Elliott Family Photos...my Family

Unless any of you have read my previous posts where I talked about myself...basically, to give you all an idea of me...the author of this blog, perhaps these photos may not make much sense, so I will take a few moments to tell you all a little more about myself so that this post will have more impact, perhaps.

I was born in Montreal in 1956...an only child.  You see, my mother had four miscarriages before I was born, then she had a baby boy in 1950.  However, that dear baby, Richard, who would have been my brother, died at the tender age of 7 months...of bronchial pneumonia.  So...this is how I ended up being an only child.  I was only 5 lbs 8 ounces when I was born, very little and fragile...but thanks to God, the doctors and my parents, I am here today.  To be honest, I cannot find any of my childhood photos except for one, which I will share in another post at a later time.  I know that there was a fire when I was a child, so perhaps this is how many of the photos got destroyed and/or lost.  

I am sharing a few photos here with you today.  The first one is of my father taken in 1939, at the onset of WWII.  Although he was a Canadian, (born in Montreal in 1919 and died in 1984 in Montreal at the age of 64), his parents were born in Kent, England...he went to visit England in 1939 and was there when the war broke out, so he joined the Royal Warwick Regiment in Dartford, Kent, where his father was born.  My father was a very kind and loving soul.  Although he became a prisoner of war and sadly, quite early in WWII, he was able to forgive his captors of the cruelty he suffered at their hands.  My father, Albert William Elliott, was born in Montreal on December 19, 1919.

This next photo is of my father and his father...a grandfather that I did not get to know, as he died a year before I was born.  From what my father told me, he was a very stern man.  I really don't know too much else about him.  His name was Arthur James Elliott.  My father's mother, Adelaide Philpott, died when my father was only 8 years old.

This next photo is of my parents, Albert William Elliott and Mary Evelyn Ryan.  I don't have a date as to when this was taken, but it was definitely before I was born, so probably in the 1940's after the war.  

My mother was born in Montreal in 1915...and died here in 1983, just a year before my father died.

Next are two photos of Richard...born June, 1950, died January, 1951...bronchial pneumonia.  

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