Thursday, June 14, 2007

bridie's wedding





two summers ago we travelled to england for the wedding of bridie henderson to james barber at ripley castle in yorkshire. this was the first time i had seen my cousin neil on over 35 years. for my brother john and i it was amazing to discover so much more family. growing up in canada we lost contact with most of our family on both my father and mother's side. we are trying to make up for lost time.
here are some pics from the wedding.

above left...bridie and jim with jim's parents
above middle... john with his sons adam and graham, neil with his son rik and jim
above right... adam james mclean henderson with his aunt laurie
near right... maid of honour is bridie's sister amy

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

freya's wedding





top photo: diane and bridie

second photo: john henderson, rik (richard) henderson, jim henderson and neil henderson

third photo: diane, bridie barber, laurie henderson, jeanette henderson, pansy henderson, kristine (rik's girlfriend)

fourth photo: jon and freya humphreys

bottom photo: john, neil, freya, rik and jim all kitted out in variations of the henderson tartan

freya and jon were married near the home of neil and jeanette henderson in bomere heath just outside of shrewsbury, shropshire. a wonderful time was had by all..

Friday, June 8, 2007

first time

this is the first post in my blog. i recently received a copy of the hunter family tree that dorothy and keith wooley of newark, england have been working on. it starts with my great-grandparents john hunter and lilias wright. they produced 14 children many of whom survived to ripe old ages and in so doing produced a great many more children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc. i am hoping to put together a copy of this list to pass on to family members and hear from them in the process. when i have it complete i will post it here. let's see how it goes.
cheers
jim
(james mclean henderson)