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Friday, August 20, 2021

NFHM POST 2021 Issue 4 - Some Say He Wore A Turban

 





SOME SAY HE WORE A TURBAN


Some say he wore a turban

But no one knows for sure

There seems to be no pictures

Not even for 1854!

For that’s the year of marriage 

For John Goopy and his wife

An Irish lass called Catherine

To share with him, his life.

John was from Calcutta 

Born about 1831

Two daughters were born to them

Before they had a son.

Three more girls and three boys more

In the family they had made

The last of them was Sarah

A quite becoming maid.

John worked in several jobs

But then he disappeared

Was he injured in an accident

As perhaps his wife had feared?

We’ll never know for certain

From his family he had left

Leaving nothing more but questions

And a wife who was bereft.

© Crissouli 20 Aug 2021



Catherine McCAULEY GOOPY

with daughter ...possibly Sarah. c 1872

Image above courtesy of Pixabay


4 comments:

  1. Catherine looks so young in this photo. I think the turbaned Goopy and the wayward railwayman McSharry have vanished into the ether and certainly left nothing but questions.

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    1. She was very young.. she was married at 18...
      As for our missing railway men, I doubt we will ever find the answers we're looking for. I keep searching over all the jobs he had, as a cook, on the railways, labourer..one day!!! Thanks for commenting.

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  2. A mystery indeed. So many questions unanswered. How frustrating.

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    1. Isn't that what we do best, Alex.. solve mysteries? How I would love to be the one to solve this one... there are a number of family who are still searching. Some have drawn their own conclusions, but while I would love to accept one of them, none have proof.. all are suppositions. My search will continue... Thanks for your comment.

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