Mr. J. K. F. Scott Golding s The Silver Wedding Essay

Mrs. Alex Vankoughnett died on a Sunday, January 13, 1963, 6 days shy of her 84th birthday. She was still baking her celebrated bread for in the last year she used 800 lbs of flour for the purpose. The local Dr. K. A. Denholm stated â€Å"she was one of the best of Victorian Puritans of Canada† and showing his deep appreciation for her, quotes the 18th century doctor and poet Oliver Goldsmith â€Å"She made her life interesting† and then John Milton: Servant of God well done! Well has’t thou fought the better fight. Robert Frederick (June 10, 1898-April 13, 1959) Annie May Cowley (1893-1978) First son and World War I veteran, Robert Fredrick or Fred celebrated the silver wedding anniversary with his wife Annie May Cowley on March 27, 1943. They were married at Goldalming Anglican church in England. For the first two years of the war Fred instructed his compatriots in the use of rifle and bayonets in England, finally giving it up for action in France. There he was gassed and severely wounded by a mortar shell, received shrapnel to the side of his head that also blew out an ear drum. He was sent back to England to convalesce. It is during this convalescent period that he met Annie May Cowley of Upton on Severn Worchester and there they had Helen Maud their first child on April 16, 1919. With the $5 Fred earned for his war effort, the family of three headed back towards Crane Lake in August of 1919 where he spent the rest of his life. The trip from civilized England to the backwoods of