Uncle Joe

Joe was born "on the same day as the old King", according to Cousin Stanley.  I can't make this match anything, as he was plainly born in 1898, while the nearest Kings would be Edward VIII (June 23rd 1894) and George VI (December 14th 1895).  I guess it just refers to the day of the year. 

Joe married a fiery, strong-willed Welsh girl called Florrie, who henpecked him mercilessly.  They lived in Wolverhampton.  Mum told me he was always running away from Florrie, back to Grandma and Grandad, but apparently never for long. 

Joe and Florrie had a girl who died at birth, a boy named Stanley, a girl named Joyce, and a second boy, Grenville.  

Cousin Stanley served in the Royal Navy during WWII, on convoy runs to Halifax, Nova Scotia.  His ship was sunk under him in summer '44, and after rescue he was taken in by a Canadian family.  After the war he settled in Canada, worked for the Canadian government, and at last became a director of Boeing.  He now lives in Ottawa.  Joyce lives in Wolverhampton, and has five kids — four girls and a boy.  Auntie Florrie was still alive in September '94, living in a home run by the Institute for the Blind in Wolverhampton.  Joe died in 1972.