Silander Pictures
Proof of Grandfather's photo
In my Silander MacWalter family history I have a photo of my grandfather. It is a poor photo, light behind, face shaded. My text says "This is Herbert senior. (Another picture in the same set includes a young Hal and dates them to about 1920.) It looks like they had a large garden where they kept hens, possibly Riverbank or Brookfield."
In 2024, about 15 years on, I re-visited this. Mainly because the photo did not show hens, maybe tissues that had been blown there!
It had been difficult to work out whether we had a photo of grandfather. Mum's shoebox was very disorganised as her children had often been allowed to browse it.
Eventually, I found 4 connected photos which confirmed grandfather and hens. The first 3 photos are the same batch and the fourth maybe 2 or 3 years later. Hal was born in 1913, so the first 3 photos are around 1920 and the fourth about 1923. I think they are at Brookfield, facing south, as Riverbank was too close to the river. No idea what the hens are - white bantams?
Loudoun Gowf Club
A record of Herbert Silander senior's golfing credentials.
The Silander Family in Newmilns
I guess that these photographs were taken in 1928 or 1929,
shortly before the marriage of Bert and Annie.
The older lady is May Silander (nee Marion Howie McWalter),
and the younger men are her sons Bert and Hal.
The probability is that the oldest man is a McWalter cousin.
In London
May moved to the London area very shortly after her husband died in January 1931. She probably lived with Jim and Claire at first. I think these pictures were taken in Kenton, north London, possibly 1931. At some time, Jim and Claire lived at "Carntyne", Northwick Circle, Kenton.
We visited Northwick Circle and the house in these pictures is very similar to those there, but we could not find an identical one. Nor did we find "Carntyne".
The pictures are of Hal, May, Claire; May & Jim; May & Claire.
May Silander in the 1950s
May now lived with Hal and Shirley and family in Reading.
