Black SheepEvery family has their black sheep, deserved or not. We're still not talking to an uncle who "borrowed" the capital from the family firm, causing it to collapse and leaving my dad out of work for 4 years in his mid 40s. Who aren't you talking to?
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chthonic, Fri 14 Jan 2005, 9:17)
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Baa Baa Black SheepI guess it would have to be my great great . . . grandfather. Born in London around 1820, to a pretty well off family - had a country estate at Feltham (when it was the country), plus a posh townhouse in the city somewhere. His father - John Morris - was on the local parish council, his older brother - Joseph Morris - was the vicar of St Dunstan's, Feltham.
So, my forebear gets one of the spanish housemaids pregnent - while still married. Somehow the first wife carks it. Convenient. Spanish maid loses kid, I believe. He marries her anyway. Then he gets nicked with a load of liquor that he obtained illegally. Family is well and truly pissed of with him, so they take the typically British solution - send him to the colonies.
So he and wife Eilza Perez arrive in Sydney town - but he brought with him his mother's old family bible...
family back in London kept sending him money so he would never come back. His occupation, listed on his kids birth certificates in Sydney was "gentleman".
(, Wed 19 Jan 2005, 18:16, Reply)
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