Category Archives: Christmas
My White Christmas Memories
I’m Australian born so my experiences of Christmas were quite different to those I had during my time spent after marriage whilst living in England. Hubby was in the Royal Navy and at the time of our first winter there, we lived in the Navy ‘patch’ near his posting to HMS Royal Arthur in the midst of the Wiltshire countryside. We had recently upgraded his vehicle from a Morris Mini to a rather sporty Ford Cortina, so packed it up … Continue reading
Christmas at Grannie Bell’s.
My mother always enjoyed telling a story and as the year’s end approaches, I am reminded of one of my favourites from her childhood, “Christmas at Grannie Bell’s”. Grannie and Pop Bell were Mum’s maternal grandparents. Grannie’s parents, Gottfried and Augusta Kuhn were of German heritage, having come to the Colony of Queensland as young newlyweds aboard the Herschel in 1873.[1] Grannie, Louisa Theresa Kuhn, was born in Townsville in 1877, the third of their six children.[2] Pop, Charles George … Continue reading
Christmas closure
Members Christmas memories.
At our last Wednesday morning Zoom session, I asked members to write a short story just 200-300 words of a Christmas memory. This was an enjoyable challenge in our October Writers Group meeting also, and I realised it is a good way for any family historian to begin their own all important story. The suggestion was to also copy it to their genealogy software program profile page of themselves. Hopefully following this, some of our newer members will also join … Continue reading