I started this pictorial family history blog with a photo of my parents and myself as a baby. To follow on with the next generation, the photo below is of my father as a young child with his family.
My paternal grandparents:
Alfred Augustus Rose b 21 Sept 1888 at 13 Swinton Street, Pancras (yes, there are three generations of my direct line with the exact same first and middle names, which is why we named one of our sons Alfie) AKA Gus to the family. He served in WW2 first in The Northumberland Fusiliers and after being gassed, in the Labour Corp. His army records no longer exist (and yes, I paid a researcher, this was before the days when Ancestry had all the records online at the touch of a button).
Frances May Kenealy b 25 Apr 1892 at 29 Clift Street, Hoxton. Frances great grandfather, Daniel Kenealy was born 1833 in Cork, Ireland and migrated during the potato famine. First he landed at Bristol and then moved to London.
My father, Alfred Augustus Daniel Rose is standing, his brother Daniel James is on the stool and brother Joseph Richard on Frances' lap. Their sister, Frances May is yet to be born.
The photo is quite poignant. Joseph died 20 Oct 1918 aged 2 ... and eight days later my grandmother, Frances May Kenealy died of the influenza that was sweeping the country. Baby Frances May Rose was only eight months old.
The children were split up until my grandfather came back from war. He didn't know he'd lost his wife and son. I can't imagine how that must have felt. Survive WW2 only to come home to find your own family torn apart.
The children never lived together again. My father and Daniel stayed with their father. Frances May lived with grandfather's sister.
My paternal grandparents:
Alfred Augustus Rose b 21 Sept 1888 at 13 Swinton Street, Pancras (yes, there are three generations of my direct line with the exact same first and middle names, which is why we named one of our sons Alfie) AKA Gus to the family. He served in WW2 first in The Northumberland Fusiliers and after being gassed, in the Labour Corp. His army records no longer exist (and yes, I paid a researcher, this was before the days when Ancestry had all the records online at the touch of a button).
Frances May Kenealy b 25 Apr 1892 at 29 Clift Street, Hoxton. Frances great grandfather, Daniel Kenealy was born 1833 in Cork, Ireland and migrated during the potato famine. First he landed at Bristol and then moved to London.
My father, Alfred Augustus Daniel Rose is standing, his brother Daniel James is on the stool and brother Joseph Richard on Frances' lap. Their sister, Frances May is yet to be born.
The photo is quite poignant. Joseph died 20 Oct 1918 aged 2 ... and eight days later my grandmother, Frances May Kenealy died of the influenza that was sweeping the country. Baby Frances May Rose was only eight months old.
The children were split up until my grandfather came back from war. He didn't know he'd lost his wife and son. I can't imagine how that must have felt. Survive WW2 only to come home to find your own family torn apart.
The children never lived together again. My father and Daniel stayed with their father. Frances May lived with grandfather's sister.
