Well hello everyone, my name is Nicola and I am Martha's great, great granddaughter. My nan is Eileen Taylor daughter of Martha Elizabeth Ida Johnson (known as Ida)...Me and my nan are so pleased to have come across this page as we have been doing our family tree on ancestry and we found Derek (Marjorie's son in the USA), it was him that told me of this page. Although we live in Liverpool their has been no contact with the family for many years. My nan's sister Mavis died at only 15 from leukemia leaving my nan as an only child.
She went on to marry my Granddad Stan Gilroy and have four girls but Karen their second girl born sadly died at only one years of age. My mum Norma Ida is her oldest and I am Eileen's oldest granddaughter, I also have a brother called Josh(22) and a little girl called Molly who is 11. Molly has downs syndrome but is in perfect health and is a little madame. My aunty Julie and aunty Lynn are nan Eileen's other two daughters. Lynn has no kids but Julie has a girl called Hayley(25) and a boy called shaun(17).
Me and my mum live in Formby but my nan Eileen and the rest all live in Maghull. My nan has been reminiscing today looking at all the pictures on here and has wrote a few memories down that she wants me to put on here to see if others remember. I will also get any pictures I have on here soon as possible.
Hope to hear from you all soon
Nicola x
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ReplyDeleteHello Nicola!!!
DeleteI am Helen the youngest child of Vera (Ida's sister) and it is fantastic to hear from you,I have just read your post. My mum used to talk about Ida and Eileen and I often wondered where her family were.Please get in touch as we aren't too far.
Hi Nicola
ReplyDeleteIt is so great that you have found us, and that we are now in touch. Tell Eileen we can't wait to read her stories on this blog, and to meet up with her when we get home
Hi Helen
ReplyDeleteYeah its absolutely fantastic that I found this page. For a while now my nan has been saying all these names and I didn't have a clue who they where but now its all falling into place and its lovely. I am seeing my nan Wednesday so she can add her stories through me on here and we will add some pics. Speak soon x
Lovely photos Nicola,great to put a face to names , hope you have more and looking forward to your Nan's memories too.
DeleteNicola
ReplyDeleteGreat to see all your pic's etc. I think it was your Nan who rang my dad [Ted Johnson ]in the week, he was made up to hear from her. Keep up the good work.
Ray
Hi Nicola,
ReplyDeleteI'm Susan, second child of Dolly, Ida's sister and am thrilled that you have contacted the family. We always wondered what happened to Eileen.....thanks so much for reconnecting. Tell her that I remember her well and remember that once when I visited we listened to a record that she had by Guy Mitchel singing 'Singing the Blues'. She was a teenager then and I was just a kid....so thought she was the best!!
I live in North Carolina but my sisters, Veronica and Sally and brothers, Gerald and Michael all live in the UK. Sally has a house in Formby, Ron in Aughton, Gerald in Ormskirk and Michael in Waterloo.
When my sister Sally was born (1957) I stayed several days with Auntie Ida and Uncle Bill. They used to take me on vacation with them in a caravan to Wales.
I have two daughters, Jennifer and Alison. Jenn is married to Sean Kirk and they have two children (my grandchildren) Molly (coincidence) an Liam. We just found out that a third is on the way and is due in September. They all live in New Jersey which is a 7 hour drive from here.
We are planning a trip to England for the week of May 20th and would be terrific if we could get together with Eileen. We're only staying the week and then we're off to Spain.
You have no idea how many cousins, second-cousins, etc. you have.....our family is huge and this is such a great site to keep in touch -- thanks to cousin Kate!
Hope to hear from you again soon
Susan
Hi everyone its Eileen here lovely to hear from you all, I spoke to uncle ted the other week, it was great speaking to him. Hi Susan I remember you coming to our house and also visiting you in Lathom Road in Bootle, I remember Gerald used to go with my dad (uncle Bill Taylor) in his Lorry as he worked for hartley's Jam in Aintree. My daughter Norma and her family live in Formby so have most probably passed Sally in the street. it would be lovely to meet up when your home and i will set up my own email so I can keep in touch.
DeleteLots of Love Eileen x
Hi Nicola....could you have Eileen call me at Sally's house in Formby. I'm home in England as my dear brother Gegs just passed away and his funeral is this Friday in Ormskirk. Sally's number is: 01704878021
DeleteThanks, Susan
Nicola -- I'm sorry, his funeral is in Burscough.....not Ormskirk...at St. John the Baptist at noon on Friday, March 9th.
ReplyDeleteHI Susan, I'm so sorry to hear about Gerry, I have just called my nan and gave her your number. Hopefully I will be able to bring her to the funeral xx
ReplyDeleteYour nan did call last night and it was lovely talking to her after all these years.
ReplyDeleteHope you can make the funeral on Friday as it will be lovely to meet you.
Susan
Nicola - It was so lovely seeing your nan again at dear Geg's funeral after all these years. I hoped she was able to get to talk to all the cousins she remembered.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you couldn't make it as I was looking forward to meeting you.
Please thank your nan for being there and remind her to send her email address to me.
Mine is: 1cupot@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Susan