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With sons Stan, Ernie and Jim. |
Grandson Stephen. |
Hilda Moffatt 1887-1984
Hilda Moffatt was born September 1887 to John (Fleetwood dredger skipper) and Eliza (nee Crookall). She married marine engineer James Canning of Liverpool at St Peter's, Fleetwood in June 1910. Within four years Jim had volunteered for military service and was in France for much of the Great War, leaving Hilda, a dressmaker by trade, to bring up a young family at the time consisting of Ernest, Stanley and James. After Jim's return from the War a further five children were born, two more boys Les and Norman, followed by the three girls Hilda, Irene(Rene) and Nora (Lou). Husband Jim died in 1932 leaving Hilda a widow for 52 years until her death in 1984 just short of her 97th birthday.
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With sons Stan, Ernie and Jim. |
Grandson Stephen. |