 Birth Notes:
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10698388/person/-183958511
And
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10698388/person/-180217698
And
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=WVx7cRWMiJdbh7jDuuSsIg&scan=1
And
http://www.cstgpa.com/Family%20Tree/The%20Anderson%20Family%20Tree/RootsMagic/Russell/b553.html#P553
Sources of information or noted events in his life were:
• Web Based Info. http://www.cstgpa.com/Family%20Tree/The%20Anderson%20Family%20Tree/RootsMagic/Russell/b553.html#P553
And
http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/10698388/person/-183958511
• Occupation. Stockbroker.
http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/31874_223166-00119/4042801?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dUKProbateCal%26h%3d4042801%26indiv%3dtry%26o_vc%3dRecord%253aOtherRecord%26rhSource%3d8914&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnRecord
George married Irene Morris, daughter of Thomas Morris and Anne Hornsby, Jun Q 1912 in Axbridge, Somerset, England. (Irene Morris was born on 12 Feb 1885 in Hounslow, London, England, christened on 2 May 1885 in Bedfont, Hounslow, London, England and died Sep Q 1977 in Surrey Eastern, Surrey, England.)
Sources of information or noted events in their marriage were:
• Web Based Info. http://www.cstgpa.com/Family%20Tree/The%20Anderson%20Family%20Tree/RootsMagic/Russell/b553.html#P553
And
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-c&gsfn=George+Ireland&gsfn_x=NIC&gsln=Russell&gsln_x=XO&cpxt=1&catBucket=rstp&uidh=iof&cp=11&pcat=BMD_MARRIAGE&h=25032472&recoff=3+4+5&db=FreeBMDMarriage&indiv=1
And
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=7U9q5FOJ0%2BXdHxKTSSn63Q&scan=1
• General Comment. Diary of Honeymoon of George Ireland (Pat) and Irene Russell on
Norfolk Broads June 1912
Grandfather George Russell and Irene Morris were married on Tuesday 4th June 1912 in All Saints Church, Weston-super-Mare where Great Grandmother Anne Morris lived. My Grandfather's uncle and Grandfather were both George Irelands so whether for this reason or whatever, he was always known as Pat. He had met my Grandmother who was 2 years his junior, when he had been at school with her brother, Raymond Morris. He was 28 when they married and I understand that the wedding would have been sooner but for the opposition from his father for whom he worked as a Stockbroker in the City (of London). Later in life they were to be known as Danda and Panda. How this came about I am uncertain but I suspect that I was misled by various relatives as to their proper names.
They started their married life living in their own house in Gravesend but with the outbreak of war and the death of his mother, Jane, they moved in with Great Grandfather William Thomas Russell. These were difficult years not only on account of the severe shortages due to the war and the consequent lack of servants but also because of Great Grandfather who in his old age became even more demanding than he had before. Neither he nor his manservant, who also expected to be waited on, made any allowance for the reduced domestic help in the house. Gravesend was very much in the firing line for German bombing raids on London and one of my mother's most vivid recollections is of watching a German Zeppelin floating down as a giant fireball after being shot down. My Grandmother, Danda, with 3 small children to look after by the time the war ended, had to cope very much on her own as Panda who had been turned down by the British Army on medical grounds, was away most of the time in France serving with the French Army Ambulance Service. This experience left her feeling very bitter towards her sister in Law, Gertrude (Aunt Gerty) who had married a Naval chaplain, the Reverend Christopher Graham. Aunt Gerty apparently could twist the old man around her little finger but did nothing to help Danda. When the old man died in 1920, my Grandparents moved to the house in Linden Gardens, Leatherhead where I grew up. This house was eventually sold in 1959.
I intend to expand on the above as and when I have time. However in the interim, the following is an extract from a "diary" of their honeymoon written in pencil by Danda on scraps of paper that I found in a box which I think had always stood on my her desk. In order to add clarity I have had to insert punctuation as Danda clearly did not deem this necessary. I have also had to decipher some of the words but as I am not familiar with the Broads, this has been difficult with place names. Unfortunately the final page, or pages, has gone missing. I have attached also a copy of the Order of Service for their wedding that was with the "diary". Hugh Evans (February 2000)
Tuesday June 4th 4.20 Left Weston arr. London 7 o'clock (Note 1), went to Liverpool Street Hotel (Note 2). Left our baggage, went to Troc (Note 3) for dinner.
Wednesday 5th Took 12 o'clock train to Wroxham. Rain part of journey down but fine when arrived. Took luggage to boat "Teal". Packed up and then got provisions from Post Office & sailed about 6.30. Had to quant (Note 4) all the way. Moored about 8 o'clock, had supper & turned in about 10.
