Sunday, 9 October 2011

Can you help me with these photographs?


This is one of the photos in our collection.  I had initially thought it was George Charles John and Anna Riedel, but given the style of dress and the ages of the people in the picture, I think it may be someone else.  Could it possibly be George John Edwin and Elizabeth Nelson.  




Is this the same lady as the photo above?  I am really not sure and I'm not sure whether she is from my Johnson side or my James side.  


And finally, I'm adding this for good measure as I'm not sure about this one.  Is it a member of the Johnson family or the James/Wiltshire side of things?

Stanley Nelson Johnson

Stanley Nelson's marriage to Elsie

Stanley Nelson at the marriage of George Riedel William and Ellen Rose James

George Charles John Johnson Document and Photos

POstcard George CJ Johnson sent to his mother.  He says she
should be able to spot him in the second section of fours.






George Riedel William Johnson Service Documents & Photos


George Charles John upon joining the Navy August 1935
George in 3rd row down, 3rd from left
Probably George in this group but cannot see him


George Riedel William with Ellen Rose James

George Riedel William in 1945



George's Birth Certificate




Certificate upon leaving the Navy in 1959
George Riedel William's Medals.  Not great quality photo, glass very relective.

Thursday, 6 October 2011

The Johnson Line

GEORGE CHARLES JOHN JOHNSON & ANNA BERTHA WILHELMINA RIEDEL








GEORGE RIEDEL WILLIAM JOHNSON & ELLEN ROSE JAMES





STANLEY NELSON JOHNSON




Family Tree

Its about time I committed some of what I know to paper or at least to blog.  


I promised my cousin Grace last year that I would put something together for her and her family to show our family tree and how we are related.  It didn't happen for a while until I bit the bullet and joined Ancestry.co.uk and started mapping what I knew.  And from that, I found some things that were quite interesting and I also found that many of my ancestors were ordinary hard working people who lived in times that were far harder than they are today.


But it is interesting to think that they are all in a small way, a part of the person I am today.