them are in the right area.
marriage: 17 Aug 1797 —Timberland, Lincoln, England
spouse: Ann Bradley
marriage: 19 Jun 1803 —Middlewich, Cheshire, England
spouse: Ann Moss
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*Apologies if you have seen this before:-
Grandma and her family tree.
There's been a change in Grandma, we've noticed her of late,
She's always reading history or jotting down some date.
She's tracking back the family, we'll all have pedigrees,
Oh, Grandma's got a hobby, she's climbing Family Trees.
Poor Grandpa does the cooking and now, or so he states,
That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates.
Grandma can't be bothered, she's busy as a bee,
Compiling genealogy - for the Family Tree.
She has no time to baby-sit, the curtains are a fright
No buttons left on Granddad's shirt, the flower bed's a sight.
She's given up her club work, the serials on T.V,
The only thing she does nowadays is climb the Family Tree
She goes down to the courthouse and studies ancient lore,
We know more about our forebears than we ever knew before.
The books are old and dusty, they make poor Grandma sneeze
A minor irritation when you're climbing Family Trees.
The mail is all for Grandma, it comes from near and far
Last week she got the proof she needs to join the DAR.
A worthwhile avocation, to that we all agree
A monumental project, to climb the Family Tree.
Now some folks came from Scotland and some from Galway Bay,
Some were French as pastry, some German, all the way
Some went on west to stake their claim, some stayed near by the sea
Grandma hopes to find them all as she climbs the Family Tree.
She wanders through the graveyard in search of date or name
The rich,the poor,the in-between, all sleeping there the same.
She pauses now and then to rest, fanned by a gentle breeze
That blows above the Fathers of all our Family Tree.
There were pioneers and patriots mixed in our kith and kin
Who blazed the paths of wilderness and fought through thick and thin.
But none more staunch than Grandma, whose eyes light up with glee
Each time she finds a missing branch for our Family Tree.
Their skills were wide and varied, from carpenter to cook
And one(alas) the record shows was hopelessly a crook.
Blacksmith, weaver, farmer, judge, some tutored for a fee
Long lost in time, now all recorded on the Family Tree.
To some it's just a hobby, to Grandma it's much more
She knows the joys and heartaches of those who went before.
They loved, they lost, they laughed, they wept, and now for you and me
They live again in spirit, around the Family Tree.
At last she's nearly finished and we are each exposed
Life will be the same again, this we all supposed!
Grandma will cook and sew, serve cookies with our tea
We'll all be fat, just as before that wretched Family Tree.
Sad to relate, the Preacher called and visited for a spell,
We talked about the Gospel, and other things as well.
The heathen folk, the poor and then - 'twas fate, it had to be
Somehow the conversation turned to Grandma and the Family Tree.
We tried to change the subject, we talked of everything
But then in Grandma's voice we heard that old familar ring.
She told him all about the past and soon was plain to see
The preacher, too, was nearly snared by Grandma and the Family Tree.
He never knew his Grandpa, his mother's name was..Clark?
He and Grandma talked and talked, outside it grew quickly dark.
We'd hoped our fears were groundless, but just like some disease
Grandma's become an addict - she's hooked on Family Trees!
Our souls were filled with sorrow, our hearts sank with dismay
Our ears could scarce believe the words we heard our Grandma say.
'It sure is a lucky thing that you have come to me
I know exactly how it's done, I'll climb your Family Tree’.
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pauline im beging to think maybe john was married befor ann
the reson being that i have a daughter ann born abt 1804 and the next child i can comfurm with my suffolk disks is 1818 big gap unless some children died.
now maybe the wife ann could of been married befor as well
dont no mayneed more digging
but will what till mariyn gets back as she has find my past
charnce she may have some think on there that ancestery dont have
now there is a tree on ancestry thay have the same marrow family and thay have ann madam name as pettit
but thay have her comeing from layton my end of the world
but some how i think thay have the rong ann
now there is diffrent spelling for pettit and there is a pettit family on the same census as my marrow lot.
this is why i need to find a marrige to comfurm ann name
and i also snap up alot of pettit/pittit sernam when i whent to suffolk
just in case
the oldest child of john and ann i have is alfred born 1821 so to early for birth cert
althow family seems to be preding out i maybe able to work some think out how nows
or i will have to ask on trying to find to see if thay can help
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and no not been christmas shoping yet ill what till older daughter as had her birthday wich is on the 23rd of this month aparentley she has a list for
me lol
get well mo we are missing you
dermot you are tyiping for england or what lol
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ok if you loss me for a bit its cos my lappy charcher seems to have a loss wire
dame looks like ill have to get a new one and there not cheep
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Well I'm back and a great time was had by all. :-D :-D :-D Meg was completely overwhelmed and got really choked up.
