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petal · 19-11-2006, 06:01 PM

My family tree's having a bit of a rest
It's branches and twigs are worn out
Try as I might I can find no more
My dead rellies........they're just not about.

So I'll put into order my Irish clan
It's awkward since they changed their name
In order to keep the land they'd aquired
But I do wish they'd kept it the same.

To change if from Pendered to Saunders
(Which sometimes is Sanders it seems)
Is really confusing cos old Moses Sanders
I'd already got in my tree !

I don't think he was akin to the Irish lot
But how on earth am I to tell ?
Then there were some more Sanders people
Who were builders with houses to sell.

Just before the war ended Mum needed a house
Arthur Sanders........well he was the chap
Who built half the houses in our town
So Mum bought one - quick as a flash !

But was Arthur a rellie of old Moses
Or descendant of the Irish Clan ?
There were so many of them -I haven't a clue
But I'll try and find out if I can.

I'll trudge through the Saunders &Sanders
A link I might find - or might not
But while I'm am sorting this merry lot out
The rest have to come to a stop.

They'll rest on the shelf with the Smiths
And the Haddons and Barnetts and Jones
Alongside the Fishers and Headlands
For the time being that is their home.

I just might discover that Arthur the builder
Who worked so hard all of his life
Might have been Arthur Pendered if his ancestor
Hadn't taken the name of his wife !

19-11-2006, 06:01 PM	#92 (permalink)
petal Super Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Horncastle, Lincolnshire Posts: 8,638 Total Awards: 5	Re: own poems My family tree's having a bit of a rest It's branches and twigs are worn out Try as I might I can find no more My dead rellies........they're just not about. So I'll put into order my Irish clan It's awkward since they changed their name In order to keep the land they'd aquired But I do wish they'd kept it the same. To change if from Pendered to Saunders (Which sometimes is Sanders it seems) Is really confusing cos old Moses Sanders I'd already got in my tree ! I don't think he was akin to the Irish lot But how on earth am I to tell ? Then there were some more Sanders people Who were builders with houses to sell. Just before the war ended Mum needed a house Arthur Sanders........well he was the chap Who built half the houses in our town So Mum bought one - quick as a flash ! But was Arthur a rellie of old Moses Or descendant of the Irish Clan ? There were so many of them -I haven't a clue But I'll try and find out if I can. I'll trudge through the Saunders &Sanders A link I might find - or might not But while I'm am sorting this merry lot out The rest have to come to a stop. They'll rest on the shelf with the Smiths And the Haddons and Barnetts and Jones Alongside the Fishers and Headlands For the time being that is their home. I just might discover that Arthur the builder Who worked so hard all of his life Might have been Arthur Pendered if his ancestor Hadn't taken the name of his wife ! Last edited by petal; 19-11-2006 at 06:03 PM.
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