Could you post it via a Photobucket or Flickr link so that we could enlarge it and rotate it? Failing that, e-mail me a copy
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Thread: Charles Guilfoyle-Seymour
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28-05-2014, 1:01 PM #81Sue Mackay
Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids
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28-05-2014, 4:17 PM #82
Can't remember how to I don't think
Photo of CGS address and presentation
nope so that's just the linky thing. I can't find the stickie with the 'structions how to do it!! but if you clickie you should go to photobucket and the pictureSadly, our dear friend Ann (alias Ladkyis) passed away on Thursday, 26th. December, 2019.
Footprints on the sands of time
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28-05-2014, 9:46 PM #83
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29-05-2014, 8:45 AM #84
Now that makes more sense..... although, and this could just be my fanciful mind, it does make even more sense when spoken out loud and with a Dublin accent.
~thinks~
It must be the acting gene at work in me
Many thanks Sue. It is very difficult because my new cousin says that while the thing is framed it has, in the past been allowed to get damp. I believe it was consigned to the "wash house" for many years.Sadly, our dear friend Ann (alias Ladkyis) passed away on Thursday, 26th. December, 2019.
Footprints on the sands of time
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29-05-2014, 10:57 AM #85
Armed with the enhanced image you e-mailed to me I have worked out a bit more, but as you say the names are well and truly blurred and you'll probably only be sure if you can Google, or otherwise research, the members of Sullivan's Combination Company.
I did Google Byron's poem to Tom Moore and the first verse of that goes
My boat is on the shore,
And my bark is on the sea;
But, before I go, Tom Moore,
Here's a double health to thee!
Doesn't help me work out what he has changed boat to!
Here is my version of the whole thing as far as I can decipher it:
To Mr C Guilfoyle Seymour
The Members of Mr Charles Sullivan’s Irish Combination Company
Dear Sir, We the Members of above Company wish to make a few remarks previous to presenting you with a more substantial recognition of our esteem, not only as a man, but, we believe,a sincere friend of us all. In the difficult and arduous position in which you are placed namely the dual one of “Acting and Stage Manager” we gladly express our unanimous appreciation of the excellent way in which you have fulfilled these onerous duties. An uninterrupted feeling of good fellowship has always prevailed in our ranks and this is not an empty boast as the experience of most of us is not a matter of “Days” “Weeks” or even months but with the majority of us many years and whether as Mr Sullivan’s Representative or in your own character as one of ourselves we cannot fail to acknowledge the uniform curtesy[sic] extended to all sides.
We sincerely trust you will be pleased with the selection we have made in our little offering for your acceptance, namely a Time Piece – that it may serve not only as an ornament to your home, but to recall sometimes to your mind when sitting in the bosom of your family, in one of those moments so delightful to those who like yourself and the profession generally at this present time are compelled to be moving from town to town – and it is like an oasis in the desert to have a home such as yours in which you can fly out of noise and turmoil of the busy world and enjoy (when not compulsory) that cheerful and happy place, so graphically described in some professional advertisements as “Resting” - so then perhaps the right of the dial of our little gift may serve to recall the many happy and pleasant hours and days we’ve passed in one another’s company in our frequent journeys to and fro.
Charles, to conclude in the words of the immortal Byron to Tom Moore
(slightly altered) and wishing you every happiness and success, as many say so
Our ??? is on the shore
Our course upon the sea
But where'ere we go Seymour
Here's a double health to thee
Paris? January 13th 1883
(signed)
Clementina Parker
Isabelle Daly
Richard Fisher
Anne Mason
Ann Norman
???? Marshall
Charles B Sullivan
Gloria Winslade
Warren DeWitt
Adam ????
Mary Herville
???? M???
Charles M. ????Sue Mackay
Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids
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29-05-2014, 11:54 AM #86
Oh I love it! In my head I can hear the voices - my great grandfather included - and somehow I know what he sounds like. This is what family history is all about isn't it? finding names and dates is ok but discovering how other people felt about your ancestor is just the cream on the trifle.
Thank you for all the hard work Sue, it is really appreciated. I will copy and paste the final version into the family newsletter and get it out to all my cousins so they can know how our great grandfather was seen by his contemporariesSadly, our dear friend Ann (alias Ladkyis) passed away on Thursday, 26th. December, 2019.
Footprints on the sands of time
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16-07-2020, 10:42 AM #87
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Charlie and Fanni Guilfoyle
Hello,
If “your” Charlie married Fanni in Marseille then let me tell you that while I don’t remember Charlie, I do remember Fanni! She retired to Long Island, NY after having worked at Coty with Elaine Morandini (a friend) and my grandmother (Aimee Emery), wife of Silas Emery who departed Europe on the last Liberty ship, USS Exeter, from Portugal in 1941. My grandparents and their daughter (Clothilde, my mother) traveled from Paris, France by bicycle to St Raphael for a 3 month stay before continuing onto Portugal. I have been trying to find where Charlie and Fanni were laid to rest, in Nesconset I believe. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you,
Francis DusartLast edited by Lesley Robertson; 16-07-2020 at 10:58 AM. Reason: Telephone number removed
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16-07-2020, 11:03 AM #88
Thank you for providing extra information for Ladykis.
Sadly, Ladykis passed away recently. I know that she would have appreciated the contact. These threads all stay on the servers and will hopefully help someone else some day.
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