OBON

The BON Season in Japan

is rapidly coming to a conclusion

for this crazy year - 2020. 

I have decided to post photos of people with whom

I once shared DNA and who now live in a different world. 

One my Mother's side :  At Highvale ( Samford Valley )

G'ma Molly, Phillip & Peg

August, 1992. 

April, 1981

The Gap, a suburb of Brisbane. 

Top Photo Left to Right:  Phillip Helen June

Middle: Phillip Helen June in a slightly different pose

Bottom: Helen Phillip Molly June

Photography by Norm using a Mamiya DSX1000 SLR camera.

Above: Helen with long sleeves

Sybil Sue in the dark outfit 

June with short sleaves

Helen and June are sisters whilst

Sybil Sue was their first cousin from Bankstown, a suburb in Sydney

Sybil Sue and June were very close during the teen years. 

Bottom:  June left and Molly  ( very formal photo indeed ) 

SAUNDERSON,
Margaret (Peg).
06.11.1922 - 14.05.2012
Late of Baulkham Hills
Beloved wife of Phillip, loving mother of Helen, Ron, Kim and Mary and their families.
Aged 89 years

PEGS family and friends are warmly invited to attend her Funeral Service, to be held on Friday (May 18, 2012), at Castlebrook Crematorium, Windsor Road, Rouse Hill, commencing at 2 p.m.

SAUNDERSON,
Phillip Russell.
Passed Away
November 15, 2014

Beloved husband of Peg (dec'd). Loved father of Helen, Ron, Kim and Mary and father-in-law of Ross, Christine and Scott. Loving grandfather (Pa) to Danielle, Ryan, Bradley, Kate, Elise, Cameron and Prue. Great grandfather to Ella.

Aged 87 Years

Family and friends are invited to attend a Funeral Service for PHILLIP to be held in the West Chapel at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, 199 Delhi Road, North Ryde on Thursday November 20, 2014 at 3.45pm.

Wedding Day for Phillip to Margaret Love ( Peggy ). 

Left to Right as you see photo:  Helen, Molly, Phillip, June. 

Below:  Friday, 10th May, 1952

Burwood, Sydney

June's Wedding Day to Norman. 

Bridesmaid was younger sister, Helen. 

Same wedding, same day .... of course. 

Above:  Ronald Sydney Howard SAUNDERSON and his wife, Mary Madeleine ( Molly ). 

Above: Left to Right as you see it : 

Top Photo: Norman ( the groom ), his mother Eunice Marion ( nee YATES ), June, 

Norman's brother, Mervyn.

Middle Photo:  Ron and Molly in a casual pose

Bottom Photo: Nettie ( I think ), Phillip and Molly. 

Two photos above; The happy couple

June & Norman

Married for 55 years, 10 days. 

Above: June at Cloudland, maybe 1950 ?  Age about 20 and a bit. 

Below: Helen.  Guessing about 17 years old ? 

Helen. 

Below:  On my Father's Mother's side -  YATES 

A most interesting photo, methinks. 

Left to Right: As you see it

Florence ( Mother ) then standing  Florence Beatrice ( her daughter ) who died very soon after this photo was taken.  Sitting old lady .... maybe Florence's mother ? 
Boy standing:  either Roy, Richard or Abe.   ( my feeling: Abe )

Sitting man:  Richard Smith YATES.  Husband to Florence in white, father to 3 younger siblings in the photo. 

Far right:  Eunice Marion, my father's mother.  Florence and Abe are her siblings. 

Missing:  Hubert, who died aged 8 months and buried in Rockhampton Cemetery in an unmarked grave. NOT in Toowong Cemetery, with a memorial stone there. 

Roy, who lived until about 92 years old. Had a son named Ray. 

Richard. 

I believe this photo was taken about 1908 but no later than 1909. 

Eunice, my paternal grandmother. She is on the right side of the family portrait above. 

I think that this is the WESTs / HORTONs from South Brisbane. 

Possibly Minnie is the woman in dark clothing ( no white ) on the right.