I sometimes find that once I've followed someone through the written records I start to get a certain sense about the individual. Oh I know, there's no real way of knowing, but just sometimes I feel as if I know them a bit. And sometimes it's not a pleasant thing either :(
I'm prompted to write this post from a recent discovery about a 2x great grandfather. He married three times, nothing major in that I suppose, but each time the bride was in her very early twenties, and the last time he married he was 65! And the second wife was the girl he'd got pregnant at 16, after having lived next door but one to her and her family from the age of six years old. Okay so he married her, but I can't help but feel extremely upset at the thought of a 38 year old man living next door to a six year old child and just ten years later fathering her own child :( It feels very very wrong and has actually upset me considerably.
In contrast to many of the other wonderful stories in my tree, this is really the first one I've had a very bad feeling about and reaction to. Am I unusual in having such strong emotions - I suspect not, but I've surprised myself these past few days!
So what happy or sad stories do you have that have prompted strong reactions?
Kate x
I'm prompted to write this post from a recent discovery about a 2x great grandfather. He married three times, nothing major in that I suppose, but each time the bride was in her very early twenties, and the last time he married he was 65! And the second wife was the girl he'd got pregnant at 16, after having lived next door but one to her and her family from the age of six years old. Okay so he married her, but I can't help but feel extremely upset at the thought of a 38 year old man living next door to a six year old child and just ten years later fathering her own child :( It feels very very wrong and has actually upset me considerably.
In contrast to many of the other wonderful stories in my tree, this is really the first one I've had a very bad feeling about and reaction to. Am I unusual in having such strong emotions - I suspect not, but I've surprised myself these past few days!
So what happy or sad stories do you have that have prompted strong reactions?
Kate x
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