Pam's Book - Her Grandparents

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What were their names? When and where were they born? What were their occupations? How old were they when they died? Your father's father Ernest William Green, born April 12th 1879 in Martham, Norfolk. City librarian in St Alban's. Dedicated to it - not much time for his six children. Hobbies: local history, gardening, angling, painting. Died day after retirement, April 1st 1947 Buried st Albans cemetary, Hatfield. Your father's mother Kate Norman Reeve born July 9th 1881 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk She had a very good singing voice. Sang in church choir with her future husband. Very calm lady, never shouted:always there when the children came home. Died October 8th in St Albans. Pulmonary embolism. Your mother's father Herbert Golding. We believe he went of to fight in 2nd Boer War at age of sixteen. Died at age of thirty-two in 1918 after suffering the effects of gas while in the trenches. Loved poetry. Used to carry poetry books around in his pocket while away at war. Buried in W. Watford cemetery. Your mother's mother Elsie Alice Clayden. Born May 11th 1885 in Steeple Bumpstead. Lived at 21 Kelmscott Close, West Watford backing on to railway line. I used to love visiting her. Wonderful orchard garden, loved cooking. Rejected further offers of marriage in case it was not in my mother's best interests. Became confirmed in her forties.