Thursday 3 January 2013

Family History

I am struggling to get back into any sense of routine. I don't have the discipline of new terms and work although my boy does and Paul is back at work now. How easy it is to let time slip and to find I have done nothing with it. Today the decorations are coming down and then maybe I will feel I am getting back to some normality. Chloe and Ed are also returning from their lovely holiday in Cornwall. 

I have decided to try and collate a book about my family history to share with my siblings. We have quite an interesting family, many involved with the Music Hall, early films and an acrobatic troupe who toured all over the world. As I go along I may share a little here. 

Yesterdays find was this link http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/EraObitFiles/mol.htm to a picture which is in  the Museum of London and was commissioned by Bella and Bijou - a music hall act. Bella was my Great-Grandmother and I think Bijou was her brother-in-law, Peter Cannon. Above is a photo of them. How amazing to be able to find out about your family on the internet from the comfort of ones bed!!!! 

2 comments:

  1. Yes one of the bellas was his sister in law who he performed with alot of the time he joind the fothergill family act when he was very young im sure thats his wife in that picture tho Peter Cannon was my grate grandfather by the way thats why i no lol

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  2. Peter "Bijou" obit in Daily Telegraph, 5th Jan 1914: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/10544342/Daily-Telegraph-January-5-1914.html

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