Great-Aunt Ria
Ria, 1891–1976, was my great-aunt on my father Chip's Murray side: an old English-Irish family. Ria's father was the black sheep of the family, a wild boy who came out to New Zealand.
Ria went to live in the UK in 1912, staying with various relatives. During the war she served with the Red Cross in Serbia.
That's all the information I have about Great-Aunt Ria, and I would love to have known more.
Great-Uncle Walter
Three brothers came out to New Zealand from Yorkshire: Isaac Stephenson (my grandfather, Rona's father), Luther, and Walter. In Rona's words: "Walter lived in Auckland, served in the first world war, was badly gassed and became mentally unstable. He finally committed suicide by hanging."
After the war, Walter had a son Ian who was really strange. I met him once. I wonder whether the gas that poisoned Walter had an effect on the child?
~ Meg Bailey
Ria, 1891–1976, was my great-aunt on my father Chip's Murray side: an old English-Irish family. Ria's father was the black sheep of the family, a wild boy who came out to New Zealand.
Ria went to live in the UK in 1912, staying with various relatives. During the war she served with the Red Cross in Serbia.
That's all the information I have about Great-Aunt Ria, and I would love to have known more.
Great-Uncle Walter
Three brothers came out to New Zealand from Yorkshire: Isaac Stephenson (my grandfather, Rona's father), Luther, and Walter. In Rona's words: "Walter lived in Auckland, served in the first world war, was badly gassed and became mentally unstable. He finally committed suicide by hanging."
After the war, Walter had a son Ian who was really strange. I met him once. I wonder whether the gas that poisoned Walter had an effect on the child?
~ Meg Bailey
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