My husband's parents' wedding |
The
Sepia Saturday prompt this week is related to the 50th anniversary of the
assassination of JFK. A date when big history and small history collide. A date
where you can remember what you were doing at the time.
I’m
diverging from this prompt a little to celebrate 50th wedding anniversaries.
Both
mine and Mr Jax’s parents achieved this milestone:
Mine are at 54 years and
still counting, and
My in-laws were married for 58 years.
Only
one set of our collective grandparents were married for over 50 years:
My husband’s
maternal grandparents were married for 55 years.
Pelegrinus VAN WINSEN and
Jitske JURNA were married in Nov 1911 in the Netherlands. Pelegrinus died in
Jan 1967, aged 82.
I
didn’t expect to find many others going back as life expectancy was much shorter.
My parents' wedding |
I
went back a few generations and found 7 more direct ancestors who celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversaries.
Interestingly,
in all 7 it was the husband who died first.
And
sadly, I don’t have wedding photos for any of them.
So
in this post, I celebrate all those who achieved this milestone:
Great
grandparents:
Edward
LONG and Sarah STONEHOUSE were married in Jan 1900 in Mortlake, Victoria.
Edward died in Oct 1951, aged 79.
Great
great grandparents:
William
STONEHOUSE and Elizabeth MCVEY were married in Mar 1850 in Port Fairy, Victoria.
William died in May 1904, aged 77.
&
William
FRANCIS and Anna COLLIER were married in Sep 1860 in Tythegston, Glamorgan,
Wales. William died in Jan 1915, aged 79.
3x
great grandparents:
My husband's maternal grandparents |
Thomas
BROOKS and Jane CONDELL were married in Jan 1844 in New Norfolk, Tasmania.
Thomas died in Jul 1894, aged 84.
&
Thomas
COLLIER and Ann POWELL were married in May 1835 in Newcastle, Glamorgan, Wales.
Thomas died in 1894, aged 85.
&
Thomas
FRANCIS and Ann DAVIES were married in Aug 1825 in Newcastle, Glamorgan, Wales.
Thomas died in Sep 1880 in his late 70s.
And
one I really didn’t expect to find:
4x
great grandparents:
Thomas
SPEAR and Mary COCK married in May 1816 in Little Petherick, Cornwall, England.
Thomas died in Aug 1867, aged 83.
My great grandparents, Edward Long and Sarah Stonehouse shortly before they were married. |
William Francis |
Anna Francis nee Collier |
Elizabeth Stonehouse nee McVey |
What a good alternative approach, wish I'd thought of it, as I have a couple of good 50th anniversary celebration photos for one couple. Your ancestors and relatives must have good genes!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of 50th anniversaries!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and happy many more for you too. What a treasure of great photos you have as well!
ReplyDeleteOboy, these are just GREAT photos...may you reach your 50th yourself!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Great to read about happy 50th Anniversaries!
ReplyDeleteSome handsome people in those photos. Nice things have their 50th anniversaries too.
ReplyDeleteGreat take on the theme. I wish I'd thought of it first:)
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know my wife and I are the only couple in our families to have passed the 50 year mark, Looking back through my family's past it seems the men have all died before their wives.
ReplyDeleteWOW that is amazing to be able to track those ancestors.
ReplyDeleteA good take on the prompt and some really wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteLovely photographs and a fine entry of 50-year celebrations of marriage. With so many in your family, it seems you should be well on your way to matching them. A very nice different take on the theme.
ReplyDeleteI like this theme! Now I want to check my own ancestors to see how many might have been married 50 years.
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