We miss you in so many ways,
We miss the things you used to say,
And when old times we do recall,
It’s then we miss you most of all.

Forever in our hearts and thoughts. xxx.

Dear Mum/Grambles,

We think of you today
But that is nothing new
We thought of you yesterday
And will tomorrow too
We think of you in silence
And make no outward show
For what it meant to lose you
Only those who love you know
Remembering you is easy
We do it everyday
Its the heartache of losing you
That will never go away.

Still missing you as much as ever Mum. X

Loving and giving in all his ways,
Upright and just to the end of his days.
Sincere and kind in heart and mind,
What wonderful memories he left behind.

MHDSRIP.

As we look upon your picture,
Sweet memories we recall,
Of a face so full of sunshine,
A smile for one and all.
Though your smile has gone forever,
And your hand we cannot touch,
We shall never lose sweet memories,
Of the one we miss so much.

We miss you Mum, Grambles, and always will.
Love always,
Jan, Mike & Jamie
xoxoxoxoxo

April 24, 1945 — April 10, 2007

M.H.D.S.R.I.P.

Years go by, Memories stay.
As near and dear as yesterday.

Still missed as much as ever.

LUKE FOSTER   m  Martha Bell 1790

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LUKE FOSTER born 1794  m  Ann Short  1817

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LUKE FOSTER born 1823  m  1st Agnes M Taylor 1845,  2nd Alice Marnes 1854

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CATHERINE FOSTER born 1847  m  CHARLES WILLIAM PARKER 1868

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HENRIETTA PARKER born 1872  m  JAMES PLEDGER 1893

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ALICE EMMA PLEDGER born 1896  m  WILLIAM CAIRNS LAWSON   1921

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OLIVE LAWSON born 1924  m  Eddie Berkon  1944
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Janice Berkon born 1949  (me)

Again this is the briefest of summaries, I will be expanding this as I go on.

Friedrichstadt (now Jaunjelgava) Latvia early 1800′s:

ABRAHAM BIRKHAN married ???

their children:

YANKEL (Jacob)

Itskha (Isaac)

Shomer

Shimon

YANKEL BIRKHAN married GLIKA GRASSFELD.

They had 13 children (8 sons & 5 daughters) born Latvia including:

BIRCHIK BIRKAHN ( BARNETT BERKON) *See below.

Rosa BIRKAHN, she married Soloman Wasserman who came to England with her in 1907. They had 7 children, 3 daughters, Clara, Annie, Miriam who all died in early infancy and 4 sons inc Leibe (Lewis Waterman) who married Anne Berkan, grand daughter of Shomer Birkhan in 1937.

They had 2 children:

Harold Waterman, who married Therese Stokes in Ireland in 1992, he very sadly died April 10th 2007.

Raymond Wasserman (Waterman) who also sadly died June 24th 2006

Motel (Max Berkan) his 1st marriage was to Bessie Bass in England in 1909, she died 1950 and he married Annie Donn in 1952. He became a Naturalised British Subject and served in the British Army during the 1914-18 war.

* BERCHIK ( BARNETT BERKON ) married DORA KRAITZBURG in England in 1906.

Their children:

Klare Birkahn (Claire Berkon)

Simon Birkahn (Simon Berkon)

Rebecca Birkahn (Berkon)

Annie Berkon

EDDIE BERKON married OLIVE LAWSON 1944

They had 8 children, (1 baby girl stillborn and a boy, Simon Keith who died soon after birth), including JANICE BERKON ( that’s me ).

This is just the briefest of outlines as I have vast amounts of info on this family and their descendants. I have kept it to a minimum in order not to upset or offend anyone who may not want this info published, although most of it is freely available to any member of the general public under the freedom of information act at the National Archives and FRC.

If anyone has any queries or any information to add please feel free to contact me.