Good evening all
As you may have read below i am on a search for my grandfathers family.
About 45mins ago i received a phone call from a lady who is my grandfathers niece. Need less to say the tears and just stopping now.
After a lucky find on facebook. I came across her. And sent her an email today. Not expecting anything from it. Then whilst watching the idiot box the phone rang and it was her. It was a short chat, because me being me i was speachless and fighting back the tears as she told me he would have been a great grandfather but passed in 1998.
She seems like lovely lady and was more then happy to answer the questions i was trying to spit out. Hopefully we will have another chat soon and maybe even meet her and my estranged aunty. But who knows wat the future holds. Right now im just over the moon im getting somewhere.
Tootles all x x x
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Who were you??
Good Evening to all..
As many of you might know my name is Gemma. What u might not know is i am the daughter of Jack and Rosemary. Granddaughter of Sebrial and Jack. GREAT granddaughter of Nena and James. Where am i headed you may ask? Well lets start at the beinging roughly 46 years ago.
My grandmother met a man named jack and later fell with child. With already having one child to a different man this was highly frowned apon, and wore a girdle for as long as she could to hide this. 9months later on the side of the road between Fifeild (google it. Middle of no where) and the nearest hospital out popped my dad :) .
Why not just ask my grandmother u may ask. She passed in the may of 1987 the year before i was born.
Grandma then went on to marry Ron (who we only refer to as ron or him! As he has nothing to do with me in 22years. Not even a hello is exchanged at family dos on his behalf. ) they went on to have 4 more children 2 boys and 2 girls (whom i love dearly)
Back to point. Dad remembers a man sitting in the stands watchin him play football as a child and teenager. This man was his father! Jack. Y they never met is still a mystery to us.
As we jump forward roughly 35 years. One rainy sunday we receive a phone call i was bout 15 at the time. It was a lady from canowndra. Anne was her name. She said she was jack's cousin. She had rang to invite us to a family reunion. ( in which dad declined - do you blame him? ) she went on to inform dad that Jack had passed 2 years prior. But out there he had a sister and a brother. Whom he had no idea bout. And that was it we haven heard from her since.
And this is where i come in. Im now 22 and am searching for my family. My aunty and uncle . My grandfather. Whether or not he has passed ( can not find a notice anywhere.). Who he was? Where he was born? What he did for a living. Im not after any thing just knowledge. Maybe a photo or 2. ( dad is ment to be a spitting image of him ). I guess i am trying to find where i fit in. I dont look like any1 and no im not adopted. Ha ha ha.
So i am putting it out there in the blogsphere hoping one day this will fall into the right hands as my google search has hit a brick wall. A big brick wall. Maybe one day i will find where i belong. Maybe one day i will meet those i would like to call family.
As many of you might know my name is Gemma. What u might not know is i am the daughter of Jack and Rosemary. Granddaughter of Sebrial and Jack. GREAT granddaughter of Nena and James. Where am i headed you may ask? Well lets start at the beinging roughly 46 years ago.
My grandmother met a man named jack and later fell with child. With already having one child to a different man this was highly frowned apon, and wore a girdle for as long as she could to hide this. 9months later on the side of the road between Fifeild (google it. Middle of no where) and the nearest hospital out popped my dad :) .
Why not just ask my grandmother u may ask. She passed in the may of 1987 the year before i was born.
Grandma then went on to marry Ron (who we only refer to as ron or him! As he has nothing to do with me in 22years. Not even a hello is exchanged at family dos on his behalf. ) they went on to have 4 more children 2 boys and 2 girls (whom i love dearly)
Back to point. Dad remembers a man sitting in the stands watchin him play football as a child and teenager. This man was his father! Jack. Y they never met is still a mystery to us.
As we jump forward roughly 35 years. One rainy sunday we receive a phone call i was bout 15 at the time. It was a lady from canowndra. Anne was her name. She said she was jack's cousin. She had rang to invite us to a family reunion. ( in which dad declined - do you blame him? ) she went on to inform dad that Jack had passed 2 years prior. But out there he had a sister and a brother. Whom he had no idea bout. And that was it we haven heard from her since.
And this is where i come in. Im now 22 and am searching for my family. My aunty and uncle . My grandfather. Whether or not he has passed ( can not find a notice anywhere.). Who he was? Where he was born? What he did for a living. Im not after any thing just knowledge. Maybe a photo or 2. ( dad is ment to be a spitting image of him ). I guess i am trying to find where i fit in. I dont look like any1 and no im not adopted. Ha ha ha.
