James McGee (born May 2, 1879 in Chorlton, Manchester, died December 3 1944 in Longsight,
Manchester)
married
Marie Shanks (born May 30, 1875 in Manau, India, died February 13 1918 in Chorlton,
Manchester)
in St Aloysius Church, Ardwick, Manchester on December 3 1903.
James and Marie had the following children
| Margaret | 1904 - 1997 married George Ellison |
William (Bill) | 1912 - 1994 married Kath Murphy |
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| Richard | 1906 - 1976 married Eva Gilpin |
Hilda | 1914 - 1999 married George Shaw |
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| Evelyn | 1908 - 1909 | Thomas | 1915 - 1990 | |
| John | 1910 - 1986 married Sarah Coleman |
Rosa | 1917 - 1992 married William Reynolds |
The photographs on this page are arranged in (approximately) chronological order.
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| "Dad, Mother, Maggie &
Ritchie" |
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| "Maggie McGee - 1922" (= GHS155)
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"Ritchie McGee" |
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| "Hilda 1920" = GHS121 First Holy Communion possibly 1921. |
Rosa First Holy Communion probably 1925. |
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| "Hilda & Stepmother" 13 February 1930 |
"Q & Hilda" 11 August 1930 = GHS124. |
The following shots of Rosa and some of her siblings (not to mention Dad and Uncle Jack) were taken at the Meade Grove residence of the Manchester McGees in 1932 (on the Manchester copies) or possibly 1933 (on the Glasgow copies). (If you want to complicate things, then maybe they were taken over a couple of years and then a selection was copied in one batch (pmk 0 102).)
Anyway, some were in Manchester and some were in Glasgow (and some were even in both places) but they belong together.
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| "Queenie" |
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| "Margaret & Rosa" | "Maggie & Queenie" = GHS455" |
"Maggie & Queenie - Meade Grove" |
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| Tom, Margaret & Uncle Jack |
"Tommy & Uncle Jack" |
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| "Richard, Hilda & Maggie" |
"Hilda & Billy" |
"Maggie" |
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| "Butcher Billy & his bike" |
"Hilda & Dad" |
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| "Dad, Bill Hilda & Tom" | "Summer 1932 - McGee Family Dad, Margaret, Bill, Tom & Hilda" |
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| "Hilda, Dad, Billy, Richard, Tom" |
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| "Maggie & George" = GHS227 |
"Maggie & Jack" | George Ellison and John |
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| Hilda & Bill |
Bill, Tom & Hilda | Hilda & Margaret |
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| Margaret |
Margaret | "Dad in the back garden" |
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| "The Family" |
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| Hilda's friends |
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| Anyone for tennis? |
"Hilda, 2 McGuires, Kathleen Almond" = GHS234 |
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= GHS236 | |
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| "Hilda & Rosa, Blackpool 1936"
(but = GHS244 "Blackpool, August 19 1934") |
"Hilda & Rosa - Blackpool 1936?" = GHS456 |
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| = GHS125 "Hilda, Age 21 years" 1935 |
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| "Hilda, Ken Berry, Rosa 1936"
(= GHS425) |
(= BFS127) but I have used this one as our copy has an unfortunate scratch on Uncle Bill's nose. |
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| Queenie (= GHS427) |
Hilda |
Although Queenie's photo is tentatively dated 1936, she looks slightly older than in the above photos
and Hilda appears to be wearing an engagement ring. Hilda and George married in December 1938
so the photos may have been taken a year or two after 1936.
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| Queenie in Manchester 1936? |
Hilda |
Photographed at 53 The Crescent, Anson Estate, Manchester 13.
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| "George & Bill before the war" |
Hilda |
Hilda has dated these as 1935-38 but Rosa dated her copies 1941. Our copy (on the left) has been mirrored.
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| "Dad Rosa 53 Crescent"
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"Dad & Rosa - Between 1935 & 38" | |
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| "Q & Dad at Hilda's 1941" | "Hilda & Rosa '41" = GHS438 "Rosa & Hilda - 35 - 38" |
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| 1938? George, Hilda, Margaret, George = GHS479 |
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| "Hilda & George, Mag & George, Blackpool" |
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| "Tommy" = GHS272 |
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WRR261 = GHS257 "The Three Stooges - July 13, 1944" |
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| Hilda |
Rosa | Margaret |
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Ritchie & Eva McGee |
John & Peggy McGee |
Bill & Kath McGee |
Hilda & George Shaw |
Rosa & Willie Reynolds |
| Contents | Sarah & William Rogan |