´óÏó´«Ã½

Comments

• 1. At on 04 Feb 2009, U13814159 wrote:

  I enjoyed this episode with Rory Bremner but wondered why, after finding out about his father, the programme concentrated on the maternal Ogilvy connection?
  Though I managed to find this out from the descendent of Jonathan Trimingham:
  iii. EMMA DALZELL GILBERT, b. 1860, Paget, Bermuda; m. JOHN OGILVY, April 12, 1883, St Paul's, Paget, , Bermuda; b. 1834, of Pembroke, Bermuda; d. December 23, 1899, Surrey, England.
  
  More About JOHN OGILVY:
  Fact 1: Dep. Surgeon Gen.
  Fact 2: Surgeon's General, principal medical officer of the Bermuda Comman at time of ma.
  

  Complain about this comment

• 2. At on 04 Feb 2009, U13815158 wrote:

  I was fascinated by Rory Bremner's journey into his past. My one disappointment was the disappearance of John Ogilvy's son Walter between his departure for Bermuda and his return in the 1895 census and the lack of any comment. Was there a reason for this?

  Complain about this comment

• 3. At on 05 Feb 2009, U13814159 wrote:

  Referring back to the marriage of John Ogilvy and Emma Gilbert, it is also noted that her brother, Joseph Trounsell Gilbert married Grace Elizabeth Gosling in a double ceremony.

  Complain about this comment

• 4. At on 05 Feb 2009, U13816090 wrote:

  Don't know if Rory Bremner would be interested but my Bombadier father kept a daily diary during the war as a Gunner. He writes:
  19 Oct "Went on recce. We are going to an area west of Nijmegen to shift Jerry out of s'Hertogenbosch. The 7th Army Div have been trying to take it for three weeks...."
  Lots then written over next 10 days then:-
  31 Oct "Battery right in s'Hertogenbosch CP (Command Post) in upper room of suburban house. Very nice house, no water on though....."
  1st Nov "All the civvies are living round here and it is just like an ordinary London suburb. We have never been so close to Jerry, in fact from our upstairs window we can see houses he is occupying. The bloke next door is titivating his garden...."
  
  If Rory is interested I have the diary as a PDF very happy to send copy. Who knows, it could be the same house his father was in. The diary gives a very real feeling of just how it was.
  My father pulled out from there 1st Nov to head South where Jerry had made a breakthrough.
  

  Complain about this comment

• 5. At on 08 Feb 2009, U13821499 wrote:

  I always try to watch WDYTYA and now with ´óÏó´«Ã½ iplayer there's no reason to miss an episode, it's brilliant!
  
  With regard to Rory Bremner's episode, John Ogilvy, the surgeon, wrote his farewell letter to his children from aboard the SS Marairan (at least that's what it's looks like on the top of the letter) on March 31st 1881.
  
  The 1881 Census was taken on the night of 3 April 1881 and I have searched for Edith, Evelyn and Walter Ogilvy as they were supposed to be in the UK living with and left in the care of their governess, at least according to the programme.
  
  But where are they????
  
  Sassyjan85

  Complain about this comment

• 6. At on 12 Feb 2009, U13829230 wrote:

  I enjoyed the Rory Bremner WDYTYA episode very much, but I got the impression, from what was said, that John Ogilvy had returned from Bermuda with the four younger children shown on the 1891 Census.
  The 1891 Census shows all these four children, to have been born in England. Perhaps, this is why viewers never saw the right-hand side of the census form.
  
  A writer asks where are Edith,Evelyn and
  Walter on the 1881 Census? They appear to be living in Aldershot,with a Jane Ogilvy, whom I assume would be an Aunt.

  Complain about this comment

• 7. At on 06 Mar 2009, U13860724 wrote:

  I loved this episode

  Complain about this comment

• 8. At on 06 Mar 2009, U13860724 wrote:

  hi

  Complain about this comment

View these comments in RSS