So i am putting it out there in the blogsphere hoping one day this will fall into the right hands as my google search has hit a brick wall. A big brick wall. Maybe one day i will find where i belong. Maybe one day i will meet those i would like to call family.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
testing
Good Afteroon All. This is just a quick test to see if i can blog from my phone using an awesome app called opra. Till next time. Tootles xoxo
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Four things
Afternoon bloggerettes
Big thanks goes out to Sarah for a little inspiration after a hell of a day... Here below are my 4 things
- Four jobs I’ve had:
- Four Places I've Worked:
- Maccas chick
- retail sales
- factory worker
- editors assistant ( where i am now )
- Four movies I can watch over and over:
- dirty dancing
- grease
- Monster Inlaw ( that miss lori has :) )
- The Sweetest thing
- Four places I’ve lived:
- Picton
- Thirlmere
- Bradbury ( now home)
- There was Only 3
- Four TV Shows I love:
- Gilmore Girls ( currently watching them on dvd)
- Big Bang
- Charmed
- Kitchen Nighmares
- Four places I’ve been to on holiday:
- Gold Coast
- Out west ( visiting relos)
- Nelsons Bay
- Coffs Harbour
- Four of my favourite dishes:
- Chicken in pjs
- Chicken ceaser salad
- the boys mixed grill
- Steak
- Four sites I visit daily:
- Nine Msn
- news.com.au
- Four places I would rather be right now:
- Home With bella
- Asleep
- At the beach
- In the Sun reading
Just cause i can here is a pic of my little girls sleeping peacefully it last bout an hour b4 its play time for 5....
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Welcome to Bella
Afternoon bloggeroonies
Well what a week it has been. Working here on my own, and welcome a gorgeous little girl into our family this is her below her name is bella and she is a english staffy, so be prepared for lots of post and pictures of her she is like my baby our first child you could say.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
uvenile Arthritis / Uveitis
Happy Friday all
I received this email earlier today from a colleague my good friend works with. It certinally touched my heart, and i thought i would share it with you all. This disease affects 1 in 100 children Also if anybody knows any businesses who would be willing to help there are contact details at the end. To me this is a very worthy cause it made me stop and think what if.. what if it was my child or niece or nephew cousin ect.... there are many other organisations i do support dont get me wrong. As a member of markets and fairs magazine i have done all i can at the moment and that is putting adds on our website and on our email club that goes out to 1800 ppl every 2weeks. So please have a read and i hope you are all as touched as i was..
Dear Gemma,
I am writing to you concerning a charity which is close to my heart and concerns our children.
I am the mother of a little boy who suffers from Juvenile Arthritis and was diagnosed at the age of two. It is a painful and cruel disease which can affect 1 in 100 children and at this stage there is no cure and we are not aware of the causes.
For the past two years we have been actively seeking the support of friends, organisations, businesses and the general public alike, through a fund raising dinner, to aid in the research for finding a cure and we are extremely proud to say that we have achieved so much! Our efforts have enabled the University of New South Wales to open the first ever research laboratory for Juvenile Arthritis / Uveitis in Australia.
In order to make this event successful again, we require prizes, gifts and cash donations from organisations such as Markets and Fairs magazine. We will be holding various raffles and a live Auction on the night, as well as great entertainment and a great time to be had by all. The dinner is being held at the Doltone House on 17th September 2010 and will have an attendance of 400 people. Your logo will be displayed on our website as a sponsor as soon as we receive a confirmation of donation, also displayed on the night, and we offer the opportunity to put your fliers/magazines in the gift bags taken home by all.
I understand that there are many charities that would request donations from you on a daily basis and you must be inundated with emails such as this one. Any donations that you may be able to supply large or small would be of great assistance to helping us continue the research into finding a cure. As soon as any donation is received we would put Markets and Fairs' logo on with our current sponsors (of which include such names as Nokia, Jim Beam, Imax and Kelloggs) and Markets and Fairs Magazine would be noted on the night.
Please feel free to visit our website if you would like more information on Juvenile Arthritis Fundraiser.www.juvenilearthritisfundraiser.com
I thank you in advance for taking the time to read my email :-)
Warm Regards,
Louise Williams
Juvenile Arthritis Fundraiser
Committee Member
P: 0433 344 301
E: louise_williams000@hotmail.com
10/98 Dumaresq Street
Campbelltown NSW 2560
I received this email earlier today from a colleague my good friend works with. It certinally touched my heart, and i thought i would share it with you all. This disease affects 1 in 100 children Also if anybody knows any businesses who would be willing to help there are contact details at the end. To me this is a very worthy cause it made me stop and think what if.. what if it was my child or niece or nephew cousin ect.... there are many other organisations i do support dont get me wrong. As a member of markets and fairs magazine i have done all i can at the moment and that is putting adds on our website and on our email club that goes out to 1800 ppl every 2weeks. So please have a read and i hope you are all as touched as i was..
