Last update - 20 October 2015
Last update - 20 October 2015
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Grandfather in his "Studio" where he would take photographs, listen to music or watch television. This was also the first practice hall for Dr.Wrights Memorial Band of which he was a member, non musical ..? |
| Grandfather in his garden. In 1928 he read a statement in the local paper quoting John Logie Baird as having said he had perfected the tele-vision and that within the year it would be in mass production,.. he was one of the first to obtain one on its arrival in Belfast... |  |
 Grandfather on his Honda He also had a BSA Dandy which caused him no end of trouble.. |
This pic was taken by my grandfather and sent in by Sheilagh Pattemore
in Saskatchewan, Canada
Sheilagh thinks it features her Great Great Aunt Jeanie and her children Alice and Samuel
Alice married John "Jack" Smyth of Newtownards
Anyone got any more info...
L-R - Mrs. Moore mother of the groom - William Moore father
of the groom - Nan Gunning bridesmaid - mystery - Jack Moore groom
- Elizabeth "Betty" Carnduff bride - Samuel Carnduff brother of the
bride - Lizzie Carnduff mother of the bride - Billy Carnduff brother of
the bride
This pic was also taken by my grandfather and sent in by Sheilagh Pattemore in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Below is a part of the e.mail Sheilagh sent.
The second picture - the wedding is kind of a mystery. It came from my
grandparents' album and my Mother told me it was a Smyth wedding. The mother of the
bride on the right is apparently my grandfather's sister Elizabeth (Lizzie) Smyth
Carnduff. She always thought the daughter's name was Greta, however I have no record
of a Greta, so again, I'm puzzled. The tall man in the back row behind the groom
certainly looks like a younger version of my Grandpa, but it would be great if some of my
long, lost relatives in Newtownards would recognize this picture and help me out (that is,
if there are any there anymore).
Anyone got any more info...
Let me know and e.mail Sheilagh spatt@sasktel.net
Anyone got any more info...
Below is an e.mail from Patricia Osborne in Newtownards
My name is Patricia
Osborne and I have just seen your wedding photo of a Newtownards couple. I can
confirm that this is a wedding photo of Betty (Elizabeth Carnduff) and Jack Moore in
1947. You are correct that the lady with the whilte gloves beside the bride is
Lizzie Carnduff. She was Lizzie Smyth who married a Mr Johnston and had one son
David. Following Mr Johnston's death she married a Mr Carnduff and had three further
children - Billy (William) Samuel and Betty (Elizabeth). All of her
four children are now deceased. Betty and Jack Moore had three sons Ian, Peter
and Gordon.
I also know that Lizzie Carnduff had a brother called Geordie and she had
relatives in Canada.
The bridesmaid in the photo was called Nan Gunning and was a
girlfriend of the bride. I don't know who the gentleman behind the groom
is.
The man between the bride and Lizzie is Lizzie's son Samuel and the other man beside her
is her son Billy. The Gretta referred to is probably my mother (Gretta Wilson) who was a
lifelong friend of both Lizzie and Betty. I am enlosing a further wedding photo {see
below} and my mother is the oine on the bride's left (white flower on hat). At that
time she was expecting me.
Betty and Jack Moore had various businesses in Newtownards including a bakery, restaurant
and a china shop. I think that Betty visited her relatives in Canada and on that visit
also visited relatives of mine in Hamilton. {Ontario}
I hope this information is of interest to you.
Patricia Osborne
Jim Tate also added the name of the groom and his parents for the pic above
Another pic. the lady on the brides left with the flower in her hat is
Patricias Mother Gretta Wilson
L-R Reading Down
Sally Smyth nee McCullough sister of Francis McCullough who had a barber shop in
Conway Square IMAGE
Elizabeth Gilbert nee Brown daughter of Jim Brown who owned a drapers shop in
Conway Square IMAGE
Elizabeth "Betty" Carnduff the bride
Gretta Wilson Patricias Mother who owned a fruit and veg shop in High Street opposite
F.C.Glasgow now Menarys IMAGE
The other two ladies are not known at the moment
Nan Gunning in the top picture married Joe Lindsay a schoolteacher at the Model School
Many thanks to Patricia Osborne for the info..
This is the front of the photograph Molli found
featuring her grandmother and siblings, the Robinson girls in 1917
L-R = Isabella ~ Elizabeth "Lily" ~ Norah ~ Eliza Jane "Jean" ~ Mary
Ellen "Ellie"
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Melinda
"Molli" Chambers came across this on the back of a family photograph {see below} |
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