My mother's maternal grandfather passed away when she was only 20, but she never stopped talking about him.
He appears to have been a genuine "character" so, lest his memory perish, let me introduce him to you, starting with his obituary in the
Coolamon-Ganmain Farmer's Review of 20 December 1929.
He was born in Sunderland, England, in 1846, and was one of a large family.
Well, maybe. The story I heard - but which the man himself always denied - was that he came into the world in Dublin, but his family moved to Sunderland when he was six weeks old, and his birth was registered there. On the other hand, the 1881 census gives his birthplace as Midlothian, Scotland.
My mother's maternal grandfather passed away when she was only 20, but she never stopped talking about him. 