This is the story of my Father’s life, as written by himself when 87 years of age. It is not signed, as he probably felt he would add more if possible.
E N Churchill
The story is
in a card-board-bound exercise book. T
W Moores recorded, on the first page,
“Bought book 3rd Mch 1943”, and the start of the narrative is dated
4th March 1943.
Transcription
Copyright © by Bernard J Harris, August 2000. Pages in the
original are marked [1]. Some liberties have been taken with the punctuation,
for ease of reading (e.g. & has been replaced by “and” except in titles);
words inserted for ease of reading are in italics. Some of the section headings were not in the original. The original has a mix of UK and USA
spellings, which for computer reasons are now all in UK spelling.
CONTENTS
1. Prologue and My Birth [1-3]
2. My Antecedents (including his version of the family tree) [4-7]
3. My Wife’s Antecedents [8-9]
4. My grandparents [10-11]
5. My Father [11-16]
6. Churches (early days of Fleet Baptist Church) [16-19]
7. Early Schooling [19-21]
8. The area around Fleet, and some local characters [21-33]
9. Later Schooling at Fleet National School (now All Saints school, Fleet) [33-40]
10. Life at Home [40-42]
11. Boarding School at Woking [42-53]
12. Treats, Holidays and Outings [54-59]
13. Change of Boarding School – to Tring [59-66]
14. Manchester; visiting family relations there, including the Boddingtons [67-75]
15. Starting work in London [75-90]
16. Early Christian Service [90-94]
17. Enter Romance [94-99]
18. Wife and Family at Southsea [99-104]
19. Norwood Green [105-108]
20. Emigration to Canada; the decision [108-111]
21. Happier memories of Southsea [111-138]
22. More about my family – siblings and parents [138-147]
23. My Children [147-148]
24. Other memories [148-153]
25. Events and notable people [153-158]
26. Life Assurance and Benefit Societies [158-160]
27. The journey to Canada [160-163]
28. First impressions of a new Country [163-164]
29. My Philosophy [165-167]
30. Family Burial Places [168-171]
31. Enigma – a poem to his wife
32. Index
Click here for the first section; alternatively, link to the beginning of “Book 2”, describing life in Canada, or the description of his death.