Time for a coffee and bed and maybe a bit of a lie in tomorrow as I'm shattered.
Sweet dreams my friends,
((((hugs)))) for Mo.
Cath xxx
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so has every one now gone to bed and left me on my own again
i had to wiggle it 5 minits for it to work
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Morning all,
where is everybody?
:-( a bit difficult getting on again, like Shelly I had to 'wiggle' back and forth, lol.
Hope everyone is ok.
Cath xx
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cath dont no what you are wiggleing but im wiggling my charger leed LOL
its got a loss wire
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Hello everyone,
I got on ok with my gym instructior. I told him that i wanted to increase my stamina so I'll just going to do the bike, treadmill and rowing machine. I won't be doing any weights.Kay, one of my work friends and I walk home from work once a week and I noticed on Wednesday that I walked home quicker than normal.
Yvonne Sometimes i get an erro message oont he doubles game and it says I haven't posted but I have :-S
Dinner time now!
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Afternoon all
just having a cup of coffee, I've made extra
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Who mentioned Christmas!!!!!!
<3
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I'm sure I saw a local group of Morris Dancers performing The Haka in town today.
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Afternoon All !
Well those that are around just now .......... :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Have moved through to my daughters for a weekend while her and her hubby are down in Birmingham closing up one of the houses belonging to the In-Laws.
Having a great time with my wee grandaughters. :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Have just dropped in to say 'Hello!'
I also had a fantastic surprise on Friday that pleased me to bits. My son has come home 2 months earlier than expected. I am over the moon about that ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)
Catch you later......Bye !
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That's nice Stephen!
Morris dancers are a hoot! :-)
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carnt be doing with this iv got a bag of apple on the charger leed to keep it still
think i better go in the shop to morrow to see if i can get a new one
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Ooooh Stephen, it's great to hear that your son has managed to get home earlier than you thought he would. And what a lovely surprise for you both.
I bet the wee girlies are thrilled to have gramps with them for a while.
Shelly, whats this about having a bag of apples on the charger lead, now why would you be doing that may I ask.
Poor Rita has not had very good weather for the wedding has she, but I bet she has enjoyed herself being with the family.
I hope that everyone who is on holiday, is enjoying the break away. George should be back soon I would imagine.
Take care one and all, from a still feeling like sh*te Mo xxx
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Afternoon everyone.
Stephen, that's brilliant news, I'm really pleased for you. Such a relief to have him back safe and sound.
Shelly, I've sent you an email with some Marrow Christenings on, you've probably got them but it's all I could find. Found 20 marriages for Ann Pettit in Suffolk but none of them were to John Marrow.
Mo, good to see you on the thread, hope that means you're feeling a little bit better.
Pleased to see the party went off well Cath............ and you were sober enough to type afterwards as well!!
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Afternoon everyone!
Sunny weather here!
I'm reading and I'll watch some TV but not sure what!
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A Parable you won’t find in the Bible.
(copied from a local Church Newsletter).
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A couple had been married for over sixty years. They had shared everything, talked about everything & kept no secrets from each other, except for one thing - the shoe box on top of the wardrobe. The wife had insisted that her husband should never open it or ask her about it.
Over the years, the husband never referred to the box but the time came when the old lady was very ill & the doctor broke the news that she was unlikely to recover. They both started sorting out their affairs & the husband pointed to the shoe box.
His wife agreed that it was time he should know what it contained. When he opened the box, he found two knitted dolls & a huge sum of money. She saw he was astonished & said: “When we were to be married, my grandmother told me that the secret of a happy marriage was never to argue. She said that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet & knit a doll”.
The old man was moved to tears when he saw only two dolls in the box. He couldn’t believe that she had only been angry with him twice in all those years. He felt very humbled & then asked his wife about the money. “Oh” she replied, “that’s the money I made from selling loads of dolls over the years we have been married”.
Amen!
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