I was reminded of this brilliant account of my great great grandmother's life recently and thought it was an awesome enough story to share with you all here.
That is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing. You are right how matter of fact she is about it all. I wonder what the "servant question" was and I just love how you see them moving steadily up in the world and how prosperity is measured in numbers of sheep.
Very interesting! I have come across the term "the servant question" in similar contexts, and then it was basically about the problem of finding and being able to afford hiring enough people to staff a large house. It could be the same here.
Three daughters, and then a son, "and there was great rejoicing; the clergyman from Stanley came out to christen him."
And they were asked to represent the Colony at the Coronation? Wow. It reminded me again about "The King's Speech", which I've read, but still haven't watched. They really had moved up in the world, to be chosen for such a position.
You are exactly right! Going into service was pretty thankless unless you were lucky, and with other types of work coming in less people were choosing to do it.
They really had! The pictures of them in their coronation finery held pride of place on my grandparents wall. My oldest uncle has them now.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! As mentioned below, the 'servant question' is 'where can we get some?!' What with increasing industrialisation, more options were opening up for young women who traditionally had gone into service. If you read any Agatha Christie there is always much lamenting over the poor state of the staff these days!
Thank you for sharing. I know next to nothing about my great great grandparents but with you it seems like there is an actual history intermingled with your family saga.
I'm sure most have history if you look for it! I only know this because of the work my mum and uncle did, sorting out all the family history my grandad had collected when he died. The older I've become, the more I've wanted to know...
Thanks for reading, it's good to hear from you too! How is the Big Bang going? :D
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Thank you so much!!!
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Three daughters, and then a son, "and there was great rejoicing; the clergyman from Stanley came out to christen him."
And they were asked to represent the Colony at the Coronation? Wow. It reminded me again about "The King's Speech", which I've read, but still haven't watched. They really had moved up in the world, to be chosen for such a position.
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They really had! The pictures of them in their coronation finery held pride of place on my grandparents wall. My oldest uncle has them now.
I'm glad you found it interesting :D
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Thanks for reading, it's good to hear from you too! How is the Big Bang going? :D
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