Thursday Got up, had a bathe, wrote PCs then took dinghy back to Wroxham for forks which were forgotten & more blankets. Had heavy showers & had to lower sail & shelter under it. Did our shopping & got back about 3 for lunch. Sailed over Wroxham Broad. Heard heavy thunderstorms all the time in the distance. Rain began about tea time so moored early & turned in.
Friday Beautiful morning early. Got up & bathed, had breakfast, sailed over small broad & then Salhouse Broad. Saw wild ducks & moorhen chicks. Moored for lunch about 1.30. Began raining, slacked & fished till tea time. Before tea I dropped pot lid overboard & Pat had to go in for it. After tea rain stopped & we got under way but rain began again soon. We sailed & quanted some way till rain was so heavy we moored & shut up for the night.
Saturday In morning still drizzling. Had no bathe. After brek (Note 5) got underway & sailed with nice breeze into Horning Lower Street. Got provisions & beer & sent PCs. After leaving, morning rain stopped & we had a fine sail up the creek to mouth of Ranworth Ground where we moored on someone's fishing ground, had lunch & sailed dinghy into Ranworth Broad, very pretty. Bought bread & went over church, very old with fine painted screen. Shown over by vicar. Came back & had tea. Took yacht down the river & up the Ant. The wind was very light & had to quant up to Ludham Bridge where someone else had bagged the pitch we wanted & had to moor near to the bridge. Lovely evening, beautiful reflections of cattle and windmills. Thick mist rising from river later.
Sunday Wherry came along in early morning and we had to shift for them. Pat had to go out in his pyjamas & tow Teal lower down. Bathed, had breakfast & walked to Ludham church. The vicar showed us over the fine old church, afterwards saw 14th century trunk etc. Came back to lunch at 1.30. After lunch went up Barton Broad in the dinghy. Thunderstorm started soon after starting fresh fair wind with it which died away to nothing when it stopped. We sheltered under mill for part of time. Had tea before getting to the broad. Then sailed over the Broad & rowed up to S Calham B. Turned back at 20 min to 8 & had to row back to Ludham Bridge as wind was contrary. Latter part of journey was done in thick mist. Arrived at Teal at 10 pm very cold & wet. Had supper & turned in at 11.30.
Monday As they were unloading the wherry, we quanted down to clump of rushes in Ant where we bathed & had breakfast. Quanted it to the Bure & sailed up a little bit of creek to South Walsham. Moored & had lunch then rowed dinghy up to South Walsham Staith (?). Walked into village, saw the two churches, did some shopping, posted PCs & sailed over broad back to yacht Teal, had tea & sailed to creek at Thurne where we moored for the night.
Tuesday Shifted yacht into main stream before bathing, had breakfast & sailed to Potter Heigham, tacked all the way. Had lunch, got cracked quant pole mended riveted (Note 6). Went into village & got letters & provisions. Returning to yacht, we lowered mast & got under bridges. Pat towed yacht for about mile as wind was contrary then we had tea. Then wind slightly shifted we sailed to the mooring ground between Potter Heigham Sound & Hickling Broad where we moored for the night. Being too early for supper we sailed into the broad for an hour. On return to yacht had supper, wrote PCs & went to bed.
Wednesday A virtuous morning. Pat dragged me up at 10 mins to 8, bathed & recovered plate lost overboard overnight, had breakfast & sailed in dinghy to Hickling where we went to village & posted PCs. Sailed back to yacht in 30 mins, had lunch & while I was washing up, Pat caught 4 roach which he returned to the water. 3 were a fair size. Pat's sock had vanished & we sought in depths of water for it but was found later in his sweater when he took it off. Took dinghy to Horsy Mere, sailed round mere & returned to tea. After tea we sailed Teal with strong breeze behind & moored round corner in the Thurne. Sailed dinghy up to Hurtham Broad, river was very weedy and wind very squally. Returned to Teal while Irene cooked dinner, Pat sailed her under jib towards...
Note 1. I presume that they travelled by train. Not much has changed and journey today from Weston to Paddington would still take 2 hours 20 minutes.
Note 2. Liverpool Street Station Hotel is close to where my Grandfather's offices were in the City. They would also have caught the train from here to Wrexham.
Note 3. I presume that this is an abbreviation of the Trocadillo which was I believe a popular restaurant.
Note 4. I am unfamiliar with the term "Quant" or "quanting". I presume that it is akin to punting.
Note 5. Presume abbreviation for Breakfast.
Note 6. I imagine that she meant that the pole had been repaired by riveting it.
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