Van Santen Family Tree » Elsie Ollerton (1922-2016)

Données personnelles Elsie Ollerton 

• Elle est née le 4 mai 1922 dans Preston, Lancashire, England.
• Profession: le 25 mars 1947 dans Confectioner's shop assistant/.
• Elle est décédée le 16 avril 2016 dans Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, elle avait 93 ans.
• Un enfant de William Ollerton et Sarah Isobel Brown

Famille de Elsie Ollerton

Elle est mariée avec Alexander Johnston.

Ils se sont mariés le 25 mars 1947 à Preston, Lancashire, England, elle avait 24 ans.

Enfant(s):

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Notes par Elsie Ollerton

JOHNSTON, Elsie: May 4, 1922 - April 16, 2016. Our dear mother, grandma, & great grandma passed away peacefully on April 16, 2016 at the age of 93. She is predeceased by her husband Alexander who died March 12, 2002. She was born in Preston England on May 4, 1922 to William and Sarah Ollerton. Elsie enjoyed singing, dancing, calligraphy, flower arranging, painting, writing poetry, lawn bowling and taking care of her family. She loved family activities which included long walks on the pier in White Rock during the retirement years. She is already missed by her loving children Stephen (Sylvia), Gail (Graeme), Lynn (Paul), Jeanne (David), Leslie (Rob) and her 15 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. Elsie served in WWII as a convoy driver for the Majors. She met her Scottish husband Alexander in the war and they were married for 55 years. The couple emigrated from England in 1955 settling in West Vancouver. Elsie was a faithful member of her church. The family is grateful for the staff of Cottonwoods, and Hawthorn Park for their wonderful care. A celebration of Elsie's life will take place at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 696 Glenmore Road, Kelowna, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 1:00pm. Condolences may be offered at www.everdenrust.com
Published in Okanagan Valley Newspaper Group on Apr. 19, 2016 - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/okanaganvalley/obituary.aspx?n=elsie-johnston&pid=179665021#sthash.Kx6YMZ8b.19oylBG6.dpuf

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When I was 20 years of age, the war broke out. So I started taking driving lessons. My dad said one night, did I see you drive in a car today? And I said, yeah. [My dad said,] what’s the idea? [I said,] I’ve joined the army. And he threw me out. He was furious. He remembered the women in the last war and they all had a bad reputation. But a month later, my mother came and said, your papers have arrived and your dad said you could come home. So I did, but he never talked to me. But six months later, he was bragging that his daughter was driving the Major in the army. So we were good friends from then on. I was determined I was going to be an army driver, so that’s what I did. I personally drove the Major all the time. The odd time I was driving other people but most of the time, I was his driver. Except one day, I was driving the Major out of the place and this good-looking bombardier was lifting up the thing. I looked at him and he looked at me; and the next time, I was looking for him and he was looking for me. That was the guy I married and it was love at first sight. We never had much money; we’d just go and sit in the park or something, you know. We couldn’t eat very well. Most of my food, the good food anyway, came from the Canadians and Americans. They’d come and give you a meal because England, you know, it was terribly short of food. So the dating was just, you know, holding hands and being together. But we were, yeah, we were falling in love. We waited for each other until the war was over. But he was from Scotland. We lived in Edinburgh in Scotland. His sister was really annoyed that he’d married an English girl. She’d never talked to me the whole time she was alive and I was alive. She never talked to me. She was furious. But after a while, I was fed up and I said, I want to go back to England. So we did, we went back to my hometown and that was where I had children and a little later, immigrated to Canada. Just out of the blue.

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