Since the
mailing of the above mentioned story I have received, so far: 4682 visits.
A partial
breakdown follows:
Information
Received:
Thanks to
several people that read the story, I was able not only to contact and later meet three cousins, one in France and two in Scotland .
I, also, received
all the ancestry of the Foster, Stevenson and Lamont families’ trees. Which
were published in the blog.
And thanks to
my cousin Fergus Boyle I also received information about Molly Spurrier,
who over the years kept contact with my Father. Molly was the daughter of Mary
Stevenson, (my grandmothers elder sister) who married Hurtley Reid). Molly
married Charles Spurrier in Wolverhapton in 1912. Molly sisters were Sophia
Louisa and Charlotte Ethel “Lottie”·
Whilst my
Father was in hospital I continued writing with Mollie until 1960 when all
correspondence suddenly stopped. I now know that Molly had died during 1960
same year than my Father.
I later was
informed during 1959 my Aunt Cherub had died in Madagascar .
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| Lottie Reid |
During May,
Antonia and I spent a few days in Paris
where I, finally met my pretty cousin Anne-Christine Joaillier daughter of Cousin
“Babylou” and Grand-Daughter to my Aunt “Cherub” Foster Dibert.
We had a
wonderful meeting and a very long chat referring to all the knowledge of all
our ancestors.
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| Myself, Anne Christine and Antonia, Paris 2014. |
So from Paris we flew into Glasgow ,
where we stayed at a very pleasant hotel near the Kevin River Greenock (Renfrewshire) where the Stevenson’s and the
Lamont’s had originally settled. We also visited the Greenock Cemetery
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| Fergus Boyle stands by the Lamont obelisk. Greenock cemetery, 2014. |
We, also, had
the pleasure of meeting Fergus Mother Norma Boyle. Norma’s Mother was Beatrice E. Davidson who married Alexander Gray. Beatrice’s mother was Elizabeth Stevenson; elder sister
of my Grandmother Clara Stevenson. Beatrice and my Father were first cousins. So, it follows that Norma and I are
second cousins.
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| Myself with Norma in Adrossan, 2014. |
We had a whale
of a time and searched for many skeletons in the cupboard. Norma had met my parents and my elder
brother Digby, during their visit to England in 1934.
We had all
lunch together in Adrossan (Ayrshire) where the Stevenson’s and the Lamont’s originated.
“The Lost
Colony” by Andrew Graham Yool:
This
excellent book is about the different English speaking people that visited or
settled in the land that is now known as Argentina .
I thought it
would be pleasant to present as a gift to cousins Anne Christine and Fergus and as we cancelled our
trip to England I sent, on
by post, a copy to my dear friend Alice Meek in Cheltenham .
I received the
following comments on the bestowed present:
Anne Christine: "very, very interesting story, I am learning a lot about South American history
in this book, a real discovery for me : I was not aware at all about the
“competition” between Spanish, French and North Americans fellows to control
those wide areas that looked like another paradise two centuries ago.
Thank
you ever so much for providing me this reading opportunity, I do appreciate it!"
Fergus Boyle: "I am reading the Forgotten Colony and am fascinated by the multitude of
emigrants and their doings. Interestingly Consul Woodbine Parish (later Sir
Woodbine) had a second wife who was mother of Charles Woodbine Parish who
married a daughter of Admiral Alexander Boyle, brother of my great great
grandfather! So another (rather tenuous) connection to Argentina."
MISSING LINK:
Not yet received information on the decoration award presented to a member of the Stevenson family by Queen Victoria
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