Following the tantalising success of the blog I wrote on www.rootschat.com just over a year ago now about my 2x great grandmother, Mary Ann Owens, I have decided to pen another one, telling the story of another family through time.
A lot has happened in the last year and in my free time from university work and the numerous nights out that come with student life, I have been slowly getting to know another family, who have, as the Owens did in Nothing But Bad Times, been the subject of my focus when venturing back into my favourite hobby. Also as before, for this blog I have chosen a matriarch to be the centre figure, this time on my father’s side. In fairness, it is perhaps strong to say that this central character is “the Mary Ann Owens of my paternal lines”, but as you will see in the coming weeks, she is equally as tragic, and her story is also captivating. At least, I certainly think so.
This is the story of the Wertheim Family…a name that I have learned to associate with colour courage, tragedy, notoriety, eccentricity, but above all, survival and struggle.
The first post shall be up imminently. I look forward to sharing another one of my family stories with you.
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