Dear Gemma,
I am writing to you concerning a charity which is close to my heart and concerns our children.
I am the mother of a little boy who suffers from Juvenile Arthritis and was diagnosed at the age of two. It is a painful and cruel disease which can affect 1 in 100 children and at this stage there is no cure and we are not aware of the causes.
For the past two years we have been actively seeking the support of friends, organisations, businesses and the general public alike, through a fund raising dinner, to aid in the research for finding a cure and we are extremely proud to say that we have achieved so much! Our efforts have enabled the University of New South Wales to open the first ever research laboratory for Juvenile Arthritis / Uveitis in Australia.
In order to make this event successful again, we require prizes, gifts and cash donations from organisations such as Markets and Fairs magazine. We will be holding various raffles and a live Auction on the night, as well as great entertainment and a great time to be had by all. The dinner is being held at the Doltone House on 17th September 2010 and will have an attendance of 400 people. Your logo will be displayed on our website as a sponsor as soon as we receive a confirmation of donation, also displayed on the night, and we offer the opportunity to put your fliers/magazines in the gift bags taken home by all.
I understand that there are many charities that would request donations from you on a daily basis and you must be inundated with emails such as this one. Any donations that you may be able to supply large or small would be of great assistance to helping us continue the research into finding a cure. As soon as any donation is received we would put Markets and Fairs' logo on with our current sponsors (of which include such names as Nokia, Jim Beam, Imax and Kelloggs) and Markets and Fairs Magazine would be noted on the night.
Please feel free to visit our website if you would like more information on Juvenile Arthritis Fundraiser.www.juvenilearthritisfundraiser.com
I thank you in advance for taking the time to read my email :-)
Warm Regards,
Louise Williams
Juvenile Arthritis Fundraiser
Committee Member
P: 0433 344 301
E: louise_williams000@hotmail.com
10/98 Dumaresq Street
Campbelltown NSW 2560
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Strange But True
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Afternoon allOne thing that always seems to amaze me is strange but true facts. So I thought i would share with you just a few.. Enjoy and if you have any more please feel free to add them in comments.
- A recent study has show that men who drink excess amounts of cola ( coke) have a 30% less sperm count then men who drink it in moderation.
- Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
- Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare's play lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters every year sent to Juliet on Valentine's Day.
- No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
- The sloth moves so slowly that green algae can grow undisturbed on its fur!
- Food stylists use Krazy Glue to keep food in place during photography sessions for advertisements, television commercials and motion picture
- In 1954, Bob Hawke was immortalised by the Guinness Book of Records for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds. Bob later became the Prime Minister of Australia. ( true aussie)
- Australia was the second country to give women the vote. ( Girl Power)
- Yowie sighting - In 1987, the Alice Springs police station received a call from a frightened family. The family had stopped for a cup of tea after a morning of rabbit hunting. Then a huge ape like creature, two meters tall and covered in hair, leapt out of an empty water tank and began walking towards them. The family fled to their truck and the creature ran after them before disappearing into the bush. The man, Frank Burns believed it was a man however the women, Phyllis Kenny, told the press she could tell the difference between man and beast and this was definitely a beast. The following day police searched the area and found a man, 203 centimetres tall weighing a estimated 127-159 kg (or about two Oprah Winfreys) sitting naked by the roadside. The man was then taken to a local mental hospital. (i knew they were real)
- A Sydney Australian football match was once stopped after fans smuggled a pig into the stadium, wrote the name of a big-boned player on the pig's side and then released it onto the ground.
- A Sydney Australian football match was once stopped after fans smuggled a pig into the stadium, wrote the name of a big-boned player on the pig's side and then released it onto the ground.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
(That explains a few mysteries....) - The original name for butterfly was flutterby
- The Jesus Christ lizard is known so (A part of the Iguana family), because of a special ability it has. Upon, seeing danger, the lizard can run on the surface of water at a break neck speed.
- Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with - An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman
to take more than three steps backwards while dancing! ( takes 4 steps and shakes her non existant bum... ha take that washington) - The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. ( ooooo naughty naughty)
- It is impossible to lick your elbow.
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
So i hope you enjoyed and learnt some new interesting facts.
xxx
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