Together Trust Archive

Sometimes it’s as if the world contrives to know the end of a story. A chance encounter on Ancestry today revealed what happened to William, whose story is told in the last blog written on the 14th February. Until the 20th February, Ancestry are allowing free access to their Canadian Vital Records, which is perfect for people like me wanting to know the end to a certain love story…. On the 21st June 1916 William got married. The marriage took place in Hastings, Ontario around 60km down the road from Bethany where he wrote his lovesick letter. So what was the name of his spouse on the marriage certificate? Ethel  So our young romantic did not end up with his childhood sweetheart. He did however marry an English girl who we hope made him very happy! Case closed.

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” Spoken by Lysander, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , Act I, Scene I, Line 134, William Shakespeare. Emigration party As it is Valentine’s Day I thought it apt to tell you a love story from within our archive. This isn't easy as many of the children who passed through our homes were young. Boys and girls were housed in separate buildings and interaction between sexes was few and far between.