Last July, I had a wonderful surprise in the form of contact through the blog from a relative on the Meadows side of the family (and I really should take the time to figure out all this third-cousin-twice-removed business, but even if I did, I am not sure how many family members reading this would know what I'm talking about). Simplifying medical jargon all day for people, I learned long ago that it's much better to use language we all clearly understand and to forgo terminological exactitude on occasion.
Therefore, let me introduce you at last to Cousin Joy, who is the granddaughter of my great-grandmother's brother. Looking at the Meadows page, you will see that Lily Maud Meadows (Granddad Waller's mother) had a younger brother named Stanley Arthur Meadows. He's the chap. It is his granddaughter, Joy, who contacted me and not only gave me all sorts of new information on the family, but also sent an old photograph of her grandparents' wedding in 1914 with many matching faces to Lily's and Lionel's wedding picture of 1904.
More on this in the next posts. It is another horrible day outside the igloo, so I will be staying indoors again and working on the blog. And counting the days until spring.
Here are some other pictures I have of Lily and her younger sister Nell (Ellen). They were taken at Lily's and Lionel's 50th wedding anniversary celebration, which would have been Christmas Eve, 1954. None of the other Meadows siblings were in the few photographs I have. Sorry about the grainy quality, but I had to enlarge them quite a bit.
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| Nell & Lily |
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| Auntie Nell |
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| Lily & Lionel |
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